[familyop]

"I never thought of my parents as "preppers." However, every summer and fall, Mother would can hundreds of jars of the produce from our rather small farm. Corn, beans, tomatoes, etc. Jelly from our berry bushes. Apple sauce from the apples. In addition, we raised rabbits and chickens, but those weren't preserved. They went straight from being butchered to the kitchen.

We ate from all that canned food all winter. It wasn't a matter of preparing for disaster, it was simply how we lived.

I wouldn't call myself a hard-core prepper, and I don't live on a farm, but I did learn from my parents that having some supplies laid by means you can survive a setback of some kind."

That is well worth mentioning and something that many should know about. Thank you. My parents also did gardening and canning. I did the same with my own young family during my early twenties.

[Jamestown1630]

This is why I prep, as well.

If you’ve ever experienced even a short-term power outage, you’ve got an experience that will lead to thought; and help you begin your prepping.

In my area, we’ve never had any real, long-term effects from a Katrina, or a Sandy; but just thinking about that will make you consider being at least a small-scale prepper. So will thinking about the possibility of a sudden loss of income.

-JT