[JRandomFreeper]

Yeah, it could never happen here. Again, like it did in mid 1860s, when several US cities were razed to the ground, and hundreds of thousands killed.

You prep the way you wanna prep, I'll prep my way. I'm more focused on really having skillsets, and experience than having 'stuff'.

Stuff is nice to have, and I've certainly got a lot, but the skillsets, and experince with them, are more important to me.

/johnny

[concerned about politics]

Stuff is nice to have, and I've certainly got a lot, but the skillsets, and experince with them, are more important to me.

Absolutely. Sh*t can be stolen or confiscated - knowledge and abilities can't.

[freedumb2003]

>>You prep the way you wanna prep, I’ll prep my way. I’m more focused on really having skillsets, and experience than having ‘stuff’.

Stuff is nice to have, and I’ve certainly got a lot, but the skillsets, and experince with them, are more important to me.<<

Which is why I added the Boy Scout Manual to Kartographer’s excellent (if partially impractical) list.

I think we are seeing the “end” differently. Natural disaster, heck yeah. Man-made TSHTF — not noticed until it is too late.

Smarts make stuff. Stuff is just stuff. I am really glad when I was a kid I taught myself electricity, plumbing, carpentry, auto mechanics, etc. I was a young “Mr. Fix It” and those skills served me through all the earthquakes: Not just the knowledge but the improvisation thinking that backs them up.