I am agreeing with all the sentiments. Take care of your immediate family. Try to get everyone else to do something for themselves.
However, I do believe that now is the time to prepare yourself mentally. By now, you should have reconoitered around the neighborhood and become aquainted with your neighbors.
Some who are preparing may be useful particularly in resisting hoards from the cities, but are you really willing to shoot the others? Is there a neighbor or two that you just don’t think you could shoot? What about their kids? Can you really do it?
If you can’t, then you are going to have to plan a little differently to be able to retain your own supplies and avoid pulling the trigger.
Also, if there are people in the neighborhood who have skills you may need: Doctor, Nurse, Moonshiner(LOL), you may want to put a little away for them - just consider it barter preperation.
“Also, if there are people in the neighborhood who have skills you may need: Doctor, Nurse, Moonshiner(LOL), you may want to put a little away for them - just consider it barter preperation.”
greeneyes, if you get sick or have an accident, I will take care of you and yours for free. Giving help to someone is personal choice and I choose you to help.
“By now, you should have reconoitered around the neighborhood and become aquainted with your neighbors.:
In the very near future we don’t plan to have any neighbors. We are moving up to the mountains and purchasing a 5-10 acre retreat. Then we won’t have to worry about shooting anybody we know.
Awhile back we sat down and had a discussion that ended with the realization that it does not matter how much food, weapons and ammo we have our house is indefensible when the SHTF as are the houses of our nearest neighbors. Several of the ones we know best are prepping and have weapons.
We don’t think that we could even defend 4 houses adequately. You just don’t have a clear enough field of fire and you will be overwhelmed when the denizens of the inner city ant hills come roiling out and head to the burbs. Not to mention the huge apt complex one block away with the wrong demographics.
We realize that most folks cannot uproot and move to the country but the sad truth is that when the SHTF if you are in the city or the suburbs you will have low odds of surviving a long term problem.