[JRandomFreeper]

If they prepped more and talked less, maybe nobody would notice them — and, isn’t that the idea?

No, it's not the idea. The idea is to encourage communities to prepare themselves for disasters.

I've never lived my life skulking around. This is the US. I'll speak up to educate those that are interested. Anyone doesn't like it can lump it.

/johnny

[rcofdayton]

What you propose could be fatal for you and your family if the shtf. Your neighbors will view your home as the neighborhood grocery store. After they have dispatched you and your family, they will eat your stores. If I were discussing this with someone far, far away, I would feel comfortable about encouraging prepping.

[Lurker]

Well said, sir.

[bgill]

The idea is to encourage communities to prepare themselves for disasters.

It wasn't that long ago that almost everyone I knew had a backyard garden or at least a tomato plant on the back stoop. It wasn't that long ago that people had full pantries or cold storage. It wasn't that long ago that people had cellars or underground shelters to protect themselves from natural or manmade disasters. It wasn't that long ago the government encouraged victory gardens and shelters. It wasn't that long ago the government had civil defense shelters which were stocked with provisions. It wasn't that long ago that school kids practiced safety drills and communities sounded off the sirens at noon to make sure they were working and that everyone knew what to do. Today, there's no such thing as civil defense shelters and anyone who keeps a larder or keeps spare tool parts like grandma and grandpa did are ridiculed as selfish nutty hoarders.