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Posted on 03/21/2026 1:24:27 AM PDT by RandFan
When I set out to explore the world of prepping, I was unsure of what to expect - part of me imagined something theatrical, such as zombie apocalypse kits or nuclear bunkers.
But as I ventured into the mid Wales countryside, it became clear I had fallen victim to the stereotypes.
Leigh Price, 51, from Builth Wells, said he was not prepping for hordes of the undead roaming the landscape, as many might assume, but for much more real threats.
"Everyone thinks a prepper is some sort of tin-hat wearing nut job, don't get me wrong, there's a few of them about. But you get a lot of the prep stereotypes from America, in the UK it's totally different."
Prepping is a global movement of people getting ready for the eventuality that society will - in part or fully - collapse.
It often involves having a supply of food and learning skills required to fend for yourself.
Leigh, a dad of three, served in the Army but now runs a dedicated preppers shop and is a survival course provider.
Surrounded by trees in rural Powys, it is a tranquil environment for a shop that had all the gear you could imagine to survive the end of civilisation - including cross bows and walls of knives.
Leigh said: "Some people are preparing for the end of the world, a nuclear attack or whatever it is and I always say 'look when it comes to nuclear attack, it's not impossible, but it's highly unlikely'.
"You're better off preparing against the things that you are more likely to come across."
Leigh said: "The world is getting a bit more dangerous. Civil unrest is at boiling point there's a few things going on the world and nation against nation."
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Preppers are the smart ones who did not crowd the stores and cause shortages during Covid.
i still got egg on my face from Y2K....
my prepping days are long gone...
I bought a generator around September of 1999. Got asked while in line at Costco if it was a Y2K generator. I said “That’s a Dunwoody Tornado (metro ATL event in 1998), Hurricane Opal (1995 hurricane that moved very fast and hit ATL hard), Atlanta Winter ice storm (happens every decade or so, takes out a lot of electric lines), Y2K generator.”
He nodded.
Y2K came and went, no big deal, no grid failure. No need for a generator.
The last weekend in January 2000 we had a Winter storm that took our power out for 60 hours. I powered my downstairs gas furnace, my refrigerator, a few lights, the network stack, and the den TV with that generator. And we stretched an extension cord across the driveway and powered my neighbor’s downstairs gas furnace. We put up my god child who was an infant, her mother, and her aunt a couple nights in a warm bedroom (dad who was my college roommate was out of town).
When my power came back, we took that generator 2 miles to my SIL/BIL’s house and ran it for another day until their power was restored, so about 3-1/2 days of usage.
That prepper generator paid for itself within 6 months of purchase.
I still have stock food supplies and thousands of ronds of ammo!! I was a fanatic!! And the fact that absolutely NOTHING happened on Jan 1 2000, I had a hard time for years with peers and some family!!
Always had generators and such living in Michigan.
Do I recall a Bible parable about having enough oil for your lamp until the bridegroom appears?
As a COBOL programmer from the 1970’s, I knew that Y2K was a scam.
What is on deck for our future, not so much.
However, I must say that the timeline of events unfolding is a bit stretched out from my very clear visions in an NDE in the late 1980’s. Time on earth is different than time in Heaven.
We’ve got provisions and lots of beer ...
I read a piece about Argentina currency collapse.
Lessons learned>top ten things you need
On the list, vodka! You can drink vodka. You can clean wounds with vodka. You can barter your vodka for treats and other stuff. Vodka does not go stale
It’s not “prepping.”
That simple-minded nickname reduces serious risk assessment and mitigation efforts to a fad or a pathology.
“Powers and principalities of the air (computers, government, media, etc.)” don’t LIKE us to have a plan; they want us to be like sheep which will panic and scatter and beg for their wisdom, guidance and ORDER at the next terrorist assault or Black Swan event.
It’s not “prepping,” it’s insurance. GET SOME!
Turn off the TV. Get off the social(ist) media sites. Do your homework.
Read your Bible.
Read some of the Queer-Anne (Quran, Koran… my transliteration is as good as any), you’ll understand even more how vital it is to prepare for… just about any event.
Living in Florida, a generator is a must for every house hold.
Yeah, a few cases of vodka pints would not be a bad thing to have around.
God bless those who love their families enough to plan for providing the essentials in both good times and bad. Those who portray preparedness as something only “nuts” care about, especially in the media and entertainment industry, are doing a disservice to the public.
Read the novel “One Second After”. If nothing else, it will make you realize how fragile society has become. Imagine what happens to a population reliant on 21st century technology when it’s reduced to 19th century living. Most don’t survive.
On the morning of February 15, 2021, at 2:45 am, Texas ERCOT’s power went off and stayed off almost continuously for several days in freezing weather. People died.
So I bought a gas powered generator in case it happens again.
On March 10, 2022, I got a message from a friend whose son works in the federal government which said that all government employees received an email telling them they should have canned goods and cash at home and they should keep their gas tanks full.
So I have since then.
We had a Y2K prepper community in the county south of us. When Y2K was a bust, they got involved with a scam and some of them ended up in prison. I know one of the families and I told them to write a book.
Btt!!
Prepping is just a word. Some of us old school have always home canned to have supplies in the winter. Don’t anymore but used to butcher a hog or beef in the late fall to have food for the winter. Canned or dried the meat.
Having food onhand is no different that having money in the bank for a rainy day.
Some of our friends and family laughed at us when we installed a full house genny. After the ice storm of 2007 where power was out for 11 days guess who they ran to for water and showers?
Yes you have to throw away some older preps but not as much dollar loss as you pay for various insurance policies that you never use.
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