“One of the problems with discussions like this is, none of us know where we might be at the moment the disaster takes place. If I am on a business trip out of state, I am screwed.
People that have prepared refuges and safe havens hundreds of miles from where they normally live are not likely to actually get there to use them. Or, if they do, they may well find them occupied. “
Well said.
I’m on a perpetual business trip. My family is in Idaho. A smaller city than San Diego where I’m working. The bookmark is halfway through “The Harbinger”. My oldest son died May 17. I’m on my last day at home in Idaho helping my wife. One fewer medically fragile member of our household to shepherd through a disaster. The extended trip has squeezed resources and made proper preparation nearly impossible. Still, we will figure out how to survive. We are industrious and capable.
>> none of us know where we might be at the moment the disaster takes place <<
That’s why prepping should become part of your everyday life. Each day, I take my 3-day bag with me to work. I top off the service truck each day on the way home. My personal truck’s gas tank stays topped off. Between the 2, that’s 50+ gallons of gas I have onsite.
Make the day to day preps simple. After a while they become automatic.
Prepping isn’t something you do for a week and then forget about, it’s more of a lifestyle.