Group 1 (The Rugged Outdoors-men) - Those who scoff at the Southern city-slickers who are unaccustomed to winter weather. They are sure to mention that a foot of snow is "late October" to them and you will hear them speak about how they go out in zero degree weather in their shorts and sandals and rub their bellies with snow because you know, zero degrees is a "heat wave" for them, and they need to cool themselves down. They will hasten to add that when they were growing up, the schools never closed and they would have to tunnel their way to their second grade classroom under 10 foot drifts - at least three miles - so thankfully they had compasses in their pockets to guide their way.
Group 2 (The Preppers) - This group is sure to scold the same Southern city-slickers for not outfitting their cars with studded Blizzak snow tires and keeping Arctic sleeping bags in their trunks. The fact that it only snows in their area once every five years will be no excuse. They will be sure to mention that they never travel anywhere without a 30-day supply of canned food and enough guns and ammunition to wipe out a small town. They will go on to state that anybody who dared venture out of their homes unprepared deserves whatever fate that befalls them.
I guess I am in the second group, but is it to much and how many would have been helped it the had simple had al weather tires on their vehicles, and had a sleeping bag, a flashlight, a MRE or some lifeboat biscuits, something to drink and maybe an old sweat suit in the trunk? Is that really to much??
Also if you can look at the pictures of miles of interstate at a dead standstill and still rall against at least being a little prepared then there is no hope or help for you.
You are among the group who makes those outrageous comments about preppers as though preppers love it when someone gets in trouble without preps. No prepper I know has thirty days of canned food and enough guns and ammo to wipe out a small town in their car.
I am a prepper and have a prepared backpack in my car. It is INSURANCE and you bet I encourage people to have that insurance in their car. You have insurance on your house and insurance on your car, so why not have survival insurance for yourself in your car? It's not a big deal to do it, so why not?
When Rita was coming through Galveston and Houston and my town, highway 45 was jammed with cars who were stopped in heat and most had no water or food in their cars and people died on that highway. The stoppage was all the way to Dallas. Did you get that - people died. I will never stop encouraging people to have a prepared backpack in their car. If I save one person from dying, it is worth it as it just takes my typing letters of the alphabet to encourage them to do that.
In this area, you can count on a hurricane coming through here and if you miss a year, that's great, but they will come again. And, yes, my car stays at least half full all the time.
I want everyone to live, don't you?
How quaint, taking yet another opportunity to ridicule folks who prepare for the curveballs in life.
From your comments I would guess that when the SHTF you will just sit on your butt and wait for fedgov to bring you water and MRE’s. Good luck with that.