Wow. I wish I lived close by you sir. My family continually pound away at my worst case scenarios with naaa, they won’t let that happen or won’t make that happen, that’s nuts you know. Glad to hear validation. I am astonished at the sheer numbers of ostriches out there. It would be hard enough for me to rule change for a WTSHTF but if I gotta drag know nothing mary sunshines with me I’m gonna need knockout drugs I guess, just kidding. LOL. Nice chatting with you while stuck here at work.
That is 'normalcy bias'. Welcome aboard.
Watch for threads by Kartographer, who also has a free .pdf manual for download that could help you sort out some of the steps to take.
Also, check out http://shtfschool.com/. There is lots of information on the web, (and a lot of crap, too) but selco and ferfal have been there, as have others in their own situations.