Long before it was called ‘prepping’ my family stocked up on water, canned food, firewood and other items. We suffer, to this day, many electrical blackouts due to the high number of mature trees in the area. When you can’t flush a toilet, shower, or get water to cook, you tend to prepare. With the Democrap demonization of traditional American beliefs, whites, Christians, etc., and their environmental scare tactics, I’m hardly surprised that it’s spreading.
Ditto.(Living in 'Hurricane Alley' is a good motivator too)
I bought my guns and ammo decades ago.
After 35 years of hauling water in kitty litter jugs to flush toilets, we are getting a whole house generator which runs on LP. We have our own tank anyway which fuels many of our appliances.