[Oorang]

You show me a person prepared for a year without power and food and I will show you a guy with a gun to his head 2 weeks after he needs a year of power and food.

IMO being prepared not only includes a source of power, food, medicine, water, etc., but a way to defend yourself and your supplies. Therefore, to be completely ready, the person prepared for a year would have his/her gun at the looters head.

[MamaDearest]

We just bought our first gun. I never thought we would do that in a million years, but the world has changed and we still have the right to bear arms (quick before it ends). Besides looters there are crackheads and meth freaks out there who can defend themselves by saying they were under the influence of drugs. I long for the good old days when the bad guys actually got punished and there was justice. We will be prepared for all eventualities we can think of.