I know some here will disagree with me, but we don’t worry about what kind of emergency or disaster may happen. Rather we prepare according to the duration of it, or how long things may be “down”.
Bear with me for a minute.
For instance we don’t say “we are preparing for the zombie apacolypse” or “an 8.0 New Madrid quake”. Rather we put supplies together for lengths of time. We even have a snappy color code to go with it:
Green event: 24-72 hours
Yellow event: 72 hours to 30 days
Red event: more than 30 days
Then we take our geographic location, skill sets, financial resources, etc into account as we procure supplies for each event level. Now IMO every Freeper family should be able to do a Green event standing on their heads whether the circumstance dictates shelter in place or bug out.
We have found, and this is just us of course, that each event level builds on the previous thus making the planning and procurement decisions a bit more logical and less intimidating. At least to us anyway. Does that make sense?
I think of you do your needs assessment and planning in this manner you’ll find it works pretty well. I haven’t mentioned this before but I’m a trained and experienced Emergency Manager type and this the recommended process for those who work in that industry.
Each step builds on the previous one in a logical, orderly manner.
Strictly my opinion, YMMV, and all the usual caveats. Best to all.
L
Great information and planning strategy. Thanks for posting this...it makes the process seem much less daunting.