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<blockquote data-quote="TANSTAAFL" data-source="post: 3978887" data-attributes="member: 27098"><p>Prep for what? That is the overriding question. Most folks can easily prep for a tornado, there will still be charities and services that can help. Power outage, get a generator. Riot prep is also somewhat easy. Pandemic? Covid was a big nothing, best have biohazard suits, soap, disinfectant for something just north of severity of that, a very good supply of food. That leaves most of us with the really bad scenarios that are more real than ever (nuclear war, economic collapse, chemical catastrophy, emp, etc. Two years of supply for most, except for nuclear war, land outside of the city all are more specialized. Nuclear War is about the scariest, since it will effect those everywhere, even those that have bugged out, even worse it depends on the type of nuke used and how deployed. Gasoline goes bad in 1 to two years, have a backup generator at your home? If it is natural gas fired you may be out of luck much faster than you think if the natural gas stops flowing. Also, what happens if you do prep only to have it destroyed by the event (a nuclear miss for example) or you die early on from an accident, not bugging out fast enough for those in the city, or not quick enough on the draw. Not saying prepping is a bad thing, or a waste of money the most valuable prepping tool is between one's ears and developing skills that will be in demand (assuming you want to have "community."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TANSTAAFL, post: 3978887, member: 27098"] Prep for what? That is the overriding question. Most folks can easily prep for a tornado, there will still be charities and services that can help. Power outage, get a generator. Riot prep is also somewhat easy. Pandemic? Covid was a big nothing, best have biohazard suits, soap, disinfectant for something just north of severity of that, a very good supply of food. That leaves most of us with the really bad scenarios that are more real than ever (nuclear war, economic collapse, chemical catastrophy, emp, etc. Two years of supply for most, except for nuclear war, land outside of the city all are more specialized. Nuclear War is about the scariest, since it will effect those everywhere, even those that have bugged out, even worse it depends on the type of nuke used and how deployed. Gasoline goes bad in 1 to two years, have a backup generator at your home? If it is natural gas fired you may be out of luck much faster than you think if the natural gas stops flowing. Also, what happens if you do prep only to have it destroyed by the event (a nuclear miss for example) or you die early on from an accident, not bugging out fast enough for those in the city, or not quick enough on the draw. Not saying prepping is a bad thing, or a waste of money the most valuable prepping tool is between one's ears and developing skills that will be in demand (assuming you want to have "community." [/QUOTE]
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