When people think of preppers they tend to think of underground bunkers and crazy people dressed in camouflage with guns. Wrong, yes there are those kinds but the truth is we should all prep. Each family should have at least 3 months worth of food and water at home, some way of keeping warm in a power failure, some plan in place. Recent events in Texas should give you a clue why being prepared would have saved lives. I know preppers who are living through the Texas nightmare without any problems because they took steps in advance to be prepared in case this type of thing happened.
You wouldn't think of driving your car without insurance, well I know some idiots will but people should think as prepping as being insurance you will survive some type of disaster, you family will survive and hopefully if well prepared your friends. FEMA used to recommend at least 2 weeks, I have heard they are now saying 3 months. Here is a nice basic list to follow to get started. https://www.ready.gov/food
I have relatives who lived though the depression. My mother in law was a prepper because that is how she was raised. She wouldn't have called herself a prepper but her pantry was always full of stable shelf life foods, she canned, she saved and washed baggies, she knew how to cook from scraps anything and make it taste good. When things were on sale she bought several of them. Her mother raised chickens, had a cow and a large garden. The depression didn't affect them because they always had grown what they needed or made it. So many of people now a days don't know how to do cooking from scratch or the joy of growing things in a garden. People in large cities will suffer in a new depression. Unless they are prepared.
I retired almost 1 1/2 years ago. Since I have retired I have seen food prices double. Covid happened, what used to cost me 50 dollars at the grocery store was now almost 150. Gas prices will soon be up to 4 dollars a gallon. A new depression in on the way helped in large part by our new socialist government. The signs are all there is you are paying attention. And I am.
People think during some type of crisis the government will swoop in and save them. How did that work during Katrina? How did that work during our flooding. Who swoops in and saves you is yourself and hopefully your neighbors. The government will take longer to get there, can you live that long? And why should you wait for them to help when you could have easily helped yourself. It's not that hard. You are responsible for your own well being, no one else. You are responsible for your families safety, no one else. Be responsible, be prepared.
There is so much information out there. Start doing your research. Start small, get extra cans of food on hand with a long shelf life. Get extra water on hand. Learn how to properly store it. Learn how to grow you own food. For city dwellers learn container gardening. Every payday buy one more thing. Buy in bulk and make sure to store safely and label everything and date everything. Learn how to rotate your storage products. Learn how to cook from scratch, basic things like bread and meals with high nutritional value and inexpensive. Store foods you like to eat. Learn how to dehydrate food for making soup jars or dry camping bag meals. You can buy them but it is just as easy to make them and much cheaper. Learn to sew. Learn to do without all the silly things you think are necessary but really aren't. Prep for the area you live in and the disasters you are likely to face. Tornado alley, prep for power being out for days. Hurricane, same thing, power outages, water shortages, shelter. Fire areas, bug out bags in your vehicles ready to go at all times. Depression and economic collapse. Seeds, gardening skills, bartering skills.
Prepping should be something every single person in your family does but make it fun. There is a ton of good information out there and the same amount of bad information out there. We all can't live off grid in a sustainable farm, most can't afford it and we have to live near where we work. I have room for a garden and my house is paid for, sure I would love a cow and chickens, but I don't have the pens and would have to pay to get them built because the ole guy just isn't handy that way and I am on a fixed income so money is tight. So I do what I can. I plan on just adding stuff I think of as I go.
So see, prepping isn't just for survivalists, but prepping will help you survive, so yes, you will become a prepper survivalist, but isn't that better then dead, of course it is. Check back as I add information. Start your prepping, become a responsible adult.
