In my dad's day they called this sort of thing Civil Defense. Now, it's been repackaged (more by the gover-business media than anyone else) as the foremost hobby of the professionally paranoid.
So how would you classify yourself, say, on a scale of 1 to 10--one being no preparation at all for disaster, and ten being full-on bunker mentality?
A fortress against fear In the rural Pacific Northwest, prepping for the day it hits the fan
I suppose we're about a five. We keep about a month's worth of provisions and have a few weapons at our disposal. That's about it. No bunkers; no hidy-holes, no SUV's the size of small apartments, etc.
....But if I was of the tinfoil hat type, I wouldn't admit it here. :-)
somewhere in the middle
Are you a Prepper too?
I'm in a disaster now and I prepared for it. I couldn't handle a second one. 2
All except for the Uzi's and bazookas in the basement, right? :-)
No. I'm a capitalist. I'm buying up and planning to sell all the items which preppers always forget to pack. :-)
NOLA?
I am so sorry! Would you like prayers?
Never was very preppy. I take things as they come. I don't anticipate what may never happen and I always use death as my advisor. Death is right behind my left shoulder and ready to tap me at any second. I am aware of this ally. I use it as a benevolent opponent. I can never make silly choices when death is my constant companion showing me what is real.
(very Carlos Castenada in my approach here)
“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan
Dr. Prepper tastes like cough syrup with fizz.
I have none of those, I promise. :)
Hey, don't be hatin' on the Pep! :-)
That's when you really need prayers!
And *applause* for Carlos. I must re-read him.
Well, I used to, but it got so depressing to hang out with those people that I stopped.
Preppers never could understand that there are different types of emergencies. They persisted in assuming that all emergencies would correspond to their hobbies. Gardeners expected to have to grow all their food, campers expected to live in the wilderness for a while, gun collectors just knew it would be a gun fight, weekend warriors figured they would have to sneak through the bushes a lot, etc. Some people were even trying to devise ways to bring down a helicopter or a tank with found objects. Surprisingly, that can be done, but it doesn't mean anything in a flood.
5.
We have cyclones here. Three days non-stop rain means all the rivers will flood. We will be cut off and isolated on our place in the country. Roads may also be blocked by avalanches of red clay or fallen trees. Electricity stops flowing, including solar. Landlines and mobile phones drop out. So we have diesel backup generator, batteries, torches, kerosene lamps, wet-proof matches and candles. The pantry is always stocked with dried and bottled wholefoods. The vegie patch gets a shade-cloth sail over it to stop the fresh food being destroyed.
Bush-fire is a risk in dry periods, so we have a big dam (pond), diesel pump, tanks and hoses.
Any other kinds of risk are unlikely in this part of the world.
Yes
very funny ha, ha...
Absolutely not....100 pounds of Mac and Cheese , 5 pounds of Ex-lax and boxes of .223 ammo buried in an underground bunker is not my vision for the future. This so called " Prepper Mentality " is best suited for the Cliven Bundy's of this world ! Most have red ball caps that read " Make America Great Again" !
