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This event is just another wake up call that we should be prepared for such an event. Having a simple supply of food, water, and other basics is essential. Extr

This event is just another wake up call that we should be prepared for such an event. Having a simple supply of food, water, and other basics is essential. Extreme prepping isn’t the answer, but most people are undoubtedly unprepared for even the smallest crack in the fabric society - whether that be a virus or an weather disaster.

rightbyte 7y ago
But "extreme prepping" is the answer. If most households just had 20 lbs of rice and 10 lbs of beans, 2 gallons of fuel for a portable stove at home as backup, a logistics meltdown would be so much less dangerous for society. Those supplies are very cheap for like 95% of the population in developed countries and would give valuable time untill any mess is sorted out, hopefully. As it is now there are like no margin for country wide disasters at all with these JIT food deliveries. The government can't handle this very good as any central warehouses they would put food in would be involved in the logistic meltdown. Maybe on a county level.
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- thaeli 7y ago
  That's reasonable prepping. "Extreme prepping" is the "bunker full of guns, ammo, 5 years of food, etc" version.
  - blackrock 7y ago
    What happens when you run out of ammo?
- pensatoio 7y ago
  I think that's totally reasonable prepping. Extreme prepping is what gets the focus of TV and media.