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One key point that a lot of long term preppers make is that prepping with a LITTLE extra canned food is never a bad idea. Having the pantry stocked for a month,
by NovaDudely 3y ago
One key point that a lot of long term preppers make is that prepping with a LITTLE extra canned food is never a bad idea. Having the pantry stocked for a month, not a week.
It isn't about the survivalist fantasy of society crumbling into pieces over night, it is the idea of being prepared for those outlier systemic failures. A power failure for a few days, a flood, short term shipping delays etc.
As an aside, one thing they like to stress the most is, the single best thing you can do to be prepped is to be in as good of health as you can manage. If something goes down and you drop dead from a stress induced heart attack, all the other stuff is pointless.
- andyjohnson0 3y ago> one thing they like to stress the most is, the single best thing you can do to be prepped is to be in as good of health as you can manage And be on good terms with your neighbours. I'm no prepper/survivalist, but groups are more resilient than individuals in most circumstances.
- damascus 3y agoBut don't tell them how much food or other preparations you have in detail. If you have to go a month without the ability to get new food you don't want the entire neighborhood at your door. Better to generally recommend how much food they should have and encourage them to get it themselves.
- andyjohnson0 3y agoDepends. When the chain-gang slaves drag the local warlord's battle-bus into your neighbourhood to confiscate everyone's food, can you fight-off his soldiers on your own?
- rgrieselhuber 3y agoStudy distributed systems for 5 minutes and redundancy becomes obvious. But apply it to personal areas of responsibility and you’re a nutcase.