This article isn’t helpful. Most reasonable prepping resources start with, “do NOT go out and buy a bunch of survival shit. First thing: save some money. Lots o

This article isn’t helpful. Most reasonable prepping resources start with, “do NOT go out and buy a bunch of survival shit. First thing: save some money. Lots of people have emergency expenses, like a doctor’s visit or car breaking down, that they can’t afford”. From there prepping is really about creating a “grid buffer” and getting as many people around you to do that same so if the shit does hit the fan, everybody isn’t immediately out trying to loot each other. FEMA suggests having 3 days of supplies at a minimum for disasters. I personally stock 30 days of provisions, but not a bunch of MREs. Instead it’s stuff we actually eat, but I buy it in bulk. If the grocery stores shut down for 30 days, I’d start drawing down this buffer and hope to hell that the supply chain opens up again in some capacity. Same for water, waste, etc. Pick a buffer that makes sense for your environment and build as much redundancy as you can into it without going overboard. I’ve never seen a sane prepping guide suggest that people should “go it alone” without access to external resources. In fact they suggest the opposite: build redundant networks of people and resources around you in case the primary is disrupted.