xplosiv1 wrote:She calls it my doomsday room lol
recently though she has really gotten onboard, we take trips to Costco together to pick up supplies when theres good deals to be had also she's growing lots of veggies in the back garden learning how to dehydrate and preserve (meat too) .... she enjoys that side of it all. I dont think i'd push the issue with her to get more involved, i'll just let her do her thing at her pace and help out where i can. were pretty much sorted for almost every eventuality from my preps anyway.
I think many people who take the &iss initially do actually see the risks, history, even religion, teaches that preparedness for hard times is indeed sensible and saves lives, it is really only in the last (post WW2 ) few decades that things have gotten so unrealistic for more wealthy countries, whose reliance on a fairly fragile infrastructure is leaving them wide open for a big shock, too much automation, too much last minute stocking of shelves ( this for me is proven every dam week at Tesco Extra (my arse) where my lot ask for two lost of an offer 2 for £3 and there's only one and a half lots on the shelf
it was this sort of thing which lead to us being what you could call preppers, they carry no stock so we have to.
More often than not a person who takes the mickey will defeat their own mockery by saying " I know where to go if the SHTF then", for those of us with limited resources, it's infuriating to be going a little shorter than they are in order to not get caught with our pants down ( or no TP) and their first thought is to take the *iss, their second to run to you, and never go beyond that, there are more people out there with a prepared mentality these days than we think, many aren't aware of it, if you've got a well stocked larder, you're part prepper to begin with.
I have a strategy, it's not written in stone, nor can it be, this scenario has too many variables, everything about it depends on those variables, being specific is not possible.