In the last few years there has been a lot of talk about the coming of "Doomsday". It seems to me that there are about a million and a half scenarios as to what might happen. In fact the only thing they do seem to agree on is that something is going to go down.
It is easy to dismiss these people as crazy, or stupid, but if you really stop to think about it, are they really? What are they doing that is so crazy? Storing food, water and first aid supplies, getting into better shape, learning how to defend themselves and brushing up on their survival skills. Why are those bad things? Why are they stupid for planning for the WCS( worst case scenario)?
Many of them believe there is a huge financial collapse coming. Sound crazy? Not when you remember The Great Depression here in the US in the 30's, and the fall of the Soviet Union in the 90's. I remember watching news footage of people standing in line for hours to get a loaf of bread. Preppers will not be in those lines. They are taking their survival into their own hands.
Even the pole shift and the solar flare scenarios have some merit. There have been many, many natural disasters and blackouts in the history of the world. Freak snow storms, the dustbowl (in the 30's), flash floods. If you look at these times how many people could have been saved if they were a little more prepared?
Even beyond the points I already listed, a lot of these preppers are super smart. They have built self sustainable terrariums in their pools, invented tools that replace 10 other tools you would need to carry, they can make fuel, and that is just to name a few. That is not something everyone can do, but they are handy skills to have.
At first I was like yeah it wouldn't be a bad idea to just prepare a little for the unknown, but I didn't really believe anything was gonna happen. Then more and more people started opening up about what they were doing to prepare. These are ordinary people, people you never classify as "crazy preppers". That got me thinking that maybe we should be doing more. So I will start sharing here the things I will learn and the things I do to prepare. You can follow suit and maybe prepare a little yourself, or you can sit back and laugh, but I would really encourage you to think it through. Honestly, no one was ever hurt by being too prepared.
It is easy to dismiss these people as crazy, or stupid, but if you really stop to think about it, are they really? What are they doing that is so crazy? Storing food, water and first aid supplies, getting into better shape, learning how to defend themselves and brushing up on their survival skills. Why are those bad things? Why are they stupid for planning for the WCS( worst case scenario)?
Many of them believe there is a huge financial collapse coming. Sound crazy? Not when you remember The Great Depression here in the US in the 30's, and the fall of the Soviet Union in the 90's. I remember watching news footage of people standing in line for hours to get a loaf of bread. Preppers will not be in those lines. They are taking their survival into their own hands.
Even the pole shift and the solar flare scenarios have some merit. There have been many, many natural disasters and blackouts in the history of the world. Freak snow storms, the dustbowl (in the 30's), flash floods. If you look at these times how many people could have been saved if they were a little more prepared?
Even beyond the points I already listed, a lot of these preppers are super smart. They have built self sustainable terrariums in their pools, invented tools that replace 10 other tools you would need to carry, they can make fuel, and that is just to name a few. That is not something everyone can do, but they are handy skills to have.
At first I was like yeah it wouldn't be a bad idea to just prepare a little for the unknown, but I didn't really believe anything was gonna happen. Then more and more people started opening up about what they were doing to prepare. These are ordinary people, people you never classify as "crazy preppers". That got me thinking that maybe we should be doing more. So I will start sharing here the things I will learn and the things I do to prepare. You can follow suit and maybe prepare a little yourself, or you can sit back and laugh, but I would really encourage you to think it through. Honestly, no one was ever hurt by being too prepared.
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