Posted on May 4, 2015
Is Prepping a logical thing to do or are Preppers paranoid conspiracy theorists?
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What is your opinion of Prepping? Have extreme preppers and the media given it a bad image or is reasonable preparedness a good thing? Also yes, I realize I spelled Society incorrectly in the survey, typing too quickly. :-)
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Nothing wrong with having a GTH plan and supply cache. However, it can become a problem if you obsess about it....
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SSG Ronald Williams
Fighting positions.....I knew I forgot something! But I was a Tanker, I'll have to get my common tasks manual out.....
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SSG Gerhard S.
Whether one makes preparation a obsession or not becomes a mute issue once TSHTF.... At which time survival WILL become everyone's obsession. The degree of success at that time will be dependent on ones level of preparation. Being a LRS Veteran I've had numerous episodes of survival training, and one thing is clear. Surviving becomes a full time job if starting from scratch.
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SSgt Ronald Krogel
Been awhile since I had been on. The prepping community has its extremes to include full on crazy. I reword it to being self sufficient. As having faith in others to come save or help you may be a mistake. If smart you prep for the most common threats where you live. Then, go all out on zombies, nuclear war, bio weapons, etc. if you like. So why prep for a society collapse? Turn the electricity off and watch how fast starving people go crazy. And a lot of "prepping" things you might have to do or learn your ancestors just aver 100 or so years ago would have called daily life. We live in a society where they do not want you to be self sufficient. I find that disturbing. Not saying you have to grow your food but knowing how and having the seeds to do it seems prudent in todays world.
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As Howard Ruff once said to a non-preppier ..
If I'm wrong, I have a year of food
If I'm right, you are dead.
If I'm wrong, I have a year of food
If I'm right, you are dead.
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Being prepared is always important. I don't spend 100% of my pay on building a nuclear shelter to survive the day after, but I do like to be prepared to best of my ability. I also don't completely trust society to remain intact. There are lots of things that can go wrong -- just look at the aftermath that ensued following hurricanes Katrina and Rita...rioting, looting, and murder were abound.
Bottom line is my family is number one and always will be, and I will do whatever is necessary to keep them safe...and I'm not going to worry when the store that carries beans, bullets, and bandages is no longer open, because I'll have my own.
Bottom line is my family is number one and always will be, and I will do whatever is necessary to keep them safe...and I'm not going to worry when the store that carries beans, bullets, and bandages is no longer open, because I'll have my own.
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MSgt James Mullis
I always like to point out that despite receiving the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast communities did not face rioting, murder, or large scale looting. That was pretty much confined to the city folk in and around New Orleans.
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CDR (Join to see)
MSgt Mullis, Perhaps I should have been more specific with my comment. My battalion deployed to both Gulfport and New Orleans following the hurricanes and yes, the brunt of the criminal activity was confined to New Orleans...nonetheless, these things occurred and could happen again. My point was that being prepared is not paranoid behavior.
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SSG Gerhard S.
CDR (Join to see) , a well-reasoned, balanced, and practical approach is the way to go. Well said!
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