Reasons for Prepping

[TheGrey]

Hi, all!

So, I know that there are many reasons for prepping. I also know that there are some significant others/spouses are less than enthusiastic about assisting in this hobby/lifestyle, seeing things like "zombie apocalypse" or something.

But that's not the case. Here's a prime example: Up in Brainerd, Minnesota, there were some very fierce storms that began at 4 am and finally blew out at 6:30 am. Although not officially declared a tornado, the winds were severe enough to uproot trees, twist metal into bizarre sculptures and cause general chaos. The rains came down so hard that parking lots were washed out, flash floods happened, and entire towns lost power. The main pump in the water tower blew out. Nobody had electricity, nobody had water.

People ran out to the stores to buy water, but the backup power didn't come on. The registers were down. Only the stores that had handwritten receipts were able to sell bottled water and supplies, and only to people that had cash. Once power returned, the stores were completely sold out of bottled water, milk, bread and toilet paper within minutes. Over half of the city had no idea of the "boil water" order, because they had no power to their TVs and many did not have radios. My parents live up there, and this happened. They had only two gallons of water on hand, and my Mom had to sort of sneak that past my Dad. It happens everywhere- many cities in Colorado have had issues with water in the recent past. So if you need to have examples to prove to loved ones that prepping is necessary and not just for Zombie outbreaks, use that example.

[Irving]

Every time there is an emergency, I'm always glad that I don't eat much bread and never drink milk. I can understand bread as a staple, but am flabberghasted that milk sells out every time. Don't want to take this off topic though. The floods last year are reason enough.

[StagLefty]

Katrina set off my prep mode. You can build up a good food and water supply real easy in a short period of time . If your a camper you probably already have a stove and lights.
In my youth in Maine prepping was a way of life and wasn't even a topic or had a name. Different age and mind set now seems to ignore some probabilities.

[cstone]

[Daniel_187]

The flood last year and then the gas&power went out a month later and it was 5 degrees outside, really opened my eyes. The power and gas were not so bad, we had a wood burning fire place and lots of beer on hand. But the flood affected our drinking water.

[HoneyBadger]

Just today: http://www.freep.com/article/2014090...-power-outages

Growing up in Michigan, my area did not have buried power lines, so during the winter we would lose power for several hours about 2-3 times a month and about one a year we would lose it for several days at a time. With a well and no power, we had to have a backup source of clean water, or backup power source for the well pump. Honestly, it's just the smart thing to do. Do you buy life insurance? How about car and home insurance? To me, this is a sort of life (and car and home) insurance.

Also, this:

[ChunkyMonkey]

Every time there is an emergency, I'm always glad that I don't eat much bread and never drink milk. I can understand bread as a staple, but am flabberghasted that milk sells out every time. Don't want to take this off topic though. The floods last year are reason enough.

Lucky you, I go bezerk when my rice cooker stops working

[sroz]

Katrina set off my prep mode. You can build up a good food and water supply real easy in a short period of time . If your a camper you probably already have a stove and lights.
In my youth in Maine prepping was a way of life and wasn't even a topic or had a name. Different age and mind set now seems to ignore some probabilities.

Yea, I know what you mean about Maine. I was raised in north Aroostook county. Just a way of life up there. No matter what hit you, you always had heat & food.

[TheGrey]

I just got off the phone with my Mom. They now say it ay be two weeks before they get water services sorted out; the Red Cross is passing out water and now they've broken out some water purification tablets.

[crays]

I just got off the phone with my Mom. They now say it ay be two weeks before they get water services sorted out; the Red Cross is passing out water and now they've broken out some water purification tablets.

Hope they get it sorted out soon. Don't know if this would help, or if they have the logistics to support delivery (and don't know how long it would take) but:
COSTCO Pallet of water <<LINK



Maybe they could split it with neighbors?