Thread: Prepper vs Prudent

Originally Posted by Bruno

In all seriousness, I think the difference is that a prudent has a more realistic assessment of the odds for which he is preparing.


Given all the preppers I've seen on the discovery channel, I think the difference between prepper and prudent is a skewed view of the odds.

I agree, but many of the preps are just common sense, I believe you have to give some stupid scenario to even be on the show ie: I would never make the show even through my "Preps" are much better than all but the very outlandish ones, because "Winter is rough here" isn't all that exciting...


Edit: Methinks I shall call it the "Impending Climactic Weather Shift from Temerate to Ice Age Temps" and apply for the show.. Bet they never figure out I mean "Winter"

Well, when I lived in the city I did as city people did. But when I moved to the country, I put away city things

I mean, you can prepare and be prudent in a city, but really if something disastrous occurs I'd say the best approach is the central coordination of a Govt. run process over 500,000 people all doing their own thing.

Even where you have well-run and efficient government-run emergency services, they will take time to get to you. What you do in that time for yourself could make all the difference in saving lives, homes, possessions etc.

James.

most people arnt prepared for anything !! i see people getting tires changed cause they dont know how or dont know where the jack or spare tire is on there vehicle .. im laughed at because i carry QUIKCLOT sponges/bandages in my car , shooting bag , and in the medicine cabinet .. my x wife says " your crazy , what do you think your gonna get shot every where you go ? " i say no but if im in a severe car accident or any other event where me or me in the kids is in a life threatening situation where rapid blood loss occurs id like to increase the chances of not watching my child or another bleed to death .. she say hhmmm , good point !!
its kinda like cutting extra fire wood for the winter , sure its more work and you might not need it but its there if you need it and id rather not get caught with my pants dont so to speak .. i try to be ready and prepared for anything i can and have been like this for as long as i can remember ..

Buying food, ammo, and stores for a financial crisis= prudent. Doing all the same for a zombie apocalypse = prepper.

I lived in the city before we moved here, in fact the epitome of suburbia we lived on a freaking Cul-d sac..
The only real changes are
A tractor
A bigger generator
A well and the knowledge to keep water coming out
A chain saw and the knowledge of how to use it

Yep pretty much it

Me and my friends think those guys who prep are a bunch of fools. We have a list of all these preppers and all one thousand of us will be on the move with all our "gear". No sense hoarding when we be coming to take it away.

In difficult times people come out running! When the ice storm hit around here a few years ago, we lost power for 17 days, many local and friends from work know that i burned wood and that i have quite a woodshed with 5 to 6 cords of DRY wood. Let just say that my house was very nice and toasty and that my woodshed was quite popular during this time!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The only real changes are

I forgot the most important change..

The realization that in the Colorado Rockies the way I had of navigating that was quite simple using the long clear views of the High mountain peaks and minimal use of a compass is virtually impossible in the dense dark tress of the North Idaho Panhandle...
You can get seriously lost with a quickness up here in the forest.. I had to really brush up on my map/compass orienteering skills, when I started hunting up here..
Yes GPS is easy and I use it but I would never bet my life on it

Originally Posted by gssixgun

One more hehehe you will have to figure that out with all my city friends that have said the exact same thing

"If the SHTF I am heading to Glen's place" they consider that a valid survial strategy

Of course you are well defended against being over run by friends ?

Having grown up in the Snow Belt, most of what Glen describes are part of the seasonal chores. Like changing the window screens for the storm windows in the fall and back again in the spring. Wasn't anything political about it. Just being ready to last until the county cleared the roads after a snowfall and you can get back into your daily routine.

What's different, I think is the "us vs them" mentality. Where I grew up, if a farmer was hurt or ill at harvest time, the neighbors would spend a day out of their harvest time to bring in the others crops. If there was a death in the family, glazed hams and scalloped potatoes from the neighbors would be on the doorstep the morning of the wake to feed the visitors.

I now live in the NYC area and I've seen that same "neighbor helping neighbor" attitude during any number of difficult times, from black outs and snow storms to 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy. It's part of the human make up to help each other. Like it or not, we live in a collective, we have mutual needs for each other and we come to the mutual aid of others. By instinct.

So the questions I have for those who live in fear of the breakdown in the rule of law is this. Which laws? And how much fear do you enjoy?