I was prepping when prepping wasn't cool. That goes back to the 70's.
Why did we do it then? The world had many of the problems that face us today. If you read Harry Browne back then you knew we were headed for a monetary crisis. We just didn't know it would be many of them to extend over decades.
We worried about pandemics because we did have some treacherous strains of Flu coming through as we do now and expect to see again.
We all had to face the idea that Nuclear war could occur at any moment either through aggression, mistaken launch, rogue generals, or stupidity.
Food shortages didn't loom as a major concern at the time, but food storage was part of the preparation for all of the other concerns.
Most importantly, we all prepared for those things that we had no control over so that from our perspective we did gain some control by being prepared.
Has anything changed since then? Only the list of things to worry about. It's much longer.
"One little bit of information can be the difference between life and death." - Author Unknown, Maybe Dead XXXXXXX (Check out the Alpha site survivalcompound.com)
I just found your site. Looking forward to your opinions about things.
ReplyDeleteNaturally I went to the first post to start from there.
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Z, sorry I missed your comment. I was going through a rough patch right around then. I only noticed your comment on a new blogging dashboard. I hope you still get a chance to drop by. BTW - check out the new Alpha site www.survivalcompound.com I'm getting prepped for the risk of a site take down so wanted a back-up.
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