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JeepNaked t1_j1wfw0k wrote

People always think people that prepare are crazy, till something like this happens and they don't even need to leave the house.

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Pays_in_snakes t1_j1ww9p1 wrote

I don't think my neighbors who hold a few weeks of food in their basements are crazy; I think the neighbors who told me they had a list of other neighbors whose land they planned to annex when it 'hits the fan' are crazy

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zer1223 t1_j1x3bap wrote

Jesus Christ. That's like the robot chicken joke of people getting snowed in for a couple hours and immediately turning to cannibalism

You've got a few psycho neighbors

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dhoushi t1_j1yqe29 wrote

No unfortunately that’s a window into the future. If people are starving all bets are off. Everything humankind has built up is so fragile, it would only take a few weeks of starvation for our society to go completely upside down. Law and order are illusions we provide ourselves to make an irrational world rational. Never lose touch with the animals that reside in us all, be aware.

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windisfun t1_j1wvi0r wrote

We're not preppers, but we have enough food and water for a couple weeks. It's just the way we shop, buying stuff on sale and keeping it stocked up.

I never understood how people don't have a few days worth. They seriously don't have peanut butter, jelly, soup, crackers, Ramen etc?

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JeepNaked t1_j1ww406 wrote

I'm a small-town farm boy so it's just natural for me to keep food and stuff on hand. I also hate running to the store every time I need something.

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Ocyanea t1_j1z9rqy wrote

People who get takeout or fast food a lot don’t. Some people literally just have drinks and maybe a bag of chips and grab pizza or McDonald’s on their way home regularly.

Having a well-stocked kitchen is something you have to learn how to do when you move out for the first time. Some people didn’t have a well stocked kitchen growing up so it doesn’t even occur to them that there are basics they should just have on hand.

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SnakeDoctur t1_j1xnnq8 wrote

Many people have no choice. People living on minimum wage, for example, who can't afford to miss a single day of work

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90swasbest t1_j1zfv8f wrote

If you can't put away the occasional 50 cent canned goods, you need to reevaluate your life.

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god_snot_great t1_j1x1lxv wrote

My mid-sized truck is a rolling survival tent. I love it. Solar, diesel heat, gas generator, freezer, fridge and a hot shower. It was a COVID hobby and I will use it to camp until I can’t drive anymore. I’m able to pull all that together in my home if I need to.

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Perfect-Brain-7367 t1_j1y124y wrote

I got a couple of those survival buckets of dehydrated food after lock downs began. Shit stays good (well... edible, in the purest sense of the word) for decades and it just takes up a bit of corner space in the closet. Enough for at least a week for the whole family, probably longer as I don't imagine we'll be super eager to fill up on 2000 calories a day on this crap, just enough to not go hungry. Live on the Gulf so hurricanes definitely put the probability of needing it one day well above zero.

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90swasbest t1_j1zfl8g wrote

Being prepared with a few meals and a kerosene heater isn't crazy. It's prudent.

Digging a bunker in your back yard?

Crazy.

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