I've given a fair amount of thought to this over the years. I still consider myself a beginer. I'll write things down as I go. Maybe it will help some other beginer and maybe more experienced types can point out where I stumble.
Looking back, I find that I've been making contingency plans for things going to hell in a big way for over 40 years. Watching Doomsday Preppers let me see that #1 I'm not crazy, and #2 There are others out there who feel like I do. Maybe we'll all end up 50 years from now alive and in good shape, but I have no intention of leaving it to chance.
On the plus side, there are a lot more tools out there for people like us. There are two tags hung on us: preppers and survivalists, and I'm not sure I like the connotations of either one. Let me get this clear: I don't expect the world to go to hell, but I don't intend to let such a possibility steamroller me, either. So... if you have to hang a tag on me to be happy, then feel free to call me s prepper. I surely do intend to prepare for whatever I can. I don't have much for resources, my wife doesn't believe in prepping and we don't have a lot of space for huge pantries, so this will be an exercise in worst-case scenarios.
What I'm doing is picking up a couple of items as the budget allows. So every couple of weeks, I will pick up something on my list of must-haves. Oh, yes, I do have a list. A huge one, of course. You realy do need one. Thank goodness we now have computers to help out. It certainly does speed up things.
