They prep for many reasons. Sure we prep because we fear another world war or complete economic collapse of the financial world. But we also prep for whatever life and Mother Nature decide to throw at us. Take a look at what happened to the people who were not prepared when Hurricane Katrina hit. Look at what happened when Sandy hit. Look at what is happening now with the all the wildfires, droughts and floods that have been going on.
What about long term job losses? What do you do when you suddenely lose your job and the job market is really bad like it is now or Heaven forbid like it was during the Great Depression? How will you pay your bills, feed your family and pay for medical care? Yes you will be able to get unemployment for awhile but that will eventually run out. Oh and yes there is welfare but even that will run out sooner or later as less and less people are working to pay the taxes to support the welfare system. What good will it do to depend on the government when even they will run out of money once they can no longer borrow from China and other places. And when there is no longer enough people in America working to pay taxes that keep the governemnt and all its programs running. We are already at that point. Truthfully we are just waiting for the other shoe to drop on that.
What about severe health problems that suddenly take you out of the workforce. How will you survive then? It will take at least 6 months to get Social Security Disablity going if not longer. Some people have had to wait 3 years to get their disability.
Preppers are prepared to survive most of what I mentioned above. We keep a decent supply of food on hand to last us a few months. We keep a little cash on hand in case the banks shut down. We learn to live simply and with out most of all the high tec gizmos the rest of the world has. We have learned to make do. use it up, wear it out and recycle it into something else. In other words, we have learned to go back to the ways of our pioneer ancestors and practice the way of life they and our family members lived durning the Great Depression and through both World Wars.
So next time you hear the word prepper before thinking "Oh another nut case" think instead of all the reasons I listed of why people prep. It just might open your eyes to the true nature of most preppers.
Prepping Granny