Degrees of preparedness- Level 1

I'd like to take a couple minutes to talk about the varying levels or degrees of preparedness, and what supplies would be good to keep on hand for each level.

When I say degrees, what I mean is that most folks out there do not have a huge underground bunker set up with ten years' worth of shelf stable foods, water and the arsenal needed to protect it.  Nor do most people even want a survival set-up like that.

Most folks recognize the need to be prepared for short-term situations, such as power outages caused by storms, and are interested in prepping for them to make life for their family easier.  They do not believe in, or care about planning for an end of the world scenario.

Also, a lot of people just do not have the room in their homes to stockpile much in the way of supplies necessary for long-term survival.

The best USMC quotes

Here is a list I compiled of the best USMC quotes around.  Enjoy!

Prepping as an investment

This article is written for those of you out there who are somewhat inclined to get into prepping, but aren't quite sold on the idea that anything worse than a hurricane or blizzard will ever occur.  Survivalism appeals to you in some ways, but the mainstream media, the politicians, and your doubting friends have you believing that nothing that bad will ever really happen, and that you are wasting your time and money by being a prepper.

Greatest threats after the fall of civilization

Let's say that one day you find yourself in a long term survival situation.  I think everyone knows that it will be a struggle to do most everything that is easy for us now.  Even if you have stockpiled shelf stable foods and have a large quantity of water stored, preparing your meals and ensuring that your drinking water is purified is not going to be as convenient when the grid is down.  Besides, eventually your food and water stores will be depleted, and you will have to raise your own vegetables and hunt for meat if you want to survive.