How would you rate yourself as "semi-serious" or "very-very serious" PREPPER.....???

[Sourdough]

Pick whatever scale you want one to ten or one to a hundred. Or choose one of the below.

Nothing in life is more important than prepping.

Prepping is important, but other things are more important. (Like quality of life)

Prepping is really not that important, but a little extra is good.

Or write one sentence that states how serious you are about prepping.
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NOT looking for a list of what you have achieved as far as prepping. Only how serious you see yourself.

 

[Amish Heart]

Prepping is how I live.

 

[SoJer]

^ Nails it.

In summary: 'An Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure'.. and... 'A Stitch, in Time, saves Nine'... and 'Waste Not, Want Not'... Gramma & Grampa were So Right..

..just simply an Intrinsic-Attitude / overall 'Way of Life'...

jd

 

[DWinCO]

My husband calls me a closet prepper...but everyone knows I'm a prepper and proud of it! LOL

 

[UrbanHunter]

I think I'm just an average prepper.... The wife may disagree.

 

[phideaux]

I was a serious prepper for 40+ years. Can't even begin to convey the depth.

But,

When I got to 7 1/2 decades of age...I do very little anymore.

I believe I've reached "long term". Now I'm gonna live life.


Jim

 

[Sourdough]

I was a serious prepper for 40+ years. Can't even begin to convey the depth.

But,

When I got to 7 1/2 decades of age...I do very little anymore.

I believe I've reached "long term". Now I'm gonna live life.


Jim

OK......this is more what I am looking for. Most of the rest so far don't give a clear picture of how serious. There is no right or wrong.

I am wondering how many if any have sold nearly everything, they own that is (in their opinion) not essential to survival. Sold all TV's but one, sold all vehicles but one, sold every possible thing so as to use that revenue for expediting prepping.

 

[Sourdough]

I think I'm just an average prepper.... The wife may disagree.

This does not tell me anything, as your vision of average is likely not the same as mine. Hell, I honestly have no idea what is average. I know what is "Not interested in prepping, thinks it is silly".

I know what the vast majority of people would consider mentally crazy obsessed with prepping.

 

[UrbanHunter]

OK......this is more what I am looking for. Most of the rest so far don't give a clear picture of how serious. There is no right or wrong.

I am wondering how many if any have sold nearly everything, they own that is (in their opinion) not essential to survival. Sold all TV's but one, sold all vehicles but one, sold every possible thing so as to use that revenue for expediting prepping.

So are you asking if we have more than 2 years food supply on hand, enough seeds to plant crops for a decade, enough water resources and water storage and filtration sufficient to fill an Olympic swimming pool, multiple forms of fuel and ways to heat your home for years, enough guns and ammo to supply a small army, and enough medical supplies to stock a typical emergency room. Is that what you're asking?

 

[Sourdough]

So are you asking if we have more than 2 years food supply on hand, enough seeds to plant crops for a decade, enough water resources and water storage and filtration sufficient to fill an Olympic swimming pool, multiple forms of fuel and ways to heat your home for years, enough guns and ammo to supply a small army, and enough medical supplies to stock a typical emergency room. Is that what you're asking?

NO.....No. Let me try this differently. Think "UKRAINE". A serious prepper would have acted when America and other countries closed their embassy's. Closed or moved most money out of country. Maybe moved family and loved ones out of country.

A semi-interested prepper would have waited till Russia evacuated their embassy. Then took some action.

 

[Morgan101]

Prepping is important, but other things are more important. (Like quality of life)

I would put myself in this category. I would rank health, faith, and family above prepping.

 

[Sourdough]

This is just not working. And I assume it is my fault.

LETS JUST GO WITH ON A SCALE OF "ONE to TEN".

 

[Tirediron]

14 out of 10

 

[Patchouli]

Prepping is important. If family is important because you’re not alone, you’re thinking ahead and have food storage to last you at least six months. In my opinion I’m not prepping for zombies or complete devastation. A number of other things could happen. I could lose my job, I could have an accident or get very sick, etc. Do I have enough in place for me to survive more than a week? Yes. I think some of us may be hesitant to answer such questions on a public forum for a number of reasons.

 

[dademoss]

Preparing for WHAT? I have NO desire to survive a Global Thermonuclear war, nor live in the middle nowhere eating the occasional squirrel/moose/walrus/whatever.

I am prepared for the shorter term.

No matter how well you are prepared, the day will come when the last chainsaw chain breaks, the fuel is gone, the salt is gone, pick your failure point, it WILL happen.

Yeah, I can set a snare, make a fire, build a crappy shelter, all good for the short term, NOT how I will choose to live in the long term.

I choose family, friends and community.

 

[Sourdough]

Yes. I think some of us may be hesitant to answer such questions on a public forum for a number of reasons.

I understand that. But I would bet those remaining in Ukraine after the war is over..........will consider what level of preparedness they "WISH" they had had in place, and what plans they have for future SHTF.

This is not just about food and water quantity. It will become evident at some point having all your money is U.S. Dollars, was a mistake. Having money out of the country might become prudent. Where you park your eight hundred and eighty-five "MILLION" dollars, 300-foot-long yacht, could be a consideration.

 

[Bacpacker]

I don't consider what I do as prepping. I grew up spending lots of time with and helping my grandparents and aunts and uncles. Many of them lived thru the great depression and learned what it took to get by. They mostly stayed true to that their entire life. I got away from it for a while as an older teen and 20's, but once I settled down some and got my crap together, I have went back to my roots. I call it life.
Some folks think I'm crazy for spending so much time gardening and working around. That being said, we do get out and try and enjoy life at times. On a scale of 1-10, I'd call us a 7 or 8. We aren't where we need to be. But we are working to get as far along as possible.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Non perishable food for 3+ years put back.
Vegetable garden, tiny orchard with a few fruit trees.
Chickens to lay eggs, plus complete incubation equipment to replenish the flock (been doing this over 25 years now).
Have a horse for mobility if there is no more motor fuel.
Major river just a mile away if we have no electricity for the well pump.
Enough guns and ammo to last several lifetimes.
The homestead is in a rural area, on a dead end dirt road - not on any travel artery.

What does that make us on a scale of 1 to 10? Probably about a 7.5.
I need to find a system to run the well pump. It's too deep for a hand pump. i must investigate solar. This is Florida, the Sunshine State, we've got plenty of it.

 

[LadyLocust]

14 out of 10

Over achiever!

 

[Supervisor42]

I understand that. But I would bet those remaining in Ukraine after the war is over..........will consider what level of preparedness they "WISH" they had had in place, and what plans they have for future SHTF.

As hurricaners we have always been preppers.
We could easily make it a couple months with no outside assistance.
But I am with Jim, I am too close to the finish-line to spend every resource, and every waking hour, of the few precious years I have left, working on becoming 'more prepared'.
I want to be able to enjoy those years.
If the country becomes "Thunderdome", I am not going to be Mad Max anyway.
I guess that makes me a 6.

 

[LadyLocust]

I think the thing to define is "prepping." I never considered myself a prepper until maybe the last year or so. Hubby and I both grew up on ranches so with that upbringing comes certain skills and knowledge. I would typically tell people we live pretty traditionally. We grow & preserve, know how to build a fire, and various other things. It wasn't called "prepping," it was called living. So on a scale of 1-10 I'm a 10 in seriousness about living. By comparison to others who call themselves preppers, I might be a 7-8. I have no desire to play Rambo, but I have no qualms with living more primitively than is common today.

 

[Patchouli]

Entirely illegal in some places to store food too.

 

[Pearl]

Living through the end....I'm a10!!

 

[Sourdough]

Entirely illegal in some places to store food too.

Yikes........I will never ever be near such a location.

 

[Supervisor42]

Yikes........I will never ever be near such a location.

It's ok, she's just talking about Wal-Mart .

 

[Mountain trapper]

I really don't like the term prepper, but in this context I guess I'd be a 10. I was prepping before it was the "in" thing to do. Back in the old days it was just being self sufficient and "putting by" for hard times. Now days prepping has become big business.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I think the thing to define is "prepping." I never considered myself a prepper until maybe the last year or so. Hubby and I both grew up on ranches so with that upbringing comes certain skills and knowledge. I would typically tell people we live pretty traditionally. We grow & preserve, know how to build a fire, and various other things. It wasn't called "prepping," it was called living. So on a scale of 1-10 I'm a 10 in seriousness about living. By comparison to others who call themselves preppers, I might be a 7-8. I have no desire to play Rambo, but I have no qualms with living more primitively than is common today.

I am closest to this. I grew up in a world you all seem to define as shtf minus the bombs, but with a helping of nasty you don't want to know about.

Most people are grocery store peppers because they have to be. To be anything else is not realistic for most people so it doesn't matter what you would ideally like to do, even if you knew ahead of time exactly what was to be required.

So you have chickens and cows. Can you actually feed them through a real winter by the fruit of your own labors, or do you rely on the store and all that means to keep them alive? If you do, you are not a war worthy prepper but you could probably manage for the depression that's coming though.

There will be no hunting and fishing for the masses. There simply isn't enough game for that to happen even if it were possible to go traipsing around the countryside.

Amish Heart has an experienced community in place who could adapt back to the old ways quickly. Most others do not and never will. If it comes to doing things old school, I am a 20+ in having done it, but I no longer have the horses or equipment other than a buggy.

Now, I am a 6 with no gumption or stamina which in the Ukraine war zone, would make me a -5 (assuming my gopher hole and supplies went awol, or if everyone else sucks it up and let's me be an older slave driver; I figure, good luck with that.

This is not a simple question with a simple answer. I would consider myself quite well stocked but I don't have a a lot of the goods many here seem to have, simply because my life experiences don't lead me to seeing the need for them.

I am also old enough that I just want to stop and smell the roses before I can't bend over anymore. There is only so much angst I am willing to put up with these days.

 

[Supervisor42]

I really don't like the term prepper, but in this context I guess I'd be a 10. I was prepping before it was the "in" thing to do. Back in the old days it was just being self sufficient and "putting by" for hard times. Now days prepping has become big business.

Yes, when I was growing up on the farm my mom would go into town once a month for 25-pound bags of flour, sugar, and several cans of lard.
We endentured servants (6 children) would provide everything else off of the land.
We worked hard every day. Grew, harvested, canned, raised cows, hunted, fished, and cleaned everything.
I don't miss that life at all .
And I don't want it back.

 

[UrbanHunter]

I'm sorry @Sourdough, the problem isn't you or the question. Most real preppers I know don't like to tell people what they have and will talk in circles, myself included.
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 not having a weeks worth of food and no idea of how to get it and 10 being able to survive WWIII including an EMP attacks.

I would call my self average... (7~8) Meaning I could survive grid failures, food shortages, and a depression like the late 20s and 1930s.

The idea of having a Ukraine event in the USA is highly unlikely because of OCEANS. I could see an incursion into Alaska from the north for the oil reserves, but I think that they would not like their welcome....

 

[hiwall]

I am very serious about prepping. But not for me, for my kids.