What are you prepping for?

[Bigfoot]

Sorry if this question has been asked. I just found this forum a few days ago so I havent spent more than an hour looking at it so far. But very informative!!

So what are your biggest concerns?

My biggest concerns are the grid going down. That is the easiest thing for an enemy to do to us . A grid down situation for more than a few days will leave millions unprepared and things will get bad quickly. This is why I am beginning to prep. Yes a solar flare or EMP can do the same damage but I have a feeling cyber attacks is where we will lose power to our grid system.

Im not too worried about yellowstone or aliens or the so called global warming that will kill us all in a few years. the destruction of america is happening now but I really dont think these democrats will be able to keep it up much longer. Too many "americans" are opening their eyes to the marxist beliefs so Im betting in 4 or 5 years we will be rid of these idiots now in power.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Enemies in control of our country, like we have now is my greatest concern. EMP would be second.

 

[lonewolf]

The power grid going down will be curtains for most people either in your country or mine, most people wont be able to survive without the necessities of modern life plus most would curl up and die without their mobile phone or access to Facebook and the like.

 

[user 7704]

Enemies in control of our country, like we have now is my greatest concern. EMP would be second.

Proud Prepper, we are on the same page . Those are my greatest concerns too. The grid and a a properly placed EMP would devastate the country.

 

[Dracos]

An EMP would have a cascading affect. No electricity would lead to no transportation, witch would lead to no food or water. That leads to civil unrest, to riots to looting. No communications leads to no government. No law enforcement . And its all downhill from there. 90% die off is likely, in the first year.

 

[Brianna]

Social unrest, grid failure and hurricanes. All of which we're already seeing on some level nationwide.
I'm fortunate to live in a conservative area, where most of my neighbors are also preppers.

 

[Illini Warrior]

Firstly, I prep for those every single day SHTF occurrences that happen in life - that should be the very first thing a newbie should do to prep >> know your utilities around the house to shut things down when necessary - change a flat going to work - find your keys, phone and even your shoes - ect ect

don't worry about the big SHTFs >>> if you don't have the basics down - any prepping you do for these will be built on a shoddy unreliable base ....

 

[MOS0231]

Social, economic collapse either by design or by our own ineptness (i.e. government).
Cyber attack on the grid is a big one.

 

[lonewolf]

Cyber attack on the grid is a big one.

I expect its already been tried. trial run so to speak.

 

[Mountain trapper]

My main concerns are our own government; loss of freedoms, liberties and the trashing of our constitution. Next is invasion from illegal aliens and finialy natural disaster; forest fires and heavy winter snows.

 

[GaRp58]

I am with Arctic, the local gov't could fail daily, the local electricity, the local water. Our president does not want the illegals here, he says< ""the gypsies have been here for 400 years and have not integreated themselves. Why should we believe the fugitives from Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq should integrate themsleves so soon??""
The Danube could flood us any time and we would lose everything. A forest fire can not happen here but it is not a good thing. We do not know if a winter can or will be bad again, we have to have enough wood to survive if the gas goes out....questions?

 

[jontte]

we rely so heavily on computers today,so if those go down,we are in for a ride, on my part I have to worry about that kosack in the east, what he does next,
don't excactly have much confidence in my gov't either...
loss of power and heat in the winter would be "cool", literally..

 

[Bigfoot]

This pandemic should show everyone that we are a fragile society. Take out one small block and the whole thing comes crashing down. If we could get rid of the modern democratic/socialistic party then thing will get back to normal quickly. But they are the big chunk that is trying to topple our great nation.

 

[Kevin L]

I'm prepping for a massive environmental collapse, EMP from either a solar flare or a high-altitude nuclear weapon.

I have also tried to prep for economic collapse.

If we can hold together for a little while longer, I'll be an RN . . . and RNs and doctors have always been in short supply. As an RN, I'll be able to challange the paramedic exam and become a paramedic again . . . so I wonder if I still "got it," or if eveything about me will be hopelessly antiquated after a 22 year break.

Or is that just a midlife crisis?

 

[Schattentarn]

Well, today is Friday so here are my Friday picks (could change by Saturday)

Civil War
Grid /EMP
Nuclear fallout with or without a war
Pandemic
Internet failure--causing other failures, notably food and fuel.

Things that don't bother me a bit.
"Climate Change"
aliens
Super volcano

 

[rrodscott]

This pandemic should show everyone that we are a fragile society. Take out one small block and the whole thing comes crashing down. If we could get rid of the modern democratic/socialistic party then thing will get back to normal quickly. But they are the big chunk that is trying to topple our great nation.

Good joke. Trump was running the response to C19, and unless you're saying that the is a democratic/socialist, your proposition is obviously erroneous.
I'm prepping for the next pandemic from China, because if another moron line Trump is running the country when it hits, we're in trouble. Even with an organism as relatively benign as C19, for a while, the shelves were empty, ICUs' were overflowing, businesses closed down, no air travel, etc. etc.
The biggest threat if, say an organism with a fifty-percent lethality rate hits the US, is that half of the country are such dedicated followers that basic steps to stop the spread of the disease would be ignored, as in "Why should I wear a mask if my hero Donald Trump ain't wearin' no mask?" And "I hain't gettin' no vaccination because I done been tolt by Tucker Carlson that they's injectin' RFID tags" or some such BS.
I'll wear a mask until the collapse is predictable. Then I'll bug out and wait for the half of the half to die off. Then people with some common sense will return and restart the economy after we are sure that we don't have to risk death compliments of some moron who gets his virology information from a fox pitchman and an eye doctor from Kentucky.

 

[Helen Back]

or some such BS.

I hope you turned in all of your guns, like a good little boy.

 

[Amish Heart]

Rrodscott is sure an American basher. Maybe he should mind his own Australian business. He has gun envy.

 

[Acdoctor]

If our election has nothing to do with you personally, then shut the h**l up about it and worry about your own government. You are here just to stir the pot.

 

[Illini Warrior]

Good joke. Trump was running the response to C19, and unless you're saying that the is a democratic/socialist, your proposition is obviously erroneous.
I'm prepping for the next pandemic from China, because if another moron line Trump is running the country when it hits, we're in trouble. Even with an organism as relatively benign as C19, for a while, the shelves were empty, ICUs' were overflowing, businesses closed down, no air travel, etc. etc.
The biggest threat if, say an organism with a fifty-percent lethality rate hits the US, is that half of the country are such dedicated followers that basic steps to stop the spread of the disease would be ignored, as in "Why should I wear a mask if my hero Donald Trump ain't wearin' no mask?" And "I hain't gettin' no vaccination because I done been tolt by Tucker Carlson that they's injectin' RFID tags" or some such BS.
I'll wear a mask until the collapse is predictable. Then I'll bug out and wait for the half of the half to die off. Then people with some common sense will return and restart the economy after we are sure that we don't have to risk death compliments of some moron who gets his virology information from a fox pitchman and an eye doctor from Kentucky.

you better start worrying about your OWN azz with the Chinese coming - better hope to hell the US rights the ship and gets a few things corrected that the Manchurian Prez is setting up for China ....

it's serious enough that the USAF is in an emergency re-structuring of the entire Asian program to slow China's advance toward a kick-off ....

 

[Proud Prepper]

you better start worrying about your OWN azz with the Chinese coming - better hope to hell the US rights the ship and gets a few things corrected that the Manchurian Prez is setting up for China ....

it's serious enough that the USAF is in an emergency re-structuring of the entire Asian program to slow China's advance toward a kick-off ....

He is not in Australia. I know where he is. Likely not even Aussie.

 

[GaRp58]

He has gun envy.

OR ANOTHER TYPE OF ENVY???

 

[covidsurvivor]

Corona aka Black Plague v. 2 happening right now, which leads to Social, economic collapse by ineptness.

Pestilence is already happening, possible war/famine (food prices, supply chains, inflation, econ fails, and false recovery into a long term non-recovery of a pandemic)

 

[MOS0231]

Trump's response was not bad at all.
It was those around him, trying to undermine him that made things bad.

He wanted to stop flights from China. He was fought against from every corner. Nacy Pelosi went to San Fran Chinatown, no mask, hugging everyone in sight. Two weeks later, she is wearing a mask. She rules the House to mask up at all times, despite the science to the contrary (to include Dr. Faucci's emails).
The WHO and CDC used PRC testing above 30 to make it look worse. Then just recently changed that number as to be more accurate.
Trump authorized Operation Warp Speed. He was derided in the press as wishful thinking. Yet here we are with a vaccine(s).
Despite Biden's claims, when Biden entered the WH there was a plan and infrastructure in place, and people were getting the vaccine. Biden was one of them back in DEC.
Trump did not institute a martial law like plan in locking down the country. I think he knew he would be accused of being "literally Hitler" had he done so. He left it up to the state's governors. We can see how each state was/is doing.
Was it prudent at the onset to take precautions until more was learned? Yes. But then as more information became available, we should have eased the shutdowns and protected the vulnerable (i.e. The Great Barrington Declaration).
But by then this whole thing was politicized.

 

[Helen Back]

He is not in Australia. I know where he is. Likely not even Aussie.

Another Texan voting blue.

 

[Amish Heart]

Really? What a jerk.

 

[Helen Back]

If solar panels are part of your prep list, hurry up. They will be getting more expensive if you can even get them.

Silicone fab explosion in Xinjiang threatens further poly shortage


Silicone fab explosion in Xinjiang threatens further poly shortage – pv magazine International (pv-magazine.com)

 

[Amish Heart]

I really hate that they come from China. There is no reason in the world that we should have to buy their junk.

 

[MOS0231]

I really hate that they come from China. There is no reason in the world that we should have to buy their junk.

I agree.
But people ultimately look at the price tag, and buy what is cheapest.
Others do not, if it is a pair of Nike shoes, going for $100+ made in China, by slaves.

 

[Amish Heart]

Stupid to spend that on tennis shoes, but oh well. People can spend their money on what they want. Our country has everything we need here.