Wow! You said it!

And despite the overwhelming evidence and just recent events pointing out that it makes good sense...there's still WAY WAY to many that firmly believe that the Gov't and local authorities will 'take care of everything and make it all better'. Just like pensions.

I'm starting to believe that I'd just be better served in keeping myself to myself and not talking with others about things. It's starting to feel like work.

Runs With Scissors

And to think, there are people out there who not only rely on the Government, but shun all of us who have the foresight to prepare for these events.

Hey Runs With Scissors, if you kept strictly to yourself, no one else could gain from your insight and half the purpose behind prepping has just been eliminated! It may seem like a losing battle, but some of the most effective actions have been defeated, and still left the impression that was needed.

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It looks a lot like winter here in Canada. On the east coast storms wipe out the power every year. Airports here and in the northern states are continually shut down for periods due to winter storms, and being "snow stayed" is a favoured part of our collective character. I think living in a part of the world where the weather kicks the hell out of you on a seasonal basis gives many of us a head start. My father-in-law lives on the east coast and if asked would not call himself a prepper. He has a wood burning stove and three cord of wood for the winter in addition to oil heat, he has a generator for when (not if) the power goes, a supply of food, well water, and a tractor to help dig out in the winter. It's just "normal" if you live on the coast out that way.

I have family in Cape Breton and they live much the same way, get snowed in all the time and have to be dug out...woodburning/electric fan furnace have to stoke up and build very hot so it lasts through the night and get up and restart with ambers in the morning...power outages all the time, due to hurricanes ( mostly hitting Halifax)

That's the way I live here in Eastern Ontario all the time: I heat with wood, have a back-up generator, cold cellar full of potatoes, carrots, squash, and onions, etc.......you never know when we're going to get an ice storm or 'noreaster' snowstorm. I always have a two year's supply of firewood (my oil furnace is my 'back-up' source of heat). LOL