Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Why am I preparing?

When I first started preparing one of my friends asked me, Do you think you really need all that food? Do you think it is going to get that bad? I think I gave a quick yes reply and that was it. I don't talk about my preps to my friend anymore but if she saw how much I have stored up now, she would think I was crazy. 

So why do I prepare for what's coming?  First I do believe a collapse is coming and I have always been taught to be prepared.  But not until about the summer of 2008 did I realize I really was not prepared for what is to come.  I'm not sure where it came from but being prepared is now a passion for me.  I actually enjoy preparing and being what is called a survivalist.  It feels good to be a survivalist, to grow your own food, to know that your family will not starve when times become hard.  Even if a total collapse never happens, you can still lose your job or have a major accident.  Having food, water and other essentials stored could allow you enough time to get back onto your feet without having to go into debt just to buy food for your family. 

If you are hesitating to start preparing I suggest you listen to Big John Lipscomb who can motivate almost anyone to start preparing.  Check him out his blog at http://www.bigjohnlipscomb.blogspot.com/ and listen to his radio show on renseradio.com at 7-9 pm central time. 

Thanks for reading.

Live the Motto - Be Prepared

7 comments:

  1. Great post. Little catastrophes happen every day...power outages, hurricanes, water contamination, food recalls, job loss, and when they do, that food and stored water sure comes in handy. Food storage isn't just for the apocalypse, you know!

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  2. this is a fantastic blog. i have wrote about it on my blog and would like you to be a guest on my radio show some - wednesday night. contact me at bigjohnlipscomb@gmail.com

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  3. Being prepared is the best feeling in the world. Too bad more people don't realize that there is nothing more precious than Independence...

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  4. I know what you mean. I keep my mouth shut about my preps, too. But I sure do sleep alot better now!

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  5. saw this link lipscomp's site, will come to it daily!

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  6. Thank you all for your comments. I hope I can contribute to helping others being prepared for what is coming.

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  7. hey dave, i live 40 miles north of pittsburgh now, but i am from philly and spent a lot of time at the jersy shore and in the pine barrens. people look at us like we are the oddballs, but any old timer would agree, be perpared dont ever depend on the goverment for help,even the goverment will tell you that, when things go bad its you and your friends and family. your friend ed

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