Preparedness Matters, Every Day

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by Bob Mayne, Today’s Survival podcast

Many people may be wondering how to start getting prepared.  However, let me ask you to first, think about what you are preparing for.  What really can happen?  For most of us, preparedness pays off when everyday, common occurrences happen.  Every day the, “stink” hits the fan for someone in this country. 

• Every day someone loses a job (unfortunately). 
• Every day a child faces the collapsing marriage of their parents and an uncertain financial future.
• Every day someone is injured in a car or industrial accident,with no one to help except a well-trained civilian that happened to be on the scene before the paramedics arrived. 
• Every day someone’s spouse who was the major breadwinner unexpectedly dies. 
• Every day someone is hit with a medical bill they can’t pay or their home is burglarized or catches fire. 
• Every day something goes wrong on a carefully planned hunting trip or someone’s car is stuck in a blizzard. 
• Every day a corporation goes bankrupt or dives into serious financial trouble.
• Every day another politician does something they weren’t sent to the capitol to do.

The major point is not to think of survivalists as weird conspiracy theorists waiting for the next meltdown of society but as ordinary people, planning to deal with everyday events like these.  The sad truth is that only about 7% of Americans prepare accordingly.  That makes 93% of our fellow citizens potentially part of the problem rather than the solution.  Common sense preparations is what we are all about.   It’s what our grandparents did, right?

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