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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"Common sense preparations is what we are all about. It’s what our grandparents did, right?"
I'm a long-time reader, first time commenter, and let me just say, you nailed it in those two sentences. Something has happened in the past 40-50 years, where all that old-timey, practical wisdom has been thrown aside for things flashy, trendy, and above all, *convenient*. Mine is a generation that doesn't know how to cook from scratch, sew a straight line or use a canner. We can compute and scrapbook, but nothing that will feed our bodies or nurture our spirits.
I'm in my 30's and I remember all those summers I spent with my grandma in her summer kitchen canning green beans, tomatoes, corn…all the goodies we grew in the garden, and the delicious fruits we grew in a very small orchard. I learned so much at her elbow and I hate to think how we'd be living today if I hadn't!
I love your comment, Andrea. It was worth waiting for! LOL
It's amazing how quickly we Americans have lost the survival and self-sufficiency skills of our grandparents, great-grandparents and multiple generations before them! The vast array of goods we have to choose from, along with the stability and growth (or so we thought) of our economy has quickly turned us into a bunch of wimps! Survival has been the story of the human condition since Adam and Eve, and now most people consider it nuts to store food, water, or turn a backyard into a vegetable garden.
About a year ago I built my first veggie planting bed. Just a big 5×5 square so I could do the square-foot-gardening method. I'm finally going to plant it this month. After discovering you from the Newsweek story, I planned a second and bigger veggie bed and got it started last weekend. When the first veggies are harvested, the veggies in the second bed will already be maturing. Then the first veggie bed can be composted and rest a bit before the next planting. Crop rotation in my own backyard. New canning skills will soon follow.
Kat, that's great news! I've seen how effective the Square Foot Gardening technique can be. Once your first "square foot" is planted and thriving, it gives you confidence to build a second "square footer" and then another and another! It can be addictive, and the home grown produce is so much better for you. Congrats on taking this giant step! I know you'll become just as expert with canning!