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this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
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I guess in my mind, 'prepper' is just short for 'doomsday prepper' and it's not the same thing as doing, like I said above, sensible preparation for natural disasters.
Anyone that has been through even a bad blizzard knows it's important to have some basic supplies. Depending on where in the US you live, it would actually be considered unusual and irresponsible to not have some basic preparation for weather and related stuff. Not having a cold-weather car kit and home preparations for losing power in a blizzard in the upper Midwest, for instance, would be considered stupid.
No one thinks tornado shelters are that weird if you live in tornado alley. I'm sure hurricane prone areas probably have their own set of ready prep stuff that would seem weird in other parts of the country.
You're not talking about doomsday preppers.
Yeah that's what I'm saying. The stuff I mentioned is just reasonable preparation for, like... life. Sometimes stuff gets disrupted for unexpected reasons. Like toilet paper during a pandemic lol.