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by poulsbohemian
1031 days ago
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I see what's being described in this thread as at least three different things: 1) Disaster preparedness, like you are describing, as a sane and prudent thing for many people and places. Know your local conditions and put in place some resources you could use if there were a fire / tornado / earthquake (whatever your local threat) for some period of time. 2) Simple living. That is, if there are things you can do that make you more self-sufficient and create pleasure, then go for it. Many people plant a garden, raise some chickens, etc not because they are prepping for the end of the world but because they enjoy it. 3) Actual off-grid preppers - people who for one reason or another plan for some time in which they will need to be entirely self-sufficient and may even wish to explicitly separate themselves from other people (war, zombie apocalypse, etc). I think it's really just this third category that raises eyebrows and questions. |
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And that was without trying to push it. Realistically, we could have extended that by months - limited only by food - by camping near a water source.
Our lifestyle at the time wasn't at all "prepper" driven, but I think it's another category worth recognizing here.
Many full-time RVers have similarly, surprisingly-long off-grid capaciy at all times.
We did meet a few 'real' preppers along the way, though. The kind who have a reinforced "bug out room" deep in their basement, with positive pressure air ventilation, shelves lined with MREs, many crates of water, and an substantial arsenal. Interesting dude, but the prepper thing wasn't my speed.