[digitalengineer]

Escaping to the country isn't a good plan. During the financial crisis of 2008 I thought it be a good idea to read about the financial crisis of Argentina during the 2001 crash and what it ment to students/poor people, the middle class in "Surviving Argentina". In short: "On the country-side" no one can hear you scream. A lot of sh*t went down. The books a good read, I even took up the some of the advice and now no longer need lenses or glasses with build-in contact-lenses inside my eye. My house is strengtened as well, and I studied Krav Maga for a few years. Always nice to know a little bit. I liked the first lesson: If you can walk away out of a situation, do it and screw your "honor".

Book: (no affiliate links) http://www.amazon.com/The-Modern-Survival-Manual-Surviving/d...

[the_watcher]

The article doesn't spend much time on it, but it does mention the necessity of weapons to defend yourself. I read the article more about living off the grid today, which would set you up better than the vast majority of those should the apocalypse come to pass. It's pretty much impossible to totally remove yourself from the grid without moving to the country in the modern era.

You're right that this may not be the best possible disaster prep if you are simply preparing for disaster (and don't plan on going off the grid unless totally necessary).