31 August 2012, 12:34
(31 August 2012, 12:10)NorthernRaider Wrote: Personally the only think that really annoys me in a big way is SINGLE THREAT preppers, IE preppers who focus solely on surviving one threat, Food shortages, Drought, Meteors, Tsunamis and focus ALl their efforts on that one narrow threat, they are almost certainly likely to get wiped out by one of the other clear and present dangers that western societies face today.
I agree, but just to play Devil's Advocate here...

For somebody new to prepping like myself, it would make sense for them to spend the majority of their immediate time and money prepping on their most immediate threat ie. if they are highly susceptible to flooding, they shouldn't be spending all their money on N95 masks and air rifles

So I would say priorities should be:
a) Prep for the most obvious immediate threat
b) Prep for the common denominators (the events and preps you'll need that could be caused by multiple probable events. ie. civil unrest could be caused by lots of events, or a first aid kit could be used in lots of events)
c) Prep for all the other stuff
Obviously, the end goal should be to be well prepped for the majority of scenarios that could befall them. But can take quite a lot of time and money
