Well yep I do believe so ,if you look at what could happen should Israel make a pre emptive attack on Iran targetting its nuclear facilities that could spread fallout world wide, to more rioting, civil unrest, dirty bombs the list's bloody endless.
and you put your seatbelt on in the car when you drive, thats prepping for your survival as well.
People portray preppers and survivalists as weirdo's, for some reason if not for our caveman survivalists and prepper cavemen hunting and gathering, and not waiting for somebody else to save them the human race would have died out long ago.
"Some say the end is near, some say we will see Armageddon soon...
I certainly hope we will, I sure could use a vacation from this silly shit."