I know this has been done a bajillion times, but it is interesting to hear what motivates people to prep.
I got started right after Y2K. Like a lot of people I watched the ball drop on TV and went to bed, but in the following days it kept bugging me. Nothing happened, but what hit me was, what if it had?
That realization just floored me. I had an 11 year old daughter I was raising on my own, lived in a big metro area, and was totally unprepared.
I had basic camping and fishing stuff, but no stored food. Even if I did have something, I had nothing but a cheap old .22 mag pistol to help defend it.
I knew a bit more than most since I lived on a farm when younger, but next to nothing about the many subjects concerning survival.
I was really new to the net, but got online and started searching. I found a preppers site and started to read and learn. For a long time I wasn't even a member, but just lurked.
That was 10 years ago, and light years away from where I am now.
I got started right after Y2K. Like a lot of people I watched the ball drop on TV and went to bed, but in the following days it kept bugging me. Nothing happened, but what hit me was, what if it had?
That realization just floored me. I had an 11 year old daughter I was raising on my own, lived in a big metro area, and was totally unprepared.
I had basic camping and fishing stuff, but no stored food. Even if I did have something, I had nothing but a cheap old .22 mag pistol to help defend it.
I knew a bit more than most since I lived on a farm when younger, but next to nothing about the many subjects concerning survival.
I was really new to the net, but got online and started searching. I found a preppers site and started to read and learn. For a long time I wasn't even a member, but just lurked.
That was 10 years ago, and light years away from where I am now.