Preparedness is all about not having to join the mobs at stores and being able to survive for some period of time with what you have on you -- at home or away. I'm pretty well prepared for all but the end-of-days scenarios or being on travel when something occurs.

If you have to run to the store when a blizzard or hurricane is forecast, you're not prepared. Post-disaster, you may have to run to the store if your preps are inaccessible because an earthquake, tornado or something else severely damaged your home. If you want to run to the store simply to pile on the preps then at least you should be under less stress than the totally unprepared masses.

If an asteroid is headed our way I'll be busy loading as much as possible of what I already have in and on the car to head for higher, less populated ground. Among the things going on the car are two mountain bikes and bike trailers.

For urban preparedness, I'd advise starting preps with:


cash - gas - water - food - radio - light (headlamp/flashlight/candles)


I have these items pretty well covered at home and in the car. Water is the most difficult for long-term situations. Just about any disaster scenario includes potential for power outage -- which if long enough is itself a disaster.