I am not a prepper by the most common definition, but rather try to be prepared for both urban and wilderness environments.

On the wilderness side of things. At an early age (mid 1970's), every week, we would gather around the TV to watch Wild Kingdom, Untamed World (Canadian Series), Marty Stouffer's Wild America (before we were aware of the animal cruelty charges that eventually came to light.)

It was watching these TV shows and along with the influence of family members who were outdoors men/women all their lives, that my outdoor passion grew from but did not hit full stride until my late teen years that friends and I began to spend days at a time out in the bush hiking, camping, fishing, hunting etc. During these years, the concept of being ETS was a completely foreign concept as now in retrospect, we would head out with minimal supplies, inadequate clothing, gear etc. Through the years, maybe it was just plain luck that we never had any serious life threatening situations and it was not until the early 1990's that I really began to look at outdoor adventure from a more practical...and much safer point of view and started being much more prepared as a result.

On the aspects of being be prepared for traveling of which we do a lot of and 95% is by vehicle. In the late 90's I met my SO on a hiking trip with mutual friends. From her, the lessons of being fully prepared hit closer to home. As I mentioned in previous posts, she spent some years as working for NGO groups in some of the most miserable places on earth. The worst being caught in the refugee situation from the Rwandan Genocide where millions of refugees fled that country and flooded into the neighboring countries, including Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.) My SO's aide group was based in Zaire, very close to the Rwanda border until the situation became so dangerous and desperate that her group along with many other every NGO's pulled out. When her group started the pullout, they fled with precious little food, water and other supplies. Upon her group finally getting away from the Zaire/Rwanda border region and eventually to Europe then home almost 2 weeks later, my SO vowed that no matter the circumstance or where she traveled whether domestically or internationally, she would always have her own emergency kit.
Skip forward to today, my area of the country provides some of the best outdoor experiences anywhere and we take full advantage of this. To that end when we travel, our vehicle is stocked accordingly with right gear and supplies that we will need...without going overboard. Postscript to this. My SO is going back to Africa in December for another (and probably last) 6-8 month stint with an NGO. It also goes with saying that she will have her own extensive kit with her when she leaves.

On the home front and prep wise, no real one event or thing to influence us. However we are stocked up on food and other supplies more than the average person, however space limitations plays a factor in having a bit more supplies that would make us more comfortable. Then again, we live in an area that is free from hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, snow storms etc. In fact, the only major natural disaster (and unlikely) is a major earthquake which according to experts is a 1 in 500 year chance. However being just a few years south of 50 years old, I will in all likelihood, live the rest of my life without this occurrence. As for being prepared for a man made disaster, no major industries, plants, factories, rail lines, major highways etc close by so these scenarios are low priority but still something that we keep in mind and prepare for.