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Of course you ask this question in a forum of like minded people so the responses are probably going to be a long the lines of what you do anyways. But, there are those of us who feel not only a responsibility but also a obligation to protect and provide for our love ones. In normal everyday life that is done by working and providing food and shelter for our families. During abnomal times we know we must provide the same things and when you sit down and look at your self you must decided to be prepared. I am an office jockey, I am not an agressive person and by no means am i a person that typically can overpower other people on physical strength (although i could probably overpower them with my weight :).
I look at all the possibilites. Power out, tornado, ice storms, power plant mishap, terriorst strike (multiple ways) earthquake, etc. etc. and I try to prepare for these as best i can with the available funds. whats the likely hood of these occuring and impacting me greatly. Fairly low. Whats the likely hood that if it did and I was not prepared that my family could survive. Fairly low. I prefer to change those odds
All that being said i am paranoid about one thing. That the biggest issue is not going to be terrorist or mother nature, rather our own self destruction. Teh world and especially the US revolves around money. For 99% of the population take away the money and you will have your biggest natural disaster. it would take a "perfect storm" for the economy to get this bad. But it did that is when everything will hit the fan, because unlike most other things, that is the one thing that can impact everyone at the same time
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