With everything going on between the US, China, and Russia lately, how are you adjusting your preps?
Posted by Either-Sign-9345@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Hey everyone, not looking to turn this into a political thread at all, genuinely just curious how people here are thinking about it from a practical preparedness standpoint.
There's been a lot of noise lately with tensions between major powers and I think most of us regardless of where we stand politically can agree that uncertainty is uncertainty, and that's really all that matters from a prepping perspective.
So setting politics completely aside, has any of it changed how you're approaching your preps? Are you prioritizing anything differently, stocking up on specific things, or thinking about scenarios you weren't really considering before?
I'm also curious if people think this kind of geopolitical tension actually changes what you prep for in a practical sense, or if the fundamentals stay the same no matter what's happening in the world.
Just want to hear honest perspectives on the preparedness side of it, no political debate needed.
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NoShow173@reddit
I'm very new to actual prepping, as soon as I can post I plan on it - so many questions haha. My old Reddit Account I deleted cause I started it in college, now I'm starting fresh with my adult interest.
I have bug out bags, we're planning on adding more to them for medical things. Got a few more newer books on natural surviving medical and homestead. This Spring was our first time planting a basic garden and we are going to start Rain Barrel system with some stored in the basement thats potable. But again, very new to prepping. We just had our son and it's changed my mindset on things, I want to be able to protect him no matter what if I can. I feel like if I can get those 3 things going and well, my next step is dehydrator and canning to make stored food. Trying to plan for two scenarios - staying at the house and surviving OR bug out no choice (water in 5 gallon buckets, portable water filter, some plants in felt bags, seeds stored) so we can load up and have some basic survival needs existing till establishing again.
We've also looked at Nuclear fallout and where we are located, how that would hit us. We aren't near a major city but what would the fallout be and the human aspect look like.
I hope none of what I'm doing is ever truly needed. But it gives me peace of mind and it is good life skills to teach my son.
No_Albatross7213@reddit
I’m making sure my food supplies are adequate and hope to start a garden. Other than that, I’m getting a mountain bicycle, so I can cycle to places that are nearby instead of driving.
I’m also working on getting physically fit. Things are going to be rough, and I expect to do a lot of walking/cycling to scrounge for food, etc. 😐
ommnian@reddit
Im just trying to stay stocked up. Buying random extras of things like pens, tape, glue etc as they become available for cheap.
Torch99999@reddit
I'm not doing much different.
Normally I use my truck very little, less than 1k minutes/year, and just do oil changes annually. I'll probably get my oil change a this week, which is ~8 months.
I'm also encouraging my wife to buy more groceries. A few years ago we created a family policy of "always buy an extra of whatever you're buying" grocery policy that she stopped doing to the point she was always out of something and wanting to go grocery shopping every other day... we're going to stop with the just in time" groceries and get back to more bulk shopping.
mediocre_remnants@reddit
Not really. My preps still revolve around grid-down scenarios where we don't have access to power, water, or gas for some period of time. Or have easy access to food.
I'm not a "doomsday prepper", I'm not preparing for a nuclear holocaust or the end of civilization, so nations rattling their sabers at each other doesn't really influence me much. I'm too old to draft. The only thing that would make me bug out of my house is a wildfire or something like a chemical spill (I have an interstate highway and a railway nearby, within a half mile). When Hurricane Helene hit us, we were completely cut off from everything (power, water, gas, communication, and even travel was impossible) for 3 days and had no power or water for 11 days. When the water came back it was non-potable for months. We did just fine.
I worked my entire life to be where I am - financially and physically - and I'm not giving up my property. I intend to die in this house. Hopefully of old age, but in the unlikely event of massive civil unrest or war, I'm not leaving. If things start getting really bad and I'm not seeing any hope for the future, my retirement plan is to go outside and sit by my fire pit, have a glass of whiskey and listen to some tunes, then put a bullet in my head.
Straight_Flan1347@reddit
Honestly I'm of the opinion that outside of the hardcore preppers that have laid in water and food for a year and have power solutions if things truly hit the fan we're all basically fucked. As it stands, food is going to get more expensive and things we take for granted are going to start slowly disappearing from shelves. If Iran convinces the Houthis to also start blockading the Red Sea than we are globally fucked. We're already looking at urea/fertilizer shortages that are putting billions of lives at risk, fuel rationing in SEA, tankers and shipping grinding to a halt for lack of fuel and access. What happens when things like antidepressants and coffee and rubber and plastic containers we rely on for moving food stop showing up? This along with a looming capital debt crisis in the US bond market, some oil producing countries moving away from OPEC and the petrodollar, and China bitch slapping Trump over Taiwan...things aren't looking good.
JRHLowdown3@reddit
A true world war has always been a possibility and will always be a possibility. Preparing for that might be outside the norm for new folks into the "2 weeks" only concept but the reality is the survivalist movement was really started in response to the Cold war and the idea of living through another world war, likely involving some nuclear.
fenuxjde@reddit
I just got a bunch motor oil as those prices are expected to increase 30%.
Also refreshed my ppe with the current hanta and ebola virus being found in the US.
Also got some good crops planted as food prices and inflation are going to continue to increase on Americans.