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My plans are generic as possible. In the Emergency Management world that is called “all-Hazards” planning.

I prep and plan for all hazards, and not specific events. How many people bought into the Y2K, and then let their food rot because they felt silly. My food storage is for when I cannot buy groceries.  It does not matter to me that it might be because I lost my job, or I am under quarantine for bird flu.  When I need it, all that matters is I have it, not why I need it.

Spend time working toward solutions that are likely to happen – in my area tornados and floods are more common than ice storms and earthquakes.

Ice Storms and earthquakes are possible here so I do prepare for them, but I try to make plans that are not specific to each of those four threats, but make plans that account for them and any other likely events.

Keep Your Prepper Plans Generic and Suitable for All Hazards

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

Charity is important, but charity is not enabling others to be lazy or rewarding bad behaviors. If you work hard, someone that refuses to work has no moral demand on your labor. However, I would have a hard time swallowing a meal if I refused to help a hungry child, widow, or a disabled person. God gave us free will; he also was clear about the consequences for bad behavior. In my house you contribute, or you don’t eat.

I love people, and I want to help as much as I can, but my first duty is to my family.  My child will not go hungry because you failed to prepare to feed yours.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace
These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

Be balanced in your plan. All food no gun, makes you vulnerable to those with all gun and no food. It’s better to have a lower level of prep that is more versatile.  You must cover water, food, shelter, defense, communications, and medical.  You should not have an extremely high level of preparedness that covers only one or two areas.

This is something I see all of the time.  People who claim the title preppers but have thousands of dollars in guns and tactical gear but do not have any food storage.  How long would it be before you were bartering away all your ammo cans of .223 for canned soup if you had a starving child?

I used to work with a particular Air Force Colonel that would on occasion ask me what I did to prep that weekend, It always ended up with him talking about his new AR or the cases of ammo he bought.  All guns he was.  no food.  eventually I asked what would happen if he ran out of food.  He said he would go out and acquire some.  I replied – so you are planning on becoming a criminal.  He stopped asking about my preps after that.

Be balanced in your plan, be balanced in your preps, be balanced in your life.  It matters.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

Be balanced in your life.  You cannot be a superman 24-7-365. You have to take time to make connections with your family, to rest, to play. Sprinting is healthy in short duration, but prepping is a lifestyle not a race.

(Easier said than done, I have the most problem with this one.)

As I sat at the computer last night my boy came up and asked for me to play with him – This site is important to me, and so is my calling to help others, but having a son that knows he is loved is much more important – so I am typing this while he is sleeping late this morning.

If you can not be balanced in your life you may end up loosing what you find the most important.  This is important enough to try using humor to make it understandable.

You cannot just do one thing all the time, you must take breaks.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

Be rigid. There are moral absolutes. No matter how ugly life gets, what separates the human from the animal is our ability to distinguish right from wrong. Sometimes, the right thing is the one thing you don’t want to do, but not wanting to do what is hard is not justification for being evil.

I am not afraid to say no, and I am not afraid to be disliked.  Some of my beliefs are different than the majority of folks, and I have paid the price for that in the workplace.  However, just because an idea is unpopular does not mean it is wrong.

Much of the problem with our country is that politics has become a popularity contest.  People say what people want to hear and not the truth.

A man that tells people lies that are comforting is more popular than a man that tells the uncomfortable truth.

Heck a particularly hypocritical political even lied using the title inconvenient truth.

Doing what right is more important than being popular.  Be rigid on what is important.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.