From SHTF Plan: 35 Excuses that will doom the Non-Prepper

Another excellent article from SHTF Plan.  Who gets my vote as the best SHTF related site on the web.

I think this article serves several purposes,..provides a platform to send to some one who is on the fence about prepping at any level and also kind of motivates you to keep moving forward. 

Incidentally, I'm reading a story about a family who was pretty well prepared for the collapse (caused by a pandemic) but nonetheless ended up collecting strap hangers who provided varying degrees of skills (and burdens) but had to rely on the prepper for food both stocked supplies and the ability to grow vegetables.   I have always said this will happen - be it relatives or friends, even neighbors.   One would have to evaluate each case on the merits of what they can provide the group and if that is not much, how do you go about actually not allowing those persons into your group?  A friend denied is most likely a new enemy.

As of today it is estimated that ONLY 1% of the population actually goes to much of any effort to prepare and store up enough of what they need to survive a true calamity. This means a huge majority of the population fails, yes fails, to have much of anything if and WHEN what they need each day to live evaporates quickly.

Most people have no clue what life will be like after the grocery stores close. They simply cannot grasp the horrors that will befall those people that have not put away for tomorrow or prepared contingencies for life threatening emergencies. Instead of taking some time, effort , and money to safeguard themselves and their families, they have a wide array of reasons (excuses) for why prepping is crazy and not at all necessary.

There exist a magnitude of what are called TRUE civilization altering or world-as-we-know-it ending events that could happen. Many have already occurred throughout history, as well as within just the last decade. The fact is , it's only a matter of time before these catastrophes happen again. People who choose not to prepare for their families will be faced with life and death situations that few have ever experienced before.

Without water people will die within a few days. Without food people will die within a few weeks. Without everyday necessities people will die in hordes from varying ailments and diseases. Without what they are accustomed to on a daily basis, people will suffer and most will die. This absolutely does not have to happen to such a high percentage of the population, but sadly it will unless more people understand there is no real excuse for NOT preparing.

The following are 35 of the most common excuses and causes cited by the 99% of the population who don't prepare.

1. Oh come on, it is never going to happen, my area is safe, I am safe.

2. I am convinced that everything is recoverable and my area will get back to normal quickly.

3. No matter how horrible it is, help will eventually come, I just have to wait it out.

4. Even if something happens, there are plenty of food and supplies for everyone in my city.

5. My state government, my community, my neighbors will not abandon me and let me starve.

6. I have a 3 day supply of food, the government and others tell me that this is plenty.

7. I have lots of credit cards, I will purchase anything I need in my city or nearby cities.

8. My water faucets will have water, even if it is temporarily shut off, they will not let us go thirsty.

9. There is no room to store supplies that will never be used anyway.

10. I can't rotate supplies, everything will get old and have to be thrown away.

11. I don't have extra money to store up anything for disasters.

12. It is too much work to bother with.

13. I have absolutely no idea what to store or how much.

14. I don't need any protection after a disaster, the police, National Guard, military will protect us.

15. The power grid will come back on, until then I have LED flashlights that last forever.

16. Again and again I hear these fear mongers exaggerate the threat level, another false alarm.

17. I have a good car and family in other areas, if anything happens I will just go stay with them.

18. I work all week long and I am going to spend my extra money on fun rather than fear.

19. Survival supplies taste bad, I can't live on this for long at all.

20. If a true catastrophe occurs we are going to die anyway, besides that I don't want to live through it anyway.

21. Survival and prepping for the worst is negative, as long as I stay positive, only the positive will happen.

22. Preppers / Survivalists are radical, paranoid, conspiracy driven out of touch with reality, I don't want anything to do with them.

23. I don't know why everyone is so worried, times are better and safer now than ever in human history.

24. There is so much to prepping, I'll take my chances that nothing will happen.

25. All my investments go right into what makes me money and gives me security for the future.

26. Why bother storing up that much food and supplies, mobs will just come in and take it.

27. I have a refrigerator and a cupboard full of food, 2 cases of water, a 12 pack of toilet paper, I am all set.

28. If something happens I will just run to the grocery store and stock up before it closes.

29. If we become sick after a disaster we have good medical treatment centers that will care for us.

30. Nothing is as bad as it ever seems, stop overblowing everything as doomsday.

31. If disaster strikes everybody will band together and save the day.

32. People have become way too civilized to wage a world war and take what you have and act like savages.

33. There are food banks and emergency preparedness places nearby to me, they will take care of us.

34. FEMA , the Red Cross, and other government agencies are huge and have the whole country backing them.

35. I can always wait until tomorrow to start prepping, there is always time.

Important. To read the Fact/Answer to each response, please click on the link to SHTFPlan.com