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Re:Disaster prepping is mainstream again by maxerickson on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:37PM (#25060561)
The "prepping" in the article isn't "being prepared", which is what ready.gov suggests, it's dumping massive resources into paranoid fantasies of surviving alone for a few months.
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Re:Disaster prepping is mainstream again by gowld on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:41PM (#25060614)
What are the odds of an earthquake or hurricane temporarily decimating local infrastructure? Can you name any times that's happened in recent memory? I have to reach as far back into the ancient annals as... 2017.
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Re:Disaster prepping is mainstream again by maxerickson on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:09PM (#25060958)
Yeah, and people mostly either evacuate or have outside help in a matter of days.
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