I suppose I'm glad there are people in the world who are so comfortable and carefree that they don't feel the need to prepare for disaster scenarios, nor can they conceive of scenarios between 'all is well' and 'total apocalypse'.<p>But it's not crazy to be prepared. "Preppers" seemed to get a bad wrap because the ones you probably know are motivated by Alex Jones saying the Aliens are about to emerge from the mothership.<p>Meanwhile, find someone who either came from a less comfortable country (Basically not a G20+ country), or find a person who's spent time there in some capacity (military/non-profit/private contractor) and ask them if it's crazy to have a cache/bunker with everything you need to survive for a month or 6.<p>They're probably going to look at you and say "No, it's called being prepared. It's everyone else who's lost it."<p>If you live in the US, you could find someone who lived through hurricane Katrina, a brutal Tornado, or other relatively isolated incidents. Ask them if storing 6 months worth of food and shelter is something only 'conspiracy theorists' would do.<p>Many people got a glimpse of where things <i>could</i> go during Covid, and in the United States we didn't really begin to go down that path. If you want to keep so much faith in our supply chains, corporations, and debt loaded government that you place your family's disaster readiness in their hands then I invite you to read about any of the above.