Even with all the gyrations of the stock market, most people in the United States do not think it is time yet to start preparing for a future emergency event. Things are bound to start looking up. It’ll all blow over.

Most visitors to this site don’t think it’s time, either. And this group is way ahead of the curve, because they’re at least reading about possibilities. But when it comes to actually starting to store things… well, it’s expensive, it’s a bother, things may not go that far downhill… there are a thousand reasons not to do it.

I recently came across the most eloquent reason for doing it now. It is impossible to argue with.
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