It seems as though a person could just sit down at their computer, spend a few hours looking at different websites  and gaining knowledge about emergency preparedness, and then order a bunch of stuff and then they’d be done and ready and prepared.

But it doesn’t work that way. There are levels of knowledge, each deeper and wider than the next. I don’t know anyone who has all the knowledge. And I’ve known some very competent people.

So you can’t wait until you have all the information and techniques and insider secrets that takes years to learn. You have to start preparing now, with the knowledge you have. You will make mistakes. You will get some things that you will shake your head at someday and wonder how you could have thought that was a good idea. (more…)