| Most people don't want to be classified as some | | | | Equipping yourself, your home and family with |
| off the wall neo-nut preparing for the end of the | | | | essential emergency supplies doesn't have to be a |
| world. So even communicating to people around | | | | budget busting life altering experience. What it |
| you about your efforts toward preparing for | | | | does take is careful planning and an investment of |
| emergency survival can cause a certain level of | | | | time and some money toward building a security |
| discomfort within your social circle. Even if | | | | framework that can sustain you for as short a |
| common sense tells them otherwise. This is | | | | time as 72 hours. But seventy-two hours is the |
| known as "The Survivalist Stigma" and is a strong | | | | least amount of time you should be prepared to |
| source of discouragement for those people | | | | be self reliant. That would be for very short |
| wanting to promote their efforts toward | | | | duration event such as a power outage. Many |
| becoming self reliant in a time of crisis. | | | | factors must be considered in order to properly |
| Let's face it, we live in a decadent age, where | | | | assess what and how much you'll need based on |
| processed foods and blockbuster entertainment | | | | the most probable source and level of the threat. |
| numb us to our humanity, survival isn't for | | | | For most, building an Emergency Survival Kit for |
| everyone. Our cerebral cortex may have finally | | | | your home, an emergency preparedness car kit |
| convinced the reptilian part of our brain that | | | | and developing a disaster plan requires knowing |
| survival is less necessary than say, the new | | | | where to find the right resources and being able |
| Batman movie or a Starbucks. | | | | to trust that those resources are of the highest |
| Having this attitude won't prevent the forces | | | | quality and reliability as well as economical. Don't let |
| around us from initiating real crisis situations. From | | | | peer pressure prevent you from taking control of |
| global economic crisis to natural disasters and the | | | | you and your families security. Find out the what |
| ever present danger of terrorism, there has | | | | you can do right now to build your own |
| never been a time in history when the importance | | | | Emergency Survival Kit and Disaster Preparedness |
| of establishing your own safety net has been | | | | Plans. |
| greater. | | | | |