Non-Preppers are Hoarding Prepping for Erika

[SavedByGrace3]

As hurricane Erika approaches Florida - non-preppers are emptying the shelves of local super-markets and pantries. Some of the same floks who a week ago would have called preppers crazy are now in a frenzy to prep as much and as fast as they can.
Preppers, of course, are not in the crowds because they, after all, already have their stuff packed away and ready to go.
If you are not prepped up and are in the frantic lines, NOW you are seeing fear. NOW you are seeing panic.
I wonder how many Christians are in there filling their grocery carts with the same stuff that I have already stored up in my air conditioned prep storage room? That is if there anything there to put in their carts. I suppose some of them may even have been "anti-prepping" because they denied that such a thing could happen.
If you are a non-prepper and a hurricane was approaching what would you do? Would you sit idle and tell the wife and kids "not to worry, there is no danger to us" or would you dash to the local super market and vie for that last rotten potato and push your way though the mobs to grab that last case of water? Why would you do that? If you are like many Christians who are against prepping, I have to assume you will sit home and do nothing. To suddenly rush out would seem to indicate a "lack of faith" in God and His provision. There is no difference between what some accuse preppers of doing and rushing out to do a "quick prep" at the last moment.
What if it were more than a temporary event like a hurricane? What if reports said that there would be no electricity, city water, or food deliveries for up to three months? No gas, propane, or heating fuel. Do not say this does not happen. It happened in Katrina, Sandy, and is happening now in the fires out west. Do not ask now when all is safe and sound. Ask what you would do three weeks into the dearth. What about the thousands of Christians who live in your community who also did not prep? What are they doing three weeks into the dearth?

 

[Goodbook]

? Is there a hurricane?
Well, i dont know if theres a destiction or label to call people who maybe do not have airconditioned storage or whatever it is.


We dont get hurricanes here where I live but we do have cyclones sometimes and often its just unpredictable weather anyway so most people just go with the flow. Ive never seen a huge panic the last I recall was Y2k. But people had plenty of warning then and i remember we had bottled water in case. I dont know nothing much happened. But ive been trhough power and water shortages before. Nobody has ever run out of food...not in my lifetimes that I recall.

Wih hurricanes as most people do not have basements here...its just batten down the hatches, remove outdoor furniture...stay at home, no unnecesary travel. Same as for snow in the south island, sometimes work just stops. I think most ppl have common sense esp when theyve been warned with the weather report, but you do get some crazy people who will go rubberneck a tsunami warning. Theyll deliberately head out to the coast to see it come in. Crazy.

 

[Goodbook]

I mean running out of food to the extent of destitution.
Although poverty is a different matter and often its irresponisble parents gambling money away or spending it on drugs.

 

[FreeinChrist]

As hurricane Erika approaches Florida - non-preppers are emptying the shelves of local super-markets and pantries. Some of the same floks who a week ago would have called preppers crazy are now in a frenzy to prep as much and as fast as they can.
Preppers, of course, are not in the crowds because they, after all, already have their stuff packed away and ready to go.
If you are not prepped up and are in the frantic lines, NOW you are seeing fear. NOW you are seeing panic.
I wonder how many Christians are in there filling their grocery carts with the same stuff that I have already stored up in my air conditioned prep storage room? That is if there anything there to put in their carts. I suppose some of them may even have been "anti-prepping" because they denied that such a thing could happen.
If you are a non-prepper and a hurricane was approaching what would you do? Would you sit idle and tell the wife and kids "not to worry, there is no danger to us" or would you dash to the local super market and vie for that last rotten potato and push your way though the mobs to grab that last case of water? Why would you do that? If you are like many Christians who are against prepping, I have to assume you will sit home and do nothing. To suddenly rush out would seem to indicate a "lack of faith" in God and His provision. There is no difference between what some accuse preppers of doing and rushing out to do a "quick prep" at the last moment.
What if it were more than a temporary event like a hurricane? What if reports said that there would be no electricity, city water, or food deliveries for up to three months? No gas, propane, or heating fuel. Do not say this does not happen. It happened in Katrina, Sandy, and is happening now in the fires out west. Do not ask now when all is safe and sound. Ask what you would do three weeks into the dearth. What about the thousands of Christians who live in your community who also did not prep? What are they doing three weeks into the dearth?

Happily it is a tropical storm now but still packs a punch - at least it did in Dominica, a small island on eastern side of the Caribbean. I had never heard of it til Belize allowed Presidente beer to be sold here. Apparently that is where it is made.

Being in a possible hurricane zone though, we are concerned about them. We live to high up to worry about water surges, but the wind can do damage.

If i lived in Florida, I would have been prepared before hurricane season started. My parents always made preparations for blizzards before winter. It is a pain to have to get what you need when everyone else is there buying it too.

 

[Goodbook]

Sounds a bit freaky like the Bermuda triangle.
Again,my brother when he was working as a ships doctor on a cruise ship nearly caught a hurricane, katrina! I think they managed to avoid it. He always seems to be in the midst of some disaster zone or another.

Another of my cousins lives in nyc and i remember september 11 only cos he and his family were there, but they were safe.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

I'm not missing Florida at all

 

[SavedByGrace3]

I'm not missing Florida at all

Isn't Kansas kind of like North Dakota? Freezing in the winter and burning up in the summer. ND has NO hills or trees. It is just flat prairie. I was in Minot while in the USAF and the weather was brutal.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

Isn't Kansas kind of like North Dakota? Freezing in the winter and burning up in the summer. ND has NO hills or trees. It is just flat prairie. I was in Minot while in the USAF and the weather was brutal.

I'm in SE Kansas. During the winter it can be varied. Two winters ago it was really cold and lasted forever. This last winter, it was not bad at all. Oh it was cold but not like the year before, and the cold lasted forever. Further north, like Kansas City it can be quite a bit colder. Being as I drive for a living, it can be pretty hairy in a blizzard or on ice. I'd say it's more icy here than snowy. The coldest I've experienced here is in the single digits. On the mission trip I took to Russia it was 32 below...I'd never experienced it being that cold before. Summer got here late this year and after living in Florida for 16 years the heat here hardly can be called humid. I've never been to ND. No mountains here but rolling hills. I like it. However, personally, I think California, where I was born and raised has much better weather, plus there are mountains and desert and ocean. I miss it, but the cost of living is way too high. Of course the earthquakes and fires could be bad. One thing good about a hurricane is that you know at least a week ahead of time that it's coming.

 

[Goodbook]

Theres no place on earth I'd rather be...

Earth is fallen, but heaven will be perfect. I would say fix your eyes on Jesus, no matter what the weather is doing.

 

[redblue22]

I mean running out of food to the extent of destitution.
Although poverty is a different matter and often its irresponisble parents gambling money away or spending it on drugs.

That's not very nice.

 

[MWood]

That's not very nice.

But it is the truth. Being nice and politically correct in all things is the reason we have these problems now. The hard truth is what we need.

 

[redblue22]

I disagree.

 

[MWood]

I disagree.

A person needs to be nice in all things until you see that being nice is not of any benefit, then you need to turn on the hard truth.

 

[redblue22]

I'm sure the poor need your stigma on top of their struggle.