# Where would you draw line between simple emergency prepardness and absurd prepping?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-draw-line-between-simple-emergency-prepardness-and-absurd-prepping/849735 "2020-03-18T16:51:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-draw-line-between-simple-emergency-prepardness-and-absurd-prepping/849735/21 "2020-03-18T23:50:11Z")

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> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> I have no clue how he does it. I would do it by pumping the fuel into my vehicle 2-3 times a year and refilling the stored fuel with fresh.

There are generators that run on propane. It doesn’t go bad, at least.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-draw-line-between-simple-emergency-prepardness-and-absurd-prepping/849735/22 "2020-03-20T01:56:55Z")

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Well. In retrospect, having been through 9/11, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the 2007 financial crisis, Hurricane Sandy and now this Coronavirus crap, I wouldn’t mind having a house out of the way somewhere about an hour or so drive from New York with 1-3 months of supplies, generator, etc. Firearms aren’t really critical IMHO. I don’t hunt or really expect to hold off a siege of mutants or anything. But it would be nice to just have someplace to go and wait this crap out. Not “end of the world” or “fall of civilization”.

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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-draw-line-between-simple-emergency-prepardness-and-absurd-prepping/849735/23 "2020-03-20T03:12:12Z")

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We lived through Katrina-which until this week was the worst disaster the US had suffered in generations. We evacuated. What I learned was that the best preparation one can have is a destination-and a credit card accepted by Walmart. Just about anything one needs can be purchased. And if that isn’t possible, postponing the crisis by a few weeks or a few months isn’t going to help much in the long run.

Having a place to go to is what is important. You really don’t want to be forced out with no place to go. In today’s case, that destination is home. Which is a good thing.

Preppers are like people who like rencon festivals. Fun but not actually useful.

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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-draw-line-between-simple-emergency-prepardness-and-absurd-prepping/849735/24 "2020-03-20T14:02:45Z")

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