Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: What Is Your Worst Prepper Nightmare? What is your biggest fear? For people in the preparedness realm we look at the fears of other people and instead of trying to ignore those fears we look them dead in the eye. We figure out who were going to keep those fears from becoming a reality. That means that our fears are very different. For most of us our biggest fear is the failure to be prepared. A failure to be prepared means that our families are suffering suffering from something we could have prevented but didnt. Of course we cant prevent every bad thing in the world from happening but here are 5 prepper nightmaresfrom which we can protect our families. If you want to learn exactly how to keep your worst nightmares from coming true GO HERE and enroll in the next session of the Prepping Intensive an 8-week course full of live webinars with experts like Selco Jim Cobb Ferfal and Cat Ellis. Hunger Can you think of anything worse than your children saying Im hungry and having nothing whatsoever to give them? This happens more often than you might think. In our just-in-time society there are many people who dont have enough supplies on hand to last even a few days. Flash back to Superstorm Sandy. While many residents were able to take the disaster in stride others were begging for help and lining up for government-issued food and water on the second day after the storm shut down highly populated areas like New York City. Another example that comes to mind were people in lockdown in Boston during the manhunt for the Marathon Bombers. Police officerswere delivering food and milk to peoples doorsteps after less than a day of lockdown. But what happens if there are no first responders? What if the disaster is so bad that there is no government assistance? If you have no food put back that you can prepare with limited resources then you and your family will be hungry. Youll be going without because you didnt make the simplest preparation of all: emergency food. This doesnt have to cost a fortune. You can have a supply that will last a week or two for less than$50. Thirst The biggest cause of death post-disaster is a waterborne illness. If your area is hit with a massive earthquake a devastating storm a chemical spill or the target of a terror attack its entirely possible the water that flows from out taps will be unsafe unavailable or even deadly. Its possible the water will stop flowing completely. And what will you do then? If all you have is a case or two of individual bottles thats not going to last long. You need solutions. You need a water stockpile. You need a secondary source and a way to purify it. Waterborne illness can kill and it strikes the most vulnerable the hardest. That means your young children your elderly parents your spouse who suffers from an autoimmune disorder are the most likely to die from something that you could prevent. Illness/Injury Usually when someone is sick or injured we take that person to the doctor or the hospital. But what if they become ill or hurt during an emergency? What if there are no first responders? What if medical assistance is not available? Would you know what to do? There are some illnesses and injuries that are beyond help without a hospital and a surgeon but there are many things that you can treat at home during an extreme situation. The question is do you have what it takes to save the life of someone you love? Do you have the supplies? The knowledge? The reference materials to find the knowledge? Or will you hold their hand and watch them die because you never got the books took the classes or put back the supplies that could have saved them? Poverty In our current economy a change in financial circumstances could happen to just about anyone. What if it happened to you? Would you be able to provide stability for your family? If youre like most Americans you are only one missed paycheck away from financial disaster. If the money stopped coming in how long could you survive with what you have right now? How long could you feed the family? How long could you keep the electricity and gas on? How long could you keep your car on the road? How long could you keep a roof over your heads? What if a major unexpected expense came up? These happen all the time in the form of costly illnesses a vehicular breakdown or a catastrophic home repair. What if things went bad in an even bigger way like a stock market crash an economic collapse or a war? If you have an emergency fund and some supplies put back you can weather a financial storm far more easily than those who fill their kitchens paycheck to paycheck. Violence Back in 1987 a study performed by the Department of Justice predicted that a whopping 83% of Americans were likely to be the victims of a violent crime in their lifetimes. And things certainly havent gotten better. But there are preparations that you can make which will reduce your risk of being a victim. There are things you can do to make your home look less inviting to criminals. There are things you can learn (and in return teach your kids) that will help you prevent becoming a target. The question is will you do these things before its too late? What could be worse than looking back and knowing you had the knowledge to have protected your family? To know that you could have prevented a terrible thing like a rape or an assault had you only taken the steps to do so? While sometimes terrible things can happen regardless of your efforts to prevent them like all of the nightmares above many crimes are avoidable. How to keep your nightmares from becoming a reality There are all sorts of ways to get prepared. You can learn from multiple sources read books wade through forums or just figure stuff out by trial and error. Thats how I got started and it has worked for lots of people. But is there really time for that so late in the game? If you are feeling a sense of dread and urgency given our current geopolitical tensions our precarious economy and the civil unrest that is becoming more widespread all the time we can help you speed the process along. Think about all of the scenarios above. What if you had someone to walk you through them all in a quick budget-friendly and organized manner? What if you could get prepared in only 8 weeks? Lisa Bedford (the Survival Mom) and I started Preppers University last year for this very reason. People wanted solutions. They wanted to be able to ask questions in a live environment. They wanted to learn and they wanted to do it fast. Our program doesnt tell you exactly what to do because no two situations are the same. What we do is teach you to thrive in your current environment with your current challenges in mind. It isnt practical for everyone to move out to 800 acres in the boondocks but it is practical for everyone to be as prepared as possible no matter where they live. Next month our new session begins. And this is the last time it will be available for only $139. After this our costs will be going up for hosting managing the student center and for technical support. The price next time around will be significantly higher. Go here to learn more about the Prepping Intensive including a sneak peak at some of the folks on our guest speaker line-up. If youre more advanced we have a course for you too regarding what to do once all your preps are gone check it out here. The post What Is Your Worst Prepper Nightmare? appeared first on The Sleuth Journal.
By Frankie Cordeira Jr.
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