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There is a “dark side” of economic collapse that no one ever talks about. In it, the darkness is real and not metaphorical. However, a little bit of advance planning can protect you and your family, but you have to plan ahead.
If you were safe and cozy at home, with light, power, water, and access to stocked grocery shelves, then props to you.
Unfortunately, almost 100 million Americans cannot make the same claim.
“Snowzilla” was merely bad weather and it passed. But it highlighted what can happen—indeed, what will happen—if society as we know it takes a turn for the worse.
It could be a health issue (remember SARS?). It could be a natural disaster. Or, even more likely, it could be an “economic storm” that sweeps through your area and takes days or even weeks to leave (e.g., a bank holiday, a labor strike, etc.).
The solution? Well, there is no perfect solution. Of course, we know how much the media likes to make fun of “preppers” and their underground bunkers full of shelves of canned food. So we won’t go there. But there is still a fairly inexpensive precaution that you can—and indeed should—take.