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Your Better Half: A Force Multiplier, by J.L.H.
It’s no secret the majority of survivalists are males. If your better half is just as prepared for emergencies as you, or you are a female survivalist who is reading this article, then congratulations! But what about others who have a wife or significant other who goes about their daily life in ignorant bliss; unaware of the dangers surrounding us in today’s world, and how to prepare for and handle them? I am sure you all love your spouses, and when disaster strikes, you’re going to look after them. However, wouldn’t they (and you) be better off if they were assets during an emergency rather than dead weight?
All the preparations you’ve made to keep your family and home safe isn’t going to amount to squat if your wife is clueless and you are away on a business trip, or trapped in your office, with no way to get home (transportation suspended) and no way to get in touch with your loved one (phone lines down).
Preparing your better half is the most important thing you can do. Do you have a gun at home? It might as well be an expensive paperweight if she doesn’t know how to use it; or worse, if she doesn’t know the combination of the safe where it is stored. I know women who don’t even know where the circuit breaker is in their home, much less what it does. If they cannot handle that, how are they going to defend and provide for themselves and your children in the hours, days, or weeks it takes you to get home from wherever you may be?
I’m currently in Afghanistan and my wife and our infant son are in a third-world country in Southeast Asia. Were something to happen, such as the civil unrest that occurred there two years ago, she will have to take care of herself, as well as our infant son, on her own. The chance of me getting to her anytime soon is slim. At best, I am a convoy, a helicopter flight, and two plane flights away. I tell you this so you realize this problem is real and you need to take it seriously, just as you would your other preparations.
How many hours a day are you away from home? If you have a full time job, then it’s at least 25% of every weekday. Now, I have friends who are willing to wager hard earned money at casinos where they don’t have nearly that high of a percentage to win. Yet, many survivalists are willing to take much lower odds, and wager something more important that money, that an emergency will always occur when they and all their family members are sitting in their house, which is just nonsense. Add in the time it takes you to commute to and from work, as well as the time you spend away from home doing other things (shopping, visiting friends, going to sporting events, et cetera), and the percentage is significantly increased.
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