Age of Preppers

[dtalley]

50 - 55 for me, 40 - 45 for the wife

[JUSTIFIED]

45-50 , it seems that this age group and probably more like 40 -65 are the ones most concerned , and rightfully so , because this is the age of most bread earners in this country , and when times are tough , you need to start thinking about things, no offense to anyone else , but I think Im alot wiser now than when I was in my 20-30's range , maybe not smarter , but wiser and more common sense! I think of things now, I look at the future as if its right at my doorstep , I also see and understand whats going on in the world today , it concerns me alot , when you are younger you are concerned with raising a family , having a career , thats all past for me and I am really concerned with the world today , I am prepared , I am prepared in many ways, However ,Unprepared in others , I do have extensive training in many categories ,some Im a novice and thats why I am here! I hope I've found the right place!

Well said Caracal. I feel the same.

[Irish-Tech]

I think you will find that there are talkers and then there are doers. If you go to the Preparedness Expos since the old days of Y2K and on you see more of the 40 plus crowd buying and storing. I am not talking good old days syndrome here. Reality is a lot of the young folks we see are so deep in debt they cannot see beyond tomorrow morning. Preparedness really needs to be a family thing with it being parent to child and so on. I help my kids get started and hope they will help theirs if things don't go south on all of us soon. GB

Debt is an extremely difficult hurdle to leap over. i went in debt at age 20 when i bought my first computer and havnt been out sense. if all goes as planned finally now at age 36 i will be out of debt in October (except for the house). The amount of money i have wasted on interest is frightening.

How I should strive to be able to carry weight both on your back and in your arms?

[610Alpha]

I'm still trying to get my head around prepping. How to start, what to focus on and how to get my wife on board.

Getting your spouse on board is talked about quite a bit on this forum as well as in a couple of the podcasts. Do a search and I am sure you will find something. Start with the basics, you will need food and water...everyone needs to eat and drink...how would you defend what your family/food/water? Also look into self sufficiency. How would you feed your family if you lost your job? What about massive civil riots, pandemic, war, _______ ?

COLMOLLIIN -- Continuation Of Life More Or Less Like It Is Now

[Grinnan Barrett]

I think you will find that there are talkers and then there are doers. If you go to the Preparedness Expos since the old days of Y2K and on you see more of the 40 plus crowd buying and storing. I am not talking good old days syndrome here. Reality is a lot of the young folks we see are so deep in debt they cannot see beyond tomorrow morning. Preparedness really needs to be a family thing with it being parent to child and so on. I help my kids get started and hope they will help theirs if things don't go south on all of us soon. GB

[Herms]

I'm 34 and started 3 weeks ago. I live Port Elizabeth, South-Africa. It's a coastal city but I grew up inland in the Karoo.
We have no earthquakes, tornado, hurricanes etc. over here.... we have people.

I'm still trying to get my head around prepping. How to start, what to focus on and how to get my wife on board.

[blankstare]

57.....i've been doing it since 1975....something to keep the mind occupied....and i have used my preps a few times in hard times....great insurance

[hawkhunter]

45-50 Have been at it for about 10 years. The wife has just come on board in the last 2.5 in great part do to Obama, she has even been getting in on conversations with other friends that prep.

[JUSTIFIED]

continuation of life more or less like it is now,
Catastrophic Outages Leading to Mobs Overrunning the Lemmings Left Incredulous, Inept, and Naive,
As was stated on another thread; Secret Acronym for all things possible....!

For a guy who can't remember his own name until he's had his first cup of coffee remembering all these acronyms is going to be a major challenge! LOL

[georgia]

We're 60-65, and this is our third time prepping. The first time we ended up going to seminary and ate our stash for three years. The second time we moved to a new location and left our 18 yr. old son behind- he lived off the stash for two years. This time we're preparing for most of our family, as well as ourselves.
By the way- God doesn't take us out of bad situations, He just walks with us through it! And with all the signs warning us to prepare- we'd be stupid not to. Lessons learned!

[ANVIL]

51, now I started to get in to this when I was getting out of active duty I was 24 then....

[Bob92]

45-50 and alot nearer to 50. lol, Been worried since Y2K times. Just started taking action about year ago. Have enough food for wife and I for a year, ability to purify enough water for three years. Don't have a true BOL but I have a plan. Have enough ammo to make the deer, rabbits and any unwanted guest worry. Starting to work on the med kit and library. Been working on adding non electic tools. Have garden seeds and garden plots ready to go. Trying to figure out how to build a rabbit hutch and chicken coop without the wife finding out. She lets me stock up on the food so she doesnt have to run to wal-mart. If something happens to me she is going to be surprised when she goes into my preppering room. lol

[RVN11B]

55-60. Just hanging in there.

[max velocity]

35-40, and nowhere near prepared enough....