Disasters
&gt;<i>I&#x27;m guessing below 5%, but I think this level of preparedness would be a good goal for most people who can afford it.</i><p>I never understood this attitude (very common in the US popular culture for one), or the same idea about stocking food, utilities, ammo and such, and taking of to some kind of bunker for emergency scenarios (from a storm, to &quot;when the government comes&quot;, to the zombie apocalypse or similar).<p>While it&#x27;s prudent to be prepared as a family, it&#x27;s even more prudent (and it&#x27;s always missing even as a though from such descriptions, posts, etc) to push and make sure your country&#x2F;city&#x2F;community is prepared.<p>It&#x27;s the complacent &quot;everyman for themselves&quot; mentality I don&#x27;t understand.<p>And with such a mindset, most of these &quot;everyman for themselves&quot; won&#x27;t last a day. They&#x27;d have their stuff stolen, or even be killed, by people with more guns and larger teams. That you have guns yourself wont matter much, they&#x27;ll have more, or smoke you out, or kill you from afar when you&#x27;re not aware they&#x27;re even watching you, or any other such technique.<p>If the prevalent idea for making it safe, is going at it alone (as a single person or family unit), then others will be all for themselves too, and if they can get ahead by screwing you, they will. Harder for them to do so when a community works together and shares their preparations.