I would like to know what type of emergency are you planning for ? Which emergency situation are you making or you feel that you should get ready for.

Economic collapse is a big #1 on my agenda. Living in Phoenix, the situation in Mexico is also a big concern. Then, biologic and chemical, followed by nuclear or dirty bomb attack. Living in Phoenix, the situation in Mexico is also a big concern.

I'm looking for the economic recession which has been taken by job away and I can be 100% sure that I was not expecting it.

I am not planning for one disaster/emergency in general. I am just trying to be prepared to handle whatever comes my way. I concentrate mainly on Food, clothing, heat and power. With any luck I can bug in and survive for a very long time. It does help that I live on the edge of small town and have prime hunting areas within walking distance.

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Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

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I prepare less by type of disaster than I do by basic needs. The needs are pretty much the same, no matter what the disaster. As I meet my goals for the basics I do specific things for specific disasters. There really aren't that many individual elements that aren't appropriate for several sets of circumstances. My ultimate goal is to be as self-sufficient for as long of a period as it is practical to be in modern society.

This is a list of the things I consider when I’m making preps, in no specific order after the first four:

Armageddon
Global nuclear war
Limited nuclear war/attack
Chemical/Biological war/attack
Weather Modification attack
Major conventional war
New colonial activity (Fr., Sp., Port., It., Germ., Japan, China, Russia, UK, Brazil, Ven.)
A new Persian Empire
Invasion of the US
Regional climate change
Global warming
Global cooling/Ice Age
Celestial object impact/near miss
Nemesis induced Oort Cloud meteorite rain
Black hole appearance
Dark matter/anti-matter incident
UN/One World Gov
NWO
US Coup
US revolution
Government Tyranny
Anarchy
CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)
Ozone layer depletion
Solar radiation increase/decrease
Gamma ray burst from neutron star collision
Earth orbit shift
Magnetic pole shift
Rotational pole shift
Earth Core Cooling
Massive tectonic activity
Grand Alignment induced tectonic activity
EMP attack (Electro Magnetic Pulse)
Major nuclear power plant incident
Utilities failures
Terrorism in about a thousand different forms
Martial Law
Travel restrictions
Communication restrictions
Weapons restrictions
New, more restrictive assault weapons ban
Total gun ban
Local/regional gun grab
Gold/PM restrictions
Gold/PM recall
Rampant inflation
Major economic depression
Nationwide/global economic breakdown
Personal financial breakdown
Loss of job
Personal/family catastrophic illness
Bank closure/failure/mandated bank holiday
Strikes/boycotts/embargoes/price controls
Food shortages/price increases
Water shortages
Shortages of goods and services for a variety of reasons
Peak oil
Fuel shortages/price increases
Methane Hydrate release
Gulf Stream shutdown
Overpopulation
Rapid Population Decline
Social break down
Widespread civil unrest/riots
Aztlan/Reconquista Uprising
Civil war
Ethnic war
Racial war
Religious war
Resource war
Refugees
Becoming a refugee
Landslide/mudslide
Brownout
Blackout
Avalanche
Hurricane
Hypercane
Tornado
Earthquake
Flood
Sea level rise
Sea level drop
Tsunami
Mega Tsunami (La Palma, West Antarctic Ice Sheet)
Volcano
Mega Volcano (Yellowstone Caldera)
Lahar
Pyroclastic flow
Blizzard
Hail
Lightening
Heat wave
Antibiotic resistant bacteria
Epidemic
Pandemic
Pestilence
Forest fire/wild fire
Fire storm
House/apartment/building fire
Drought
Crop failures
Hazmat incident
Medical emergency
Local major accident (aircraft/auto/rail/building)
Airplane crash
Automotive accident
Shipwrecked/marooned
Becoming lost in the wilderness
Becoming lost in the megalopolis
Crime wave
Local major crime
Dangerous wildlife confrontation
Wild animal rampage
Addictive Entertainment
Eco-system collapse
Out of control bio-genetics/bio-technology/Nano-technology/robotics
Sub-atomic particle research accident
Extraterrestrial biological contamination
Evidence of extraterrestrials
Hostile extraterrestrials
Peaceful extraterrestrials
Biblical flood
Biblical plagues
Second coming
A New Messiah
The Anti-Christ
Zombies/vampires/werewolves/other supernatural dangers (just kidding!)

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Jerry D Young

Hahahahahahah Jerry, good one...........however, if you are not ready for all of them then you are not ready at all.

One of my preparations includes a small farm overseas, only hope that I can get to it when the time comes.

Remember amigos that ..........."Te be ready is not"... Ponce

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"To be ready is not"... Ponce

"If you don't hold it, you don't own it"... Ponce

People who live near the coast know a thing or two about environmental hazards. They know, for instance, the risks of hurricanes and those of storm-surge damage from other powerful storms. But now coastal communities are at growing risk from the effects of climate change, most notably the accelerated rise in sea levels.

Scientists' measurements show that sea levels around the globe have risen by about 1.3 inches per decade since 1990. Precise measurements from satellites as well as tide gauges indicate that this rise has accelerated over the past 20 years, up from the previous rate of 0.7 inch per decade in the last half of the twentieth century. New research suggests that if we continue pumping carbon dioxide into our atmosphere at a high rate globally, the water level along the coasts could rise another 2.6 to 5.3 feet in the next 100 years.

http://www.globalwarmingsurvivalcenter.com/

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Ditto on the Zombie front.

My personal viewpoint on emergency prep is that our society is changing so fast that it is bound to crash soon. We are moving so fast as a society, in terms of population, technology, culture, that we are bound to self-destruct. Look at the Romans. They had a society that lasted hundreds of years yet their level of technology stayed practically the same. Our society is moving in leaps and bounds that cannot be accurately foreseen in all ways, most importantly technology. All the past major cultures of this planet have blow away like dust on the wind. What makes us any different? Therefore I believe that to be prepared for any and all disasters, either man made or natural is the most prudent choice.
Do I look forward to living in a remote wilderness location with no running water, electricity and prepackaged food? Not really. But if that is the difference between death or worse then I will gladly take it. So take any survival scenario and I am prepping for it.