As preppers, we often get into discussion about all the stuff, or skills, we have.
I have 20 years of food, 2000 guns and 11 billion rounds, etc.
I know I often look at my preps that way: How long can I feed my family if there is no grocery store? What defensive capabilities do I have? Who can I count on? Water supply? You get the picture.
When I look at my preps, I feel pretty good about what I've gotten together, and what I want to be prepared for.
Another way I've been looking at things is "how vulnerable am I".
I moved to 6 acres in a rural area 15 years ago, put in a second shallow well just for a hand pump, worked up the soil to grow things, and kept the perimeter untouched with the native palmettos, blackberry briers, and other natural concealment barriers. I thought I had a secure area. But now with recent rapid growth in my area, I have come to realize just how foolish it would be for me to think I can stay put and "ride it out". There have been thousands (not exaggerating) of new homes built in a two mile range, with another 700 home development just announced. I just got a letter from a law firm stating they would be happy to represent me as the county takes 50-75+ feet of my front property for the road expansion.
When I look at threats and shortcomings, for me its boiling down to being in a very populated area. Worse yet, being in the back of a very populated area where there are still a few farms. Nothing like farms to draw in the hoards in SHTF. I'm coming to realize that unless I can hide, it does not matter how much food I have, or bullets. How depressing.
So The question I now ask is what do I not have: I don't have security, I don't have a way to keep the hoards away, I don't have a strong enough group formed. I guess I no longer have a realistic plan.
Sorry if this is a downer, but better a downer now than a dead-er later.
Anyone else thinking this way.