@oldmtwoman,
I recently read an article about like 10 assumptions survivalists always gets wrong.
One of them is, by some miracle, they always know the right time to bug out/head for the hills/enact their SHTF plan before everyone else does.
Unless it is something truly glaring obvious in your face, then everyone will know.
How many people predicted Trump would win in 2016 and there could be a civil unrest event, and bought up additional groceries/supplies/got their money out of the stock market in anticipation of a crash?