Anonymous
@James-Mitchner, I had the same experience. People who could work together were living too far apart or were too busy to be of help in emergency situations or prepare for one. The ones who train to fight a war are useless for anything because they are too single minded. I lean toward keeping the eyes open; knowing who the people around me are, and, as you suggest, having some involvement with local existing groups to know more people. If SHTF, who people really are will show up fairly quickly and I can go from there.