Lots of good points on here. I tend to not worry about the what if’s. But I do worry that I might not be prepared for the right event as we don’t really know where we live what that might be. Could be civil unrest, hurricane, collaspe of society, EMP, riots. Like I said so many things can happen.. Do I have food stocked, yes, ways to protect ourselves, yes. Is it going to be enough for protection, who knows, Hardening our doors and windows, yes, will it work, don’t know.
I really think skills will be the big question. If we have an EMP for example, do we know how to garden the way they did say 200 years ago. Must be sure to have the right tools as having a tiller that runs on gas.. Might not be able to get the gas to run the tiller. Remember hand plows back in the day. So many ifs and lack of skills could be our nightmare if we don’t have them. And yes having a comuity come together then everyone could put their skills together and maybe survive and have a better chance .