What are the priorities in preparing? (from most important down to least)
Food – Production
Shelter – Enough firewood to last a season
Security – More of a mental/physical health than a stock pile of guns
Water – I have more water than I know what to do with
What are the most common emergencies you believe we face?
Locally, snow/ice storms.
What are the most catastrophic emergencies we can face?
Nationally, economic collapse. Not just a downturn, but the system really locks up.
Cyber-attack on the grid. Harder to prove than a EMP.
Social/civil unrest. Just read the news.
What are the most probable emergencies in the near term
The forementioned snow and ice storms.
I dunno, this social/civil unrest thing seems like it could turn on a pin-head. What if USSC Justice Ginsburg had to retire tomorrow?
Some other black swan event.