This year, make a point of not just taking a hard look at your own prepping plans, but do what you can to promote preparedness locally. Here are some ways you can do that.
1) If you’re active on Facebook, seek out and join one or more local groups. During September, make one or two posts about preparedness. For example, remind people to check the batteries in their smoke and CO detectors. Or ask about any local first aid or CPR classes. I promise you there are others in the community interested in the same information.
2) Reach out to your county Emergency Management team and ask what they’re doing to promote National Preparedness Month. If they aren’t doing much, suggest they ramp it up a bit with posting preparedness info on social media. If need be, tell them to reach out to me directly and I’d be happy to share posts and such they can use for free.
3) Talk to family and friends about prepping. Do so in a very non-accusatory, non-threatening, non-whack job way, of course. Gentle encouragement is often the best approach. The idea is just to get them moving forward a tiny bit, then let momentum take over.
The more we can do to encourage others to prep, the fewer the number of people who will need outside help when something happens.
Survival Weekly Dispatch is Jim Cobb’s persona substack. Jim is a good friend and an interesting fellow. I appreciate his level headed takes on prepping.
https://jimcobb.substack.com/p/the-survival-weekly-dispatch-volume-cec
(cover image AI generated by me, not from Jim’s piece)