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Today provided a useful lesson in how the general public will behave just before some impending trouble. Today was also a perfect example of Proverbs 23:3, “The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.”
While on the way to church this morning, we passed a local tire shop. All of their bays were full of cars. The parking lot was completely full of cars. Cars were parked along the street for lack of room. Typical for this store is having three or four cars in the lot or the bays. What was different about today? The forecast was for a foot of snow starting this evening. All of those people were in there to get snow tires — at the very last minute!
When we drove back home, hours later, the bays and parking lot were still full and there were more cars parked along the road. All these late-lings had only a couple hours left before the storm was due to hit and they still did not have their snow tires. Would the store close (it was Sunday evening, after all) and some of them be turned away?
The funny thing in this is that the storm was being predicted for days in advance. It was no surprise. Even back before Thanksgiving, there were forecasts predicting a big snowfall for New England, starting Sunday afternoon. Yet, here it was, two hours before the storm and people were all jammed up at the last minute to get snow tires. What were they all doing for the past many days that was so much more important?
Today’s tire store was a good reminder of how the majority of the general public will react to a crisis. They will wait until the last minute and all show up at once. Back to Proverbs 23:3. A wise prepper should anticipate this and avoid that crowd.
I have a friend who just happens to work in a tire store (not the one pictured above). He reports that business has been crazy-busy ahead of this storm. People have been waiting in line for hours to get to the sales counter. They’ve waited for hours for their car to get worked on. No one is having a good time.
Which would you prefer to be, in the last-minute crowd, or home and all set?
As tempting as it might be to make one last run for supplies before the trouble hits, you are more likely to spend a lot of time waiting with the crowd of impatient procrastinators and not really getting more prepared than you were. From prior experience, it is also likely that by the time you get into the store, whatever you went for will be sold out. Store inventories are seldom geared for peak crowds.
A prepper mindset would have those supplies already stocked up, or would have at least taken the first hints to trouble-to-come to quickly assess things and fill any gaps.
With the storm now underway, it’s nice to enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing the homestead is prepped to handle a sizable winter storm. If we can’t get out tomorrow, no big deal. If the power goes out, it will not be an OMG moment.
Prepping doesn’t have to be about tinfoil-hat scenarios. Prepping at the practical level is about peace of mind.
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The weathermen were right this time. The two-day storm (soon to be a three-day storm) hit and dumped 18 inches on our area of New Hampshire. It was Instant Winter! All those poor souls who showed up late at the tire store were stuck (perhaps literally) with their summer tires when the storm hit.
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