{"id":44859,"date":"2019-03-28T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44859"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:33:11","slug":"25-prepping-excuses-the-shtf-wont-care-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44859","title":{"rendered":"25 Prepping Excuses the SHTF Won\u2019t Care About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/25-prepping-excuses-that-the-shtf-wont-care-about\/\">25 Prepping Excuses the SHTF Won\u2019t Care About<\/a> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If disaster was a human named SHTF, it would be that person who takes delight in dropping by unannounced and seeing you at your worst: still in your PJs, out of coffee, and taken utterly by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kind of person who takes advantage of your unpreparedness to ask to borrow the keys to your new car while you\u2019re still in shock at his arrival. The kind of person who acts surprised that you\u2019re surprised and makes you feel like 12 kinds of an idiot for being surprised. The kind of person&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preppers-Blueprint-Step---Step-Disaster\/dp\/1496092589\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1465997281&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=preppers+blueprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you must always plan for<\/a>&nbsp;like an unpleasant in-law, whether you want them to come by or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHTF doesn\u2019t generally drop by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/how-the-perfect-prepper-plans-still-go-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at the most convenient of times<\/a>, nor does SHTF care about your prepping excuses. &nbsp;In fact, SHTF thrives and grows exponentially under more adverse circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>25 Excuses That Won\u2019t Matter When the SHTF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, suck it up, put on your boots, and power through it \u2013 SHTF doesn\u2019t care about your prepping excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SHTF doesn\u2019t care about inclement weather \u2013 snow, hail, tornadoes, pouring rain, and hurricanes all just add to the party atmosphere for SHTF.<\/li><li>SHTF doesn\u2019t care that you sprained your ankle, broke your leg, or are otherwise less than ambulatory. If you have to bug out without a vehicle, you have to bug out, regardless of your injury status.<\/li><li>SHTF doesn\u2019t care that you decided to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/a-quick-start-guide-for-new-preppers-who-want-to-be-ready-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">start prepping<\/a>\u00a0<em>after<\/em>\u00a0you take that trip to Disneyworld (because how can you do it before? That trip is expensive!!!!)<\/li><li>SHTF doesn\u2019t care that you are on a boat in the middle of the ocean, regardless of what you paid for the luxury cruise. \u00a0(Check out recent ill-fated\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/emergency-preparedness\/when-the-power-goes-out-its-like-a-bunch-of-savages_02152013\" target=\"_blank\">Carnival Cruise of the Triumph<\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-03-24\/video-shows-furniture-crashing-walls-terrified-passengers-ducking-cover-aboard\" target=\"_blank\">Viking Sky<\/a>\u00a0if you don\u2019t believe me!)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 Prepping Excuses the SHTF Won\u2019t Care About If disaster was a human named SHTF, it would be that person who takes delight in dropping by unannounced and seeing you at your worst: still in your PJs, out of coffee, and taken utterly by surprise. The kind of person who takes advantage of your unpreparedness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6156,650,727],"class_list":["post-44859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-daisy-luther","tag-prepping","tag-shit-hits-the-fan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44860,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859\/revisions\/44860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}