Wednesday: 29 March 2017

Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

Sailor takes a moment to decide which credit card to use

to complete his purchase at the local commissary (ca 2008)

photograph by

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class

LaTunya Howard

Why Prepare?
Earlier this week, I received a telephone call from my credit union's fraud department. It seems my credit/debit card was compromised.

They found this out when a purchase was made, at a China-Mart, in a distant city. Ouch.

Of course, after they called me, the credit/debit card was closed.

Well, ... Like most people, I use my credit/debit card for most of my purchases, so it was an disaster event for me especially when I found out about it in the grocery store checkout line.


Emergency Fund
When my card was denied, I asked the young man bagging to set the loaded bags at the customer service counter then I left the store to get my emergency fund at the apartment home away from home.

Needless to say, I could have gone out to the car to use some of my emergency cash; I keep for ... emergencies ; - )


Food Storage
Of course, I really didn't need the groceries because I could have eaten from my food storage for the next few weeks, until I returned home ; - )


Something is Missing
Notice, ... I didn't need any of my tactical gear ; - )