0 someone who believes that a war or disaster will happen soon, and who learns skills and collects food and equipment, in order to be ready for it:
Being a "prepper" isn't a hobby for us, it is the way we live.
The first thing a prepper should do is educate themselves in all facets of survival.
That's mainly because of the prepper ethos of privacy - most don't even tell their neighbors they have years' worth of food in a safe room.
Nationally, dozens of online prepper suppliers report an increase in sales of items from water purifiers to hand-cranked radios to solar-powered washing machines.
