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Is Prepper a Bad Word?

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       Sometimes I ask myself how self sufficient am I?  It's the middle of winter here in lower Michigan.  Its been a mild winter but, its cold enough.  I like it to at least be cold enough so its not muddy outside, to me that perfect!  But, I reflect if  "it" hit the fan tomorrow, and we lost our electricity, our grocery stores, our vehicles, and gas.  How would I do?  Could I make it to growing season?  More important, could I make it to harvest season?  Am I Prepared?         Am I prepared... wait am I a prepper? I don't think I am!  I don't like the term prepper because I think the media has made preppers look borderline crazy!   Since watching some of these shows, I imagine preppers digging a hole with 30,000 rounds of ammo and 800 gallons of water and just waiting for someone to try and attack.  Or going through drills with there 5 year old's on what to do if The Isis attacks.  It just seems like that word has been dirtied.. I do like the term homestead