It's one thing to be prepared for disaster and another to dedicate your life to being prepared. We are all going to die someday, and at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how we get dead. When your time is up there is no cheating death, so I prefer to live like there's no tomorrow every single day, squeeze the most I can out of the short life I have here. If there is anything on the other side, I will know once I get there and I am not going to worry myself about it until that time comes. Life is way to short to live it in fear of death.

I have known lots of survivalist types over my lifetime, and most of them ARE a bit kooky. I had a friend that became a survivalist in the mountains back in the 70's. He was sure that we had very little time to prepare, he did a pretty good job of it too, but nothing ever happened. He was a really smart guy and he could have contributed good things to society if he hadn't isolated himself preparing for disaster. Then, a few years ago he was diagnosed with liver cancer. The last time I saw him, just shortly before he died, he regretted spending his life isolate from the world, he never had a wife and the only companion he left behind was a dog. Such a waste, and it was so sad to see him make the realization when death was tapping him on the shoulder, not years earlier when he could have enjoyed his life a little.