Who are those Crazy PF Preppers?

What's a PF Prepper? We are folks, probably just like you, who happen to believe in that old adage "An Ounce of Prevention is Better than a Pound of Cure."

A little about us personally. We are 2 empty nest couples who have lived in Brighton, Michigan for the past 15 years. Prior to that, both our families lived in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. According to the Urban dictionary "Preppers" are people who focus on preparedness, generally for worst case scenarios. I am sure every prepper has had, at some time, that "light bulb" moment when something happen in their lives to make them recognize the need to be better prepared in the event of a catastrophe. Unfortunately some people have to live through a disastrous event to catch the vision. Thankfully for us our epiphany moment came in August of 1992 shortly after Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida. As the magnitude of the storm became known throughout the region calls for help and assistance went out to communities in Florida that escaped damage from the hurricane. We responded to the calls for help and spent 2 weekends in the Homestead area assisting families in any way that we could. It is hard to describe the scene, thousands of acres of utter devastation. Nothing taller than 10 feet standing, trees, telephone poles, signs broken, snapped off or sheared by the force of the winds. Roofs blown off as far as the eye could see. No electricity, water, food or supplies for days. It looked like a bomb went off.

We returned home from that relief effort heartsick for the people in that area and with a resolve to make sure if something like that happen to us, we would be prepared to survive SUCCESSFULLY so that our families would not have to suffer. We both had small children at home and our concern for them motivated the desire to make sure we followed up on that commitment. It was not easy, budgets were tight, but we started small and kept at it.

Now our kids are grown and starting families of their own. We still worry about them and want them to be protected. Most live some distance from us so our concern is magnified by the inability to always "be there" for them. Through this blog we share with them what we have learned to help us all be better prepared and we invite you to join with us in starting to set aside that "ounce of prevention" just in case. We hope to provide some helpful insights as well as some entertaining dialogue during the journey. So let's start getting Preppy!