{"id":17202,"date":"2026-10-23T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17202"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:16:17","slug":"prepared-for-every-scenario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17202","title":{"rendered":"Prepared for Every scenario"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truck Astrology 122 #comedy #automotive #trucks\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0C7-CM8wS8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JerryWayneLive\/shorts\"><br>@JerryWayneLive<\/a> calls it like it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really love his humor because it&#8217;s often 100% correct. I found his comment about the white truck applies to a lot of folks &#8211; like preppers or other folks that love to think they have all the toys and pet theories on how they&#8217;re prepared for anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This truck is prepared for everything that could happen &#8211; not the things that actually happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I once read through some articles written by people that actually lived through both natural and political disasters. It was fascinating the things they said. Stuff that was actually useful: tarps, trash bags, cleaning supplies, shovels, crowbars, non-electrical water purification, instant\/add hot water meals, sealed snacks, work clothes, gloves and boots, toilet paper, cash in small bills, and entertainment (books, cards, frisbee, etc). Stuff that wasn&#8217;t very helpful: guns, tons of batteries, gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those complete societal collapses? Better thinkers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OS1NZLgKM2c&amp;list=PLd7-bHaQwnthnOed1a85mF7L-Ki3kdiqp&amp;pp=0gcJCf4COCosWNin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OS1NZLgKM2c&amp;list=PLd7-bHaQwnthnOed1a85mF7L-Ki3kdiqp&amp;pp=0gcJCf4COCosWNin\">Sarah Paine<\/a> point out historically that you sure can use that generator &#8211; until the gas runs out. So maybe you get 6 more months of power? Then the rest of your life you&#8217;re like everyone else. None of your powered devices or engines work anymore. There&#8217;s no more internet. You&#8217;re going to want to start farming and hunting &#8211; not prepped for the return of Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So how about that truck owner? More likely than not he&#8217;ll have a breakdown on the road and need flares, a charged cell phone, and maybe a basic tool set\/jack to change a tire or fix a belt. Certainly not a 10 foot snorkel attachment and a 5000 lb. front grill that will make it harder to push to the breakdown lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s one thing to think you&#8217;re more clever and prepared than everyone else &#8211; it&#8217;s a whole other to actually be prepared for what really happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@JerryWayneLive calls it like it is. I really love his humor because it&#8217;s often 100% correct. I found his comment about the white truck applies to a lot of folks &#8211; like preppers or other folks that love to think they have all the toys and pet theories on how they&#8217;re prepared for anything. This truck is prepared for everything that could happen &#8211; not the things that actually happen. I once read through some articles written by people that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17202\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-4ts","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17205,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202\/revisions\/17205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}