Welcome to Prepare to Survive!

Let's first address the recent awareness of emergency preparedness through television.  Programs (I won't mention by name) that cover people preparing for a multitude of catastrophes including:

HYPERINFLATION - rendering currency useless, therefore causing power grid failure and economic collapse
POWER GRID FAILURE - the failure of electricity caused by a solar storm or economic collapse
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE - collapse of the market from hyperinflation which would lead to power grid failure
(Hyperinflation isn't the only way the economy could collapse, I was using it above for linkage) purposes
Natural disasters - Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions, etc...
Nuclear War/Gas Attack
Invasion
Widespread disease
The USA becoming a police state
(I certainly understand that some may consider it already to be so considering the NDAA)

The "preppers" of these television programs were distinguished by ONE disaster they were preparing for.  I instantly questioned why they would have prepared so specifically considering the variety of disasters that could occur.  Most of the preppers could survive a multitude of disasters, but they were associated with only one so that a new disaster could be explained in each new episode.  If everyone was CLEARLY shown preparing for multiple disasters, there would be less to look forward to in each new program.  In conclusion, although many of the preppers were cross-preped for many types of emergency situations, there were several who had a focus that only incorperated one.

As a budding prepper, I decided that one of my goals would be to "cross-prep" to ensure that my supplies would be applicable for as many emergencies as possible.  I began with food, water filtration, tools for defense, shelter, and sanitation because they are the basic necessities that must be ensured to survive any catastrophe.