k3ym𖺀The person with 2 years of food storage and no relationships is less resilient than the person with 2 months of storage and a neighborhood that gives a shit about each other.
LilFluff@k3ym0 the Surviving The Apocalypse panel at a convention where we came to two conclusions: the survival nuts convinced they're one disaster away from being the new aristocracy would last until they ticked off a farmer; and *the* most useful thing for a group to have would be grandparents.
and the most useful thing for a group to have would be grandparents.
Can you please expand on this a little? Why would that be the most useful thing?
@k3ym0 the combination of knowing how to make do with less technology (although that's a constantly shifting level), life experience, and child care while the younger adults do whatever heavy labor is needed. As I recall our eventual Big Three desires were grandparents, well stocked hardware store, and a well stocked pharmacy (less for prescription medications than the vast shelves of aspirin, allergy pills, and the like). These assuming you also had a community ready to work together.