When I look back I realized I've been a prepper since Jimmy Carter was elected President. Even before that my father told me to stop talking back to the TV Newscast...I was 14 or 15 at the time. I know things were not right. As I grew up I Prepped off and on. Y2K had me putting away food just in case. Then I was off and on till I started listening to a guy named Jack Spirko who had a podcast and many more like him. I went into full gear.
I consider myself a prepper who tries to practice the things I may need to know if and when things go bad.... and hope they don't.