The Practical Prepper

012 - 5 Best reasons that you should be prepared


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Unemployment

30% Percent of Americans that are self-employed or employed by a company with less than 20 people

35% The percent of the workforce that is comprised of millennials

1:2 The chances that a dual-income household will experience a loss of a paycheck due to unemployment during their lifetime

Financial Emergency

1:4 The chance your household visited an Emergency Room last year

11.8 The average age of a car on the road in the US today

4% the increase each year of the average age of a car on the road in the US

Natural Disaster

$23,000,000,000 The cost in losses to US families from House fires in 2018

1,319,500 The number of homes that caught fire in 2018

1,200 the number of tornados that touched down on US soil in 2018

23% Percentage of the US population that could be affected by a hurricane in 2019

70,000 number of wildfires in the US in 2017

10,000,000 How many acres were consumed by wildfire in the US in 2017

$8,000,000,000 Losses due to flood damage in 2018

Terrorist Attacks
  • Power
  • Water
  • Fuel
Civil Unrest
  • Riots
  • Labor Strikes
  • Rebellion
  • Martial Law
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The Practical PrepperBy National Self-Reliance Initiative