Pushing 53...boy do I feel old. I was raised LDS so I guess prepping was always instilled in me even though I didn't know that's what it was called. I never really 'got it' though until just a few years ago. My mom is totally on board since she was born in east Germany and went through hitler's reign. She finally escaped at 18. She says Americans have no idea what we are in for...she sees the writing on the wall and all the signs of our country no longer being the free nation we have taken for granted. I tend to listen to her more now than when I was young.