[@CityPrepping] You Haven’t Felt It Yet

Link: https://youtu.be/AgJzGAp-0_A

Duration: 24 min

Short Summary

Chris of City Prepping discusses how the Strait of Hormuz oil supply disruptions, emergency oil releases from the IEA (400M barrels) and US (172M barrels), and compounding tariff burdens are converging to strain households. The episode examines social unrest indicators including recent arson cases in Ontario, California and the Luigi Manion case as symptoms of eroding social cohesion under economic pressure. Chris recommends incremental preparedness steps—focusing on one weakness per week—while maintaining situational awareness and building a 3-week food supply as foundational steps.

Key Quotes

1. "We cannot drill our way out of a global affordability crisis in real time. That pain still comes home." (00:07:00)
2. "Food in the pantry is not just disaster insurance. It's a hedge against inflation and a buffer against a bad month." (00:08:08)
3. "That's why I keep saying that preps are not just for earthquakes, floods, or blackouts. They're also stabilizers." (00:08:35)
4. "Current estimates put the 2026 household burden anywhere from roughly $1,300 to more than $2,500 a year, depending on how it is measured." (00:09:52)
5. "The strain, it's not only financial, it's social and emotional as well." (00:15:03)

Detailed Summary

Oil Supply Disruptions and Global Response

The Strait of Hormuz remains significantly disrupted with tanker traffic far below pre-war levels, major shipping firms do not trust the route, and experts state infrastructure damage may take weeks to months to fully repair even if the military situation improves. Europe has approximately six weeks of jet fuel supply remaining if conditions do not improve, while Australia by mid-April had roughly 31 days of diesel, 38 days of petrol, and 28 days of jet fuel, with hundreds of stations running dry. The International Energy Agency coordinated a 400 million barrel emergency oil release in March—the largest in its history—while the United States released 172 million barrels from its strategic petroleum reserve. US oil output is already near its expected maximum range, and domestic refineries are configured around specific crude slates, meaning US production cannot quickly offset global supply disruptions.

Tariff Impact on Households

The speaker identifies tariffs as a "hidden tax" layered on top of already elevated food prices, higher utility costs, and ongoing fuel pressure. Current estimates place the 2026 household tariff burden at roughly $1,300 to more than $2,500 per year depending on measurement methodology. Tariffs raise costs for steel, aluminum, control systems, valves, sensors, and critical infrastructure components, with costs passed through to consumers. Lower and middle income households face disproportionate impact because they have less budget flexibility to absorb additional cost increases. The speaker argues US oil flows to the highest global bidder, pricing American households out of their own resources.

Social Unrest Indicators

A worker at the Kimberly Clark warehouse in Ontario, California allegedly set fire while filming himself discussing pay and inventory grievances. Days later, investigators examined a separate arson case where a man allegedly set multiple fires inside an Ontario mall while ranting about low wages. Luigi Manion, accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, became a symbol of anti-corporate rage for some, reflecting rising cultural resentment seeking targets. The speaker argues that when acts of rage receive heavy media attention, they can provide language, imagery, or permission to other unstable individuals already feeling angry or hopeless, enabling copycat behavior.

Compounding Household Pressures

The speaker identifies three converging problems affecting households: rising energy costs, tariffs, and growing social strain. Prolonged economic pressures including high fuel prices, expensive food, tariffs, rising insurance, layoffs, and stagnant wages erode patience, trust, and social cohesion while making society more brittle. The speaker states prolonged economic and social pressure changes how people interpret the world around them, wearing thin patience, eroding trust, and growing cynicism. Ireland has experienced fuel protests due to ongoing energy supply pressures.

Preparedness Recommendations

The speaker recommends building margin and buffer through preparedness—stocking supplies, strengthening systems, and maintaining options—when facing tightening household pressures. A Navy SEAL shared that his SEL training strategy for maintaining sanity was focusing exclusively on the next task directly in front of him rather than attempting to control surrounding circumstances. The speaker advises prioritizing one weakness at a time—whether food storage, water, or another system—and reducing it to build incremental buffer and strengthen the household. He recommends building a 3-week food supply as the single best foundational prepping step viewers can easily implement immediately. The speaker maintains a calm on-camera presence and credits his level-headedness to processing concerns through daily conversations with friends.

Full Transcript

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Europe, we have maybe six weeks or so uh
uh jet fuel left.
>> So, I ordered something and if I don't
have a check for $63, I can't receive it
because of tariffs.
>> Mhm.
>> This is wild.
>> I know. It is wild. I'm sorry.
>> All you had to do was pay us enough to
live.
>> In this video, we're going to look at
three pressures that all land in the
same place, your household. First, the
oil shock that I don't think a lot of
people have really fully felt yet. Then
the hidden tax of tariffs which are
quietly making life more expensive and
finally the social strain that starts
building when people feel squeezed long
enough. I also want to show you why
preparedness is still the answer in
these situations because prepping is
really how you build margin stability
and options at home before the pressure
gets worse. I'm also going to show you
what I'm personally doing to prepare for
what's still coming our way. And we also
have another giveaway in this video. So
stick around for that. If you're new
here to this channel, my name is Chris
and on this channel we discuss emergency
preparedness, aka prepping. One of the
reasons I do these weekly updates is
that most households, they don't get
knocked off balance by just one giant
event all at once. More often, pressure
it builds in layers. Uh fuel gets more
expensive, food gets more expensive,
bills, uh they just get harder to absorb
and people they still they get more
frustrated and before long something
that once felt manageable no longer
does. We often think of prepping as
getting ready for just one big disaster
and that's still a huge part of it. But
in times like these, preparedness also
becomes a stabilizing force in a world
where smaller problems, even ones
happening on the other side of the
globe, they keep compounding at the
household level in your own home. And
that's why I want to walk through these
stories today because they all point to
the same bigger problem. Life is getting
tighter and households that build margin
early are going to be in a much stronger
position than those who wait. So, let's
jump in. Brace for it. Let me start with
the pressure I don't think a lot of
households have really fully felt yet.
The first shock from this oil crisis
happening in the straight of her moose
has hit the headlines in the pumps and
prices weeks ago. And that was the
initial spike, the jab, if you will. But
there is a much harder punch that's
still winding up and I think it's
heading our way. It's likely to cause
more pain than the first jolt. And we
saw the panic, the price spikes, the
warnings, and the scramble by
governments to calm markets. But what I
want to focus on here is the second blow
because that is usually the one that
hits the household the hardest. And that
is the phase where the story really
stops sounding like a foreign policy
problem and it starts showing up in your
gas tank, your grocery bill, your
utility bill, your shipping costs, and
the general cost of keeping life moving.
That second blow is what I think is now
beginning to rotate in. And I think many
people are still treating this like the
crisis is mostly about whether the
straight or hummus is technically open
or technically closed. And I think
that's too simplistic. The system it's
not coming back to normal. Tanker
traffic remains far below pre-war
levels. Major shipping firms still do
not trust the route. And even where some
movement has resumed, it is happening
under degraded conditions with added
risk, added cost, and added delay. And
experts have been clear that even if the
military situation improves, shipping
doesn't just snap back overnight. It can
take weeks or months to normalize. And
in some cases, infrastructure damage in
the region may take several months, even
years to get back to full production.
And that really matters because reserves
and emergency releases, they can often
soften the first blow, but they don't
restore normal. In March, the
International Energy Agency coordinated
a 400 million barrel emergency release,
the largest in its history. And even
that is still functioning more like a
tourniquet than a cure. The United
States alone is releasing 172 million
barrels which pulls our strategic
petroleum reserve down even further
while leaving the core problem
unresolved. In Europe is already warning
about severe jet fuel stress with some
officials discussing only weeks of
cushion if conditions don't improve.
Now, in parts of Asia, countries that
were once estimated to have roughly a
month of supply in mid-March are now
another 30 days deeper into this crisis,
and they're burning through whatever
buffer they had left. And these
measures, they buy time, but that's all
they do. They don't reopen the straight
in any meaningful way. They don't
restore normal tanker traffic. They do
not replace the ordinary flow of oil,
gas, diesel, and refined products
through one of the most important choke
points on Earth. They are stop gaps. And
when a system is running on stop gaps,
you should understand that the pain it
has not passed. It has only been
postponed. That's why I think many
people are reading this moment
incorrectly. They see stock shelves,
moving traffic in a country that still
looks functional on the surface and they
assume maybe the worst is already behind
us. And I don't think that is a right
read at all. I think we're moving from
the shock phase into the transmission
phase. And that's when that first spike
starts showing up in ordinary life. the
cost of producing, moving, packaging,
and selling goods, it begins to climb.
And before long, those added costs, they
start getting passed through the system.
And what households feel is usually not
just one dramatic break all at once.
It's a slower squeeze where life just
keeps getting more expensive. And each
new increase piles on top of the last.
And if you want to see what later stage
pain looks like, look overseas.
Australia is one of the clearest warning
signs right now. By midappril, it was
down to roughly 31 days of diesel cover,
38 days of petrol or gas, and 28 days of
jet fuel, with hundreds of stations
already running dry, and farmers
weighing whether they can even afford to
plant. Now, in Europe, airports and
refiners are openly warning about fuel
stress and tighter supply. Ireland has
seen fuel protests. And another prepper
friend of mine you might be familiar
with, Survival Lily, she's been
documenting what it looks like from the
ground from a European preer's
perspective. housing strain, food
strain, diesel and fertilizer pressure,
people working longer for less margin in
the sense that daily life is getting
harder to hold together. Does any of
that sound familiar? She's not
describing a theory. What she's
describing is what it feels like when an
energy shock drags on long enough to
distort ordinary life. And these are not
isolated oddities. They are early signs
of what happens when supply stays
constrained, reserves get drawn down,
and households start absorbing the
damage. No matter how much we talk about
drilling here at home, we're still tied
to a global market. I think you need to
understand this point. The United States
shell output is already near its
expected range. And even when prices
rise, what happens is producers, they
can't suddenly flood the market with
enough oil to replace a distribution of
this size. Wells, they take time.
Infrastructure, that takes time, and
refining does as well. And our
refineries are configured around
specific crude slates. And remember,
just because it is drilled from the
ground here, it doesn't mean that it's
going to offset our supply. We are in a
global oil market. So our oil here, it
flows to the highest bidder. That
benefits other buyers more than American
households. We're being priced out of
our own resources. And somebody profits
and somebody pays. So yes, we can export
more, reroute more tankers, and try to
squeeze more out domestic production,
but we cannot drill our way out of a
global affordability crisis in real
time. That pain still comes home. So
what do you think? Do you think the
worst of this oil shock is already here,
or is the hardest part still ahead? What
are you doing now to make your household
less exposed to rising fuel, food, and
utility costs? Let us know in the
comments below this video. What does
this mean to us? It means preparedness
is not just about the dramatic
emergency. Sometimes the emergency is
that life just keeps getting tighter
month after month and your household. It
has less room to absorb the next hit. We
are watching that happen in other parts
of the world right now as reserves run
down and economies grind under the
string. And that's the bigger picture.
What matters to us is what happens when
the same pressure starts showing up at
the household level here at home. And
that's why I keep saying that preps are
not just for earthquakes, floods, or
blackouts. They're also stabilizers.
Food in the pantry is not just disaster
insurance. It's a hedge against
inflation and a buffer against a bad
month. Stored water is not just for a
municipal failure. Backup power is not
just for a storm. And cash reserves are
not just for total collapse. What they
do is these things create margin where
the world gets more expensive and more
strained and less reliable. Hidden tax.
Well, tax season is wrapping up, but
there's a hidden tax that you've been
paying recently, and it's just adding to
the pressures that we outlined in the
first point. The second pressure doesn't
really get the same attention now as
oil, but it's still working its way
through the economy and into your home.
Tariffs, they're still acting like a
hidden tax on top of everything else.
And that really matters because this is
not happening in a vacuum. Households
are already dealing with elevated food
prices, higher utility costs, and fuel
pressure that's really still moving
through the system. And now that you
have another layer of cost added by
policy, which means the squeeze, it gets
tighter, even if the broader inflation
headlines sound calmer than they did a
year ago. And that's what really makes
tariffs matter right now. They're
landing on top of a world that's already
getting more expensive. And that's not
some abstract policy debate that only
matters to economists and trade lawyers.
It shows up in the price of clothing,
electronics, appliances, imported food,
tools, parts, and materials. And it also
raises the cost of the infrastructure
that keeps our energy and industrial
systems running. Steel, aluminum,
control systems, valve, sensors, and
important components. They all get more
expensive. And those added costs, they
don't just vanish. They get passed
through to us. That's why tariffs, they
hit households in a way many people miss
at first. And it's usually not one giant
shock. It's a slow realization that more
things cost just enough extra to start
changing your decisions. Now, current
estimates put the 2026 household burden
anywhere from roughly $1,300 to more
than $2,500 a year, depending on how it
is measured. However you slice it,
that's real money. And that's not just
some minor adjustment. That is grocery
money, fuel money, school clothes money,
and repair money. And unfortunately,
that lands hardest on lower and middle
inome households because they have less
room to absorb one more increase in the
monthly budget. And what makes this even
worse is the timing. These tariffs are
hitting as the energy shock is still
working its way through freight,
shipping, packaging, and food
production. So the household is not just
paying more because imported goods are
more expensive. It's paying more because
transport is more expensive, materials
are more expensive, and businesses,
they're facing pressure from both
directions at the same time. And this is
how you get compounding pain. One
pressure on its own might be manageable.
Several at once start changing how
people live. And this is already
becoming more visible in ordinary life.
We've already seen examples of people
trying to receive a package and suddenly
being told they owe an extra charge
because of tariffs. And that makes a
point immediately. And that is when
policy stops sounding abstract and it
starts feeling personal. People, they'll
order something, assume the price is
settled, and then get hit with an added
charge at delivery or a higher cost
built in before it even reaches them.
And that's how a hidden tax becomes a
household reality. You don't need a
white paper to understand it once it
starts showing up on your porch. So, are
you paying sir charges or additional
fees for your shipments and packages?
Are you feeling the added expenses? Let
us know what you're seeing and what
you're feeling by leaving a comment
below this video. What does this mean to
us? It may seem odd to some people for a
prepper channel to be talking about
global oil, the straight of her moves,
tariffs, and things like that. But don't
really miss the bigger picture here. If
you want to be prepared for the real
disasters of the future, then you really
have to broaden your understanding of
what preparedness means. I mean, yes,
preparedness is still about the obvious
emergency. It's about storms,
earthquakes, blackouts, heat waves,
wildfires, floods, and the kinds of
disruptions that hit fast and hard. But
it's also about the slower emergencies
that wear people down over time. It's
about the month your grocery bill jumps
again. It's about the utility bill that
suddenly takes a bigger bite out of your
paycheck. It's about the job loss, the
medical expense, the rent increase, the
insurance hike, or the stretch where
everything costs more and your household
has less room to absorb it. That's why I
keep saying that preps are stabilizers.
They help you to hold your ground when
life gets tighter. A deeper pantry is
not just for disaster. It's a hedge
against inflation and a buffer when food
prices rise faster than your income.
Spare essentials on hand mean that you
are less exposed when tariffs, shipping
costs, or shortages push everyday items
higher. Stored water, backup power, and
some cash set aside. They're not only
for the big dramatic collapse scenario
people picture in their heads. They are
practical layers of protection that
really give your household more
breathing room when the world gets more
expensive, more strained, and less
reliable. Pain signals. Now, there's one
more pressure here that I think deserves
our attention, and this one is a little
bit different. It's not about oil and
it's not about tears directly. It's
about what prolonged pressure starts
doing to people. Sometimes you feel a
body in your pain. Maybe a strange
twinge and your mind it just starts
running through every possible
explanation. Most of the time it turns
out to be nothing dramatic at least and
maybe you overdid it. Maybe you slept
wrong. Maybe it passes. But sometimes
that pain is really still worth paying
attention to because it's telling you
something's off. I think we may be
looking at some of those kinds of pain
signals in the country right now. Over
the past couple of years, we've seen
incidents that really don't just look
like random outbursts. They carry a
certain mood with them. The Kimberly
Clark warehouse fire in Ontario is a
good example. They're actually only
about 20 minutes away from where I'm
located here. Now, according to
investigators, the worker accused of
setting that fire was not just lashing
out blindly. He was allegedly filming
himself talking about pay, talking about
inventory, and expressing the kind of
resentment that says this is about more
than one bad shift. It points to
something deeper. It points to a level
of frustration where people start
feeling like the system is not merely
hard, but it's rigged against them. And
that's what gets my attention
personally. Not because I think one
warehouse fire means we're starting at
some imminent mass uprising. I don't
believe that. But most people are not
going to turn violent. Most people, they
still want to work. They want to take
care of their families and they want to
get through life without chaos. But
these incidents, they do tell us
something about the emotional
temperature in our country. They suggest
there is more anger under the surface
than a lot of people realize. And they
suggest trust is thinner. They suggest
more people are feeling concerned,
disrespected, and economically squeezed.
And that's why this connects so directly
to the other pressures that we've been
talking about today. When fuel prices
stay high, food stays expensive, tariffs
quietly add to cost, uh insurance keeps
rising, layoffs spread, wages fail to
keep pace, and people feel like major
institutions keep protecting themselves
while ordinary households absorb the
damage. The result is a society that
becomes more brittle over time. And the
strain, it's not only financial, it's
social and emotional as well. Life
becomes harder to afford, but just as
important, prolonged pressure starts
changing how people interpret the world
around them. Patience, it wears thin,
trust erodess, cynicism grows, and once
that process gets underway, the effects,
they don't always stay neatly contained.
And this is not just about Kimberly
Clark. Just days later, investigators
were looking at another arson case in
Ontario, California, the same city,
where a man had allegedly set multiple
fires inside the mall and was reportedly
ranting about low wages. And look, this
doesn't prove some coordinated movement
is underway, and I don't want to
overstate that. But it does suggest that
when one act of rage gets heavy
attention, it can give language,
imagery, or permission to other unstable
people who already feel angry, cornered,
hopeless, or resentful. And that's how
copycat behavior can start to spread.
Not because most people support it, but
because a small number of people under
strain begin acting out in a similar
way. That's where I think a prior
example like Luigi Manion comes into
view. He is a young man that was accused
of murdering the United Healthcare CEO
in New York. And I'm not bringing that
up to glorify because I'm not. I am
bringing it up because of the reaction
around it. What stood out to me was not
the act itself, but the fact that some
people immediately try to turn it into a
symbol of anti-corporate rage. And that
should tell us something. It tells us
that there's a rising level of
resentment in the culture looking for a
target. Again, that doesn't mean some
huge populist revolt is around the
corner. It does mean that there are
signs of a society under stress and I
think those signals are worth noticing
like you trying to figure out what
caused that pain in your body. And I
also think we have to be careful here.
Not every alarming incident means a
bigger wave is coming. Sometimes a fire
is just a fire. Sometimes a disturbed
person is just a disturbed person. And
sometimes a twinge is only a twinge. But
when you keep seeing events that rhyme
with each other and when they keep
circling back to pay pressure,
inequality, resentment, and distrust, it
really becomes harder to dismiss them
entirely. And at the very least, they
should make us pay attention to how much
pressure many people are under right now
and how that pressure can distort
behavior. So, do you think these kinds
of incidents are isolated or do they
point to a deeper level of frustration
building in the country? Let me know
your thoughts in the comments below this
video. What does this mean to us? This
all means preparedness is not only about
having supplies for the storm, the
blackout, or the wildfire. It's also
about learning how to live more steadily
in a society that feels tighter, more
stressed, and less predictable. And
that's why situational awareness is so
important. You want to pay attention to
the tone around you. You want to pay
attention to how people are acting in
stores, at work, on the road, and in
your community. And pay attention when
public frustration starts feeling hotter
and less contained. You don't need to
overreact and you definitely don't need
to be paranoid, but you do need to
become more aware of your surroundings.
On a personal note, um I have found
myself paying closer attention in public
here lately. I have a CCW license and
one of the first things they teach you
when you're getting your license beyond
situational awareness is to avoid being
the one who initiates any engagement.
And even if you're forced to defend
yourself, you're held to a higher
standard because you carry a legal
option. So, I've been more intentional
about avoiding confrontation and always
making sure that I'm keeping options
open if something potentially comes up
or there's a situation that could
escalate. I'm looking for ways and
thinking through in my mind, how would I
deescalate a situation before it turns
into a problem. Uh, I'll give you an
example. I was in a movie theater the
other night and the guy sitting
literally right next to me. He stayed on
his phone after the movie started and
that light shining, you know, into your
eyes, that's annoying. And part of me
wanted to say something, but then I had
to find myself pausing. I've seen and
read too many stories where something
small like this, somebody might say
something in a movie theater to someone
near him, hey, could you, you know, be
quiet or something? It can turn into a
much bigger situation because the other
person reacts the wrong way. So, I just
let it go. A few minutes later, he put
the phone away. Was it annoying? I mean,
sure. But I found myself thinking,
"That's where we're at right now. You
have to really weigh whether a small
confrontation is worth a risk because
you don't know how someone else is going
to respond." And I don't like that it's
come to this, but that's reality. I'm
trying to really again think a few steps
ahead, stay aware of my surroundings,
and really give myself room to move if
something starts to escalate. And
likewise, sometimes the smartest prep is
not dramatic at all. Sometimes it's just
simply noticing the environment early,
staying grounded, and giving yourself
enough space to avoid getting pulled
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As I always like to do at the end of
these videos, I want to leave you with a
word of encouragement. And what we cover
today, it may look like three separate
problems, but they all obviously hit at
the same place, which is your household.
Rising energy costs, tariffs, and
growing social strain. They don't just
stay out there. They show up in your
budget, your routines, and your
day-to-day life. And that's really why
preparedness matters. Preparedness, like
we talk about all the time here on the
channel, it gives you margin, just a
little space when things begin to
tighten up. And it gives you options
when other things start running out. And
right now, I think margin is becoming
one of the most valuable things that you
can have. And I know for many of you,
it's getting tighter. I read the
comments. I see it in my own life. I'm
seeing with friends and family as well.
The pressure, it is real. And if you're
feeling it, you're not alone. Let me
just say that again. If you are feeling,
and I know many of you are, you're not
alone. Um, as for me, as to what I'm
working on, I mean, it's nothing
dramatic. I've been working through
small projects here around the property.
I usually try to show video of what I'm
working on, but it's just been mostly
miscellaneous, small stuff. Um, you
know, I spent the last weekend putting
in shelves in the main house here on
this property with my son as things were
getting disorganized. Uh, things were
kind of all over scattered all over the
place and I was having a hard time just
finding basic tools. So, we built an
organization system. And, you know, just
been working on building things, you
know, just one piece at a time. But
sometimes in all of this, it can feel
overwhelming when you start looking at
everything at once. So, I try to stay
focused on what the next step is in
front of me. And that's all I can
affect. And that's the approach I would
encourage you to take. Don't try to
solve and try to fix everything at once.
Just pick one weakness and reduce it
this week at your food supply. Build a
little more buffer where you can
strengthen one system that you can at
your home. And again, I I probably
shared this before years ago. I used to
listen to a lot of motivational
speakers, a lot of Navy Seals on
YouTube, and one of them shared his own
personal story and what he learned going
through SEL training. uh the only thing
that kept him sane in a course in a
program that was designed to break him
down was to just focus on the next thing
in front of him. His attitude was all I
can do all I can do is affect this one
thing. I can't change all these other
circumstances around me. And that's my
encouragement to you. Don't get
overwhelmed. Pick something. Is it food
that you're you need work on food
storage? Is it water? I mean, we've got
a gazillion videos in our library here
on this channel. All you have to do is
go to the search tab in our YouTube
library and type for whatever term
you're looking at. Security, food,
water, energy. We've covered it all in
many times in many different ways. And
so my encouragement in landing this is
this. You don't need to panic, but you
do need to prepare. Stay steady, stay
aware, and keep making your home harder
to shake. And that's the approach I
would encourage you to take right now.
Don't try to fix everything at once.
Just again, peak, you know, pick one
weakness and reduce it. this week. Build
a little buffer wherever you can and
just strengthen your home. And again,
don't panic. I don't know how many times
I needed to say that because I've had
people reach out to me recently
panicking and again, you know, we're all
seeing the same thing. And again, I get
it. I'm not I know I come off as calm a
lot of times on this channel and that's
intentional because I'm I'm calm my own
in my own life. It's it's you know, I
can see the same thing as we all see and
it's frustrating. I have a lot of
friends that are concerned and you know
they we all talk it through on a daily
basis. It's therapeutic sometimes have
to talk these things through. But again,
I try to keep a level head because
freaking out it's just not going to do
me well and it's not going to help my
family. All right, so let me end this by
suggesting a couple of videos you're
definitely going to want to watch next.
And I think this is a good time to
really revisit my video on developing
situation awareness. It's a video I did
years ago because it really helps you to
read your environment better and stay
steadier when the immediate world around
you feels a little less predictable. And
I also want to point you to a video on
building a 3-week food supply because
that just gives you one step uh or
rather it gives you one step help you
move ahead and get your household in
order and more stable. It's really
fundamentally core to your prepping and
it's the single best thing that you can
easily put into place right now. And
I'll link both of those videos here on
the side screen and in the description
and comments section below.