The blood that runs through our nation’s veins is carried by the men and women who get behind the wheels of semis each morning.
On little sleep, they take on the essential yet monotonous task of delivering nearly every single thing you consume or require into your city or town.
According to Census.gov, 71 percent of all freight arrived by tractor-trailer last year.
Driving trucks for a living has been plagued by complaints about low wages, poor work life balance, and massive turnover. To articulate the crisis, that some even call a myth, we are around 80,000 truckers short of what is needed.
Add to this the skyrocketing price of diesel and we could see even more truck drivers bow out because they just won’t make the money, they need to justify giving much of their life over to their work.
Trucker shortage, fuel shortage, energy shortage, what does all of this mean for us preppers? This is the world we are inheriting.
If rapid action is not taken, then this holiday season is going to be a nightmare. Let’s look at how the truck driver crisis could affect preppers.
Survival Food Shortages
Survival food is a key element of any prepper’s food storage plans.
That freeze dried food has to be brought in as fresh ingredients.
Those ingredients are brought in by truck drivers. Then the food is freeze dried and packed up.
After that it leaves inside another truck. None of this is possible if we are dealing with a truck driver crisis.
The other thing that will affect your survival food is the fact that a truck driver crisis also means that deliveries of regular food to supermarkets could be staggered or missed altogether.
That means the average person will see less on the shelves. This could nudge them in the direction of buying their own survival food.
As preppers we often say we want everyone to be prepared but the survival food companies are not prepared for an influx of customers like that. They will run out of product and that might be product you need.
Neighbors Who Need Help
Not everyone is prepared for a crisis.
This means they don’t have extra supplies or enough food to wait out the crisis.
If this is the situation, then you are going to experience lots of people who are slowly sinking into desperation.
Some will get resourceful and figure out where or how to get food. Others will not and they will be looking for people to help them.
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What is your plan when neighbors come knocking? If your neighbors know you are a prepper or even if they see your garden, they are going to expect some help if there…