Practical preparedness is not about expecting the end of the world. It is about making sure an ordinary disruption does not become a household crisis. The word prepper can bring some dramatic images to mind: underground bunkers, rooms packed with su...

The word prepper still creates a certain picture in people’s minds. Maybe it is an underground bunker. Shelves holding years of food. A remote cabin. Someone preparing for the end of civilization while everyone else goes about normal life. That vers...