For most folks, the word “prepper” evokes an image of someone who’s got way too much time on their hands at best, and who spends way too much time following conspiracies on the Internet at worst. But ...

Disaster preparedness, once the province of fringe groups and so-called preppers convinced doomsday was at hand, has a new face.

Amid concerns about inflation and a potential recession, more Seattle-area residents are adopting a pragmatic approach to preparedness, eschewing doomsday scenarios in favor of everyday resilience, ...