She'll be a believer if the S does hit the F. I run into much of that down here also, I am very upfront with the men that, if their wife and family are not on board in an emergency situation, if they are not mentally prepared to do what is needed to survive, they will only be a drain on the group in terms of poor attitude.

I would rather have people around me in a tough situation with a positive attitude, and can do spirit, than someone who has a lot of gear and craps everyone out with incessant whining and complaining.

My wife and boys are completely on board on what is needed if an emergency situation develops, and are prepared to see it through. If spouses are reading the news, keeping up with financial information, and political issues, I find it difficult to believe they cannot see the need to be prepared.

If they are not, perhaps you should point out articles for them to read. This is what I do with my family when I came across news in various main stream publications. I can recommend ZeroHedge for financial news which will talk about issues, other rags with political agendas and ties won't discuss.