Oh yeah, I think it's definitely building up to happening, but so long as I can still surf the web, play video games, watch cartoons, text with friends, and have actual human food and drink literally hand delivered to me by a zitty-faced teenager 24/7...I kinda like to think shit's still pretty good and hasn't even started hitting the fan lol. Gotta count your blessings lol. XD
I'll know SHTF for real probably a couple days after the lights go off, and I start hearing the faint sound of gunshots in the city with no sirens responding, then get on the ham radio to discover society has collapsed, and that would be officially when I'd activate my Bug Out Protocol and break into my Naughty Supplies lol.
Edit: Oh and yup; I have a kinda sorta group. No official plans are laid out between us, only one of them has military training, but he's kinda unstable; he pretends he's okay and he's real good at it, but I can see it in his eyes; he's a man on the edge lmao; a ticking time bomb. I recognize the look very well; saw it staring back at me in the mirror for years. Not sure when he was last in a war, but hopefully enough years will have passed for him to get his head on straight before TEOTWAWKI. I'm hesitant to even risk being in the same group as him at this current point in time lol; my and mom's chances are probably better on our own; we could just get in the RV and hit the road. Settle down near a lake or something because mom's always said she wants a Viking funeral lol.
And most of the others in our little family circle are pretty much strangers to me because I grew up thousands of miles away in Alaska, so I can't say as I really trust any of them, but they're still family, so whatchya gonna do amirite? Lol. Just gotta learn to adapt to things as they happen, keep an open mind and hope for the best but plan for the worst. =P