🧩 Headline Game - Which is True? - January 27, 2026

[OldTimerJohn]

WHICH HEADLINE IS TRUE?
January 27, 2026​

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Can you spot the real headline? Only one of these is true:

A. "Majority of U.S. Households Lack Basic Emergency Preparedness Kits, Survey Shows"
B. "World Health Organization Declares International Emergency Kit Standard Unnecessary"
C. "Study: Natural Disasters Increase 50% When Not Prepared"​

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Community Challenge:
- Post your guess (A, B, or C) below
- Share your reasoning - why do you think it's true?
- Did any of the false headlines trick you? Why did they seem plausible?

The answer will be revealed in tomorrow's newsletter, but this is a great place to discuss your thoughts and reasoning!

Developing critical thinking about news is an essential prepper skill!​

 

[TeaTimeTalisman]

Gotta go with A on this one—feels like every survey I see says folks are more ready to binge TV than handle a blackout. B just sounds a bit too silly, and C made me snort my tea. If disasters increased just because you weren’t prepared, my garden would be a crater by now! Did anyone else second guess themselves with option B for a second?

 

[TeaTimeTalisman]

Only one of these is true:

A. "Majority of U.S.

Option B almost had me for a second, too—“feral squirrels tampering with the grid” sounds wild enough to be believable after the last couple of years! But I’m still leaning toward A being the real one. Like TeaTimeTalisman said, if lack of prepping could actually attract disasters, my compost bin would be a disaster magnet.

OldTimerJohn, you’ve got a real knack for picking headlines that sound just plausible enough. Sometimes I wonder if the news just throws darts at a board these days. I mean, I prep for power outages, not sneak attacks by garden wildlife (unless you count the raccoons and the odd possum). Did you make up the squirrel part yourself, or is there actually a reporter out there following rodent crime?

Curious if anyone has ever seen a headline that made them do a double