Taking stock of one's situation is another response, beyond the normal tendency to plan for the future and set aside savings or secure solid equity. There is nervous looking about at the hills, the local gardens, and the routes out of town. This is not shared with others, as the reason for this anxiety cannot yet be explained, so those taking stock may take long walks or a drive, and not even be aware of what they are doing. Preparing, under the guise of taking a new hobby or a vacation, if one has taken stock and found the situation lacking. If a family lives in a city apartment and has no other place to call home, they may decide to purchase a vacation site, if only a spot in the woods where one can camp.
Daddy brings home a worm bin and mommy takes up patio gardening, and they go camping more often.
Gathering their own statistics, on weather, crops shortages, and Earth changes not reported in broad scope in the media. If a friend reports increased volcanic activity in the country they live in, but this has not hit the media, then perhaps a bit of home research is due. In this way patterns of change are documented and shared among the populace, an increasing wealth of information that spread around the world via the internet and networks of family and friends, and soon many people are aware of the larger picture. Posing questions to the government or scientific experts sometimes occurs when someone who is alarmed feels an honest answer is their due. This has a predictable response in the questioner being treated like an idiot, the answer a cold stare, but this response is in and of itself an answer if it is inappropriate.