Posted on 12/22/2014 5:56:30 PM PST by bkopto
An increasing number of Americans seem to think so, and they're preparing for the end.
They call themselves preppers. Mainstream suburban Americans hoarding supplies and weapons while leading otherwise perfectly normal lives.
It's a national phenomenon and it's supporting a doom boom industry worth many millions.
Braxton Southwick is a typical father-of-six in Salt Lake City, who believes the nice suburban neighbourhood he lives in could soon be swept away by some kind of modern day apocalypse.
Like other preppers, he's afraid of some impending catastrophe but also what that will do to American society.
"I think that is what I'm scared of the most," he told Sky News, "Not the actual events. I've already prepared for that. It's the aftermath, when there are no police, there are no military to protect us, we're going to be protecting ourselves."
The trigger could be a terrorist attack, a monetary collapse, cataclysmic failure in power generation, or a natural disaster. Preppers fear what comes next and have no faith in either their government or human nature.
"Once people use up all their resources, they're going to come after the people that prepared and had more resources. So basically we have to take care of ourselves."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
“I am not prepared for that nor do I believe much of the anybody else on this forum is.”
Actually, many of us are.
If they knew who buttered the bread...
Sounds like a great location.
Well said DG. You can tell me personally how you are doing on yours.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Idaho Falls, ID.
Just a minor point but if the seven years comes from the Old Testament story of Joseph saving his family and the Egyptians, it was essentially the Government of Egypt in the form of Joseph and Pharaoh who obeyed the vision God gave to them.
The part that can be disturbing to some, the government ends up owning all the land in payment for doing the saving. I’d really like to hear the story related by Joseph and Pharaoh and how it all played out.
The location and land are awesome. The house, not so much...
But we bought it for the land and access to all the things we like to do nearby. A house can be changed, right? And does this one need it, LOL!
The author of this article doesn't know jack about preppers and makes conclusions out of ignorance.
I wasn't “scared” and didn't have “fear” when I began prepping in about 1998. I don't have fear now as I am prepared for an emergency.
Hoarding: Attaching this word to preppers shows the ignorance of the author. As long as supplies are plentiful, buying them is not hoarding. Even if I bought all of the beef stew in the store, by tomorrow there would be more on the shelf. There is plenty for everyone.
Also, who decides how much is hoarding? Are you hoarding when you buy two cans of soup? Is three cans of soup hoarding? You see, that makes no sense. Now, in an emergency, if there were only three cans of soup in the whole town, and I knew that, trying to buy all three cans before anyone else could get one, would be an example of hoarding.
Another example of hoarding;
One of the cruise ships was in trouble not long ago, and the ship was at sea and no food was going to be delivered for a few days. Food lines were set up for the passengers to pass by and get food. Passengers were filling their plate, plus they were sticking food in their pockets and purses. This was depleting the food supply quickly, so an announcement was made for passengers to only take the food on their plate in order to leave food for others. They didn't stop “hoarding” food. They didn't care if anyone else had food, they were getting as much as they could carry and tough cookies for the rest of the passengers.
The above example is what will happen when there is little food available. I won't have to stand in a line for food as I will already have mine. That leaves more food for other people who haven't prepared. I bought food when there was still plenty for everyone. I hope all people will buy extra food now. Having supplies will give peace of mind, not make one fearful.
Quite simply, the best way to prepare for a zombie apocalypse is by moving to a small community filled with heavily armed, Bible-believing Christians. A good smattering of military veterans living there increases security ten-fold. And electing a pro-2nd amendment, Constitutional sheriff in the county gives you legal and armed muscle to repel invasions from state-sponsored terrorist groups.
One would hope the 89 year old running the business has contingency plans for the future of the Company and his significant other.
Do you mean the newsletters of Carla Emery? If so, they’ve been compiled into a book:
Grit magazine, published for over a hundred years in Pennsylvania, is also a good resource.
JT
Actually it was ‘Mother Earth’, more on liberal side, but then my mother was a Democrat (she did refuse to vote for Obama before going into a nursing home), and I am an Independent Conservative.
I like your link better.
You're very optimist, by about a decade.
Libs are the ones who loot and are front and center in the gimme lines.
I had an old Whole Earth Catalog from the 1970s, until I gave it to my father-in-law; he was a very ‘homesteading’ DIY guy. But the Carla Emery seems much more organized and exhaustive.
I haven’t yet bought it; but discovered it a few months ago. Will order soon, and let you know what it’s like - (gift card burning a whole in my pocket, and can’t think of anything more useful or interesting to buy ;-)
-JT
It works very well after two nights of going to bed hungry.
Very good post, thank you for translating my thoughts into a well written post.
I grew up in rural south, and a farm family. My mother returned to the land in late 1960s-1999, so it never really got out of my life, except for short stint of city living.
Sometimes I’m amazed when people are unaware of how to survive in the wilderness, it’s second nature to those who grew up in it... I wonder how safe anyone will be if we have a huge upheaval, as I read the Argentina internal upheaval that was devistating a couple of decades ago.
You are wise to invest into something that will always be viable. I keep my canning and gardening books, just in case, although I don’t do much of it now.
With new regulations, most all out here are having move away from gravity operated to electrical pumped. No, makes no sense but it's what the goobernut demands. It has also demanded that water pumps be taken out of the river. If your well pump is an inch inside your water wall, then it's fine. An inch out, you're getting fined. Same water but somehow that's stealing river water. Never mind it's the streams in the hills that run down under the land to fill the river so it's all the same wet stuff. Never mind that river water adds nutrients to people's lawns which cuts down on dangerous chemical fertilizer run offs.
Stay away from the foil topped or foil packaged foods.
Agreed.
Thanks for the link....that’s great info for everyone on here on a well.
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