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Not really. I think some of them are a bit over the top. Being prepared is just common sense. Having a 3 day or more supply of food and water is something everyone should have. Making your kids and family take Zombie Apocalypse drills every other day is a bit insane.
This is what I'm talking about when I say some people are unhinged about the thought of preppers, do you really think that any prepper is having "Zombie Apocalypse drills"? I'm not talking about the fake staged crap you'll see on some "reality" TV show either or blog.
P.S. Having 3 days worth of food saved up is not prepping
What I say to people who think anyone who is a Prepper has to be unhinged? Remember Star Trek? Many thought everything on that show could never happen and was just a fantasy. Hmmm, we now have communicators (cell phones) and basic medical tri-corders and many other once thought "outlandish" things.
One further thought, how is someone who's preparing for what they see as a possible future any different than those that go to a church and are told to prepare for judgement day,the second coming,the devil rising up or any of the things in the book of Genesis and other religious tomes?
We have emergency plans and I've been more prepared since the northeast blackout of 03. We're prepared for a localized problem lasting up to three weeks. Probably wouldn't last that long because we'd probably being helping neighbours that I don't think have anything ready.
Full preppers ready for a continent or world wide disaster, would either need heavy fire power and disregard for human life or unusual resources and knowledge base to actually handle a disaster of that magnitude.
This is what I'm talking about when I say some people are unhinged about the thought of preppers, do you really think that any prepper is having "Zombie Apocalypse drills"? I'm not talking about the fake staged crap you'll see on some "reality" TV show either or blog.
P.S. Having 3 days worth of food saved up is not prepping
bill
please remember that fema recommends having 2-3 weeks worth of food and water on hand. but homeland security think you might be a terrorist if you have 2 weeks worth of food in your home.
I keep enough to feed the people I will be with if something happens. dont come to me if something happens and you cant feed your children.
I'm sure somone mentioned this, I didn't read past the first couple of pages, but it seems to me that some preppers are almost excited and look forward to something catastrophic happening. That is disturbing.
We have emergency plans and I've been more prepared since the northeast blackout of 03. We're prepared for a localized problem lasting up to three weeks. Probably wouldn't last that long because we'd probably being helping neighbours that I don't think have anything ready.
Full preppers ready for a continent or world wide disaster, would either need heavy fire power and disregard for human life or unusual resources and knowledge base to actually handle a disaster of that magnitude.
You may have a prepper right next door to you, but if they practice OPSEC you'll never know it.
there is an old WWII poster that reads "Loose lips sink ships"
You may have a prepper right next door to you, but if they practice OPSEC you'll never know it.
there is an old WWII poster that reads "Loose lips sink ships"
bill
Maybe, I haven't felt the need to tell anyone we're prepared for an emergency lasting three weeks. It just hasn't come up in conversation, you know?
I'm sure somone mentioned this, I didn't read past the first couple of pages, but it seems to me that some preppers are almost excited and look forward to something catastrophic happening. That is disturbing.
some people always want the worst to happen, no matter what the subjetc is. the vast majority of people who prep would rather have nice sunny skies than have no electricity.
I prepare for the worst and hope for the bet. it is a good way to live, and I am not being paranoid.
I think anyone who has ever read some recounts or novels of wars in history, including the American civil war, can sympathize with preppers to a degree. Remember Scarlett O'Hara digging in the dirt despreately for a root vegetable just before swearing that she will never be hungry again? Yeah, she's fictional, but worse things happen in times of war and political unrest as well as natural disasters.
The issue for me is that the American prepper movement is basically a little too schizoid. If sh*t really does hit the fan, most individual households are not going to make it on their own long term, no matter how prepared they are.
I like the transition town movement: Transition Towns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. If anything will make things better during a major disaster, economic collapse, etc, it will be working cooperatively with your neighbors. But you need to prepare far ahead of time to be able to do that effectively. Stockpiling guns and gold won't really help you out there...
I think anyone who has ever read some recounts or novels of wars in history, including the American civil war, can sympathize with preppers to a degree. Remember Scarlett O'Hara digging in the dirt desperately for a root vegetable just before swearing that she will never be hungry again? Yeah, she's fictional, but worse things happen in times of war and political unrest as well as natural disasters.
The issue for me is that the American prepper movement is basically a little too schizoid. If sh*t really does hit the fan, most individual households are not going to make it on their own long term, no matter how prepared they are.
I like the transition town movement: Transition Towns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. If anything will make things better during a major disaster, economic collapse, etc, it will be working cooperatively with your neighbors. But you need to prepare far ahead of time to be able to do that effectively. Stockpiling guns and gold won't really help you out there...
"Transition town" "working cooperatively with your neighbors" that sounds alot like working people busting there @ss and saving and slaving so if the SHTF there lay about neighbors and current welfare recipients will get to live in the manner to witch they are accustomed. No thanks I'll take care of my own, the rest can begin "digging in the dirt desperately for a root vegetable"
bill
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No thanks I'll take care of my own, the rest can begin "digging in the dirt desperately for a root vegetable"
