Posted on 03/21/2015 8:37:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. is seeing a growing number of “preppers” or survivalists who prepare to live for months at a time in the event of a disaster. CCTV America’s Sean Callebs reported this story from Atlanta.
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There are those who believe you have to be prepared now, because the end will come in a flash. A pandemic flue nearly 100 years ago, for example, killed as much as five percent of the global population.
Preppers say they’re ready to survive in the worst scenaro.
“I had a friend who described it very well as — there’s those who prep because they know they need to and there’s those who prep because it’s a hobby. With me it’s a hobby,” James Knight, a decorated military vet, aircraft mechanic, and self-identified prepper said.
Rice, and other grains are frozen – vacuum sealed with oxygen to preserve it.
Catering to “preppers” or “survivalists” is big business that generated at least $600 million a year. There are even prepper conventions.
If it says survivalist on it, people want to buy it.
Some items are cheap while others are expensive. For example one can spend up to $290,000 for a 2,800-square-foot concrete-and-steel-reinforced underground home.
“Our structures have ten foot ceilings and 12 foot ceilings. We have all the amenities and the custom finishes of your traditional home. The only difference is we don’t have windows,” Bobby McLennan, founding partner of Safe Home Structures said.
Ammo is what I prep.
We don’t need “survivorism”.
We need jobs. Bring back jobs to America.
Then you don’t need to worry about the rest, including democrats.
Republicans need to be for American economic growth, and that starts with AMERICAN JOBS.
In America.
How many people are prepared mentally for spending months in a box?
Hubby says with plenty of ammo he can get anything he needs. lol
I figure a single round of 22LR will be he coin of the realm if the SHTF.....small, valuable, easy to carry.
Exactly. My neighbor preps so I have a readily available supply.
Look out for those “pandemic flues.” You really don’t want to tangle with rogue gangs of exhaust pipes.
That's a code violation. You should at least have a few gun ports. lol
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One of the first actions of preppers, will be to destroy the predator threats from criminal types.
Depends on what’s going on outside that box, doesn’t it?
Of course, in a lot of areas, that’d put a lot of illegals out of work.
In many cases, yes. But in a situation where transportation is shut down effectively, lack of medicine and medical assistance will be what kills many people within weeks. Ammo alone won’t get you those things.
I like Cruz but we (America) badly need to start supporting American manufacturing once again.
China now exports more than America exports.
And is rapidly growing. That is just wrong. America’s leaders, need to implement policies which grow American businesses.
In America.
Of course your husband is kidding.
Such people are target number one to “real” Preppers.
Lord, I hope he’s never said it out loud to a real Prepper! That would mean going from “target” to “actively hunted.”
“I was only kidding” would be many a joker’s last words.
Yesterday I used my last can of tomato sauce with a “best by” date of 3/1 2010, but I think my oldest canned meats are “best by” 2003.
I’m currently trying to use up all of the older stuff and replace it with newer, and am close to having done that.
I think most could take it but there are a few that can not stand being closed in. It would be a total change for many and I have not seen anyone address this part of survival.
Even my Democrat co-worker noticed and is outraged by what SCE did to their IT staff. Fired them all and replaced them with H1-B visa workers.
But its not enough to bring jobs back to America if they just replace Americans with cheaper labor in America.
The middle class really needs to rise up about this issue.
It’s also driving the income-inequality issue that the left loves to screen about.
It isn’t a box, it is a luxury, 2800 sq. foot home.
If you can’t deal with occupying yourself inside of a huge house for a few months, then you have problems.
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