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Do you need to stock up the bunker?
BBC News Magazine ^ | 2 May 2008 | Brendan O'Neill

Posted on 05/10/2009 5:42:44 PM PDT by appleseed

In the 1950s and 1960s, bunkers were a feature of many American suburban homes, populated by families fearful of the prospect of nuclear war. That threat has subsided, but now many reasonable people are stocking up on essential supplies in preparation for a new cataclysm.

When you hear the word "survivalist", what image comes to mind?

Or maybe you think of end-of-the-world religionists retreating to a fortified camp with enough food and drink to last them until Judgement Day.

But today there is a new breed of survivalist – and they're well-heeled, well-educated and more likely to wear an immaculately pressed suit than a camouflage flak jacket.

Civilisation breakdown

Barton M Biggs is about as far as you can get from the old John Rambo-style survivalist. Forget long, unkempt hair and a sweat-stained vest. Mr Biggs is a former chief global strategist for Morgan Stanley, who now runs the hedge fund Traxis Partners in New York.

Yet in his latest book, Wealth, War and Wisdom, he suggests that all right-minded people should "assume the possibility of a breakdown of the civilised infrastructure".

"The four horsemen of the apocalypse ride out every two generations, and they come in different disguises," he says. "We are due to see the horsemen again some time in the next 10 to 20 years – and the prudent person with wealth should take out an insurance policy against them."

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The price of food is rising dramatically and oil is at record prices. Even brief periods of crisis can have severe consequences.

Blackout looting

Mr Biggs cites the massive power outages that struck north-eastern and mid-western America and parts of Canada in 2003 – also known as The Northeastern Blackout – when for a few hours an estimated 50 million people were without electricity.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; husseinobama; preparedness; preppers; second100days; survivalists; teotwawki
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Perhaps you think of a gun-toting loner in Mid-West America, who lives in a shack surrounded by tinned food and emergency water supplies.

Must have interviewed one my neighbors down the road. They don't like loud noises or my private property tresspassers will be shot sign.

a sweat-stained vest.

A squirt of Fabreeze or scented lysol can take care of a nasty vest. Just a little note. Or as my wife says, " Just sayin".

1 posted on 05/10/2009 5:42:46 PM PDT by appleseed
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To: Momaw Nadon; Mrs. Ranger; Squantos; wafflehouse; pbmaltzman; WKUHilltopper; dusttoyou; PLMerite; ...

Self Reliant/Survivalist ping list


2 posted on 05/10/2009 5:44:28 PM PDT by appleseed
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To: appleseed
"And possibly AK47s to fire over the heads of any guys, depending on how bad things become."

Good politically correct comment, but not good strategy, especially if you're up against flesh-eating zombies.

3 posted on 05/10/2009 5:54:42 PM PDT by Batrachian
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To: Batrachian
The man is a dolt, the bullets go into the head, not over.
4 posted on 05/10/2009 5:56:55 PM PDT by Niuhuru
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> “And possibly AK47s to fire over the heads of any guys, depending on how bad things become.”

Good politically correct comment, but not good strategy, especially if you’re up against flesh-eating zombies.

Plus, one only has to shoot only at useless humans who want everything given to them. Now if a hot blonde or brunette needs some food and water for a warm winter, well...


5 posted on 05/10/2009 5:58:51 PM PDT by max americana
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"Now if a hot blonde or brunette needs some food and water for a warm winter, well..."

Goes without saying.

6 posted on 05/10/2009 6:01:44 PM PDT by Batrachian
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To: appleseed

Well, if society collapses... And it gets really bad... I might switch to cannibalism for a while until agriculture and an economic system gets back on its feet. Stave off hunger and get rid of pesky liberals at the same time.


7 posted on 05/10/2009 6:04:04 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Batrachian
Always beware of the Zombie Holocaust


8 posted on 05/10/2009 6:08:05 PM PDT by CapnJack
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To: Prodigal Son

You know how to kill a party don’t you?


9 posted on 05/10/2009 6:12:40 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: appleseed
Crowd Control problem? Saiga 12 solution:


10 posted on 05/10/2009 6:15:46 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Oh I gotta have one of those!
11 posted on 05/10/2009 6:18:53 PM PDT by Semper Mark (We're being held hostage in the wet dream of a 60's radical.)
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To: Markos33

12 posted on 05/10/2009 6:20:04 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Markos33
In action with the MD~20 Drum
13 posted on 05/10/2009 6:22:57 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mamelukesabre
You know how to kill a party don’t you?

Liberals, the other white meat. Works for me.

14 posted on 05/10/2009 6:25:16 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: appleseed

bookmark


15 posted on 05/10/2009 6:27:54 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: mylife

Typical weekend at my place. We were shooting 00 buck into a big locust a while back. Trick was to get the biggest piece to fly off. Next time the boys come over, I’ll take some pisc.


16 posted on 05/10/2009 6:28:49 PM PDT by appleseed
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To: appleseed

W00h00!


17 posted on 05/10/2009 6:30:19 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Prodigal Son

They have tapeworms? THey consume alot with no results, so just wonderin’


18 posted on 05/10/2009 6:30:40 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: appleseed
But today there is a new breed of survivalist – and they're well-heeled, well-educated and more likely to wear an immaculately pressed suit than a camouflage flak jacket.

This is what has been bothering me. It's not like Y2K when a bunch of mostly tinfoil types were ranting and raving whle stocking up on beans and water purification stuff.

What we see now is a lot of smart and respected people very worried about a bad moon rising, and they're worries are often based largely on logic and clear thinking.

It's enough to give even the wise optimist pause.

19 posted on 05/10/2009 6:31:44 PM PDT by AAABEST (And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it)
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To: Batrachian

Do you have a zombie plan?


20 posted on 05/10/2009 6:33:42 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 111 of our national holiday from reality.)
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