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'Preppers' have endured years of mockery. Coronavirus fears have given them a booming self-survival business.
CNN ^ | 3/7/2020 | Emma Reynolds

Posted on 03/11/2020 5:37:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill

Do you have your "bug-out bag" (BOB) ready for when the "s*** hits the fan" (SHTF), or will you "bug in" for "the end of the world as we know it" (TEOTWAWKI)?

This jargon is well understood within niche "prepper" communities, whose members spend their lives preparing for impending Armageddon -- natural disasters, pandemics or financial collapse.

And the ideas that drive this culture are becoming increasingly mainstream as coronavirus panic sees people across the world stockpiling rations, sourcing gas masks and self-isolating at home.

Now, "civilians" are turning to expert preppers in droves for help in getting ready for the worst.

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To: carriage_hill

“Preppers” generally get a bad rap from the press, even though the government itself, through FEMA and other orgs, actually encourages folk to plan for bad times. Yeah, folk can go overboard with it, but it is definitely worse to be under prepared than over prepared, because the over prepared folk can help out others.


21 posted on 03/11/2020 8:21:58 AM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: carriage_hill

This is all overblown.

Still not seeing a real alarming scenario with this virus. Still looking like minor expected complications for more vulnerable demographics and death rate. And seems so flu-like that many more probably never reported it but simply got over it.

So, I’m not seeing any great vindication of preppers yet.


22 posted on 03/11/2020 8:30:31 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: treetopsandroofs

CNN: Everybody make a cave............................


23 posted on 03/11/2020 9:58:59 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: carriage_hill

Ruger stock has dropped from $54 to $39 per share. If you can time the bottom, it’s beginning to look like a good investment.


24 posted on 03/11/2020 10:08:55 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Psalm 73

I’ve converted over a dozen to my “prepping ways” over the past few years, but many resisted, so I gave up on them. They’ll find out the hard way, as so many will do, *when* it happens on a large scale.


25 posted on 03/11/2020 10:40:13 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: aimhigh

In 2012, I bought 5,000 shares of RGR at $7 or $8/share, and sold it in the mid-40s a couple years ago, so it’s a solid investment stock.


26 posted on 03/11/2020 10:42:59 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I hope you’re right, but I don’t think we’ve even seen the upside of the bell-curve, yet. Hope I’m wrong.


27 posted on 03/11/2020 10:44:31 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: FreedomPoster

I started back in 2010, and have added to my considerable supplies, ever since.


28 posted on 03/11/2020 10:45:48 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Blueflag

I rotate mine every 6mos.


29 posted on 03/11/2020 10:47:06 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: OrangeHoof

Either History or Discovery had an 8-part series on them, so they’d be easy to track down.


30 posted on 03/11/2020 10:48:22 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: windsorknot

I don’t do that. My supplies are for me and my family, only.


31 posted on 03/11/2020 10:50:28 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

“Expert” preppers don’t talk about their preps.

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32 posted on 03/11/2020 10:54:11 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: carriage_hill
"They’ll find out the hard way..."

That's why I try to keep it as low key as possible - lessens the chance I may have to shoot someone.

33 posted on 03/11/2020 10:59:53 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again".)
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To: carriage_hill

“’Preppers’ have endured years of mockery.”

Not to their face they haven’t.


34 posted on 03/11/2020 11:07:36 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: carriage_hill

The Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPtFIJLmrKs


35 posted on 03/11/2020 11:10:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Blueflag

Proper prepping prevents panic!


36 posted on 03/11/2020 11:35:46 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: dfwgator

I remember that episode from back in the 60s.


37 posted on 03/11/2020 12:54:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Psalm 73

Good point. Not on my bucket list, either.


38 posted on 03/11/2020 12:55:39 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

It’s a great illustration of human nature.


39 posted on 03/11/2020 12:56:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: The Toll; Lurker

No one’s mocked me, because no one’s seen my preps.


40 posted on 03/11/2020 12:57:28 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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