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'Preppers' have endured years of mockery. Coronavirus fears have given them a booming self-survival business.
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| 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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KEYWORDS: chinaviruspreppers; communityspread; coronavirus; covid19; flu; prepper; shtf; teotwawki; wuhan; wuhansarscov2
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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.
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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.)
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, Im not seeing any great vindication of preppers yet.
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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)
To: treetopsandroofs
CNN: Everybody make a cave............................
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:58:59 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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.
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posted on
03/11/2020 10:08:55 AM PDT
by
aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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.
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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.)
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.
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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.)
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.
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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.)
To: FreedomPoster
I started back in 2010, and have added to my considerable supplies, ever since.
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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.)
To: Blueflag
I rotate mine every 6mos.
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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.)
To: OrangeHoof
Either History or Discovery had an 8-part series on them, so they’d be easy to track down.
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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.)
To: windsorknot
I don’t do that. My supplies are for me and my family, only.
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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.)
To: carriage_hill
Expert preppers dont talk about their preps.
L
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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.)
To: carriage_hill
"Theyll 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.
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posted on
03/11/2020 10:59:53 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again".)
To: carriage_hill
“’Preppers’ have endured years of mockery.”
Not to their face they haven’t.
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posted on
03/11/2020 11:07:36 AM PDT
by
The Toll
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
03/11/2020 11:10:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Blueflag
Proper prepping prevents panic!
To: dfwgator
I remember that episode from back in the 60s.
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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.)
To: Psalm 73
Good point. Not on my bucket list, either.
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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.)
To: carriage_hill
It’s a great illustration of human nature.
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posted on
03/11/2020 12:56:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: The Toll; Lurker
No one’s mocked me, because no one’s seen my preps.
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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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