[eartick]

“following in the footsteps of hippies in the 1960s”......

I call BS on that one...hippies “tuned out”. I see preppers like myself and other like minds very “tuned in”.

Prepare for the worst hope for the best can not be repeated enough

[ChildOfThe60s]

and many have a vague concern that an escalating series of natural disasters is leading to some type of environmental cataclysm.

I don't believe that a significant number of preppers are worrying about an "environmental cataclysm". Our concerns are political and economic.

My liberal in laws think we are kooks for having 6 months of food and necessities on hand. Ditto (especially) for our projectile oriented home protection devices. IMO what is really stupid is shopping on Sunday and buying only 1 week's supply of food and essentials. They will literally be going hungry on day 8 or 9 without going to the grocery store. They think (and more or less say) that anything more than 2 weeks of preparations is wacko. Of course they are all set to vote for Zero again.

[matt1234]

“following in the footsteps of hippies in the 1960s”......

I call BS on that one

Yup. I stopped reading right there. However, FReeper comments are still valuable.