Turns out it was a double header!

Lots more firearms shown this season.

If I had to give one piece of advice it's to the gal Meghan who plans to hike out of Houston.

Get a bicycle and some side bags (panniers?) to push and carry all her stuff.

Take a lesson from the Japanese advance down the Malaysian peninsula in ww2 to capture Singapore..

I loved the guy with the castle made out of shipping containers too.

I missed it! I will have to try and on demand it.

I laughed so hard when that mushy mess from Houston couldn't make her 10 mile bug-out walk after bragging that she worked out 4+ hours a day.

Seemed a little extreme to me... I can't see working full time at prepping.

There were some good tips in that show. The couple in Texas uses pig waste and turns it into methane. I like the idea of having multiple solar and wind generators so there is no reliance on just one. The guy in LA prepping for the big one uses common plants and trees for medicinal purposes.

The hippies that didn't believe they needed guns. Ha! They have way to much faith in the human race.

I laughed so hard when that mushy mess from Houston couldn't make her 10 mile bug-out walk after bragging that she worked out 4+ hours a day.

 

There were quite a few preppers in that show who would be characterized as mushy messes :-)

There were some good tips in that show. The couple in Texas uses pig waste and turns it into methane. I like the idea of having multiple solar and wind generators so there is no reliance on just one. The guy in LA prepping for the big one uses common plants and trees for medicinal purposes.

 

Many of these things and more are in the SAS Survival Guide.

You know what i took away from this show? That nearly every person they profiled was BAT $H1T CRAZY!

Not for prepping or fearing the end of the world, but for wanting it to happen so they can point and laugh at all the dead or soon to be dying and say "Haha, told ya so...". The only one who didn't was the hippies.

Prepping like that takes too much time. When tshtf I have decided I m just going to take what I need by all means necessary. Survival of the fittest.

Prepping like that takes too much time. When tshtf I have decided I m just going to take what I need by all means necessary. Survival of the fittest.

 

There will be plenty like you in the first period after a Lucifer's hammer type scenario. You'll all either ally yourselves with the strongest local collective or you're ground into dust in short order.

 

Read some history, watch what happens when there is a power vacuum. Lone wolves are the first ones put down. Rivals for power are next against the wall. I intend to find the biggest baddest MOFO around and offer my services in return for protection.

Many of these things and more are in the SAS Survival Guide.

 

What is good about this show is that it gives food for thought to those people who never thought of prepping, or just was curious about it. Books are great, however illustrations through videos (this show for example) puts it in better perspective for the masses. Not sure if the average person just tuning in for the first time has ever heard of the SAS Survival Guide.

 

For the most part, the people shown in Doomsday Preppers are not in top physical shape. Despite that the people are doing something that could protect themselves and their families in case something does happen. If these average looking folks can do it on TV, anyone can.

 

One can certainly speculate that perhaps if these type of shows were on a year or two before Katrina, maybe more lives might have been saved. In the show it was mentioned that FEMA recommends that a 3 day supply of food is suggested. The minimum should be 3 months.

 

People buy insurance, yet few buy tangible goods (food and water) that can be used at any time (just in case). Same thing with buying a firearm and ammo just in case for self defense or some possible survival situation (just in case). Its there if you need it.

I know allegiances will have to be made.

Is it me, or do you think that NatGeo went out of it's way to showcase the most extreme people out there claiming to be "preppers"? I try not to think of the conspiracy angle first, but it seems like they went out of their way to show people who are closer to TLC's maniacal Hoarder type, rather than being true Preppers. A real prepper would not bring attention to their preparations. These people are fantacists -- prepping isn't jsut about buying/stockpiling stuff. It seems to me like it is mostly about being self- and situationally aware. Those are the two things most people today are missing more than anything else, awareness. I think that these people will be as blindsided by reality as anyone who isn't as well-supplied as they are, when it comes crashing through their front door.

 

These folks, excluding the hippies, remind me of Francis from that movie "Stripes". Too hard, too "ready for action".

 

I tuned into this show in the hopes of picking up some useful tips, but came away embarassed. I feel like NatGeo is attempting to paint all preppers with the extremist/crack pot brush (just in time for implementation of the NDAA).

There will be plenty like you in the first period after a Lucifer's hammer type scenario. You'll all either ally yourselves with the strongest local collective or you're ground into dust in short order.

 

Read some history, watch what happens when there is a power vacuum. Lone wolves are the first ones put down. Rivals for power are next against the wall. I intend to find the biggest baddest MOFO around and offer my services in return for protection.

 

I will keep a spot open for you

Oh and did anyone else notice the sound those .22's made when the preppers were shooting at their own place to check it for durability? Those must have been some crazy loads! *rolleyes*

The guy who pointed out that an EMP would take out the entire trucking industry made the most impact on me.

Three days of food is a joke in that scenario.

The guy who pointed out that an EMP would take out the entire trucking industry made the most impact on me.

Three days of food is a joke in that scenario.

 

Go read Lights Out.

 

My personal favorite was the housewife from utah... I expected her to be a mess and was pleasantly suprised to see that not only was she doing a bang up job of storing food, but she was all about self defense and security. Especially for women... I loved her comment that in a doomsday event past a month or so, she would still be the only person needing to lose weight.

 

Everyone should prep for a week at least or two. Beyond that... your choice.

Aside from the chunky chick with the bad planning & cardio that resulted in joining the military, I would like to see some urban preppers that don't decide to "bug out".

Aside from the chunky chick with the bad planning & cardio that resulted in joining the military, I would like to see some urban preppers that don't decide to "bug out".

 

If you are prepping and your are not planning at some point to get out of he urban enviroment you are setting yourself up for failure. You would need a fortress and a large group of people and supplies for those people to continue to exist long term in an urban envroment.

Oh and did anyone else notice the sound those .22's made when the preppers were shooting at their own place to check it for durability? Those must have been some crazy loads! *rolleyes*

 

I found that hilarious. I never heard a .22 make that noise before haha

I found that hilarious. I never heard a .22 make that noise before haha

 

My wife turned to me and said "what the hell was that?' before I even said anything. My response "I hate holloywood TVland damnit."

 

 

If you are prepping and your are not planning at some point to get out of he urban enviroment you are setting yourself up for failure. You would need a fortress and a large group of people and supplies for those people to continue to exist long term in an urban envroment.

 

I agree that a remote area will be better but happens if the SHTF scenario keeps you and your family from traveling to your bug out location?

I agree that a remote area will be better but happens if the SHTF scenario keeps you and your family from traveling to your bug out location?

 

The out of shape dallas girl had it right actually about keeping enough supplies to hole up while the intial SHTF then make a break for it. Stock up and keep enough supplies to be abe to hole up for a month if needed to wait out the intial crazy before heading out on the road, if chaos is still going on after a month then just join it. A goo thing to keep in mind when prepping is that you cannot prep for everything.

Go read Lights Out.

 

 

I read One Second After by Forstchen. Same type of thing. Scary stuff.

The out of shape dallas girl had it right actually about keeping enough supplies to hole up while the intial SHTF then make a break for it. Stock up and keep enough supplies to be abe to hole up for a month if needed to wait out the intial crazy before heading out on the road, if chaos is still going on after a month then just join it. A goo thing to keep in mind when prepping is that you cannot prep for everything.

I couldn't understand why she wanted to go to Mexico. That place is worse than SHTF already!

I couldn't understand why she wanted to go to Mexico. That place is worse than SHTF already!

 

yeah, she was a pretty big idiot on a lot of things. Not defnding her plan as a whole, just that one part.

I couldn't understand why she wanted to go to Mexico. That place is worse than SHTF already!

 

Eh, not really. While the border and crime syndicate areas are a disaster, if you can find a rural area with local people, you can get by for a long time. That said, unless she's already got an in, she's just going to be added to the Warlord's brothel.

Eh, not really. While the border and crime syndicate areas are a disaster, if you can find a rural area with local people, you can get by for a long time. That said, unless she's already got an in, she's just going to be added to the Warlord's brothel.

Heh, yeah, she was quite a character, both the idea of having to "whore for supplies" as well as "shooting kitty in the brain stem". Wonder who is the lucky boyfriend? :-)

I read One Second After by Forstchen. Same type of thing. Scary stuff.

Lights Out is better.