Why
Are Millions Of Americans Preparing For Doomsday?
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So what exactly are all these people so concerned about? Exactly why
are there millions of Americans that are feverishly preparing for doomsday?
Well, the truth is that you will never find two preppers
that are exactly alike. Some are deeply concerned about the potential for
natural disasters and believe that we are now entering into a time when there
will be catastrophic earth changes. Other preppers
believe that terrorism is the most significant threat to our way of life.
Killer pandemics, an EMP attack, World War III, martial law,
solar megastorms, asteroid strikes and societal chaos
are some of the other things that some preppers are
worried about.
Of course an economic collapse is one of the biggest concerns
for preppers, and without a doubt the
But it isn't just preppers that are concerned
about these things.
A recent survey conducted by National Geographic asked Americans the
following question....
"Which of the following, if any, do you think might happen in the
These were the results....
Significant Earthquake 64%
Significant Hurricane 63%
Terrorist Attack 55%
Financial Collapse 51%
Significant Blackout 37%
Pandemic, Such as From a Super-Virus 29%
Nuclear Fallout 14%
None of These 13%
Obviously there are a whole lot of people out there that feel as though we
are heading for some really bad stuff.
So if hard times are coming, why not prepare for them?
After all, none of us want to end up like the poor people of
The following is what one
Australian blogger experienced while staying in the Superdome during
Hurricane Katrina....
Last night was horrendous. I heard
shouting, and drinks machines being smashed. There’s no sanitation and it’s so
smelly. My hair is greasy and I feel a wreck. There are crack alleys among the maze
of corridors. The lights are broken in the loos
which, as well as being disgusting, have become dangerous, so we now only go as
a big group.
More people are arriving, and the dome
is like a refugee camp. I see two soldiers carrying a corpse and we hear there
are more dead in the basement.
As an article in the New York Times from
that time period detailed, food and water were in very short supply and those
cramped into the Superdome were rapidly becoming impatient....
Desperation was in the air. Danielle
Shelby tugged at a reporter's arm. "I have a handicapped daughter,"
she said. "She's over there with her wheelchair. She's hot. We don't have
any water. I'm afraid she's going to have a seizure."
Others crowded around. "I've been
in the food line twice, and every time I get to the front they tell me they
don't have any left," said Juanita McFerrin, 80.
Later on in that same article, we are told that there were fights, rapes and
at least one suicide in the Superdome during that time....
It got worse. Ms. Rousell
recalled hearing a loud bang Tuesday afternoon as the body of a man slapped the
concrete at the edge of the football field in a fatal suicidal plunge, after he
apparently learned that his home had been destroyed. Others told of fights that
broke out in food lines, and of a husband and wife who
slugged each other in a wild argument.
Several residents said they had heard
of children being raped, though it was not clear whether anyone reported such
incidents to the authorities, and no officials could be found who could confirm
the accounts.
To get an even better idea of what life in
Within just a few days food, water and supplies started pouring into New
Orleans and things started slowly getting back to normal, but imagine what
things would look like in this country if we had to deal with a national
disaster that stretched on for months or even years?
Many preppers are not taking any chances.
Many are absolutely determined to be able to take care of their families and
friends no matter what the years ahead may bring.
ABC News recently profiled one prepper named Tim Ralston....
Tim Ralston, a married father of two
from Arizona, is one such "prepper."
"There's
a lot of different things that could happen," Ralston said. "For me,
I look at prepping as kind of like insurance. You have car insurance, health
insurance, life insurance."
Call it Apocalypse insurance. Ralston
turned his family's two-car garage into a staging area. Inside is a trailer,
which he keeps packed and ready to go at all times, stockpiles of freeze-dried
food, including cartons of canned chicken with a shelf life of 15 years,
survival gear, such as a system for purifying polluted water, first aid kits
and lots of weapons and ammunition. His son has his own AK-47.
Some preppers are going to the extreme and are
spending huge amounts of money on their prepping.
CNN recently profiled one Australian prepper that
has spent about $350,000 preparing for
doomsday....
Bast has spent about $5,000 on stockpiles of food and
water, and $11,000 on equipment including gas cookers, generators, batteries,
water purifiers and solar power. He also purchased roughly an acre of land
that's a 75-minute drive from Melbourne and 1,500 feet above sea level (in
order to stay high and dry in case of a flood or tsunami). He has built a house
there, as well as a bunker to serve as his "safe spot" in the event
of an emergency. Together, the land, buildings and bunker have cost him a total
of about $330,000.
He's also spent $10,000 on an 8-year
old
But the truth is that prepping does not have to be expensive.
The key is to start by focusing on the five basics....
1) Food
2) Water
3) Shelter
4) Energy
5) Self-Defense
There are some practical things that just about anyone can do even if you
don't have a lot of money.
For example, when you go to the store try to pick up a few extra items that
are on sale and add them to your supplies. If you rotate your food
supplies, they won't go bad.
In addition, just about anyone can plant a garden. Often fruits and
vegetables are some of the most expensive items at the grocery store, and so
growing a garden can end up saving you a lot of money.
Get educated. There are dozens of prepper
websites out there where you can get an education in prepping for free.
The following are a few examples of some of the excellent prepper
websites that are out there today....
The truth is that our world is becoming increasingly unstable in a whole
bunch of different ways and we all need to learn how to prepare for the difficult years ahead.
As the economy continues to fall apart,
None of us should be relying on the government to save us when things hit
the fan. We all saw what happened after Hurricane Katrina. Those
that were depending on the government were deeply disappointed.
We should all try to become as independent of the system as we can, because
the system is failing. In the years ahead there might not be anybody to
help you and your family, so you need to be working hard right now to ensure
that you and your family will be taken care of.
Yes, as you may have guessed by now, I am a prepper
too. My wife and I moved to an entirely different state and totally
changed our lifestyle to prepare for what is coming.
Hopefully this article will inspire many more Americans to prepare for what
is coming. A great economic collapse is on the horizon and time is
rapidly running out.’
