well i watched my first recorded episode.
it will be my last.
I never could understand why some people count their money in public.
There is no way these idiots can survive a disaster if everyone around them knows how much of what ever they have that they will not SHARE with strangers. I have seen sites where people are proud to show any and all weapons and a basement with enough ammo to start a small war. Rooms full of enough dried food to feed an army for 3 days, all photographed and proudly displayed to the frigging public.
Truth be told one seldom hears a Mormon speak of the years stash of food for each family member or the self protective devices they have hidden away. They have a shelter buried in the back yard, they are not inviting the general public for a guided tour.
The REAL preppers, not those playing some kind of game of lets pretend are the folks one would least suspect, AND they have no thought of a bug out, they intend to stay put as long as they can. Survival is a secret not something to play with, this is not the game of Capture the Flag or Cowboys and Indians.
The only thing worth while in a survival kit to bug out is perhaps a first aid kit, a whistle and a gun. This is for the youth, few people over 50 years old want to run for the hills with a 75 pound back pack and 70 year old grand dad huffing and puffing trying to keep up. What, people are going to run with 3-4 little kids in tow, 2 cats a dog and the canary in its cage???
Old timers in the North East have allways had emergency food on hand, never know when a storm will hit. Most homes in my area had places for home canned foods, and emergency heat source when I was growing up.
What fun to watch the going ons at the grocery store before a big blow is expected. People going nuts buying perishable food, and never a thought that without electricity this stuff will become useless in 24 hours. Some times toilet paper is more valuable then moldy bread.
Stupid to count your money as your sitting at the table, tell no one what your stake in the game is, don't even tell your kids what you have up your sleeve, Kids talk you know.
Real preppers know that it is suicide to try to drive a car or truck on the highways, dangerous every day to do so, imagine in a disaster, takes about 10 minutes before pile ups come about, Mom remembers being a kid when The War of the Worlds came on the radio and neighbors who thought it was real piling mattresses on the tops of cars and found it impossible to get out of their own driveways, people went NUTS.
Preppers can live in a fantasy world, or hunker down and no one is the wiser.
