Are there any Preppers in the crowd?
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A prepper is a person who prepares for a major long term disruption in whatever society they come from. They are also called survivalists, survival nuts, or just plain nuts.
At it's core, survivalism has some 'good ideas'. It favours organic / sustainable farming and cottage craft / industry (by necessity), durable goods, tangible stockpiles, renewable energy, and thinking about what to do in case of various disasters. It is also strongly against 'just in time' delivery (that should frighten everybody in a cold country like Canada), and speculative and credit based economic activities, and the worst forms of disposable consumerism. Those are good things, IMHO. On the downside, swirling around the movement in North America are gun nuts, militia nuts, Jesus nuts, and racist nuts... It tends to give preppers a bad name.
Personally, I live in an apartment. I keep a 'survival tub' of 'recommended emergency goods', have camping gear, a decent tool box, and make sure I always several pantry shelves of canned goods. I can also generate heat in a minimal space (like in a tarp covered tend sitting on a mat on my living room floor), purify and store water, and have wind up flash light and radio. I'm no prepper, I simply think that it's wise to be able to sit out a power disrupting ice storm in the dead of a Canadian winter without having to evacuate (or die)... In prepper terms I could 'bug in' for a couple of winter weeks. If it was the end of the world I'd just shrug and kill myself. I'm not made to suffer.
I gotta admit that I'm into the new Doomsday Preppers show. I don't plan on doing any prepping myself though. I think the success of recent movies and shows that depict the end of times has something to do with the upturn of interest in prepping. Add to that the mayan calendar thing and the general state of the economy and there are going to be people that see the end of our modern world coming along.
There's been one guy on the prepper show that makes sense to me...he's taught himself to live off the land rather than try and store up enough stuff to last for years.
Personally, I believe that a zombie apocalypse is the most likely scenario to end times :eyebrows:
There's been one guy on the prepper show that makes sense to me...he's taught himself to live off the land rather than try and store up enough stuff to last for years.
Personally, I believe that a zombie apocalypse is the most likely scenario to end times :eyebrows:
But isn't the basic premise of a doomsday scenario is that the land is dead and unable to support life?
Most of the 'hardcore' are of the opinion that no stockpile lasts forever, so some form of long term viable subsistence farming outside of potential nuclear fallout paths and well away from urban centres is needed. Or, more basically, stockpiles are to easy the transition to feudalism, where they are kings among (mostly) men, err, I mean respected community leaders in of their own self contained highly homogeneous communities (that absolutely in no way have anything to do with hippies or communes
).All you need is an authentic Canadian Army uniform with the right accoutrements. Get a haircut, show up to your nearest base or armouries, say you left your ID at home in the panic and confusion, grab a rifle and a few thousand rounds of ammo, a couple months worth of combat rations, call 'shotgun' on the way to the humvees and enjoy your new place at the top of the food chain in the crumbled society.
what he said... A NUT JOB is what preppers are. Who in the right mind would concern themselves with this living in a first world country..A prepper is a person who prepares for a major long term disruption in whatever society they come from. They are also called survivalists, survival nuts, or just plain nuts.
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All the preppers should be deported to Somalia or Syria where their efforts would prove more useful.
Idiot... for even starting this thread.
Yep. I keep unperishables, a few large bottles of water, batteries, a first aid kit, etc. I doubt the end of the world is coming soon but it's still always important to have that stuff. Even a monster snowstorm can keep you in your house for a couple days, possibly with no power.
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Let the prepping begin...
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I think that all sensible people should at least have the basics of life on hand. As mentioned by others the province and even the municipalities encourage people to have a 72 hr supply of the essentials on hand. Fresh clean water being number one. We are a tad complacent living where we do, with so few natural disasters however an accident or meltdown is possible. It doesn't cost much to have the basics, Costco have those food kits, and its hardly paranoid to want to be prepared .
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I went to Costco last week and got about 2 years worth of oatmeal, frozen chicken breasts, canned tuna, toilet paper and kitty litter. Does that make me a prepper or a smart shopper who likes bulk items?
I'd like to hear from our members who serve their opinions/memories of Canada's IMPs/LMPs and the US's IMR/FSRs.
You could hide behind a years supply of oatmeal in my house. I hear that kitty litter is good for vehicular traction by adding weight in the trunk and can get you moving in icy conditions.
