Are there Preppers in the Villages?
 

Just wondering if there are people in the Villages who are in the Prepper movement and I don't mean the TV show!

I know, we live in a nice bouble here in The Villages but with the events going on all over the world I have taken a real interest in being prepared for some kind of economic event within next year. If you think gas is expensive now just wait until Iran is attacked.

Oh no, the sky is falling....the sky is falling.

We can only pray that there are not. Those folks are beyond paranoid. Very Sad to live that way.

:ohdear::eek:

I don't have a clue what preppers are.

Do they like dogs? I like dogs. I suspect not.;)

[QUOTE=graciegirl;555343]I don't have a clue what preppers are.


I googled preppers: Here you go Gracie:

The Prepper Movement: Why Are Millions Of Preppers Feverishly Preparing For The End Of The World As We Know It?

dwebb - I try to prepare for bad events as i think most reasonable folks do - hope you find some like-minded individuals to correspond with.

Bogie - Do you need a hug? The guy asks a reasonable question and you go off on him. Shame on you.

I only found out yesterday what they are when the news showed the guy in Orlando that stole a trailer and buried it in his backyard. It was suppose to be his doomsday bunker, after they dug it out it looked like he didn't calculate what the weight of the dirt would do to the trailer. My favorite part was when he was being lead into jail the TV news girl asked him, 'why didn't you just buy the trailer'.

If "prepping" involves hoarding basic supplies and owning guns I want no part of it.
Besides which, I don't want to be alive if most people are dead.

I have to agree.

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agree

I am going with you Jblum. Living like an animal in fear is not living at all. Like I said earlier, very sad. I feel so sorry for people that live as though everything is a conspiracy out to get you.

so those of us that already own the guns but just need to stock up on food are OK....eh?

btk

I'm no prepper
 

I don't plan to hoard anything but we usually have a pretty full pantry. I do have a gun for "sport" and protection if necessary. During my lifetime, we have gone through several periods of time when folks thought the "world as we know it was coming to an end." Its still here----for better or worse! :read:

Remember Katrina, when within two days people were on roofs with signs no food, no diapers, send help? Perhaps we would all be well advised to be prepared for whatever disaster is likely to impact us- bad storms or a disruption in the supply lines of food in this area. Tornados, earthquakes and hurricanes can wreak havoc and being prepared for whatever is likely to happen in your area is sensible. Such as having a week of water and food, a way to heat food, getting messages out.

THAt would be no change from the way I always live. It isn't because I am preparing for a disaster. I am preparing for drop in company.

You grill prepper & onions and put it of your grilled sausage.
Very testy.

Hahaha!
And I thought a prepper was somebody who went to prep school...

I understand what you are saying, but in the Katrina example you gave ... any stock-piled food they may have had was under water, as were the buses that could have transported them to safety. The mistake there was not evacuating. I've lived through more hurricanes than I can count. You prepare as well as you can. You make a choice, based on predictions, whether you should stock-pile food and water, or whether you get out of town. It's a really difficult choice. And by the time you have enough information to convince you that you need to leave...it's often too late.

But I don't think this thread is about natural disasters. I think it's about preparing for something much worse.

No basements in THe Villages. Where are they going to hide??:shrug:

I am not so sure it is appropriate to refer to these folks as "living like an animal in fear", maybe we could just respect their view of the world as it is today. And I wonder if the worst came true if we wouldn't all be pounding on their doors for food and water.

Do do do do....
 

Do you guys remember the Twilight Zone episode where the man was building a bomb shelter in his back yard and stocking it with supplies? (In the fifties when the world was coming to an end.) His neighbors all made fun of him and called him a lunatic. When the disaster actually hit (bomb?) crowds of people rushed to his shelter and actually caved the door in trying to get down into safety. Of course, they ruined the shelter and no one had a safe place including the man and his family.

:mad: :cold:

I think that you are absolutely correct, there were a lot of mistakes made in katrina on all sides. That being said I don't think I could prepare for teotwawki (the end of the world as we know it) because I don't have the space, time or money. But after a microburst came through our area in NY and we had to sit in the car to listen to the radio and it took us several hours to figure out how to make a pot of coffee, we have at least the basics supplies.

I imagine there are some people who have bug out locations, stored food and water far in excess of what normal disaster preparations are. I imagine we haven't heard from any of them because you might as well put a sign on your lawn if there is an emergency- even a short one.

But what I really would hope is that people band together, share what they have and work out some systems to change the way some things are done. Maybe more reliance on local farmers through farmers markets rather than shopping for food in plastic packages shipped from who knows where? Walking or biking to conserve gas?

That reminds me. I bought a house one time that had an underground fallout shelter in the back yard (remember those from the 60's missle crisis?). It wasn't the reason I bought the house but just happened to be there from a previous owner. It was full of roaches and my wife at the time would never go near it until a direct hit from Hurricane Frederic (33 years ago last night) was due at night and we cleaned it out and stayed in it (her choice), not hearing any wind or noise from the outside. It had an air pump for fresh air. We were in walkie talkie contact with our neighbors who also had one but chose to stay above ground to their regret. When we came out the next morning there were 30 trees down in our yard!
Much like a tornado shelter.

Silly statements will get silly responses.

You know, real preppers do not want people to know they are a prepper so no one will come to their home to rob it of food, supplies, etc.

I think THAT is where the gunsnd bullets come in!:crap2:

Oh for heaven's sake. Everybody in Utah has food storage in the basement. Seven years is the recommended amount, but most folks only have 3 years worth. Our basement had wonderful shelves built in for food storage. I filled them up with picture frames & knitting supplies! lol

In 1962 in St. Petersburg when I was 12 one of my friend's father built a bomb shelter in his back yard. It became our playhouse, hideout, whatever. My favorite memory was once we let some other kids go down and check it out and we dropped a cherry bomb down the air shaft.

you can buy a food kit for a year from costco

Just duck and cover and you'll be OK

I always assumed that those with guns get their food from those without them. :throwtomatoes:

Those with guns can protect their family.

Heehee.....or if that doesn't work, drop and roll!

This is but one of the many many fears we live with today. Read some of the organized fears in this link:
List of conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I am not sure who if anyone benefits from these delusions, but I am sure they are nothing but destructive to the way should be living. They go against the teachings of my faith and my love for my neighbors and all mankind. If these conspiratorial theorists would put half the energy given these doomsday scenarios toward helping those in fear we could all have a better existence on earth. I vote for not blessing your own little group and even stop with the building walls and bunkers around the US and start by saying GOD BLESS THE WORLD. I mean, it is 2012 and we still have folks talking like my CAVE vs your CAVE.

HeeHee
 

Cute story, John. That was back when kids were actually still allowed to have fun! Today you'd probably be surrounded by a SWAT team!

Thank you for your replies.

I have received a few private messages from members that believe being prepared for the possibility of a national emergency makes sense. Now, if there are any other serious thinkers out there you can send a private message to me and avoid public criticism of us ants by the grasshoppers. Winter is coming!

I am a serious thinker. Most of us are over the hill looking down. Live now.
Dance now. Smile now. Hug now, Care now.

Don't worry. Be happy.

The home i have in Lexington has a huge "safe room" in the basement,built by the previous owner back in the early 60's,i've turned it into my wine cellar.If something catastrophic ever happens i will not know about it, or care,or have to worry about a hangover the next day.Speaking of worry and fear of the future,it's like a rocking chair,it gives you something to do,but it gets you nowhere.Why lose today by being fearful of tomorrow......live,laugh,and love.

I like preppers and think they might have something on the ball. They are young people with young families, so they have a lot to live for. And so what if they choose to spend their money on supplies? They would probably not agree with what you spend your money on.

I don't think the issue is being prepared, but rather why they are being prepared. You can have natural and man made disasters, but the true preppers IN SOME CASES live afraid and in a paranoid state of mind. That is like being an extremist against your own mind and not allowing yourself to live a normal life. Being prepared is a good thing, but believing in some of the wild way out there conspiracy theories is not healthy.