[PaPaLarry]

Pass the "Salt & Prepper" please!!!!!!eppe r2:

[Applepie]

Preppers aren't concerned about tornados, hurricanes,etc. They are preparing for the end of the world. On that reallity TV show they showed one prepper family that had stockpiled enough food and supplies to last 10 years and they still didn't feel safe. We all have extras for emergencies but preppers are extreme in their belief.

[graciegirl]

[QUOTE=senior citizen;556711]

Gracie:
There was a popular show last winter that showed how various families all over our nation are preparing for possible upcoming catastrophes.
Not to be taken lightly, it is important to have supplies of bottled water, foods that are not perishable, reliable vehicles, and other common sense items such as a supply of first aid stuff, prescription meds for those who take or need them.......and so on.........

The die hard ones have actually built "bunkers" in various forms all across our country.

Other die hard ones are teaching their kids to eat insects, worms, etc. in case of food shortages. end of quote" )




OH Senior...I had the same thought in mind when I taught my children to eat carrots, broccoli, spinach, kohrabi, green beans...aka anything on THEIR PLATE...

Thank God we have lived all this time and they are still eating that stuff...it makes ME feel better.

That is what MY parents made me do.

I bet those parents who are doing all that bug eating teaching stuff didn't work on the kids vegetables. I just BET...don't you?

We have to have all kinds of conspiracy theories to get us through.

I have found that ordinary life brings enough drama for most of us.

[Bogie Shooter]

Bill.....we need lots of here to get thru these loooong posts!

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Applepie

Preppers aren't concerned about tornados, hurricanes,etc. They are preparing for the end of the world. On that reallity TV show they showed one prepper family that had stockpiled enough food and supplies to last 10 years and they still didn't feel safe. We all have extras for emergencies but preppers are extreme in their belief.

Yes you are right.....they were the doomsday preppers.*
However, even modest preppers are around, at least where we are.

*One lady hid her food and stuff in the ceiling beams.
They were all quite inventive, to say the least.
We watched all the shows. Again, we would not go to that extreme.

However, in the real world of today, weather disasters have hit all states.
We had small mountain villages which were totally CUT OFF from the larger towns to the west down the mountain and to the east down the mountain. Now, if they had no "supplies" it would have been awful.

Eventually, they were getting out and about on all terrain vehicles via the forest trails.........it was a nightmare for those who lived in those flooded areas last summer. It would be very difficult to get to a grocery store or bank or whatnot.

As far as another poster mentioned guns, everyone has guns up here for hunting.........we are probably the lowest crime state in the nation....although even that is changing with desperate times and more home burglaries.

Some people "prep" in more simple ways such as everyone in the family having a large backpack filled with the necessities of life, in case they had to leave suddenly..........never say never, as sometimes , in more citified areas where there are highways surrounding the towns, trucks roll over and let out chemical spills......whole neighborhoods are evacuated....so good to grab one's backpack with the essentials, cash (cash is king after all).......and whatever one feels they would need "while away from home". Plus, snacks like raisins, nuts, energy bars/granola bars, energy drinks.......whatever one could fit into the backpack, first aid items.

Vermont was NOT expecting floods last August. I just bought six books with amazing photos of the towns that were impacted up and down our state. Bridges torn in half, roads washed away........no way to get from point "A" to point "B".

[senior citizen]

[quote=graciegirl;556748]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Gracie:
There was a popular show last winter that showed how various families all over our nation are preparing for possible upcoming catastrophes.
Not to be taken lightly, it is important to have supplies of bottled water, foods that are not perishable, reliable vehicles, and other common sense items such as a supply of first aid stuff, prescription meds for those who take or need them.......and so on.........

The die hard ones have actually built "bunkers" in various forms all across our country.

Other die hard ones are teaching their kids to eat insects, worms, etc. in case of food shortages. end of quote" )




OH Senior...I had the same thought in mind when I taught my children to eat carrots, broccoli, spinach, kohrabi, green beans...aka anything on THEIR PLATE...

Thank God we have lived all this time and they are still eating that stuff...it makes ME feel better.

That is what MY parents made me do.

I bet those parents who are doing all that bug eating teaching stuff didn't work on the kids vegetables. I just BET...don't you?

We have to have all kinds of conspiracy theories to get us through.

I have found that ordinary life brings enough drama for most of us.

I wouldn't be raising nor harvesting insects and worms to consume, that's for sure............I was just saying what one of the families on the weekly show did to "prepare" for whatever they thought was coming.

My personal opinion, not to offend anyone, was that they were all beyond eccentric. But keeping water and other necessities on hand is smart.

Years ago, we thought we should get the largest RV and equip it, just in case our nice little town was in danger (this was after 911) and all the city people were flocking up here to get away from the city....but then I said, "Where would we get gasoline?" Eventually, the RV would run out of gas..........even if we got across the border and up to Quebec or the other way to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. So, thankfully no need.

We sleep very well at night. Sorry, I have no good wiggly insect recipe for you.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

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.

You just said it in a nutshell.

Some of the men on the shows had drawn up plans about which door to use and which escape hatch, etc.......there were all variations of these preppers depicted. These are the ones I thought were eccentric.

But stocking up for inclement weather (which New England does get a lot of) or even if one came down with the flu and didn't feel like going shopping that particular week.........no harm in having a full pantry and plenty of water and first aid stuff.

No need to build bunkers and such.

However, anyone who has lived in New York City or elsewhere during the two major blackouts I remember.........when traffic lights were not working, elevators were not working, etc........would have been happy to have stockpiles of bottled water, infant formula, diapers, a full pantry, etc., candles, batteries, flashlights, alternate light sources and generators. Supermarket cashiers could not ring up the customer's orders. Nothing worked. A man's home is his castle and better yet if well prepared.

I often wonder how people in Florida would manage during the summer in the event of a prolonged power outage. No airconditioning. No refrigeration nor ways to preserve ice.
How do people in Florida prep?

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by CarolSells

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.

Yes, we do.

We also remember Public Television several years ago having modern day people "go back in time" and live totally in another era.

One English family had to live in a rowhouse with 1940's "rations" for food; the man of the house had to dig out and build his own bomb shelter in his meagre backyard.........it was mind opening.

Our parents all lived through the war years, whether in this country or overseas........and remembered the bomb shelters and rationing.

My husband remembers "duck and cover" under his school desk when the Soviets could have attacked.......his era was the 1950's. He went to Catholic elementary. I don't recall it at all in public school.

During the Cuban missile crisis in the 60's......those that had the bomb shelters from the '50's would have had a place to go......if needed.

God forbid we ever need anything like that.

Nowadays it would be from a nuclear winter.....which would last too long to even prep for.........unless our government went underground....but none of us could plan for that eventuality. No food would grow outdoors, etc.

[CaptJohn]

Nowadays it would be from a nuclear winter.....which would last too long to even prep for.........unless our government went underground....but none of us could plan for that eventuality. No food would grow outdoors, etc.

That makes the government the ultimate prepper. They already have a complete underground city system built for Congress and the White House as well as other operations.
We'll all be dead but the government will still live on! Wonder where they think the taxes will come from?

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Nowadays it would be from a nuclear winter.....which would last too long to even prep for.........unless our government went underground....but none of us could plan for that eventuality. No food would grow outdoors, etc.

Oh my, you poor woman, to live day in and day out with such fear. There is so much in life to enjoy and you chose to fill your life in fear, what a dreadful waste of the one life you will have.

[kentucky blue]

Originally Posted by CaptJohn

That makes the government the ultimate prepper. They already have a complete underground city system built for Congress and the White House as well as other operations.
We'll all be dead but the government will still live on! Wonder where they think the taxes will come from?

Always heard the only things to survive a nuclear catastrophe are twinkies,fruitcake,and cockroaches.So i guess your right, the politicians(cockroaches)would still be around.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Oh my, you poor woman, to live day in and day out with such fear. There is so much in life to enjoy and you chose to fill your life in fear, what a dreadful waste of the one life you will have.

First of all, I'm not a poor woman. Second of all, I certainly do not live in fear. We do enjoy our life. How would you know otherwise?

To comment on nuclear winter (God Forbid) does not mean one lives in fear.

Don't judge people.

[John_W]

The movie "On the Beach" was made in 1959, I forget when I saw it for the first time, probably in the 1970's. It stuck with me so much that in the 80's when I had a VCR I bought the VHS tape. It sometimes appears on the HDNET Movie channel and a few others at times.

It's about an American submarine crew that is docked in Australia when nuclear war breaks out and everyone in Europe and N. America are wiped out, they determine that a radioactive cloud will reach Australia and they have five months to live.

Fred Astaire plays a race car driver and in a big race everyone is crashing and going out of control because they know they will all die. The submarine crew decides to return to America because they rather die on U.S. soil, it has a very interesting ending.

[travelguy]

this reminds me of junior high school, 1961, cuban missile crisis. we had drills where we had to get under our desks in order to protect us from a soviet nuclear attack. seriously now, this is just ridiculous. there is absolutely nothing that any of us can do to be 'prepared' for a doomsday scenario.

[kentucky blue]

Originally Posted by travelguy

this reminds me of junior high school, 1961, cuban missile crisis. we had drills where we had to get under our desks in order to protect us from a soviet nuclear attack. seriously now, this is just ridiculous. there is absolutely nothing that any of us can do to be 'prepared' for a doomsday scenario.

I tried to use that crisis to have the head cheerleader in my junior high to marry me and have my children,because life is short.Margie said if she told her parents what i said, my life would be even shorter.