Doomsday Preppers Part Deux

[WiseOwl]

You've never played World of Warcraft? Oh lawd......

You can become a LVL 54 duel welding Night Elf Warrior if you play 15 hours a day for 68 days straight...AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

And I cant wait for the January 2013 deals...I know a bunch of you guys racked up in Jan of 2000....

[protus]

Yep.....all this show is going to do is 2 things 1 good, 1 bad...

For the guys in the business they are going to gain business........not bad.

But it will also increase the demand so the supply will go up.

People like me that are only 2 years in may not be able to keep up if that happens.


But these shows are cool because it does give you the visual instead of just reading it. I will watch just to watch.



I wonder how many armchair commandos and mall ninjas come out of the woodwork? From what I hear World of Warcraft isnt fun anymore

when you watch the series you will see there are plenty they found to fill the role....

the 1st episode(this season)
has 3 people-
a man/wife/family- the live on a BOL ,with a group. lots of preps.. Lots of wtf when it comes to some weapons stuff.
a man who is a eat the weeds,live off the land type. he does slip up when the "experts" chime in and say " who said i dont have that already in place/planned"- so he may have been keeping his real plans under wraps.
a young women- megan- crazy eyed newb ......

[1Admin]

The bigger problem is the "status" it will give guys like Dsarti. No I don't mean popularity and all that.

Think about this- we have all seen how gullible new people can be sometimes- "oh I heard sheetrock dust is great to put in with my food, some guy that packed six buckets told me that!" type of retardedness.

Now, some of these folks that obviously aren't very experienced are "stars on the big screen." Suddenly in the new person's eyes they are "authority figures." Just like in the very first ep the lady from suburbia with the bad food storage advice.....

Let's not forget we have a whole generation PLUS that thinks everything they see on TV is real and true. So they see a couple of duds on a show like this, see a few cans of beanie weenies- "Wow this guy is squared away, I heard he's on youtube...."

See where it goes from there? That's my bigger concern. Still wasn't worth accepting their offer from a couple years ago or last fall though. Might be good for some of these new folks to finally learn some creative thinking skills anyways :)

I do find it ironic and highly entertaining that so many folks willingly took the moniker of "prepper" versus SURVIVALIST (what we really are) because of the stigma the media had made around survivalists.

Guess what? See enough fatties that are made to look like retards on TV shows like this and more people are going to want to go back to being called Survivalists.

"What's in a name?" LOL

[tarheelsman71]

If you go to the natgeotv site you can watch 3 minute or clips from each group. The first girl that is on there, and i think it is tonights show, is a little off her rocker. She is the one saying "bullets, lots and lots of bullets!" with this sinister look on her face. Then she demonstrates how she plans to off her cat when the shtf because life for the cat would be too horrible. Where they find these folks is amazing. If, and it would NEVER happen, I or anyone in my group was on that show, regardless of how sane we might come across in person, that show is going for the shock effect, so I would expect them to leave a lot of the rational talk out and talk about my hoarding of food or my basement being called the bunker by my wife, etc. By the time the show air'd, somehow there would have been a picture of napalatano with a machete sticking out of it. Like I said, I watch it more for the little nugget that I might have not known.

[protus]

tarheel.
That is megan.
100% newb. She is a member of at survivalistposerboards. There is a big thread about the show there and she chimed in. She 100% regrets doing the show and wishes she did not do it.

IMHO she is the perfect example of what a "prepper" is. She is what 85% of the internet preppers are imho.
Sorry but ive never liked the term nor accepted it. Heck i think admin has blisters on his ears from my rants about it LOL.

I agree with what he says as well.
I remeber the fat suburbia " i can afford to lose 100lbs....so i wont go hungry....someone pass me a moon pie....." let me buy my food storage and proclaim fame lady from the 1st season....sending emails to PAW productions on how and WHAT to pack 3+ years ago...........

Now , are all the people tards on the show. Prolly not. if they have an angle to push ( aka make money via promos etc) then they are smart. I dont see some of these people on this second season doing that so far.

they are being painted with the " i have stuff..you dont....im gonna live...and your gonna die.." aka the I TOLD YOU SO mentality.

i alrady watched the 1st show twice 3 days ago, had the wife watch it as well...and may go see if part 2 is up.......


though the previews look like its gonna be full of the same slant.

[thedreamers]

With shows like this you have to use your head and take the good parts with the bad ones. Everybody always comes away with different ideas on what they see and read. Just like on here. We all try to do and say what each of us does and knows and we hope the next person understands. Watching the clips for the show it gave me an idea that I hadn't thought of and am now trying to persue. I even ask a question about it and only 3 responses for it. Who ever thought real cheese would last so long when waxed. Much batter tasting than freeze dried or powder.

[WiseOwl]

Looks like 2 back to back episodes.

In my Kramer voice...giddyup

[WiseOwl]

Anybody know where I can buy a bunch of hand warmers to throw in my buckets? And yes those buckets have The Colonel on the side......:)

[Swordarm4]

That truck drivers body armor looks like a g string on him, he's got to be close to 400 lbs . My philosophy , carry as little as required to obtain as much as needed. I will not stay put .

[protus]

Anybody know where I can buy a bunch of hand warmers to throw in my buckets? And yes those buckets have The Colonel on the side......:)

let me guess dsarti.................

[1Admin]

Anybody know where I can buy a bunch of hand warmers to throw in my buckets? And yes those buckets have The Colonel on the side......:)

LMAO!!!

I didn't make it to evidently the 2nd hour. I left after Megan's part of the show. An hour watching that crap was more exhausting that a couple hours fighting people at the gym. At least the latter was PRODUCTIVE and had some meaning!

BTW, most probably don't recognize the Christopher Nyerges (sp?) guy. He is old skewl. Check your older American Survival Guide magazines. He's the west coast version of our East coast/Southeast "Eat the Weeds" Green Deane edibles dude. Chris has been doing this longer than probably everyone showcased on the show. I would be willing to bet he's a LOT more prepared than what little he covered on the show.

Also, what didn't you see with Chris that you did see with Megan? Poorly thought out and cheap gear that doesn't work. Why do you suppose that is? Cause Chris gets out and DOES STUFF. That's why you probably won't see him with a $5. Chinese made walmart compass that won't hold an azimuth when it's new.

I'm guessing Megan is now shopping for a real compass, maybe one that has Tritium or Phosphorus. Sometimes you don't figure out stuff like that till you get out and actually DO stuff.

Her "expert gun instructor" was a joke. I haven't seen so many chicken wings since my last trip to Zaxbys..... She looks strong but EVERYONE should be taught how to correctly deal with recoil when shooting.

[Mannlicher]

I still think the title of the show is pejorative. Average folks seeing that title automatically are going to look at the participants as whack jobs. When you get into the episodes, and see what seminal event the folks involved are 'prepping' for, the viewer is convinced of the nuttiness.
To pick an event such as the possible change in the magnetic properties of the planet, or some other such once in a million year event, as the event you are gearing up for just screams "I am a nutter" to anyone that watches.
Putting 100% of your time and resources into providing a solution to as yet, a non existent problem, is not good planning. Way too many REAL things can and do happen on a daily basis. Take care of today, and then prep for tomorrow.

[1Admin]

Well said Knocky!

As we were doing the chores with the animals this a.m and getting a little morning gardening work done, I reflected on how the couple in TX were living FOR the "pockeylips."

They may have 50K lbs. of food and that's not a bad thing, but I'm thinking a couple thousand invested in some real solar power versus (what looked like) the crappy harbor freight set would drastically improve their lives NOW.

It seemed those two were too involved with living for the "pockeylips" (Mad Max beyond Thunderdome reference in case you didn't recognize it) and had missed a lot they could do to raise their standard of living TODAY.

We don't live in sealand containers, I won't say how much food we have nor where it's located, but we live a damn good life NOW and would likely live close to this same way if TSHTF.

Since this is going to be a "series" I think we will start a show by show breakdown thread. Might be good to critique each setup/plan individually. This is probably the best way for all of us to really "get something" from this show other than an hour of brain drain. ;)

[deijoe]

WIth the guy in TX prepping, some of his food stock are in glass jars sitting on shelves.
??? If an earthquake were to shake the place, would all his glass shelves be on the ground?????
DW concurred, need to put some railings or straps up to hold them in place!!!!!

[tarheelsman71]

My wish for that or a new show...

I would imagine that if NATGEO would take a book like Rawles "how to" and design a show based on that book. People would actually get on the bandwagon. There are certain things that I think differently on then JWR but climate and some other factors come into play on that. But imagine a 10 part series where they cover a chapter of Rawles book, and match it up with true preppers that cover that topic well. I think it would be an instant hit, because everywhere I turn, I run into people prepping but asking questions. Seems lotsa people are looking for answers and it would be better for all if they got GOOD answers.