We met up with three more survivalists on last night′s episode of Doomsday Preppers on NatGeo TV. A wealthy Californian whose teenage daughter is a better prepper than daddy, a politician from Pittsburgh who includes prepping in his campaign and gunsmith from North Carolina who is big on protein substitutes like spirulina algae and worms. Once again, the National Geographic Channel takes us to a world that many shrink from, but we all know is coming one day. So lets meet our preppers…!
First up is Bob from southern California. He′s made a mint selling vitamins and nutritional supplements and is prepping for a major earthquake. Bob, his wife and two daughters live on a 2.5 acre estate that is set on a beautiful hillside overlooking a winery. He has all the trimmings when it comes to prepping, spending over $100,000 in just the past year. Bob has a lot of help, too, from his eldest daughter, Alexis. She is a fireball with multiple martial arts belts and learning new skills like knife throwing and rifle marksmanship. Alexis first shot with her new rifle was a bulls-eye! Bob′s wife is not too thrilled about all the money he spends. Especially his latest idea for acquiring a helicopter to bug-out with for $500,000. The panel of experts scored Bob with a 61, only giving him maybe 9 months of survival.
Next up is Josh, an immigrant from Israel who is prepping for a series of terrorist attacks. Having served in the military and being an EMT in Israel, Josh is well acquainted with terrorist tactics. He has taken his knowledge and passion and tried to run for city council in Pittsburgh, campaigning on preparedness. Josh is an Orthodox Jew, which complicates his preps. He spent the past three years accumulating 3 months worth of Kosher MREs and other food stuffs. Josh drills with some locals, training them for medical responses to a terrorist attack. He is also an NRA-certified gun instructor and is helping his wife and children to learn how to defend themselves. Josh is also teaching his family of 8 how to raise rabbits, which are not Kosher, just in case they are needed for survival, which Jewish law does allow in extreme circumstances. Josh scored a 70, giving him 12 months. But Josh is thinking about returning to Israel as life in America seems to be going downhill.
Finally, we have Ryan, a former Airman who now is a gunsmith in North Carolina. Ryan sees a global economic collapse on the horizon and is planning to feed his family of 6 with spirulina, an algae with a high level of protein. He has a group of local preppers in Asheville that he is teaching spirulina farming to, as well as posting videos on You-Tube. If algae is not your thing, Ryan also raises earthworms and teaches his children how to hunt and cook field mice. Ryan plans to help his community survive and thrive any apocalyptic event. He has even designed his own prepper rifle, which he named the Joshua Mk. I. Ryan took the best from the AR-15 and AK-47 and combined them to produce a rugged and reliable rifle. Since Ryan does not have a large stockpile of food, as he intends to grow his own, he only scored a 63, giving him 10 months of survival.
So ended another episode of Doomsday Preppers on the National Geographic Channel. Next week, NatGeo TV will air a special episode, Escape from New York, showing three preppers racing to get out of the Big Apple. What I would like to see is how these preppers handled Hurricane Sandy. Now THAT would be an awesome episode!
December 12th, 2012 at 8:35 am
Gawd, that foul green stuff looks like the overpriced scamfood that silly liberals buy at health food stores. Prolly made from acai berry or dandelions. Shhh, don’t tell them they die younger than conservatives. LOL
December 12th, 2012 at 9:27 am
These guys sure blow a lot of money for just a few months survival.
I’m lucky where I’m at. I could hide in the jungles here for years starting with a knife and, bic lighter,and a sleeping bag.
Although I might go crazy-er
December 13th, 2012 at 5:32 am
Yes, Micky, one of these days I’ll have to list my suggestions for prepping, which would not cost people very much money. The best trick is to just bulk buy your favorite foods from a big-box store and mark the cases with a date, then rotate your stock. Most stuff that sits on a store shelf is good for at least two years.
Another thing I have not seen on any episodes is folks using a hand-cranked grain mill or stocking bulk grains. For under a $1,000 you can buy a TON of food! I’m talking about 2,000 pounds worth! All you have to do is learn how to process it yourself for cooking with it. Aside from milling the grain, the hard job is filling one-gallon zip-lock freezer baggies to reduce the chances of weevils ruining your supply.
December 13th, 2012 at 5:51 am
No doubt at some point salt for meat preservation will become costlier tha gold,
Not that theres not enough of it, access may be limited to harvesting and transporting with no fuel
If you’re next to an ocean thats not glowing green or full of sht you’ll have digestible salt residue from desalinization system to salt your harvest.
Sea salt is so much better in flavor and mineral content.
But the fishy scent any not get along with other meats.
Corn and rice grow well here and those little black fckers go after that too and not just wheat.
I dont know, a boiled or baked weevil might give it a little gamey flavor.
Te’ll em its fresh cracked black pepper
December 17th, 2012 at 6:04 am
Josh isnt an immigrant, he was born here. Duel citizen.