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SassyLady
02-09-2012, 05:00 AM
Anyone else watching this new series on National Geographic Channel?

darin
02-09-2012, 06:05 AM
I watched both episodes tuesday. Here's my take: Every group they showed seemed a LITTLE bit cooky, white-trash to a degree; except Miss "Progressive" who believes "Banding together" somehow makes one bullet-proof. I liked the show tossing up little 'facts' (I haven't verified what they showed) such as a pop-up to the comment "...the price of cocoa has gone up 300%!" by one lady. The pop-up read "In 2011, the price of cocoa has fallen 30%". The folks highlighted represent a lot of attitudes I've seen online; folks HOPING things work out. The first couple plinking their shipping-container house, at its strongest point, with a .22LR and claiming the structure provides protection from small arms fire - that was a joke.

Here's the rub most of us face: A 30.06 will dismantle most homes. Short of applying spaced steel plating inside our walls - and even that won't do a lot when shot with .50 - we can't hole-up. The show depressed me more than anything. I realized how far I am from being prepared for even a week - and I live on 10 acres of fertile ground, with a pond to host fish (should I put any inside it) and a barn for storage. Oh - another one...the 'gourmet' cook lady. 5000000lbs of food in your house won't do you much good when somebody sets your house on fire. :(

SassyLady
02-09-2012, 07:02 AM
i have a lot of rat poison stored.

logroller
02-09-2012, 07:13 AM
Just curious, how long do these people think they can be self-sustainable?

Currently, I could go a week with my family of 5; two if I rationed.

darin
02-09-2012, 07:15 AM
Just curious, how long do these people think they can be self-sustainable?

Currently, I could go a week with my family of 5; two if I rationed.


Some claimed to have enough food to feed themselves for 20 years.

Jess
02-09-2012, 05:35 PM
My ex-in-laws did this before Y2K. They were convince the world was going to fall apart. They had even convinced some others to prepare as well.

On the plus side, they had plenty of flour, beans, pancake mix, etc. for some years. ;)

Gunny
02-09-2012, 05:49 PM
I watched both episodes tuesday. Here's my take: Every group they showed seemed a LITTLE bit cooky, white-trash to a degree; except Miss "Progressive" who believes "Banding together" somehow makes one bullet-proof. I liked the show tossing up little 'facts' (I haven't verified what they showed) such as a pop-up to the comment "...the price of cocoa has gone up 300%!" by one lady. The pop-up read "In 2011, the price of cocoa has fallen 30%". The folks highlighted represent a lot of attitudes I've seen online; folks HOPING things work out. The first couple plinking their shipping-container house, at its strongest point, with a .22LR and claiming the structure provides protection from small arms fire - that was a joke.

Here's the rub most of us face: A 30.06 will dismantle most homes. Short of applying spaced steel plating inside our walls - and even that won't do a lot when shot with .50 - we can't hole-up. The show depressed me more than anything. I realized how far I am from being prepared for even a week - and I live on 10 acres of fertile ground, with a pond to host fish (should I put any inside it) and a barn for storage. Oh - another one...the 'gourmet' cook lady. 5000000lbs of food in your house won't do you much good when somebody sets your house on fire. :(

Short answer: You don't "hole up" in your home. Nor anywhere else for that matter. A "holed up" guerilla force is a doomed force. You stash your crap around, have a plan to evade and escape, and strike when the opportunity presents itself.

Otherwise, it's just a matter of how many you can take with you and (Ret) Sheriff John Bunnell will be sure to chearlead the "good guys" and omit any legitimacy to your claim.

SassyLady
02-09-2012, 08:49 PM
I am not a prepper like these people. If total anarchy and a collapse of America were to prevail, I would probably decide to end my life rather than put my relatives at risk trying to get to me. However, one never knows what they will do to survive.

darin
02-16-2012, 05:41 AM
Last episode featured a seemingly normal guy....until he nearly shot his thumb off.

CSM
02-16-2012, 09:34 AM
Short answer: You don't "hole up" in your home. Nor anywhere else for that matter. A "holed up" guerilla force is a doomed force. You stash your crap around, have a plan to evade and escape, and strike when the opportunity presents itself.

Otherwise, it's just a matter of how many you can take with you and (Ret) Sheriff John Bunnell will be sure to chearlead the "good guys" and omit any legitimacy to your claim.

Yep.

Jess
02-16-2012, 09:37 AM
Last episode featured a seemingly normal guy....until he nearly shot his thumb off.

:lol9:

RadiomanATL
02-16-2012, 12:07 PM
All I need is a 12 gauge and an axe, and I'm ready for the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse.

Headshots ftw!

CSM
02-16-2012, 12:24 PM
All I need is a 12 gauge and an axe, and I'm ready for the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse.

Headshots ftw!

It isn't the zombies that scare me, it's the bleeding heart liberals who will proclaim that being a zombie is just an alternate life style that we should embrace for diversity's sake.

Gunny
02-16-2012, 12:42 PM
It isn't the zombies that scare me, it's the bleeding heart liberals who will proclaim that being a zombie is just an alternate life style that we should embrace for diversity's sake.

That's no BS. We've already got one family of them running the White House. After some of the stuff I heard yesterday, these people are more scary than zombies.

trobinett
02-16-2012, 12:46 PM
Last episode featured a seemingly normal guy....until he nearly shot his thumb off.

I'm sure it was the guns fault.:cool:

darin
02-16-2012, 02:25 PM
I'm sure it was the guns fault.:cool:

Dude - that's how they played it! They didn't show what he did to shoot his thumb; the guy claimed 'the gun misfired' without ANY explanation of why he put his hand over the barrell.

So - unlikely a EMP will happen; that's the guy being crazy...yet "THE GUN" caused his injury. :(

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02-16-2012, 03:20 PM
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RadiomanATL
02-16-2012, 04:44 PM
It isn't the zombies that scare me, it's the bleeding heart liberals who will proclaim that being a zombie is just an alternate life style that we should embrace for diversity's sake.

3280

logroller
02-26-2012, 03:12 AM
So Im watching the first episode and I'm watching these people talk about earthquakes and continental shift, all the while surrounded by unsecured glass jars.

Jess
02-26-2012, 10:10 AM
Dude - that's how they played it! They didn't show what he did to shoot his thumb; the guy claimed 'the gun misfired' without ANY explanation of why he put his hand over the barrell.

So - unlikely a EMP will happen; that's the guy being crazy...yet "THE GUN" caused his injury. :(

This one got replayed last night and I caught it. They barely even touched on what happened when the "gun misfired with his hand over the barrel." :laugh:

I wonder what Mr. Survival would have done had the EMTs not already been there, hmmm? Cuz he for sure wasn't doing much other than passing out.

And where was the wife and daughter while the guys were out shooting guns? Do they just get left behind or are they there for decoration? Hmph.

Gunny
02-29-2012, 09:23 AM
We have enough canned corn to last through a nuclear winter. Does THAT count?:smoke:

Jess
02-29-2012, 09:29 AM
We have enough canned corn to last through a nuclear winter. Does THAT count?:smoke:

Yes. We can stay alive for a year, through the zombie apocalypse with that corn, dear. It's like kernels of gold.

Gunny
02-29-2012, 09:44 AM
Yes. We can stay alive for a year, through the zombie apocalypse with that corn, dear. It's like kernels of gold.

:yourpoint: If I have to eat canned corn for a year, I'm running outside and throwing myself at the zombies.

Jess
02-29-2012, 09:48 AM
:yourpoint: If I have to eat canned corn for a year, I'm running outside and throwing myself at the zombies.

That's just what they want.


OMG! :eek:

Zombie Gunny! 3337

Gunny
02-29-2012, 10:03 AM
That's just what they want.


OMG! :eek:

Zombie Gunny! 3337

:dev:

Jess
02-29-2012, 10:06 AM
:dev:

:scared:

Gunny
02-29-2012, 10:13 AM
:scared:

uh huh. I wasn't aware "we" were also in "fertilizer" sales.

Jess
02-29-2012, 10:20 AM
uh huh. I wasn't aware "we" were also in "fertilizer" sales.

Then you ain't been paying attention, sweetheart.

CSM
02-29-2012, 10:23 AM
Then you ain't been paying attention, sweetheart.

Hmmm... Been thinking about this....at least the zombies get to eat MEAT!

Gunny
02-29-2012, 06:48 PM
Hmmm... Been thinking about this....at least the zombies get to eat MEAT!

Better than corn. I'm surrounded by that stuff. It amazed me at first after the farmers aroiund here plowed their fileds for winter. I could see for miles and miles. And miles. And miles. The only place I could see further was when my father was stationed at McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS.

Kinda wishing for that corn back as a matter of fact. Not to eat, but to block the endless view.

Gaffer
02-29-2012, 07:01 PM
Better than corn. I'm surrounded by that stuff. It amazed me at first after the farmers aroiund here plowed their fileds for winter. I could see for miles and miles. And miles. And miles. The only place I could see further was when my father was stationed at McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS.

Kinda wishing for that corn back as a matter of fact. Not to eat, but to block the endless view.

If it was corn last year it will be soybeans this year so you will have to suffer with the long view.

Gunny
02-29-2012, 07:46 PM
If it was corn last year it will be soybeans this year so you will have to suffer with the long view.

Not too worried about that. They were intermixed enough last year. I figure they do a 50/50.