4 Million Preppers

[sevenmmm]

The linked story should be of interest to some reading this forum:

http://www.silverbearcafe.com/privat...1/prepper.html

[Danaus29]

Nice article.

[julieq]

Interesting article, but I think the 72,000 square foot home is a little over the top!

[Madame]

Liked the article.

[salmonslayer]

Originally Posted by julieq

Interesting article, but I think the 72,000 square foot home is a little over the top!

That place is not too far from us and when he was interviewed recently its actually being built as a research project to test new energy efficiency technology for his company and it will become a working research center. Can you imagine dusting something like that!

[Victoria R]

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

[julieq]

Originally Posted by salmonslayer

That place is not too far from us and when he was interviewed recently its actually being built as a research project to test new energy efficiency technology for his company and it will become a working research center. Can you imagine dusting something like that!

No. Maybe he should research 'self cleaning' homes.

[sevenmmm]

Originally Posted by Victoria R

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

Me is thinking easy money, cheap resources, and healthy food are becoming in short supply. This might change the world "as we know it".

[CesumPec]

from the article, "Never before in U.S. history have we seen anything like this."

What? How different is a modern prepper from the pilgrim colonists or pioneers in the old west? Or from my mother who every year put up hundreds of jars of tomatoes, pickles, apples, and peaches. We ate our own jams, raised much of our own food in the garden, and my dad brought home the occasional dinner of squirrel, rabbit, deer, or fish.

What I like about prepping is that there is so little downside. If there is no EOTWAWKI, I'm still living the life I want, eating the foods I want, and using the supplies I would have eventually bought anyway.

[julieq]

Originally Posted by CesumPec

from the article, "Never before in U.S. history have we seen anything like this."

What? How different is a modern prepper from the pilgrim colonists or pioneers in the old west? Or from my mother who every year put up hundreds of jars of tomatoes, pickles, apples, and peaches. We ate our own jams, raised much of our own food in the garden, and my dad brought home the occasional dinner of squirrel, rabbit, deer, or fish.

What I like about prepping is that there is so little downside. If there is no EOTWAWKI, I'm still living the life I want, eating the foods I want, and using the supplies I would have eventually bought anyway.

Exactly! I was raised in a lower middle income family. We hunted, fished, gardened, canned and raised the occasional beef calf, which we butchered ourselves, right along with the wild game. DH, who was raised in an upper income family (who didn't do all these things), loves our lifestyle and does everything he can to encourage and assist. What is considered 'prepping' to others, I guess is considered normal for our family and has been that way for over two decades.

[sevenmmm]

Well, according to the story, there are 4 million of them. I suppose a few of these preppers would visit a homesteading forum on occasion!

If there was a "stair step" down in the economy, I suppose there will be a great many more that will be introduced to the preppy homesteading style...

[naturelover]

Originally Posted by CesumPec

from the article, "Never before in U.S. history have we seen anything like this."

What? How different is a modern prepper from the pilgrim colonists or pioneers in the old west? Or from my mother who every year put up hundreds of jars of tomatoes, pickles, apples, and peaches. We ate our own jams, raised much of our own food in the garden, and my dad brought home the occasional dinner of squirrel, rabbit, deer, or fish.

What I like about prepping is that there is so little downside. If there is no EOTWAWKI, I'm still living the life I want, eating the foods I want, and using the supplies I would have eventually bought anyway.

A modern prepper is very, very different. The pilgrim colonists and old pioneers were poor people who didn't have our modern day conveniences, they didn't have the plastic, the industrialization or resources, and they weren't able to put up hundreds of jars of whatever because they didn't have the equipment to do that, let alone all those hundreds of glass jars and all those tomatoes, pickles, apples and peaches.

If TEOTWAWKI happens we will go back to not having all those modern conveniences in very short order.

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[tinknal]

We prep. What most folks fail to realize is that the world doesn't have to end for it to be a personal disaster. Illness, a lost job, etc can result in hardships at home for most any of us. Of course we will use our preps in the event of world chaos, but we will also have it available for personal events, power outages, blizzards, and so on.

[CesumPec]

Originally Posted by naturelover

A modern prepper is very, very different. The pilgrim colonists and old pioneers were poor people who didn't have our modern day conveniences, they didn't have the plastic, the industrialization or resources, and they weren't able to put up hundreds of jars of whatever because they didn't have the equipment to do that, let alone all those hundreds of glass jars and all those tomatoes, pickles, apples and peaches.

If TEOTWAWKI happens we will go back to not having all those modern conveniences in very short order.

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My favorite Alan Greenspan quote is, "there are no good analogies." He said this during Congressional hearings when some dimwit congressman refused to understand Greenspan's metaphor of a ship in a storm in relation to the economic conditions at the time. An analogy is a comparison between two things that are in some ways similar, but in other ways different. In an analogy, it is the similarities that are the focus.

Pilgrims, pioneers, settlers, they depended on themselves, their family, and sometimes a small community of like minded individuals for their home and sustenance. While they used the supplies and technologies from their civilization when available, to prepare for the hard times, they preserved food, planted crops, hunted animals, raised livestock, etc. They prepared for and made themselves responsible for their future.

Many modern preppers are similar in this respect. They plant, grow, preserve, prepare for the cold, the hurricanes, and other times when outside resources may be scarce. The technologies preppers use are greatly different than that used 100s of years ago, but the basic functions and goals remain similar.

[suzyhomemaker09]

Originally Posted by julieq

Interesting article, but I think the 72,000 square foot home is a little over the top!

Ugh..I see stuff about this place all the time as it's being built in the county i live in.