Haven't seen the show and am not interested.

But the issue is real. Are $$$ spent on prepping "wasted" and, who decides?

I think of "prepping" like insurance. We insure against our home burning down. Unlikely, but still very possible. (Years ago, a home near us did burn down.) Is the money wasted because we (so far) have not needed it? I don't think so.

So, IMO, its an individual (or family) decision to look at the risks and how much time, money and effort they want to spend to "insure" against the worst, whatever they think that may be. Let individuals and families decide for themselves.

Personally, we expect to sleep through 12/21/12 and enjoy the day. life, with all its problems, will go on. I also don't expect or prepare for a comet/meteor/nuclear event on or near my home. Fires, floods, power outages, riots, yes. TEOWAKI, no. YMMV.

You have to look at the odds. The USA powerball lottery is now up to 550 million. Odds of winning, 1 in 175,223,510. Sales are booming. Odds of being killed by lightning, 1 in 79,842, odds of being killed rushing across the street, 1 in 701. See: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/...ll-jackpot?lite
So we aren't making retirement plans on winning. I think a TEOWAKI event is far less likly then our winning the Powerball.

It's their $$ to spend, so they are welcome to do as they please. Heck, we even bought some powerball tickets.

When the show was in the beginning stages I was asked by someone helping with it if I wanted to talk to producers. I said no - it was clear they were looking for the sensational and would make every prepper look like a nutjob.



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Thought you were talking about TV news there for a sec...

Yup,Im a prepper (prepared) and think the show is patently ridiculous.

if they are prepping for "doomsday",yes.if for a earthquake or major storm of some type then no.

Couple point. First, Tim did not get off to a good start on that show w/ the thumb deal. but i have since met him and he is a good guy, bit of a salesman but im comfortable with that. He owns his own prep business now in AZ. in fact his invention, the Crovel, just became the #1 must have prepper in Maxim Magazine. take that for what its worth but its not nothing. His newest version is on my Christmas list. He also has an invention that coverts a shogun to fire ten different calibers of ammunition.

be that as it may, i scan the show off my DVR if only to change or defend my own thought process and actions. I couldnt imagine spending 2.5 million on preps like that chiropractor did in Texas, but i could see myself buying G.O.O.D. land and burying a couple mini storage pods under a decent cabin

Got a link to this? Thanks.

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these preppers seem to have obsessive compulsive disorder. They have hoarder mentality instead of actual prepping for disaster.

This thread easily evolves into the questions, "What are you prepping for?" Clearly we do not all have the same events on our radar. For much of my life I have been going into more or less wild places, both as part of my job, volunteer work (SAR) and recreation. For some time I have been concerned about the mix of skills and gear that would return me and my group to home and hearth, and that is still my focus today.

Now that I live in southern California, I definitely need to concern myself with earthquake and wildfire preps, but I don't envision the end of civilization and if that happens, I will just have to cope and muddle through. I am sure others have a different mix of scenarios of concern.

I think we ought to be careful in bandying about terms like "OCD." As Izzy rightly states, my legitimate concern is your OCD; most likely a mental health professional would point to yawning gaps in the diagnosis.