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‘Preppers’ Quietly Stock Up
for the ‘Perfect Storm
A crippling ice
storm that left Travis Maddox and thousands of other Missouri residents without
power in 2007 had an “almost apocalyptic feel to it.”
“No one could
move. It just shut the whole region down for two weeks. I wasn’t as prepared as
I thought,” said Maddox, a burly man of 43, sporting a long black beard,
T-shirt, cargo pants, and baseball cap, while tending his garden.
Those two
weeks made Maddox realize that being prepared—“prepping,” as it’s called
today—was the key to a life of self-reliance and personal freedom.
As an Eagle
Scout, he never forgot the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared.
“To me, the
ultimate level of prepping is being self-sufficient. You’re still being modern,
but you’re in control,” Maddox told The Epoch Times on Aug. 5.
In 2009,
Maddox launched his YouTube channel, “The Prepared Homestead,” which now has
over 32,000 subscribers.
People, he
said, are waking up to the worsening reality of supply chain disruptions and
food shortages, and rapid political and social changes that all point toward “a
perfect storm” just ahead.
The COVID-19 lockdowns and empty store shelves only served to heighten popular
sentiment that the “old normal” is gone, he said.
“When the
pandemic struck, we started seeing all this panic buying,” Maddox said. “What’s
really increased is the number of people that contact me. These are really
personal emails. They’re not crazy extremists. These are single moms, elderly
people, disabled people, regular working people. They’re realizing that things
are changing. They can just feel things are changing rapidly,” he said.
“The riots
[of 2020] were bad. The election was bad. Now what’s happening is the whole
world is starting to change.”
Talk of a
global political and economic “Great Reset” and vaccine passports have done
little to diminish anxiety among the unvaccinated that society is about to turn
its back on them. And so they and others prepare—with food, water, alternative
power sources, survival gear, and plans to leave the city if possible for the
relative safety of rural areas.
Along with
“The Prepared Homestead,” a host of other YouTube channels cater to seasoned
and beginning preppers, including “Magic Prepper” in North Dakota, “Angry
Prepper” in New York City, “Alaska Prepper,” “Ice Age Farmer,” and many others.
Maddox said
“The Prepared Homestead” began as a way to share basic gardening tips that grew
in scope as political and economic circumstances changed.
Now he
produces at least six videos per week, touching upon such controversial topics
as forced vaccination, firearms confiscation, and “cultural secession”—living
apart from the government and its “woke” culture—while using careful language
to avoid the YouTube censors.
“A huge
portion of our country is saying you’ve gone too far,” Maddox said. “We’re
seeing not just a rapid change in politics and policies and the economy, we’re
seeing a rapid change in the heart and soul of America.”
While many
individual preppers and prepper organizations try to remain anonymous, the
number of people preparing appears to be growing. In the last year alone,
roughly 45 percent of Americans, or about 116 million people, said they spent
money preparing for hard times or spent money stockpiling survival goods,
according to Finder.com.
Maddox,
however, said there’s a big difference between prepping and “hoarding.”
“Prepping is
something most people did all the time” in bygone years
More at:
Americans Are Taking On Debt As If Tomorrow Will Never Come
Look at the federal government. They are 28 trillion dollars
in debt and yet our politicians continue to throw money around like a bunch of
drunken sailors.
Of course the federal government is far from alone. State
and local governments have never been so deep in debt, we are in the midst of
the greatest corporate debt binge of all time, and U.S. consumers are certainly
doing their part. In fact, last quarter we witnessed the largest increase
in consumer debt since just before the last financial crisis…
Americans have more debt than ever before.
A surge in credit card spending and home purchases caused US
household debt to increase by $313 billion, or 2.1%, in the second quarter,
according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
That’s the largest nominal jump since 2007 and the biggest percentage increase
in seven and a half years.
Overall, U.S. consumers are now $14,960,000,000,000 in debt.
SIDEBAR
With
the constant pounding on the Constitution from Biden and Nancy Pelosi, Chuck
Schumer and the rest of the socialist elite elected class — as they work to not
just chip away at our nation's foundation as progressives before them, but to
obliterate it completely — it appears their takeover of business and industry
will never end until all money flows through government
The
tide is turning: 50 steps for survival and VICTORY against the destroyers
https://www.afinalwarning.com/538056.html
Creating a family
emergency plan is a vital part of ensuring that everyone in your family, both
within your home and extended family, knows what to do in case communication
lines are lost. In a world that relies heavily on phone and digital
communication, there is no guarantee that those connections will be available
in the event of a crisis. Learn more about how you can create a family
emergency plan to keep you and your loved ones safe.
The first step to creating a family emergency plan is to talk it
over and brainstorm with those you want to be connected with during a crisis.
While the subject can be scary for children, it is important to include them in
some, if not all, of the discussion. Kids will often bring up good points and
have ideas of their own. They also have information about what their day
typically looks like at school and offer insights that you may overlook...
How to Create a Family
Emergency Plan
No one knows what will happen
in the future, but based on some of the things that went
missing quickly off shelves last year after the coronavirus outbreak was
declared a pandemic, we have some idea of what we should be hoarding and
stockpiling. Make sure what you store for the long term is going to not decay
and go bad.
Our featured article this week helps you see why the
stockpiler/hoarding argument doesn't even matter. What does matter is that you
are preparing! Keep reading to learn which food items you need to concentrate
your attention on to get ready for the next unexpected crisis.
READ MORE: Stockpiling
vs. Hoarder. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter
Why would you want to carry a discreet weapon instead of a
firearm or large knife? Well, I personally would never want to go anywhere
without my gun - but I am fortunate enough to work from home, never fly, and
live in a very gun-friendly rural area where businesses welcome lawfully
carrying gun owners. But, not everyone lives under these types of circumstances
and must find an alternative type of everyday carry personal protection
weapons...
20 Discreet Weapons You
Can Carry Almost Everywhere
You may also like...
9 Weapons (Besides Guns)
That Could Save Your Life
USEFUL
STUFF…
Many preppers have no clue how to build a serious stockpile. And
I'm not just talking about the ones who buy pre-packed survival food or
done-for-you first aid kits...
Many advanced preppers make some huge mistakes when it comes to
their stockpile. From choosing the wrong gear to improper packaging and storage
of their food, these mistakes could cost you your life post-collapse.
My friend Dan Sullivan (who actually wrote a few articles for
us) has made an eye-opening video on the subject to set things straight:
>> The Stockpile Challenge <<
CREATING AN EMERGENCY
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Not Prepared?
That's Bad News...
You Can’t
Buy Life Insurance After You’re Dead-Prepare NOW for Emergencies…Small radios,
books, emergency power cell or solar/battery
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3 comments:
Your family is worth protecting; America hasn't been under this kind of assault before.
Joe Biden is the most disastrous president in modern American history. I don’t care if it’s by design or by the fact that he’s dim-witted, & he's the reason [most] why Americans need to prepare.
I don't always agree with your commentary but I sure can't argue with the huge amount of useful resources you provide!
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