Thursday, February 9, 2012

Getting Ready For The End Of The World


At Home With The US Families Terrified Of The End Of The World, Living In A Converted Bunker, With 15 Years' Worth Of Food... And A Son Trained To Use An AK-47 -- Daily Mail

It’s the end of the world as they know it.

For a growing number of Americans, preparing for the end of days is a full-time business, whether the end of all things is heralded by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a technology meltdown, or even the end of the Mayan calendar.

A new show by the National Geographic channel shows how some Americans are preparing for the end – from stockpiling canned goods to buying guns and ammo, to buying luxury underground bunkers.

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My Comment: A part of me is laughing at these groups ... but heh .... I have a place in the Laurentians of Quebec that is away from population centers, I have enough food and water to last me for at least a few months, I prepay my house bills by at least 6 months, and I always keep some cash and gold in case of a financial crisis (I lived through Russia's financial meltdown in 1992 to know what that feels like).

Hmmmm .... maybe I should not be laughing.

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