Story about preppers in Salina Journal - part 1 of 3

Gordon Fiedler at the Salina Journal has written a great 3-part series about preppers and APN.

According to the Editor's note: "Today we begin our three-part series on "preppers," those who believe in being prepared for whatever calamity befalls us by setting aside food, water, emergency equipment and even guns. Preppers who spoke with the Journal did so with the understanding that their names would not be used for fear that their supplies might become targets." 

Gordon was kind enough to include the interview he and I did for this first part .. and yes, I agreed to use my name. itsa (Janet) 

"Prepping for disaster"
by Gordon D. Fiedler, Jr - Salina Journal

To a growing contingent of folks, signs abound that all is not well in the world. growing contingent of folks, signs abound that all is not well in the world.

Y2K. 9-11. Hurricane Katrina. Joplin, Mo. Fukushima. Solar spasms. Overpopulation. Peak oil. Food scarcity. Economic collapse. Societal breakdown. Zombies.

Zombies? OK, not in a literal sense, but as a metaphor for some horrific, walking-dead-like scourge.

A sense of unease has them scared, worried and frightened. They envisage an inevitable cataclysmic shift, a "when," not a "what-if," scenario.

But rather than wringing their hands, sticking their heads in a dark place and trying to convince themselves that the future will be all blue sky and birdsong, they are taking action, but not by marching, flamboyant public protesting or overt political activism.

They are preparing by, well, preparing. ...   

continue reading Part 1 of 3 on salina.com


 
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