Preppers in Australia, should we take this seriously?

[bob10]

Meet the survivalists hoarding bee pollen and preparing for apocalypse - Hack - triple j (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/meet-survivalists-massing-bee-pollen-preparing-for-apocalypse/7303642)

[Barefoot Dave]

Take what seriously, Bob?
That there are people in or society who are preparing for the end times?
That there are those who are preparing for a 'normal' disaster?
That there are those who deeply feel the disconnect between human society and the environment and this is there way of addressing it?

Yes :)

[Homestar]

I love the bit about 'What would happen to the Vegans' :Rolling:

Not the first question I would have thought if, but a ripper all the same. :D

As for Preppers - whatever floats your boat I suppose - no more strange than collecting old Land Rovers I suppose. I'm sure there are people out there who thing we are strange.

[rangieman]

I love the bit about 'What would happen to the Vegans' :Rolling:

Not the first question I would have thought if, but a ripper all the same. :D

As for Preppers - whatever floats your boat I suppose - no more strange than collecting old Land Rovers I suppose. I'm sure there are people out there who thing we are strange.

Your secret is safe with me Gav:angel::p

[bob10]

Take what seriously, Bob?
That there are people in or society who are preparing for the end times?
That there are those who are preparing for a 'normal' disaster?
That there are those who deeply feel the disconnect between human society and the environment and this is there way of addressing it?

Yes :)

Let's take one at a time. End times. That could mean in a religious way, or mass extinction. The way we are treating our planet,I'll go for Mass extinction.If humans keep travelling down the road they are on, nothing we can do about that. No point prepping for life after that, you'd only have cockroaches for company. Religious? There is a bunch of lunatics in the Middle East , whose main aim in life is to commit murder and mayhem, in order to cause Armageddon, the final battle between good and evil, according to the Bible. Now, my generation lived thru the nuclear Armageddon, people built shelters, to survive the first strike, totally illogically really, they would emerge to a nuclear desert, three eyed fish, and a glowing landscape.
Let's have a look at what the other side is doing to sort this out. Those on the side of "good", are committing murder and mayhem in order to get rid of those on the side of " evil " . I can't quite get my head around that.

Enough of that, or we'll open a can of worms. Preparing for a Disaster? Smart thing to do. Done with the premiss that there will be hope after the disaster, life will go on. Glass half full stuff.

Now, the third. The Mass extinction , because modern humans have killed the Planet. Our disconnect . Or, the predicted wars over food and water. Either way, preparing for a cluster ****. Or the zombie apocalypse, for that matter. I can't help feeling that preppers are basically selfish, anti-social humans, who sense a major problem in the Force, and deal with that by running away, instead of standing up to be counted, to deal with the problem, face on. Thankfully, there are Humans who are prepared to work to find a solution. Now, everyone should be prepared, of course. However, the premiss should always be that there will be life after the apocalypse, Darth Vader will be defeated, life may not be the same, but it will be worth living. After all, humans have done that since day one. Just some of my thoughts, after the first coffee in the morning.

[67hardtop]

Better grab another coffee Bob
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Cheers Rod

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[PhilipA]

Colonel Hackworth of Apocalypse Now fame used to run a restaurant in Brisbane while preparing a survival station in the mountains north of Brisbane. I read this in a profile done by a Brisbane newspaper at the time.

At some stage he changed his mind and became a war correspondent.

I think that there will probably be a lot of mind changing as the Preppers get older and nothing happens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hackworth

Regards Philip A

[cuppabillytea]

It's an amusing hobby.

[bob10]

Better grab another coffee Bob
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Cheers Rod

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Everything looks rosy thru Bundy glasses.

[Barefoot Dave]

So Bob, what are you asking should we be serious about?

[Saitch]

:lol2::lol2::lol2: He has a weapon & ammunition in case we're invaded!
He wouldn't give his last name but didn't have to.
It's............................Rambo!
Steve

[mekon76]

I like the idea of vegans being cannibalised, something so ironic about it all. I think Billy Connelly suggested a solution to famine, homelessness and over populated prisons: Put the homeless in the prisons and let them eat the inmates. Food shortage over, homeless are housed and no overpopulation of our prison system.

[cuppabillytea]

Why is it that whenever Vegans are mentioned, the subject turns to eating them? I think omnivorous people would be much tastier and Prison Inmates would be much too tough.

[Blknight.aus]

yes.

during the floods of ipswich I had half a dozen calls asking if I would mind if people could come and get drinking water and emergancy food from my stash.

The water I had no problems with as I had a 5Kl water tank and the emergancy food was on a you replace what you take basis.

I gave away 2 20l jerries of ulp and 3 of diesel.

It depends on your definition of prepping....

Within australia generally if you can survive 2 weeks and cover over 1000K without getting external fuel then you dont need much more than that.

id guess 90% of the regulars on this forum would fall into some category of prepper because it would take them 20 minutes to be ready to head for the outback for a weeks camping.

[Barefoot Dave]

Great minds, Dave.
I have suggested the very same thing to many, about being prepared for a major natural disaster.

[bob10]

So Bob, what are you asking should we be serious about?

Good question. Only you have the answer, for your own circumstances. For me, it comes down to looking after family, in the case of a natural disaster. I've never been in a situation, where anyone has felt the need for a weapon, to protect themselves from random strangers. I was brought up in the old Australia, where neighbors knew each other, any man that hit a women, was dealt summery justice, children could roam around without worry. People looked for the good in each other, and forgave minor bull****. We should ignore ratbags that advocate radical solutions for normal situations. we should stick to our core values, and not be sidetracked by those who want to create an agenda for themselves. That is a very small answer to your question Dave, but an answer none the less.