Doomsday. Are you prepared?

[Bluestone]

This is an interesting article, and the documentary will make for good viewing.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think they have the right idea... or are they just plain crazy?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240239/Armageddon-houses-Brit-preppers-stockpiling-food-weapons-preparation-end-world.html

[LazyGun]

There is a phrase that has been around, with some minor tweaks, for quite some time.

"Any society is only three square meals away from revolution".

Authorship is a bit obscure.

What is true is that the most advanced civilisations are heavily dependent upon its infrastructure - power, water, food supplies etc - that supports it, and were a major catastrophe to occur, that infrastructure would be stressed. And it can be quite frightening how quickly people in groups and mobs can revert to the most primitive and atavistic responses, with mindless violence.

So, if you think that humanity is in imminent danger of catastrophe, then it might be considered only sensible to make some provision for survival. However, I personally can see little evidence of such a threat, and the people showcased in the article just seem somewhat obsessed with the doomsday scenario.It is interesting that many seem to have a belief in some of the less evidence based conspiracy theories doing the rounds at the moment......

[Bazile]

If it ends on said date , then you have to give me a wad of crisp £ 50 notes .

That's a good deal for both of us - yes

[anotheoldgit]

That is an amazing result from my experiment, not one single 'it's a none story' and only one comment from a solitary anti Daily Mail Brigade member.

Must use this tactic when I once again, dare to provide a Daily Mail thread.

But then I won't get too excited, it could be due to the fact that the provider of this thread hasn't the name 'anotheoldgit'.

[DTCwordfan]

Bye everyone. Kisses to the gals around here.

[Bluestone]

That video was brilliant! They are all intelligent people. Far from "crazy"!

LG, The UK version is on tonight, 6pm and I think it will be interesting to see the difference between the two. The people I have just watched on the American version are very practical and are storing all the things you mention, water, food supplies and also fuel.

Bazile, Haha nice try. I don't think it's going to end - neither do preppers.

AOG, awww. I'm sure it's not like that really. You are a well-respected member of this site :-)

DT, Lol. How predictable!

[zebo]

At least they won't need to shop for Christmas!

[Bluestone]

Lol. Yep. "Look what we've got you for Christmas. A jar of pickled eggs"!

[boxtops]

I heard one chap on the radio saying "without electricity, we'd all be dead in a week". Der?

[lightbulb247]

well, im not...as i doubt its coming in 2012...but who knows? its gods will.

[Bluestone]

Lol Box. I do think this series will have some "interesting" characters!

[doctordb]

One bloke in Slovakia eating rabbit and shooting dear. one bloke with lots of food and a knife. One bloke with a radio hobby. One bloke with camouflage trousers, tattoos and a little net for catching rodents.

Don't see these lot lasting long and even if they did can you honestly imagine women wanting to mate with them.

[jno]

if they've got the only rodents in the restaurant...

[doctordb]

More like bats in the belfry.

[ludwig]

// Retired soldier Michael Sanderson, pictured with his food storage preparations, can whisk his family to a remote country hideaway in 15 minutes //

It doesn't sound that remote. It's only 15 minutes away.

[doctordb]

They love their acronyms don't they. Pmsl.

[Mick-Talbot]

If the world doesn't end 21st Dec........will the Mayans start knocking out calendars again?

[boxtops]

Noo MT, not this one again - it's not ending, it's just the end of an era, new one starts on 13 Dec.

[ludwig]

Survivalist nutters. Yet another American import.