Not to worried our Gummint and Councils are actively encouraging people to build emergency kits for winter, storms, floods, strikes etc, many County Magazines are listing Emergency kit supplies they want people to stock, so we are just following gummint advice.
The days of survivalists being called selfish hoarders declined after 911 and stopped after 7/7 and preppers and others being encouraged to keep disaster supplies became the norm after the winter of 2010 brought the country to its knees.
Also the dozey halfwits in government finally grasped that it saved them BILLIONs of pounds in stockpiles, warehouses, distribution systems and staff if they just persuaded the public to buy and maintain their own disaster kits instead of the government doing it.
(5 September 2012, 22:37)The Local Ned Wrote: What do we do , or how do we go about the no doubt sudden influx of new members that this crazy yank prepper show will create ?
A perfect opportunity for any of TPTB to get inside and start gathering info.
Be aware.
Who cares what TPTB do we are not doing anything illegal, immoral or unjust.
As for the numbers of newbies we just sit and watch 90% will fall away in time as soon as the next fad gains popularity, 9% will be Armchairs, Apologists, Assholes and Fantasists so they wont like this forum and will prolly end up on Unwanted Knitting Patterns or someplace else, the remaining asutute committed 1% will find a home.