PREP Doomsday Prepper Show

[Beelbill]

Has anyone seen the Doomsday Prepper Show on Dish Network? I have watched a couple of episodes now and have mixed opinions. They don't show the people as being crazy so I like that. They have so called experts that rate the level of preparation and make recommendations. I love seeing the things people do to prepare and getting ideas. But, I don't understand them going on TV. One of the things they stress on the show is OP-SEC but here these people are giving their names and locations and showing their preps. One guy was filmed making pipe bombs and saying that he knows they are illegal? It seems that they spend years preparing for an emergency and then blow it all on national TV. Would you go on national TV and show your preps?

One guy has a truck he can run on wood gas which can be hooked up to generator that can power his whole compound. One family uses chicken poop to fertilize crops that are watered with recycled water that grows duck weed which feeds fish..... One guy has an underground compound with enough food for a year and goes there for weekend outings with his family. He has hidden shelters with cashes of food along the way.

 

[KenGin31]

If there real bombs he'll be inside looking out. Does sound dumd to tell the world hay look at me.

 

[Publius]

I do try to be prepared for event's thats beyond my control, and in no way do We think of ourselves as nut cases, nor do we go to extremes of building up a 5 year stash of food and other things. Is it bad to try and have some things in place and I have my self and family to think about and We have the right to have some control over our lives to protect ourselves from any events or people.

 

[EYW]

That was last season's show. There was a 12-episode series on Nat Geo this year. If you youtube, look for PeterPrepper. He has all 12 episodes on his channel. Some folks seem down to earth, some are "Ya might wanta rethink that," and some are just "WTF." It is odd how some seem to just be stuck on one thing to the exclusion of all others. However, as many of us aware, these things are edited six ways to Sunday and I think the off-camera producers know how to egg on people to get the results they want. I would never think about doing it (appearing on a prepper's show) that is for sure. I do believe some of the more rational folks may have planted some seeds in DGI's for the good.

ETA: Here is a link to PeterPrepper's video -- Season 1, Episode 1 of Doomsday Preppers. The rest should be easy enough to find. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUKFGzixIg0&feature=plcp

 

[Spot]

Natgeo had a table at the Preppers Conference in Columbia SC . I was killing time before the conference started so I stopped at the table . The frendly lady asked me if I had watched the show and I said yes that I had . She also asked me what I thought about the people and I told her that IMHO that they were a bunch of IDIOTS for getting on TV and telling everything .

 

[Deena in GA]

A family that we know is starting to prepare simply because the father started watching this show, so there is value to the show. I just started watching it a few weeks ago and find it interesting, sometimes in good ways and sometimes bad. I always wonder if one of the people on there is someone from the prepping forums.

 

[AzProtector]

To the OP's point about explosives...how can Mr. Wayne be walking the streets? Short of have a license to build explosive devices..he can't...so why isn't that dog food eatin pipe bomb building crazy in the local pen?

 

[Dennis Olson]

Actually, there have been several threads on the show in past weeks. Overall opinion is that A) anyone who'd be on the show is a fool because people will learn about their preps and general location, and B) the program seems designed to show preppers as kooks and crazies. Neither of these is a good thing.

 

[Beelbill]

Actually, there have been several threads on the show in past weeks. Overall opinion is that A) anyone who'd be on the show is a fool because people will learn about their preps and general location, and B) the program seems designed to show preppers as kooks and crazies. Neither of these is a good thing.

Sorry, I didn't see the previous threads. I just saw two episodes so far the last couple of weeks and thought it was something new. Maybe I am crazy and that is why the people on the show don't look so crazy to me. Of course the pipe bomb guy looked nuts, but one lady just said she saw several people lose their jobs and food going up in the stores and decided to save food as a hedge against the economy going down. Doesn't sound nuts to me. The guy that turned his pool into a mini eco system of food production looked nuts making the shake from duck weed, but he looked like a genius the way he had the system working. The two families with the ranch where one was an engineer and the other ex-military were excellent. They presented a very rational case. And, the guy that had the underground bunker was a prepper of preppers and might even be a mod here, he was so rational appearing. Maybe they get more crazy as the season progresses in order to out do the previous shows.

 

[Beelbill]

Yep, the more I think about it, the more I realize I am crazy.

 

[Dennis Olson]

The problem is that in a true SHTF situation, you want to be (and have been) as gray as possible. (One of our members recently PMd me to tell me he was going gray as was going to stop posting as part of that strategy.) once youve been on TV, that is no longer an option. Basically, you're screwed. I'll not dispute the value of the content in terms of motivating the DGIs to prep, but it really does destroy the OPSEC of the people on the show permanently.

 

[Milk-maid]

In every episode, seems they show enough of a person's house and locations, that anyone would be able to find them if they wanted to.

One woman who didn't want to be identified was a potential buyer of an underground bunker. The show distorted her face, but meanwhile showed it from the side, showed her mouth and chin in another shot, and then her eyes and forehead. Put it all together, and you had her whole face, plus her voice and body as well as the location.

We laughed the whole time about how the show really didn't conceal her identity. I'd be willing to bet that most people who do the show (for their 15 minutes of fame) regret it after the fact. They blew all their op-sec for some TV time.

Idiots.

 

[Beelbill]

I stopped posting and went gray a couple of years ago, but decided to come out of it and post here. After a couple of years of not posting anything, I could go online and google my computer name and still all the posts were there with all the information needed to find me. I figured what the heck, I might as well contribute rather than try to hide when it is hopeless to hide in this computer age (unless you are alone and can just take off for the woods). Once someone gets online and posts anything that shows he isn't a total sheeple, he is just as screwed as the guys on TV as far as going gray. You can't hide from Uncle Sam and I am becoming more and more convinced that he is the real enemy of freedom. The only ones you can try to hide from are the local people. And, the so called experts on this show keep telling everyone they won't survive unless they included the neighbors. We are sooooooo screwed.

 

[Christian for Israel]

I do try to be prepared for event's thats beyond my control, and in no way do We think of ourselves as nut cases, nor do we go to extremes of building up a 5 year stash of food and other things. Is it bad to try and have some things in place and I have my self and family to think about and We have the right to have some control over our lives to protect ourselves from any events or people.

As one with a 5 year food supply for my family, why do you judge that to be extreme?

 

[Abdon]

I want to bury one of those 40' water tight cargo shipping containers. With a secret entrance, hidden ventilation, stealth solar power and plumbing. Oh, and a periscope.

 

[Tiamat214]

ok so i was going to watch the shows on youtube. and 3 min and 15 seconds in to the show a couple is shooting .22LR rifles. and the stupid show puts in a high power rifle sound. im like .ok this show is going to be so twisted that it wont be worth watching. i might still give it a chance and just have to over look the commie media aspect of it and maybe get a few good ideas from the people.

 

[Miracle]

I did learn that by coating raw eggs in mineral oil and just leaving them out -- that they will stay fresh for 9 mo to a year. If true -- that bit of information will go a long way to help prepping -- especially if your chickens are laying out the wazoo. I need to try it out. They are crazy to go on those shows -- but some info and different ideas there to pick up.

 

[KenGin31]

Preping info is great but to put a face and a location on it is not smart.

 

[Amberglass]

I have been watching them. I'm still shaking my head at the couple that used the shipping containers for their home. If they are prepped for anything including earthquakes....they might want to think twice about much of their food supply is sitting in glass jars on shelves...with no protection. One minor EQ and they are going to be left with broken jars everywhere.

 

[Gitche Gumee Kid]

I want to bury one of those 40' water tight cargo shipping containers. With a secret entrance, hidden ventilation, stealth solar power and plumbing. Oh, and a periscope.

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Stealth solar power ----> now there's something I would be interested in but I think is unattainable.
Secret entrances and hidden ventilation would be interesting subjects too.

GGK