One of the funnier "Preppers" episodes I've seen was a rational prepper who was interviewed by the show.
It was along the lines of "We're Honey Farmers. Every few centuries, an earthquake shakes the East Coast and may destroy the highways. We have a plan to survive for 30 days isolated from the rest of the country".
They had a large stockpile of honey, water, etc. etc. They explained how their system would work without power. Their scenario was based on Hurricane Katrina (and how long it took for aid to arrive: over a month). Overall, a rational set of people.
They got low-scores from the show's hosts because they didn't have enough guns to survive, apparently. Now, some form of self-defense seems needed after a disaster, but we've never seen roaming gangs of bandits running across the countryside stealing food from those who have it (which is apparently the main thing those "Preppers" want to prepare for)
It was along the lines of "We're Honey Farmers. Every few centuries, an earthquake shakes the East Coast and may destroy the highways. We have a plan to survive for 30 days isolated from the rest of the country".
They had a large stockpile of honey, water, etc. etc. They explained how their system would work without power. Their scenario was based on Hurricane Katrina (and how long it took for aid to arrive: over a month). Overall, a rational set of people.
They got low-scores from the show's hosts because they didn't have enough guns to survive, apparently. Now, some form of self-defense seems needed after a disaster, but we've never seen roaming gangs of bandits running across the countryside stealing food from those who have it (which is apparently the main thing those "Preppers" want to prepare for)