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Preppers? L.A. Tells Residents to Prep for ‘Two Weeks on Your Own’ Just 1 Day Before Quake Hits

Mar. 12, 2013 12:18pm Liz Klimas

Those preparing for disasters of many kinds have often been lumped in with the more extreme “survivalists” and “doomsday preppers,” groups that have been called “crazy.” But now emergency responders seem to be urging residents in disaster-prone areas to ready themselves for a length of time beyond just the three-day bug-out bag.

Emergency Responders in California Tell Residents to Prepare for Two Weeks in Case of Disaster

This Feb. 8, 2013 photo shows Guardian Survival Gear’s Elite Survival Kit features food, water, shelter and hygiene items for one person for 24 hours in Boise. There’s a growing subculture of people who want to be prepared for the collapse of American democracy and civilization. (photo: AP/Katherine Jones)

In fact, a day before a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California Monday, the Los Angeles police and fire departments were, in commemorating the two year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan March 11, 2011, telling residents to be ready for “two weeks on your own.”

CBS LA reported Battalion Chief Larry Collins saying, “the message for a lot of us needs to be, ‘Be ready for anything.’”

“The message used to be 72 hours, but we’ve seen in disasters like [Hurricane] Katrina, even [Hurricane] Sandy recently, that, really, if it’s wiped out your infrastructure, and your electricity grid and your communications, it will be very likely be more than three days before you start getting food, water and other supplies coming in from outside,” Collins said according to CBS LA.

With that, perhaps prepping for longer term survival, which some might have considered crazy before, could be becoming more socially acceptable. In a previous interview with TheBlaze, Phil Burns, the president of the American Preppers Network, explained why the preppers movement was being “demonized” at the time of the 2010 shooting in Newtown, Conn., and clarified what prepping is really all about:

What many might not realize is that there are subsets of preppers — subsets Burns said might have some similarities to the prepper movement as a whole but that have different intentions: there are survivalists, doomsday preppers and conspiratorial preppers.

But the majority who consider themselves preppers — if they would even think to give themselves the formal designation — subscribe to a philosophy that is nothing like those of the more extreme variety that have been featured lately on reality TV shows and by those getting ready for the Mayan apocalypse.

“To us in particular, preparedness is about living a self-reliant lifestyle . . . It’s about, in a disaster situation, having a philosophy that is not we sit around and wait for FEMA to show up. Preppers come together, help each other out and make sure everyone is provided for.”

APN’s Chief Operations Officer Mike Porenta spoke with TheBlaze during National Preparedness Month last October, giving more information about how preparing for a variety of situations means more than just stockpiling food:

Porenta’s number one suggestion is to get to know your neighbors before you’re in an emergency situation. There is a benefit in banding together as a group in an emergency, but he said doing so after a disaster strikes is not the best time.

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“People think about food the most, but they haven’t taken into consideration shelter … or access to water,” he said.

In a situation where “normal American life can’t continue, figure out your most essential human needs” and gather those items (or learn how to safely obtain them if you can’t gather them per se):

Oxygen

Water and water test kits

Shelter

Food

The message given to California residents might have hit home Monday morning when at 9:55 a.m. (PST) a 4.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Southern California. The Richter scale goes from a level of less than two up to more than 10. To put the magnitude of this earthquake into perspective, the one that caused the tsunami that killed thousands in Japan was 9.0 magnitude.

The epicenter of California’s latest quake was about a dozen miles from the Riverside County desert community of Anza, about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and it was felt strongly at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament happening in nearby Indian Wells.

“It kind of shook and then I thought, ‘God, is that an earthquake?’” Susie Bride, a cashier at Cahuilla Mountain Market and Cafe in Anza, told the Associated Press. “It kind of shook and then it rolled a little bit and then it shook again.”

Rachelle Siefken was at home in the Riverside County town of Aguanga with her 4-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son when the shaking started. It was the first earthquake for both children and her son in particular was scared, she said.

“I grabbed him up in my arms and I stood in the doorway with him,” Siefken, who teaches English online for the California Virtual Academy, said to AP.

Watch this CBS LA report regarding the earthquake with some footage of how it looked:

As battalion chief Collin’s pointed out, natural disasters can take shape in earthquakes and hurricanes, but also snowstorms, tornadoes and more. APN would say people should be prepared for situations catalyzed not only by natural events but also terrorist attacks or economic collapse.

And with officials in California saying residents might need to be prepared to live on their own for days before help could be available to them and prepping experts too have emphasized the importance of not expecting to rely on FEMA, would it not be reasonable for everyone to consider preparing for the possibility of “two weeks on your own”?

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hardworkingconservative
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:27pm
There are so many fools in our society that think if and when a really big disaster hits, the FEMA trucks will just roll into every affected town with food, medicine and supplies. These mindless believers in big government will be in for the shock of their lives. How soon we forget Katrina. And a really big earthquake in an area with many times the population?

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- 00100111
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:15pm
  ATTN: PROGS. Pay no attention to this article! This does not fit the narrative. Repeat after me! “The govt will save us! The govt will save us! The govt will save us!” Repeat this until you believe it! Do not take care of yourself. Do not be ready. Do not be self sufficient. Your role as a progressive drone is to be dependent on govt. In the event of an emergency, you are to sit and cry until a govt responder comes to save you. We may or may not give you a whistle. If you are attacked, you are to crap yourself to scare the attacker, nothing more.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:00pm
  Mostly just the Commie Liberals don’t prepare – They think their precious government will always be there with their teat hanging out for them to snuggle up to. I expect the government will screw up like they do everything else.
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:01pm
  Society is only 9-meals away from anarchy. Guess we might get to see that in action again. Of course, no blame or responsibility will befall King Obama. Just think of how much money that we don’t have will be poured into CA if the really BIG quake finally hits.
  
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- Anamah
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:48pm
  Hey The Blaze, the Newtown Conn. was in 2012, not 2010!
  
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- SavvyCowboy
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:28pm
  If you are motivated to start “prepping” NOW after reading this article – it’s probably too late. You will need at least a 12 month supply of food, medicine, water and protection (read ammo, guns, etc.) if you plan to survive. If you don’t have that by now….you are SCREWED. Thank God I have that and live WAY out in the sticks – over 8 hours from the nearest “city”. And NO you are NOT WELCOME!!! Trespassers will be shot and eaten (don’t worry – I’m too good of a shot to have survivors).
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:48am
  How come I don’t see any mention of a gun for protection from the looters and thugs???
  
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starider
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:54pm
I saw no advice about how to protect yourself and property against those who do not provide for themselves and would take from you all you have and beat you without mercy if you resist. There would be NO 911, NO cops. Do you need an AR-15 and several 30 rnd mags? YEP!!!!

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- 00100111
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:16pm
  No need for a firearm for self defense. You only need to crap yourself, that’ll scare the bad guy away. Or you can run to a gun free safe zone.
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:07pm
  You guys forgot saying that you have an STD, or using a Whistle….
  
  Those are the BEST ways of protecting yourself from someone wishing to do you harm… Whatever you do, DO NOT fight back, as it only encourages baddies…
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:24pm
  You might try vomiting or urinating on them.
  
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davidwjohnson
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:54pm
With the sequester in affect, I can’t see how Homeland Security is going to have the money and space needed in the reeducation camps for all these extremists.

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- Outlaw_Josey_Wales
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:05pm
  DHS has plan B, 1.3 billion bullets and millions of coffins.
  
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AboveMyPayGrade
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:53pm
As I have posted several times on this site, when I was living in Southern California in the 1990′s, around 20 years ago, FEMA came to my workplace to conduct a seminar on earthquake preparedness, and advised all of us to put together an emergency survival kit and to keep it somewhere where HOPEFULLY we could get to it if we weren’t killed outright in the quake or weren’t hopelessly trapped under a lot of rubble, because we were advised that in case a major earthquake hit, we might be on our own for several days before order could be established, and FEMA advised us what we should have in that emergency survival kit.

So I did this and have maintained that emergency survival kit ever since – and have since expanded on it, with not only a natural catastrophe in mind but also a man-made (read: OBAMA-made) one as well.

So in point of fact, to paraphrase a Barbara Mandrell song, I was a prepper when prepper wasn’t cool.

By the way, all, regarding what kind of food we should keep, FEMA advised stuff that’s high-protein, that doesn’t take up much space, that’s ready to eat, and that will keep for quite some time. That’s why MY emergency survival kit is heavy on foods like beef jerky and sardines: in case of a natural emergency or a SHTF situation, don’t count on having electric power. And since this is obviously not the most balanced type of diet, consider having a supply of multi-vitamin supplements on hand as well.

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denkat56
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:35pm
Trying to survive and you get labeled, not just a prepper, now you could be labeled a threat by the local state and federal governments.

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BlackCrow
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:26pm
The right hand knows not what the left hand doith.

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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:13pm
Prepping in LA- bricks, shopping carts, and getaway vehicles. This way its easier to transport your looted goods.

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OniKaze
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:13pm
You know what makes me laugh??

A few days ago I read a government report that was asking people to “turn in” potential terrorists to the authorities if they fit items on this list…

Some of the items I remember off the top of my head:

1. Missing fingers (careful shop workers, your clumsiness has made it so you are now terror suspects…)
2. Pays for things with Cash.. (people like myself that don’t like credit cards, since its easier to keep an eye on your spending when you physically have the cash in front of you)
3. Has more than a 1 or 2 week supply of food… (I know alot of people like this)..

So what California is telling people to do, is go out and make yourself a terror suspect?? Nice going…

I agree that it is a good idea to be “prepared”… But if the government says people that stockpile are potential terrorists, and then tells people to go and stockpile, isn’t our government then advocating the creation of potential terrorism suspects??

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:22pm
  This bunch of COMMUNISTS we have in Washington don’t want anyone standing in their way of total dominance and control over US. Anyone with Money, Weapons, Stocks of Food and Water etc are considered a “National Threat.”
  A Civil War is coming before this A-Hole in Charge is done in 2016.
  
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- dosdelgados
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:23pm
  Here’s a link for that:
  
  http://the-classic-liberal.com/you-potential-terrorist/
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:30pm
  You are missing the big picture….. Now the government and President can now arrest you because you fit the description. This will allow them to take you guns or keep you from obtaining any (because you would then be a felon and can’t have a gun). This is just another way to disarm everyone. Remember the left will hit from all angles.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:08pm
  OniKaze
  
  1. Missing fingers (careful shop workers, your clumsiness has made it so you are now terror suspects…)
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  Is that manufacturing or food prep? There are more than few people who have lost fingers during food prep.
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:05pm
  @Walkabout
  
  Great point… I wasn’t thinking of that, since my job is more Mfg. oriented, I immediately thought of Shop folk, but your right, food workers are in just as much danger…
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:12pm
  @Dos:
  
  Thank you for the link so other people can read what what makes THEM a terrorist…
  
  @Popp40
  
  Good on ya, that is what I was getting at… We all know (at least those who pay attention) that our government can now detain you indefinitely if they “suspect” you to be a potential terrorist, and now they go out an encourage people to BECOME suspects…
  
  You have to love our stupid politicians… What kind of poison do they put in the city water to make everyone in politics brain-dead morons..???
  
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- Sparktheunknown
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:01am
  Ever heard of job security? lol.
  
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maggiepie
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:08pm
If we send enough ppl to CA. maybe it will crack off and up end like that one guy said would happen
if you put too many ppl on an island.

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- Winedude
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:51pm
  Maggiepie: “When did someone say something like this and who was it that said it?”
  I’d love to see you put a name to this statement. Thanks.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:49pm
  Here Wino, his name resembles your aura. Johnson, Hank.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:11pm
  it was one of the beloved black caucus members. pay more attention winedude. Youll have to work extra hard to catch the fine folks of the blaze slipping.
  
  You have now entered a high information zone.
  
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toomuchgovt
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:07pm
As soon as they start to prepare the state and federal government will have them labeled as crazy and disarm them. Fema website tells all citizens to have a certain about of food and other provisions on hand, yet other government websites state if a person has this amount of food or that on hand they may be crazy and need help. Times are strange.

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woodyee
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:06pm
Gosh, where has common sense gone?!? I live in the West Coast; all the lessons I learned about preparing came to me after the Northridge and Loma Prieta earthquakes – FEMA water trucks being stampeded; help to certain neighborhoods taking weeks, not days, to get there…in spite of those lessons, GOVERNMENT continued to tell the citizenry to prepare for 3 days – until yesterday.

Get to know your neighbors – YES!
But DON’T let them know you’re stocking up in case of The Big One, unless you are absolutely 100% positive that they are like-minded individuals! Because you’re neighbors might just be the kind waiting for FEMA to tell them what to do next…and disasters are known to turn smiling neighbors into zombies.

Look, if you want to learn what to do and what NOT to do; what to expect and what NOT to expect, then just research the last two major hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast, using words like ‘unrest’, ‘looting’, ‘FEMA’, ‘law enforcement’, etc as key words. And remember – it may not be a natural disaster you need to prepare for; man-made disasters and civil unrest or terrorist activities can do the same, so ALL you good people need to Be Prepared

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- txannie
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:16pm
  Common sense? Common Sense??? Why would we need common sense when we have the obaba admin handing out entitements like skittles? Everyone know papa obaba gonna take care of ya….ok, sarcastic enough? I agree, what in the world has happened to common sense? I’m afraid it has been bred out over the last few genereations. It’s gonna be hard to breed back in with the stock we have to work with.
  
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m14guy
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:05pm
2 weeks? How about 2 years or more? How about a redundant water filter system and some way to heat your water & food that does not rely on the grid or fuel? I’ve been called a “wacko bunker person” by members of my own family. I’ve given up on most family & friends as they live in the FACEBOOK world where all is good if you are “liked”. They desperately cling to NORAML. Well boys & girls when you head down to Costco with the masses on D day enjoy the Fanta diet fruit punch and the Barry Mainlow Greatest Hits CD; thats all that will be left….Morons.

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- galaxie_man
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:16pm
  @M14GUY……..that is a hilarious post!
  
  Unfortunately, it is also true. I laugh when the masses run to the stores when they predict bad weather and can’t get what they need. I am also amazed at the same type of idiots that scramble to buy a generator at inflated prices AFTER their power is out, only to sell it a couple of months after things return to normal because they’re too much work to maintain. Our local paper classifieds are loaded with them for sale afterwards.
  
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- m14guy
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:34pm
  @ Galaxie_Man
  
  My favorite is when the “NORAML” people say: “When it happens we are coming to your house”. Really? I tell them two things..”if you do it will not go well for you…and it’s likely we are long gone”. Thankfully we do have some family and friends that do “get it”. Most are either LE or ex Mil or Med folks and they all contribute.
  
  Then there are the ones who hedge their bets with a case or two of water and two boxes of MRE’s…I have no idea what they are getting ready for. Most assume “whatever” will last three days and NORMAL returns.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:20pm
  “If something happens we’ll come to your house”. I love that one. My response: “You come to my house, I’ll shoot you. I don’t care who you are at that point.”
  
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- chickiefromthesouth
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:46am
  I am also tired of hearing the “we’ll come to your house” response! Thankfully these family members are all a good 8 hours away by car and have no idea where I exactly live. In the event of an emergency they wouldn’t be able to find me or get to me. I think the lack of common sense and desire for independence pretty much sums up what is wrong with this country.
  
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Think_4_yourself
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:03pm
It’s Bush’s fault…….

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- RLTW
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:11pm
  Information shows that BHO is now in control of the weather/earthquake weapon Bush forced Halliburton to make, many believe the weapon is the cause of high gas and gold prices due to the fact that these items fuel the weapon massive power.
  
  sarc
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:52pm
In the Hitler days ( no, the one in Germany ) people either worked where the “Government” told them or they didn’t get Food Cards ( i call them Cards for lack of the perfect term ). No Food cards and you starved to death.
With the days of AmeriKa’s Hitler we are living now, you would have to be a fool NOT to have as much Food, Water, Medicine, Heating Equipment and other supplies stockpiled as you can. I’m full time employed and my Home looks like a Grocery Store.
Don’t rely on the Present day Hitler to rescue you.

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:04pm
  Why is it that every group or person progressives mock turn out to be right? The have a crappy track record of being right, yet people still digest their feces like filet mignon.
  
  Wasnt long ago preppers were wackjob, domestic terrorists, but now prepping is suggested? So all of LA is now wackjob, domestic terrorists?
  
  Heres a redneck, backwoods, wackjob opinion- this govt is not your friend.
  
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EQUALIZER
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
Yeah those preppers,what a crazy bunch they are eh? They really ought to lock all those preppers up eh?

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Exidor
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:46pm
They shouldn’t have to be told. They should already have been prepping. If you live on the west coast, expect earthquakes. If you live on the east coast, expect hurricanes. If you live in tornado alley, that’s right….expect tornadoes. Preppers get a bad rap. They are people doing “preparation” for whatever they think could happen. Remember the Boy Scout Motto?

But like others have said, the mindset is that the government will take care of me.

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- moreteaplease
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:15pm
  We see how well that has worked out over the last 10 years with FEMA.
  
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:45pm
Prepping could become more socially acceptable? who writes this crap?

Stop worrying about what these idiots on the left think of you. they’ll never “like” you. Who cares? Let them rot on the rooftops. Get your family ready. get yourself ready. Time is running out. And you want to be accepted socially?

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:54pm
  California needs to sink into the ocean before their liberal plague further infects the rest of the nation.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Well said, Slap.
  
  War – California can go into the sea and you’d STILL have parasites. We travel to neighboring states, and 20 years ago, Californians in general were disdained by their neighbors. Why? Because the parasites are a peculiar bunch. Their voting habits are the sheets that make the beds they sleep in. When their bed starts to stink, do they change the sheets? NO! They go look for a new mattress…in the neighboring states.
  
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- circleDwagons
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Warmonger. Agreed. Anyone still living in southern Cal. is not a prudent prepper. Step 1. LEAVE Step 2. Dont repeat prog/lib. mistakes
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:20pm
  Oh Wagons, I want to leave sooo badly! But Mrs. Woodyee won’t have it because she wants to remain near the kids and grandkids – emotion over-riding common sense. I either dump the good woman and follow my senses (almost irresistibly strong right now), or I hang on. It’s getting really tough to hang on.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:40pm
In America today, common sense is mocked and ridiculed. Yea, we’re about done here.

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:48pm
  Its easy to be a liberal. As you said you just mock and ridicule common sense all the while hoping another man will extend the needs of survival.
  
  Excellent point.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
  GONZO, yeah, the grasshoppers just hate those busy ants.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:51pm
  That is why america has fallen. Being prepared is common sense, or at least it used to be. Every recent disaster has proven the government can’t take care you. It took two weeks for some in Sandy to even get basic contact with authorities, and longer to receive any aid.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:53pm
  Yup!
  
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kettererbg
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:39pm
Most folks don’t even have a weeks worth of food in their home, much less a flashlight. Frankly, if people do not prepare for the unexpected, they will be reliant and a drain on other peoples resources. What I hate are the ones that feel that they deserve to be taken care of. Well, when the crap hits the fan, they’ll be taken care of. They can eat their Obammy phones.

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shorelineliz
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:39pm
Is the “Big One” finally going to hit L.A.? I hope. I hope. I would be wonderful if it wiped out HOllywood. I hope. I hope.

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- CatB
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
  My deadbeat brother .. who pretty much cleaned out my parents $$ (with my mothers help) I believe is in California .. if the big one hits .. may he be at the beach ;-)
  
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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:37pm
I seemed to have overlooked oxygen in my modest preparations. Anyone suggest a good way to store it? Maybe balloons? Air-tight 55 gallon drums? And how do you get it in there? A regular scooper work? And how the heck do I get the nitrogen and other gases out of air so I can store just oxygen?

Seriously, though, I don’t see firearms anywhere in the article. Why is it that so may “prep” lists fail to cover everything you’ll really need? I’ve yet to see any official “prep” instruction to contain guns and ammo. In a situation requiring 2 full weeks of stored food, security will be a very real issue (especially in California).

If folks are really interested in preparing for some unknown event (earthquake, volcano, EMP, economic collapse, blizzard, dirty bomb, etc.), they really need to do some Googling on the topic. There are folks out that who have put together some real lists to start working from.

Security and security planning is just as important as food, water and other supplies. Without those things, you won’t have the other stuff very long.

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
  If they could just take away our guns, there could be a big picnic on our lawns with all the food storage.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:57pm
  California doesn’t believe in guns, freedom or preparedness.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:02pm
  @ WarMunger_Al
  
  California doesn’t believe in guns, freedom or preparedness.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Don’t you believe it for a second. Not all of us Californian inmates are unprepared.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:33pm
surprised?
the government is stockpiling weapons, ammunition, food, water, medical supplies…

maybe John Q Citizen might consider his or her own plight given their obvious concern.

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honor007
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:32pm
Just think of all of the people who get wild amounts of food stamp money.
Imagine how much they could be prepping and even on our dime?

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:40pm
  Skittles and Mountain Dew do not a prepper make.
  
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galaxie_man
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:31pm
With a modest supply of dehydrated food, water, generator fuel, and of course firearms with ammo, my wife and I can shelter in place at our own home for a couple of months. The only tough part would be if we were both at work when the SHTF, and trying to get home. Luckily for us, the most common problem we should have is weather related, so we should have plenty of warning.

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- 00100111
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:24pm
  I’m in the same boat. With my current level of readiness I have enough food, water, supplies, ammo to last me around 9 months or so. I’m still stocking up though, I want to get over a year. I figure at that point when I run out, everyone else around me died off long ago. I can bug out without event, lol.
  
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blanco5
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:30pm
Bbb…bbb..but the governmet is supposed to take care of us.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:46pm
  Oh they will, just head on over to the Superdome and wait, they’ll be right there.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:50pm
  Hahahahaha.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:59pm
  What is a two week supply of coke going for in LA anyway? Prep it up hollywood!
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:09pm
  blanco5
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:30pm
  Bbb…bbb..but the governmet is supposed to take care of us………………………………………………..
  
  Thats EXACTLY what the American Indians said.
  
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