re: #2 Bubblehead II

Yep. But are you prepared to co-join disaster prep with Survivalism?

The “ridicule” you spoke of earlier is, I think, aimed more at grifter schemes promoted by the likes of Glenn Beck, and the completely out-there paranoia of Alex Jones/Paulian types. In other words, it’s their reasoning that’s being mocked as opposed to the concept of survivalism (and consider this - the blithering idiots from the North Carolina legislature who deny sea level rise may politically align themselves with Paulian thought, but denying the laws of physics won’t exactly help those “survivalist” Paulians when they have to put their money where their mouth is).

And like I said in the comment you linked to, current weather disasters should make the relevance of this topic obvious. I know they’re only going to get worse, and I also know I haven’t the faintest clue how I’d cope with a Katrina-style breakdown of the infrastructure we all depend on.

Any information you can supply would be welcomed. As far as I’m concerned, the difference between “disaster prep” and “survivalism” is little more than said disaster’s length and degree.