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21. Its not going to be the underclasses, its going to be the Zombies...didn't you get the memo?

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:09 AM

Dec 2012

The TEOTAWAKI guys are actually fairly rational in some ways. If you accept their assumptions, some of it actually makes sense.

If there was somehow a nationwide EMP event that disabled the overwhelming majority of power distribution, comms, and just about anything electric, it would be one helluva mess and all of their nightmares could well happen. However, when you do some basic calculations on the size of the weapons and the technology it takes to get them there, you realize that it is just not going to happen.

A funny story along those lines. A student asked me on behalf of his mother (a TEOTAWAKI prepper) how hard it would be to build a Faraday Cage to protect a computer. When I asked why, he said she wanted to be able to get on the Internet after the everything fried. She was serious. I was courteous to the student and suggested that if the big zap happened, there was not going to be an Internet, something his mother had not even considered.

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Mother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza 'was a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse' [View all] TomCADem Dec 2012 OP

I think it's interesting.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #1

Many of The Doomsday Preppers Featured On National Geographic... TomCADem Dec 2012 #10

I dunno... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #64

That's ironic. Fear of breakdown in society actually furthering it. Loudly Dec 2012 #2

Indeed, they are the breakdown. They_Live Dec 2012 #63

Ironic svpadgham Dec 2012 #3

Also DailyMail Agschmid Dec 2012 #4

From your linked article... PSPS Dec 2012 #8

Probably another Glenn Beck inspired nut. Windy Dec 2012 #5

It doesn't sound, then, like it's a big step to say she was a Fox News viewer... Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #6

I seem to recall him just the other day SemperEadem Dec 2012 #40

Ouch! malibea Dec 2012 #57

wow, someone should throw that back in Huckster's face, what an idiot wordpix Dec 2012 #70

And NRA...? Disgraceland Dec 2012 #7

Well this Apocalyptic ideology is presented time and again on the History Channel YOHABLO Dec 2012 #9

The Branch Davidians Were An Apocalyptic Cult, Yet Today... TomCADem Dec 2012 #11

The History Channel has very little to do with actual history any longer. llmart Dec 2012 #49

oh, Lord, so she was a Doomsday Prepper, essentially! Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #12

I am not so sure how much of that is true ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #13

Here's the difference jeff47 Dec 2012 #14

According to my former co-worker davidpdx Dec 2012 #15

Actually we took similar precautions when we were in MD and we went through several hurricanes ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #19

I think you vastly underestimate the speed at which the military can be deployed jeff47 Dec 2012 #22

I know pretty well how fast some units can deploy ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #24

You are totally right. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #26

After Sandy, I adopted a little of that. Patiod Dec 2012 #16

Its not going to be the underclasses, its going to be the Zombies...didn't you get the memo? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #21

I keep a couple pounds of dry lentils and several gallons of water handy (and coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #29

For short term situations, buy more of what you usually eat seems to be the best way ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #31

Sounds like you're simply being prudent. Hey, if the shit does hit the coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #32

When the big one comes, few people will be driving anywhere ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #33

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You're right; that is pretty cold. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #18

Possibly part of the problem, but I think the son was mentally ill. truthisfreedom Dec 2012 #20

Not sure we know enough to say that yet, but it is certainly a possibility. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #23

True davidpdx Dec 2012 #25

Last I heard, he was a sane adult. That makes the mother a victim. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #27

No one who shoots up a school full of children is sane primavera Dec 2012 #46

Not true -- sociopaths are sane obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #56

Sociopaths are sane but homicidal sociopaths aren't. Nihil Dec 2012 #66

We have to agree to disagree obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #67

Did you actually read what I posted? Nihil Dec 2012 #68

I agree with you. malibea Dec 2012 #59

Disagree. Myrina Dec 2012 #61

I feel that too, but I'm waiting for the facts to come out. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #65

I wasn't expecting so much debate on the matter primavera Dec 2012 #69

If humanity 'got what it deserved,' Earth would be a people-free planet. How's coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #30

It is cold. The ex babysitter described her as Chemisse Dec 2012 #35

By all accounts John2 Dec 2012 #39

When the whole story comes out, we will probably see that she got him plenty of help. Chemisse Dec 2012 #42

I ask one question of you? John2 Dec 2012 #43

I've read on other threads here.... llmart Dec 2012 #50

I haven't seen it first hand, but that's what is being said. Chemisse Dec 2012 #55

Highly possible she suffered from some mental health issue herself Sienna86 Dec 2012 #37

I wish she was still alive to see what the fruit of her life wrought. cliffordu Dec 2012 #28

In some respects she's lucky she doesn't have to deal with the fallout davidpdx Dec 2012 #38

Right-wing Media is to blame for this Sky Masterson Dec 2012 #34

Glenn Beck loses another Facebook friend. nt RandiFan1290 Dec 2012 #36

the history channel is part of the newscorp arsenal UpInArms Dec 2012 #41

Look at the power of expectations. KurtNYC Dec 2012 #44

Society really has broken down as we know it Franker65 Dec 2012 #45

There's an entire prepper culture. Nat Geo's had season shows on this. WTF? Is this hype? ancianita Dec 2012 #47

Then she got what she wanted. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #48

Guns will not help concern about Society's collapse, election of Right Wing nutjobs is the problem. gordianot Dec 2012 #51

Fear's a monster, it's a drug - these folks live in that grip toby jo Dec 2012 #52

Thank you, thank you! malibea Dec 2012 #62

I heard the term "prepper" for the first time a couple of weeks ago. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #53

Too Much Rush Limbo and Hubert Flottz Dec 2012 #54

She was a 'doomsday Prepper'? and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #58

Sounds like she had mental issues of her own ... Myrina Dec 2012 #60