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With the second season of Doomsday Preppers officially wrapped, we have met nearly 50 different kinds of preppers getting ready for a variety of disasters. The practical preppers have scored almost every prepper and the leaderboard is finally complete! Where does your favorite prepper fall on the leaderboard and who is taking home top honors?…
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Excited about the brand new episode of Doomsday Preppers tonight at 9P, Let Her Rip? We only have a few more new episodes remaining this season—and with time running out—we thought we’d help out with some interesting facts and information about what it can take to be a prepper. Enjoy! Brad
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By Jessica Van Garsse, Field Producer When you’ve been on the road for weeks on end, forgetful of what city or state you’re in anymore, have been on more flights than you can count, malnourished from the fast-food lunches and watery coffee, sleep-deprived and running on fumes, the words “that’s a wrap” are music to…
By: Jessica Van Garsse, Doomsday Preppers Field Producer Things I Miss About Alaska: I have been fortunate enough to travel to some of the world’s most beautiful places. And still, Alaska took my breath away and put me at a loss for words – the latter, truly a rarity. It was hard to put the camera down,…
If you’re still looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day card to let your sweetheart know how much you care, look no further than these special Doomsday Prepper edition valentines! Because what could be more romantic than surviving doomsday with that special someone? Well, maybe surviving doomsday with a cocktail in hand and your favorite celeb.…
Tonight on Doomsday Preppers: Hit the Ground Running, we profile three Americans prepping for various disasters. Be it financial collapse, economic collapse, or terrorist attacks — these preppers have one thing in common: they are prepared. So let’s meet tonight’s preppers, shall we? First, we profile John and Kelly Taylor, former firefighters and avid motorcycle riders living on a…
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This week in our doomsday blog round up we explore near misses and possibilities, take a look at the deadliest earthquake in history, a closer look at flu pandemics and the nuclear threats of North Korea. Disaster possibilities always loom whether you are a hardcore prepper or simply prepared for the unexpected. Some disasters, though,…
This week in doomsday news has been pretty quiet, but there is one thing that everyone is buzzing about and that is the flu. A quick check of your Facebook page might reveal a good portion of your friends sipping Nyquil and complaining about coughing and sniffling. Fortunately, you can’t catch the flu from your…
Last week we dodged an apocalypse that many across the world believed was inevitable. Of course, there were many other people who did not take the end of the Mayan calendar all that seriously. Whether any of the Doomsday Preppers were concerned or not, all believe that the end of the world as we know…
Doomsday Preppers are not the only ones who take the possibility of “black swans” seriously. A recent report by the National Intelligence Council looks into a few possibilities for surprise and catastrophic world-changers in this week’s weekly roundup. We also have some reasons consider the possibilities of nuclear war and cataclysmic earthquakes. California Earthquake Reminder…
In this special Doomsday Preppers event, we follow three New Yorkers as they plot their routes out of the city, literally escaping the grid to reach safety. While each has a different fear, all three are determined to get off the island before it’s too late. In Harlem, we profile Margaret Ling, who fears that…
Which doomsday disaster do you think the world is most likely to experience? This week’s roundup includes news regarding biological and nuclear weapons, earthquakes and even a new and deadly coronavirus. The Doomsday Preppers are prepared. Are you? Nuclear Weapons and The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program The Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program was a…
Tonight on Doomsday Preppers, Meet Jeff Bushaw, a full-time prepper in Vancouver, Washington, who fears the eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano. Approximately 600-miles from his home sleeps a volcanic caldera that measures 34×45-miles. If it were to blow, and it has, America would be crippled and the ramifications would have catastrophic global consequences. In…
Winter is coming and the possibility of winter storms and influenza epidemics loom. The Doomsday Preppers are ready, are you? Check out this week’s weekly round up and consider getting that flu shot or at least stocking up on chicken soup in your pantry. Is a Pandemic Inevitable? In an interview with Time magazine last…
By Bernie Carr – author of The Prepper’s Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster. She also writes The Apartment Prepper’s Blog. Preparing for emergencies usually involves buying enough supplies to last until things settle down. I believe there is another aspect of preparedness that will not…
Doomsday Preppers are ready for a multitude of catastrophic events. Whether preppers focus on having strategies and best practices in place for avoiding viral contamination or on protection for their family during a societal collapse, they are all keeping an eye to the future. So what is going on this week in the world of…
By Wise Food Supply Because disasters and emergencies never take a holiday, you may find yourself stuck at home or in your bunker during an important traditional celebration like Thanksgiving. Rather than scrapping it and waiting for next year, just a little planning can actually help you create a meal you and your family will…
By Wise Food Storage As we know all too well by now, disasters and emergencies don’t schedule themselves around holidays and celebrations. A disaster or force of nature can disrupt festivities and traditions and leave a wake of disappointed kids (and adults!). With the holiday season coming up, it’s a good time to consider stashing…
Perhaps being a Doomsday Prepper and focusing all your spare thoughts on how to survive the future is not the life for you. You can certainly argue that the world hasn’t fallen to pieces for many lifetimes. It probably won’t be destroyed in yours. All the same, looming disaster fascinates most of us. So let’s…
We want to highlight some of our favorite CapIts from last night’s back-to-back premieres of the all-new season of Doomsday Preppers. If you haven’t already, be sure to download IntoNow and submit CapIts during next week’s show for a chance to be featured on the blog! IntoNow is a mobile app that recognizes your favorite…
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Can’t get enough Doomsday Preppers? Feening for even more preps? Can’t wait to break down the latest episode with your friends? Now, thanks to our just announced partnership with IntoNow from Yahoo!, all that and more is at your fingertips. Not familiar with IntoNow? Well here’s the scoop. IntoNow is a mobile app that recognizes…
Check out this great piece featured in USA Today that looks at prepping from every angle: For ‘preppers,’ every day could be doomsday. Examine the roots of prepping and some of the earliest examples, and look at what it has become in the digital age. Take a look at how prepping has gone from fringe to…
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The participants in the National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers tend to be preparing for scenarios that many of us would consider remote, such as a catastrophic collapse of the global economic system, or an electromagnetic pulse attack by terrorists or a foreign enemy that would disable the nation’s electricity grids and render much of our…
Move over 2012, a new end-of-days era is upon us and it is 2052. A computer model developed in the 70s by MIT, called World3, predicted a major collapse of civilization. Based on a number of factors from climate change to overusing our resources, the findings revealed that the planetary stress placed on our planet…
Calling all preppers! National Geographic Channel is prepping for season two of Doomsday Preppers! If you are actively preparing to survive any cataclysmic event, email us at prepperscasting@sharpentertainment.com. In the spirit of OPSEC, all names and information will be kept confidential.
