Knives on "Doomsday Preppers" - Holy Cow !

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Had never seen that show until the other night...not planning to go back to it either.

I felt like staging an intervention for the NYFD firefighter who was worried about the Yellowstone Super Volcano eruption. The poor guy can't get a gun because he lives in the NYC. So he's going to rely on "knife fighting" for which he trained. So I am thinking "well this guy must have some good stuff then"...well was I wrong. Some sort of crazy fantasy bowie, a couple of knives that could only possibly have been made of tin and intended for Klingon re-enactors...it was sad. The poor guy was really showing them off too. As a New York firefighter you'd think he'd know that just about any of the prying tools that he'd be issued would be a way better weapon that those things.

Then there was the guy who had a "miss-fire" and blew his own thumb off...turns out he had his hand over the muzzle.

I am not nearly as "prepared" as these guys but somehow, I feel better about myself.
 
That show's pretty good for pointing out places that are going to have a lot of food in case of an emergency. I watched one of them about some girl who's stockpiled enormous amounts of food (she said she'd spent nearly 50,000 dollars on food alone) and it showed her house and the general location of it in relation to a fairly prominent landmark. Kind of dumb if you ask me, but what do I know.
 
I don't think I have seen the NYFD knife episode but I did see the one where he blew his thumb off. The best part is that he did it in front of his kids while he was trying to teach them shooting and (assuming here) handling a firearm safely... I agree with your last line...
 
Yea, the NYC guy's knives blew my mind all the more after realizing that those were what he opted to buy in lieu of a firearm. Clearly not much research went into that decision. Afterwards, I just kept waiting for him to pull out a Shop-at-Home Katana.

My personal "favorite" (and it might have actually been that guy, now that I think about it) was the one who kept a box of broken glass by the door, to throw out into the hallway. I think the guy even had kids in the house. Maybe his worry was that all the barefoot treehuggers in Yellowstone would be coming to the city to seek refuge? :P
 
LOL...good stuff. I would opt for so many tools before going with a knife for self defense. Even a large stick is a better weapon IMO. What mall did they find these ninjas from?
 
All this is the result of a generation now, that has grown up on these unreal reality shows. Idiocy over rides independent intelligent thought. Soon we will be a nation of 'monkey see-monkey do'.
 
Its like jersey shore, real world, or any other reality show. They are going to find the most absolutely crazy or weird people that they can find. If your serious about survival you wouldn't appear on a t.v show in the first place, it puts you in the same league as dog the bounty hunter (a complete dumb-ass).

They cherry pick these bozos. If it was just some ptsd'ed out ex marine sniper in a shack eating MRE's living off his disability compensation and squeezing a stress ball while thinking about that child he killed in iraq, when hes not busy field stripping his SAS and staring at his 10 acre yard through its scope. no one would watch it. You know the guy would survive most anything but it would just be depressing and scary.

Oh and Tims quote: "it was just one of those malfunctions, my thumb went in front of the barrel; and uh ... it went off". Thats about the worst thing ive ever heard in my life. Negligence pure and simple. in the military after they patched you up, you would most likely get legal action taken against you for gross negligence.
 
Wife and I have watched several episodes.

We noticed right away that the show's producers have gone out of their way to frame everyone as a nutjob, with the possible exception of the psychiatrist (who was actually less balanced than several others), so that even the sensible stuff presented gets discredited.

A real effort to marginalize the whole prepper concept.

We've turned it into a game, looking past the producer's efforts at framing to glean actual value from the show.

It's kinda fun if you do it that way.

 
What I don't understand is why a guy like this would even want to be on tv. I can't imagine all the crap he's getting from the guys at the station.

Oh and thanks for the link fascion. I totally saw the double bladed hibben in there. I thought that was badass when I was a kid. :D
 
I agree with Arfin....the whole premise of the show and shows like it falls under what the National Geographic calls ''American Outliers"...literally meaning they consider them to be outside the mainstream people of the USA....they lump them together with the pot heads and pot growers and edit many of them to crackpots. Some of them actually are- so all it does is make us all look bad who actually do prep.

As for the accidents and weird stuff happening in the shows, this all proves that no matter how well you prep, accidents happen, and you need to learn HOW to take care of them.
 
This is so embarrassing for knife enthusiasts and preppers alike. Not to mention NYFD!
Although I don't find it necessary to prepare for "doomsday", I can understand their concern for the future.
But what kind of goofball would rely on POS fantasy knives to protect themselves and their family?
He must have forgotten to show off his airsoft guns, nunchucks, and other super secret ninja gear.
And I guarantee his NYFD buddies are giving him all types of hell.
It does seem like the TV producers focus on the more eccentric preppers...makes it more entertaining to watch.
 
Wife and I also watched several episodes, thank you dvr. We've not watched one since. Pretty idiotic in my opinion. However I did write down the areas and general description in my resources notebook in case the apocalypse does hit and I need lots of food and supplies. Sheesh they came across as foolish people and worse paint all "preppers" in the same light to the average person.
I suspect true preppers would never allow themselves to be seen, shown or ID'd on some stupid fake reality show.

I guess my wife and I are "preppers" because we have approximately a 30 day supply of food...we take advantage of sales to buy food, toilet paper, etc. because of the price and storage ability rather than true prepping but we are prepared. We also have other "stuff" to care for us and our security. But honestly most of it is stuff any reasonable person would/should have in case of storm or other emergency. We once had a very bad ice storm that kept our neighborhood in the dark for over 14 days in the middle of winter. If not for caring/sharing neighbors with their gas powered generators, etc. helping out those without there would/could have been some real crises. Having a gas powered generator with fuel is just smart rather than "prepping".

There was also a show on about people that were building underground shelters, etc. One guy had his generator stolen...sheesh...you'd think they would have had the genny either better protected or better yet hidden.

Well I'm off to spend crazy money on supplies, arms and munitions...after all come Dec 12, 2012 when the world comes to an end I want to be ready and the credit card companies won't be able to collect hehehe.
 
I saw an episode where a fat lady, her fat husband and fat kid were able to get downstairs in just 6 minutes. It was a "SHTF drill" so I guess I shouldn't be so impressed with their speed and agility.
 
My wife is a couponer, not "extreme ", but she does her due diligence. We probably have two months of staples, not including the canned stuff.

Never seen the show, but I saw a commercial with a big lady bragging about how much food they have. Then she talked about having 700 lbs of cucumber, one of the world's most nutritionally useless edibles. Why would you hoard something like that? Beans, vegetables that can be dried, etc..., but cucumber?
 
Damn, I thought it was the 21st...Now I have to change my airline tickets.
 
Kru03 said:
I saw an episode where a fat lady, her fat husband and fat kid were able to get downstairs in just 6 minutes. It was a "SHTF drill" so I guess I shouldn't be so impressed with their speed and agility.
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Yep, they're prepared....unless, of course they have to run a block or something....then they are screwed. My wife and I have bug out bags and stores of food and water....because Memphis is on a major faultline which is overdue for a rumble. After seeing the NYC fireman, though, I know I am ill equipped without my bud k ninja knife....
 
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