Top 5 Doomsday Scenarios
Are You Really Prepared For A Doomsday Apocalypse.?
The whole idea of a doomsday apocalypse is nothing new - throughout history there have always been a threat looming just over the horizon that will wipe out mankind.
Every part of history has had its own 'Doomsday Ideas' that were supposed to bring the human race to its knees.
But never before has there been such an understanding of the very real threats that lay ahead for our earth and its fragile occupants.
So What Are The Top 5 Doomsday Scenarios
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Astrological Events
The top astrological events that could easily effect the stability of our earth are:
- Solar Flare
- Mass Coronal Ejection
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Electro-Magnetic Pulse
An EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse is one very bad doomsday scenario that would bring the world to its knees.
Effectively sending us back to the dark ages!
An EMP would wipe out the electrical grid and any other electrical appliance or gadget and render it useless.
No more communication, no internet, nothing electrical would work - everything would be fried and useless.
An EMP could be the result of a Solar Flare, a Mass Coronal Ejection or even triggered by a nuclear explosion detonated in the earth's atmosphere.
Either way, we don't want one of them. It would take out 90% of the planet's population as we starve, freeze and slowly die.
Without electricity, we would have none of the services we all take for granted. No heating, cooking, lighting. No communications or internet. No food could be processed or transported to shops.
Welcome to the 16th century...!
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Nuclear Wars
Although not as high up on the list as in past years, the threat is still very much out there.
Government controls and treaties have seen measure put in place to prevent such actions.
But not every country upholds or abides by these, making nuclear war a potential doomsday threat.
But not every country upholds or abides by these, making nuclear war a potential doomsday threat.
Add hok nuclear testing is still carried out by these countries who do not abide by international treaties and agreements.
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Natural Disasters
The earth is currently going through massive changes, far more than ever seen before and at a far quicker rate.
Huge tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes and global cooling are real threats.
Research and global monitoring shows us there very real threats just over the horizon.
With polar ice caps currently in meltdown due to global warming, the water temperature and levels could cause huge problems.
On the reverse we see polar shift patterns emerging, all of which would produce the opposite effect of a new ice age.
With so much new movement of the earth's tectonic plates we are seeing huge uplifts of land - the recent japanese tsunami being an example of these enormous powers, giving rise to devastating events.
The current amounts of movement seen by scientist monitoring the earth are showing an unprecedented amount of activity across the globe.
Regardless of distance, a natural disaster can affect the UK from the other side of the world.
The global jet stream will transport anything that goes into it - a massive volcano eruption will carry deadly noxious gas around the globe with ease.
The resulting fallout can cause illness and disease throughout that country with no way of stopping it happening.
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Global Economic Collapse
This features as the top concern for the world's prepping community.
Never before has there been such high amounts of instability amongst the financial world.
And it's getting worse.
The biggest world leading country, The United States Of America, is currently deep into an unfathomably large amount of national debt, to the sum of over 18 TRILLION DOLLARS...!
Here's a real time live feed of the current debt.!
Just about every country in the world is in some sort of debt. As these debts continue we see a resulting failure of the overall social supports systems.
It would be a forgone conclusion that civil unrest and a breakdown of society would follow a collapse.
The very frightening thing is the fact that once it starts there's no stopping it!
Every country will follow.
There has never been a more urgent time and need to prepare
for a doomsday disaster than now.
When the SHTF, your life insurance, house and car insurance won't be worth diddly squat....
Maybe you should think seriously about your real survival insurance and start prepping now.
Happy Prepping Folks.
Steve
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Don't fall into these basic Prepping errors
There is literally thousands of pages of information about prepping on the internet today. This makes joining the prepping community easier than ever.
If your a newbie prepper it is very easy to fall into an information overload trap and get the red mist about prepping and all the equipment you must have.
My advice to any newbie is to try and find as much information as you possibly can before making any decisions. And find out even more if that decision includes making a purchase for some new gear.
There are probably dozens of simple mistakes to be made, but, in this post I want to add my take on the Top 10 Prepping Mistakes, from a perspective of my 20 years plus experience of being a prepper.
Top 10 Prepping Mistakes
- Always think twice before taking advice.
With so much information available for us preppers, both old seasoned preppers and newbies, you can easily fall into the trap of believing all your read it true.
To some extent it may well be. But is it correct for you?
Is that advice really relevant to your needs and requirements?
After all, the only one who knows about what suits you, is you.!
So be careful of all the prepping 'experts' who recommend this and that - it may well not be right for you.
- Build up a false store.
I have lost count of the number of newbie prepper who build up a good supply of very strange looking survival foods by listening to what others say they should eat.
Do not fill your store with unfamiliar and unusual foods just because the 'prepping food guru' said you should.
If you like something, and it's got a reasonable shelf life, then buy it in bulk and store it - you'll eat it then.
If the food is some strange far fetched seed mixture that you wouldn't even feed to your budgie, then leave it alone.
- In far to much of a hurry to bug out.
An almost unstoppable insistence to bug out has hit the prepping community hard, and it's easily one of the top 10 prepping mistakes most preppers fall into.
There's far too much talk about the need to bug out and run away.
We are in the UK. A country with 65 million people packed into a very small space.
You read a lot of bug out plans from overseas in America where they have literally thousands of square miles of wilderness.
That's just not the case here in the UK, we simply do not have the space.
By all means prepare for a final escape and a full on bug out. But making it the be all and end all of survival plan is not a good idea.
You home is your castle, and generally most preppers will agree to making that the first choice in a disaster situation.
Hunkering down at home offer far more survival chances than just running away. If you can ride out a disaster situation at home with a full supply of food and equipment, then that has got to be your first choice.
- Just far too technical.
The phrase that comes to mind here is: "The lights on, but no ones at home"!
How many times do we see preppers buying loads of gear that's just far too technical and quite frankly unnecessary.
Survival is a mixture of old fashions bushcraft skills enhanced with modern technology. It is just so important to learn good bushcraft and survival skills. They kept our ancestors alive for century's, so ignore them at your peril!
Learn these skills and then see what modern gear is available to make that task easier. If the modern method fails, your always have your old skills to fall back on,
- Prepping for one single event.
The chances of one single disaster causing a total world wide meltdown are very unlikely.
Not 100% unlikely, but near enough.
But preparing for that one event is, quite frankly, stupid. You cannot see into the future.!
Granted, you can way up the percentage of chances of a certain disaster happening, but this will change on a daily basis.
There are just so many factors that make one disaster more or less likely.In fact, no one knows, what, when or where a disaster is likely to occur.
The clue is in the word "Prepping". You are getting ready to survive. Ideally to survive any scenario. Of course, any scenario, is just not possible, but as many as you realisticly could.
In fact, 75% of prepping is done at a core level, covering nearly all survival factors. Learn the basics of survival any you almost there.
- Failing to store basic foods.
With companies selling food packs that offer 10 year plus self life it's easy to see how many prepper fall into this trap.
But again, I go back to the fact that you must have a good knowledge of survival and bushcraft skills to compliment your modern equipment and gear.
There are certain 'must have' foods that will make your survival life so much easier - most have an almost unlimited shelf life if stored properly.
Honey, vinegar, sugar, alcohol, corn starch, salt, rice, dry beans, soy source, to name but a few.
These basic foods have more uses than just for cooking and can be a main stay for long term survival.
Go fancy and buy the big bulk food packs by all means, but never forget the basic 'old time' survival foods.
- Prepping for your pets
A bit of an unusual one this, but most of us think of our pets as members of the family, and as such, should be considered when planning for any disaster.
Having a dog is a very good means of defence and an early warning system for intruders or anyone who make be looking for an easy target to steal food and water from.
Don't neglect them - ensure you have good food supplies for them to carry on their job of protecting you. - Failing to put yourself first.
As the 'man/woman of the house', it's your duty to be able to take control of the situation to ensure all the supplies and equipment are the best you can have.
It's your duty to know how things work and to do stuff.
So if your 'man down', everything will be affected. You have to put yourself at the top of the tree and ensure you are looked after first.
This means you must have enough supplies to keep yourself going.
By this I mean keeping yourself fit and healthy. The only way to do this is to have sufficient supplements and medication for you to keep going. Don't overlook your own health.
If you take medication, and need it on a regular basis, you must build up your own personal stocks .
- Badly stored food.
In order to store your long term food supplies, you must adhere to certain storage rules to get the every best results.
There are lots of ways to make your own survival foods but, ignoring the basic storage rules can very easily result in spoiled foods , making them useless and totally uneatable.
There are six rules to ensure good, long term food storage.
Temperature, Oxygen, Moisture, Light, Time and Pests.
Any one of these goes out of sync and you can have big problems that will compromise your whole survival plans.
Check your stored foods regularly. Rotate and use if dates get less than a few years.
- Far to much reliance on yourself.
You simply cannot do everything on your own. Trying to stay fully under the radar and doing everything by yourself is a recipe for disaster in the long term.
As you progress through your prepping life you will come to realise that you lack certain skills and abilities that others have in abundance.
It's not a failure. You cannot be everything to everyone. But this is one of the top 10 prepping mistakes that's a real common one, as relying solely on yourself to survive a disaster has a very high failure rate, and a good chance you'll fail miserably.
By sniffing out other like minded survivalists, your whole prepping and survival world will open up.
You will be amazed at what other preppers have to offer you.
as well as that you will also be amazed at the skills you can offer them.
Remember, not all men are born equal..!!!
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Surviving and learning how to keep alive can take years.
So can prepping for a disaster - do it right from the start and always keep to the key basics.
You wont go far wrong then......
Happy Prepping Folks.
Steve
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E-Books, and especially E Books for the Kindle reader are the number one, modern way to collect and read books.
There are literally millions of books on the E Book format now and all ready for download.
One of the good spin offs from the conventional hardback cover book that takes up hundreds of pages and space on your shelf, is the fact that you can amass a good collect of books to refer back to at any time, all stored on one slim, lightweight device.
Just about all E Books are being bought from Amazon these days, and why not, they have the biggest collection in the world.
As well as the conventional book layout with hundreds of pages, there has emerged a lot of shorter, and more to the point, informative E Books that cover specific sections of various topics.
Prepping is one of those areas that has benefited from the short and direct approach, which is now more popular then ever with us preppers.
So, without further ado – here’s my Top 10 Prepping E Books
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Survival DVD’s are a great way to get yourself all fired up for a weekend of prepping and bushcraft.
They get you in that frame of mind to do things and either catch up on old skills or just go out and be that little bit more daring and take on new survival skills.
Even if you have seen the DVD before and know how it ends, you’ll definitely get that survival buzz to get down and dirty with nature.
This is my personal top 10 survival films and DVD list for a variety of reason – between these ten different films you experience every survival emotion, every survival fear and will even learn some skills along the way.
Survival is 90% in the mind and some of my choice below are very firmly based on the physiological decisions you would have to make in order to stay alive.
Overall they depict the mantra – survival is definitely not easy – how very true.!
Some of my top 10 were made a while back but are all still available on DVD, Blu-Ray and also from Amazon Prime Instant Video.
Of the three methods above, I always use the Amazon Prime Instant Video for my films – it’s stupidly easy and you can get just about any film you want – great invention.!
So, without further ado, here’s my Top 10 Survival Films:
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This great survival story is based on Yann Martels’s best selling book and directed by Ang Lee who tells the story of a young boys epic survival after a disaster at sea.A disaster that throws him into an epic survival journey, stranded on a lifeboat and cast away with ferocious animals including a massive Bengal tiger.
This is essentially a ‘kids’ film but don’t be fooled into thinking it’s all Disney – it’s not a fairy tale journey at all. It’s about conquering impossible odds and surviving on your wits with some classic survival scenarios, flawed plans and twists and turns that won Ang Lee and academy award for ‘best director’ |
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“127 Hours,” is a harrowing true-life story that depicts survival decisions at their most highest. The true life story of Aron Ralston (portrayed by James Franco) whose mind numbing decisions will really make you think what would you have done in a similar situation.
A survival nightmare that slowly keeps you pinned to the edge of your seat. The gruelling survival scenes will make you question your own survival mind-set – would you or wouldn’t you..! Great survival film and certainly worthy of my top 10 survival films list – enjoy. |
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This is the story of a nameless man, played by Viggo Mortensen, who struggles across an unforgiving landscape after an environmental collapse of America.This apocalyptic movie is his struggle for survival against all the odds of doomsday. | ||
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This a film is based around the non-fiction book that follows the two yeas trail of Christopher McCandless as he wonders into the wilderness.His hope of solitude leads him to escape the drudgery of his modern civilized lifestyle as he heads for off for Alaska.
Living entirely on his own in the wilderness.He escapes civilization, only to find out that the real life in the Alaska wilderness isn’t a family camping trip vacation. |
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The Grey is a true grit survival film, directed by director Joe Carnahan. A group of unruly, ex-cons roughneck oil-riggers led by Liam Neeson are forced to survive when their plane crashes down into a remote area of Alaska.With ferocious weather and injured riggers they have only days to try and escape from the Alaska element.
Escape is made even more perilous when they begin to be tracked by a pack of viscous wolves hungry for food. A gritty, rough survival film that make it easily into my top 10 survival films list. |
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Despair, pain, panic and hope fight for supremacy in this outstandingly made and acted film.This is a cruelly heart-wrenching film, accurately based on a true-life story of a Spanish family holidaying in Thailand only to be caught up in the 2004 tsunami that devastated the south-east areas of Asia, subsequently killing 230,000 people.
Far more than a conventional disaster movie. The whole tsunami sequence is a master piece of film-making – and what follows is real emotional power. Starring Ewan McGregor and directed by Juan Antonio Bayona from the script written by Sergio Sánchez, it really shows the physiological and emotional survival battles you need to overcome any disaster and self preservation situation. |
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This is an escape and survival film made on location and filmed in the deepest parts of the jungle of Thailand, and your really drawn in with never the slightest doubt it’s the real jungle.You can sense the hot, humid vegetation and almost smell the rotting ground.
Dengler (played by Christian Bale) is a POW and endures tortures before making his escape in the ‘real’ prison that is the jungle. His harrowing escape is followed only by his even great need to try to survive against nature |
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“All is lost” is a very dramatic portrayal of survival against the odds. The main character, of which there is only one, is played by Robert Radford, as an 77 year old lone sailor.Redford portrays a sequence of survival realisations as he faces no hope’ scenarios one after the other.
A physiological top 10 film that’s more than just making fire! |
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| All Is Lost [DVD] [2013] | All Is Lost [Blu-ray] | |
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Post apocalypse America finds lone wanderer (Denzel Washington) walking west across a devastated landscape for 30 years.His fight to survive is fraught with rampaging gangs and people hell bent on taking anything they can.
The law of no law applies and anything goes now society has collapsed. A definite, classic doomsday survival scenario that many believe would happen. |
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Actor Ryan Reynolds plays a tough trucker working in Iraq when he finds his convoy ambushed and attacked .This film shows the mind games he battles with for his survival as he is buried in a coffin and ‘toyed’ with by his kidnappers.
You are put into the mindset of survive or die, where death seems the most obvious. A good survival film for the mind. |
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| A Cry in the Wild | The Endurance | Jeremiah Johnson | Iron Will | I Am Legend |
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