Doomsday Preppers - Friends Can Become Enemies (FULL EPISODE)

NARRATOR: ACROSS THE COUNTRY ORDINARY AMERICANS FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE ARE TAKING WHATEVER MEASURES NECESSARY
TO PREPARE.
TIM: I'm preparing my family for the total destruction of
the power grid.
JASON: The Yellowstone super volcano.
KELLENE: A financial collapse.
NARRATOR: AND PROTECT THEMSELVES
DOUG: When survival is the goal its into the spider hole.
DONNA: Fast, Fast, Fast, Fast, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go
NARRATOR: FROM WHAT THEY PERCEIVE IS THE FAST APPROACHING
END OF THE WORLD, AS WE KNOW IT.
MATAN: So I'm going to use my teeth.
NARRATOR: NEXT, WE GO INSIDE THE LIVES OF THREE COMMITTED
PREPPERS WHO HAVE DEVISED EXTENSIVE PLANS.
LARRY: There is some 600 tons of reinforcing steel in
this structure.
NARRATOR: GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS
BECKY: We'll know when the government take over has
happened, when they actually knock on your door.
NARRATOR: AND MADE HUGE PERSONAL SACRIFICES,
TO ENSURE THEIR VERY SURVIVAL.
MICHAEL: I've given up being socially acceptable.
NARRATOR: THE EXPERTS WILL ASSESS THEIR EXTREME PREPS AND
DECIDE IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FACE ARMAGEDDON.
LARRY: What wouldn't you do to protect your family?
NARRATOR: AND TO SURVIVE. THIS IS DOOMSDAY PREPPERS
NARRATOR: OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO MICHAEL JAMES PATRICK DOUGLAS,
LEFT THE MARINE CORE AND SETTLED IN AUGUSTA, MAINE
IN SEARCH OF A SIMPLER LIFE.
NOW HE IS A WILDERNESS SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR AND LIVES ON
A 30 ACRE FARM WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS.
WHERE HE'S TRADED HIS BATTLE FATIGUES, FOR HOMEMADE BUCKSKIN,
AND FAST FOOD, FOR FOUND-FOOD.
MICHAEL: This little groundhog, the car took him out if the
hairs pop right out between the shoulder blades the meats too
far gone so I won't take it. Lets go eat.
I've giving up being socially acceptable, guess what I got,
guess what I got, Groundhog!
Don da don! So who wants a groundhog. Alright!
EMILY: I'll have some, I'll have some!
MICHAEL: The reason I came to Maine was to get away
from it all.
I'm preparing for over population to reach
a critical mass.
EMILY: Get on the ground, get on the ground!
NARRATOR: THE GLOBAL POPULATION FIRST REACHED 1 BILLION IN 1804,
AND IN ONLY 200 YEARS, THE GLOBAL POPULATION HAS SOARED
FROM 1 BILLION TO 7 BILLION.
RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT THE PLANET CAN ONLY SUSTAIN A
LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND MICHAEL FEARS THAT WE ARE FAST
APPROACHING CRITICAL MASS, AND WILL EXCEED THE WORLD'S HUMAN
CARRYING CAPACITY.
MICHAEL: Over population reaches critical mass,
soils will be depleted and turned into deserts.
Once those deserts establish themselves it's irreversible.
Giant dust clouds turning the sky red for days will cover
the landscape.
What's going to happen?
Massive food riots in the streets. Violence.
A gallon of water would cost more then a gallon of gas.
NARRATOR: FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS,
MICHAEL HAS SHARPENED HIS OWN SURVIVAL SKILLS,
BUT TO OUTLAST AN OVERPOPULATED WORLD WITH SCARCE RESOURCES,
HE BELIEVES HIS ENTIRE FAMILY MUST BECOME EXPERT PREPPERS TOO,
AND LEARN TO LIVE FROM THE LAND...
MICHAEL: I desperately want to teach my children everything
they need to survive.
Investing every waking hour in what I do,
leaves little if any room for making money for college tuition
for the children, but there is something that's more
important then that.
Today we're going to wake up the kids and bring them out to woods
for the whole day, see where their skill level is at.
Develop it to the point where I'm comfortable and that
they can survive all day.
Hey boys, come on the day started without you, let's go.
We're going out in the woods. No, no school today, Alright.
My middle child Ryan of the three he is the one who walks
furthest from my path.
It's important to have every member of family on board
if we are to survive as a family.
NARRATOR: THE WORLD'S POPULATION RISES BY OVER
200,000 PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY MICHAEL BELIEVES THIS RAPID
INCREASE WILL CAUSE MASSIVE FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGES,
SO HIS SURVIVAL PLAN IS DEPENDENT ON GETTING BACK
TO THE BASICS.
MICHAEL: The key to our survival is that we become that
hunter gather. C'mon Ryan.
RYAN: I am so thirsty!
MICHAEL: Well if you were thirsty what would you do to get
water right here buddy?
RYAN: Get water from the sink.
MICHAEL: How about using spagma moss?
NARRATOR: IF OVERPOPULATION CAUSED WATER TO BECOME POLLUTED
OR INACCESSBILE, THIS ORDINARY PLANT COULD SAVE THEM FROM
DEHYDRATION.
MICHAEL: Its natures sponge.
What you do is you grab a whole bunch of it and usually you can
squeeze it right into your mouth and get water.
You want to try it?
You need to know how to do this so you can keep alive with out
water in 2 to 3 days you are dead do you understand?
RYAN: 2 to 3 days?
MICHAEL: Yeah. So you willing to try it or what?
Look up! There you go!
MICHAEL: Good stuff? RYAN: Funky flavor.
MICHAEL: Well it will keep you alive.
NARRATOR: BECAUSE THE DOUGLAS' LIVE ON A FARM THAT PRODUCES
FOOD AND HAVE 400 GALLONS OF WATER CACHES, MICHAEL FEARS
THEY COULD BECOME A TARGET IN AN OVERPOPULATED WORLD.
SO HE HAS DEVELOPED HIS VERY OWN ALARM SYSTEM,
TO WARN THEM OF DANGEROUS MARAUDERS IN SEARCH
OF PROVISIONS.
MICHAEL: Out here in the rural areas,
people are going to be spilling out to take what farmers have.
I'm not going to allow my family to be a target.
I've had the opportunity to play with thermal imagery cameras.
Motion detectors. Early detection systems of all kinds.
You know what I use? Bird feeders.
Birds alarm at the most subtle of threats.
By listing to the bird alarms, you have awareness of people
approaching you.
NARRATOR: EVERY BIRD PRODUCES A DIFFERENT SOUND,
AND EACH OF THEIR CALLS COMMUNICATES A PARTICULAR
MEANING, A LANGUAGE MICHAEL HAS STUDIED FOR OVER TWO DECADES,
AND IS NOW PASSING ONTO HIS CHILDREN
MICHAEL: What's that?
EMILY: Nuthatch. what's..Chickadee. good
NARRATOR: TODAY MICHAEL IS TEACHING EMILY ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROBIN'S "DISTRESS CALL",
WHICH HE BELIEVES COULD GIVE THE FAMILY A FULL 5 MINUTES
TO PREPARE FOR ANY APPROACHING DANGER...
MICHAEL: Alright this ones not out, but tell me what it is,
because its really important. Ready?
EMILY: Robin's alarm?
MICHAEL: Yeah, know that one, that means somebody is coming
with a lot of angry energy. Ok?
When you have a kid who can hear that 300 yards away in
the din of society their awareness is amped.
NARRATOR: MOST PREPPERS STOCK UP ON FIREARMS FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
BUT MICHAEL DOES NOT POSSESS GUNS.
HE BELIEVES THAT OVERPOPULATION WOULD CAUSE AMMUNITION TO BECOME
A FINITE RESOURCE, AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE DEPENDENT ON IT.
MICHAEL: You don't need to rely on bright shiny objects,
like knives and other you know guns, instead you plug into
the landscape to see what it can offer you.
NARRATOR: INSTEAD HIS LETHAL WEAPON OF CHOICE IS MADE SIMPLY
FROM AN OAK TREE AND A RAILROAD SPIKE...
MICHAEL: Nice, other side. Excellent.
Take it and chop it, right into the base of the head. Boom.
NARRATOR: DAKOTA HAS PRACTICED THROWING TOMAHAWKS FOR OVER
SEVEN YEARS AND HE HAS MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING
TODAY, MICHAEL IS COMBINING BOTH OF THESE SKILLS TO TEACH DAKOTA
A NEW TOMAHAWK TECHNIQUE THAT HE COULD USE TO FIGHT POTENTIAL
INVADERS INSIDE THEIR HOME.
MICHAEL: All right, guiding around, boom.
You're holding the blades and now you have your blocks
your strikes, your long distance
Just remember, lethal hold the blade non lethal. Alright?
This is crowd control, escape, this is theres nowhere else
to go but life or death.
Your sister and brother are too young don't share that stuff
with them.
DAKATOA: One day I hope to be as good as he is, if not better
NARRATOR: ALTHOUGH, THE TOMAHAWK IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
WEAPON ON THE DOUGLAS' FARM, IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.
LIKE A TRUE PREPPER, MICHAEL ALWAYS HAS A "PLAN B."
MICHAEL: This is as powerful as a shotgun,
really try to take out one of these targets. Yes!
NARRATOR: A "THROWING STICK"IS A HANDMADE WOODEN TOOL WITH
A SHARPENED END...
WHEN THROWN SIDEWAYS IT IS AN EFFECTIVE HUNTING WEAPON
FOR SMALL GAME SUCH AS RABBITS.
MICHAEL: Side arm just like a martial arts punch.
The spinning action of this stick when it hits creates all
that force.
You want to do a throwing stick with us?
RYAN: No I'm good.
MICHAEL: Alright go ride your bike. Everybody needs this.
Who doesn't want their children to come home alive.
NARRATOR: BUT FOR MICHAEL OFFENSIVE TRAINING IS NOT ENOUGH
HE WANTS HIS KIDS TO BE READY FOR DANGER AT ANY MOMENT,
WHETHER THEY HAVE A WEAPON OR NOT.
SO HE CONDUCTS SELF DEFENSE DRILLS EVERYDAY,
MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, AND OFTEN, WITHOUT WARNING...
MICHAEL: My kids are in there playing right now,
so what I want to do is give them kind of an awareness drill,
you know this is how they start to evolve their skill sets.
So with that in mind, lets go have some fun.
Hands in the air! Hands in the air now!
What do you do? Both hands!
EMILY: Get on the ground, get on the ground!
MICHAEL: Not bad.
EMILY: Yeah not bad for a two year old!
MICHAEL: I get moments where people think that' I'm crazy
or too far gone all the time.
But is it all worth it, yeah. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
NARRATOR: MICHAEL DOUGLAS IS DETERMINED TO PREPARE HIS ENTIRE
FAMILY FOR AN OVERPOPULATED WORLD.. BUT IS HIS RELUCTANT
12-YEAR-OLD SON RYAN READY?
MICHAEL: Alright so are you up for it?
RYAN: Uh I guess so.
MICHAEL: I want to know not, a uh I guess so. Yes or no?
NARRATOR: NEXT MICHAEL PUTS HIM THROUGH THE PREPPING TEST
OF HIS LIFE...
MICHAEL: Three, two, one.
NARRATOR: MICHAEL JAMES PATRICK DOUGLAS IS PREPARING FOR
OVERPOPULATION TO DECIMATE OUR PLANET'S RESOURCES AND CHANGE
THE WAY WE LIVE FOREVER.
200 PEOPLE ARE BORN EVERY SINGLE MINUTE WORLDWIDE,
SO MICHAEL SPENDS COUNTLESS HOURS EACH DAY PREPARING
HIS CHILDREN FOR AN OVERCROWDED WORLD...
BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE FOLLOWING IN HIS PREPPING
FOOTSTEPS.
MICHAEL: Ryan when he kind of drags his feet and hangs behind
his brother and sister.
It's so hard not to get frustrated.
If my family is going to survive everybody needs to be on board.
Hey little man, can I talk? RYAN: Yeah.
NARRATOR: TODAY, MICHAEL IS HAVING A FATHER/SON TALK WITH
HIS 12-YEAR-OLD SON, RYAN.
HE BELIEVES IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO BE PUT TO THE ULTIMATE
FAMILY TEST..
MICHAEL: I've been thinking about your right of passage.
The right of passage that my children go through is
recognizing that they have the essential skills in order
to survive.
The two key things for your right of passage are going to be
your shelter and your fire.
NARRATOR: IF OVERPOPULATION CAUSES FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGES
MICHAEL BELIEVES HIS FAMILY MAY HAVE TO SEEK OUT RESOURCES
FURTHER FROM HOME...
BUT HUNTING AND GATHERING ON FOOT DURING THE MAINE WINTER
WHEN TEMPERATURES CAN REACH 50 BELOW ZERO
COULD BE LIFE THREATING.
MICHAEL: Without shelter, you succumb to hypothermia.
RYAN: If I do this do I get a prize?
MICHAEL: Yeah the prize is that you're able to survive.
RYAN: I don't need to know all the different skills that
he teaches me.
Like for the food: pizza. Fire: matches.
Water: sink, I'm not drinking out of moss.
MICHAEL: All right so are you up for it?
RYAN: I guess so.
MICHAEL: I want to know, not a guess so, a yes or a no.
RYAN: Yes. Alright.
MICHAEL: Come on lets go.
It is absolutely vital that Ryan learn how to build shelter.
It is the first priority in physical survival.
NARRATOR: MICHAEL WANTS RYAN TO BUILD A SHELTER WITHOUT RELYING
ON STORE BOUGHT PREPPING TOOLS.
INSTEAD HE'LL HAVE TO USE JUST WHAT HE CAN FIND IN THE WOODS,
MICHAEL: A lot of preppers get so infatuated with new toys.
They're temporary conveniences that will eventually rust fall
apart, break, get lost.
MICHAEL: We are going to need some ribbing,
so gather these stout branches ok? As many as you can get.
First step is to set up the rib hold and
then we put the ribs on.
What we need to do is create a tripod interlocking these
four sticks together.
NARRATOR: RYAN AND MICHAEL ARE BUILDING A DEBRIS HUT- A SMALL
SHELTER THAT CAN BE ASSEMBLED IN ALMOST ANY LOCATION,
AND WORKS BY INSULATING HUMAN BODY HEAT UNDER HUNDREDS
OF LAYERS OF LEAVES.
MICHAEL: All of this debris can keep your body heat close
to you, so we want the inside to be really tight and small.
MICHAEL: Once you get enough leaves your going to be able to
stay warm well below freezing, and nothing but pair of shorts
and a tee shirt. Inch worm yourself in.
NARRATOR: KNOWING THAT SHELTERS LIKE THIS COULD ONE DAY SAVE HIS
LIFE, MICHAEL SPENDS AN AVERAGE 40 NIGHTS A YEAR CONSTRUCTING
AND SLEEPING IN DEBRIS HUTS...
HE CAN ASSESS HOW WEATHERPROOF THEY ARE WITH ONE SIMPLE,
FOOLPROOF TEST
MICHAEL: Three, two, one, any leaks or drips?
RYAN: Nope!
MICHAEL: Come on out lets see what you look like.
Not bad little man. Good job.
NARRATOR: RYAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROVED THAT HE CAN BUILD A
SHELTER, BUT TO COMPLETE HIS RITE OF PASSAGE,
HE WILL HAVE TO SHOW HIS DAD THAT HE CAN CREATE LIGHT WARMTH
AND HEAT TO COOK THE DAYS HUNT. HE'll HAVE TO MAKE A FIRE.
MICHAEL: When you can manifest fire off the landscape,
you don't have to worry about oil.
Fire equals cooked food, light, warmth.
NARRATOR: RYAN MUST START A FIRE USING ONLY A BOW DRILL
AND PIECE OF NOTCHED WOOD...
ALL ITEMS THAT CAN BE EASILY MADE FROM
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
MICHAEL: You're doing it! You got a coal!
Check it out, check it out!
Ok buddy stay calm, stay calm here,
I'm going to dump it carefully into the tinder bundle,
do this very, very, gently.
Squeeze the sides of the tinder bundle like a taco,
ok a little hard, a little harder, through it, through it,
dude you got fire little man! Alright!
Good job, that's your fire. RYAN: That's a good fire.
MICHAEL: You're entering a new stage of your life.
You're no longer a little kid any more.
You're tuning into a young man, this here is your umbilical cord
NARRATOR: WHEN THE DOUGLAS CHILDREN PROVE THEY CAN SURVIVE
AN OVERPOPULATED WORLD, THEY ARE PRESENTED WITH THEIR OWN
UMBILICAL CORD, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESERVED,
IN CEDAR WOOD AND SWEETGRASS SINCE THEIR BIRTH.
MICHAEL: It represents your attachment to me and mom.
But today you proved that you are a survivor,
and that you're ready to take the next step so I'm giving it
to you.
It signifies that you're your own person right now.
All right these abilities that you showed me today are proof
that you are a survivor, and I hope you peruse it because
our family is counting on you.
When it hits the fan our family is plan is not to survive
but sur-thrive.
NARRATOR: MICHAEL, THE EXPERTS, PRACTICAL PREPPERS,
BELIEVE THAT BEING ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING OFF THE LAND PUTS YOU WAY
AHEAD OF THE PREPAREDNESS CURVE.
IT WILL BE INVALUABLE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
NARRATOR: HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CLIMATE IN MAINE,
WE ARE CONCERNED WHAT FOOD YOU ARE ABLE TO GROW DURING
THE WINTER MONTHS
MICHAEL: The point about our food's shortcomings through
winter, spot on.
MICHAEL: Since the departure of the Natgeo film crew,
we have emphasized endurance training, strength training,
and conditioning to include a acclimatization to harsh
environments.
NARRATOR: WHILE THE EARTH'S POPULATION HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED
SINCE 1959, THE UNITED NATIONS PREDICTS THAT GROWTH WILL BEGIN
TO SLOW IN THE NEXT CENTURY, AND LEVEL AT 10 BILLION BY 2100
NARRATOR: REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPER LARRY HALL IS BUILDING LUXURY
SURVIVAL CONDOS GUARANTEED TO HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SURVIVE
EVERYTHING FROM SOLAR FLARES TO A POLAR SHIFT IF YOU CAN AFFORD
THE MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG.
LARRY: Wow now Joe, that is a water tank!
NARRATOR: LARRY HALL IS AN ENGINEER TURNED REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPER
HIS LATEST INVESTMENT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE PICTURESQUE
PLAINS OF KANSAS
A LUXURY CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX COMPLETE WITH A GYM,
POOL., AND A MOVIE THEATER .
LARRY: Hey Joe. The water tanks coming good?
JOE: Yeah
LARRY: I've been around the building industry my whole life.
I've built everything from residential properties up
through and including high tech military and industrial
applications.
See we got concrete in the hole. JOE: I see that.
LARRY: That's a milestone man that's been a long time coming.
NARRATOR: BUT LARRY'S NOT BUILDING A NORMAL CONDO COMPLEX.
LARRY: I'm building a luxury survival condominium to protect
against solar flare, worldwide economic collapse or anything
mother nature can throw at us.
Something is going on.
Things aren't as normal as they were and so that caused
a great concern for me.
The survival condo project is a one size fits all solution
to solar flares and loss of the grid, avian bird flu,
nuclear explosion, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions.
NARRATOR: WHEN COMPLETE THIS 14-STORY HIGH-RISE WILL PROTECT
UP TO 70 PREPPERS WITHIN ITS WALLS, INCLUDING LARRY HIMSELF.
LARRY: I've got a family.
I have a wife and a 6-year old son.
When you become a parent suddenly you aren't the most
important thing anymore.
It makes me feel responsible in having to prepare
NARRATOR: TO PROTECT HIS CONDO RESIDENTS FROM THE DEVASTATION
AND SOCIAL CHAOS THAT HE BELIEVES COULD FOLLOW ANYTHING
FROM A SOLAR FLARE TO NUCLEAR WAR,
LARRY HAS HIDDEN THE ENTIRE CONDO COMPLEX COMPLETELY
FROM SIGHT...
LARRY: We don't want it to be a convenient target for possible
marauders or for population centers to be attracted to.
NARRATOR: SO THIS HIGH RISE IS NOT BEING BUILT UP,
IT'S BEING BUILT DOWN...
LARRY: You know, it's a 14 story building embedded in 9 foot
of concrete at 175 feet into the ground.
NARRATOR: AND THIS IS NO ORDINARY HOLE IN THE GROUND...
IT IS A FORMER NUCLEAR MISSILE SILO,
BUILT IN THE 1960'S AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR ...
LARRY: This was designed to house an intercontinental
ballistic missile that was capable of reaching
the Soviet Union.
It was designed to open and lift the missile to the surface,
where it could then be launched.
NARRATOR: THIS FORMIDABLE CONCRETE SHELL WAS DESIGNED
TO WITHSTAND A DIRECT NUCLEAR STRIKE AND CAN TAKE 100 POUNDS
OF PRESSURE PER SQUARE INCH, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A STORM
WITH OVER 1500 MILE PER HOUR WINDS
LARRY: There is some 600 tons of reinforcing steel in this
structure so if there were super tornados out here,
life would be uninterrupted for the survivalist that would be
inside here.
NARRATOR: IN LARRY'S CONDOS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE ON VACATION NOT LIKE YOU'RE SURVIVING DOOMSDAY
LARRY: We've got a swimming pool, we've got exercise,
we have a library and classroom, we've got a movie theater,
we've got a bar and lounge in here.
NARRATOR: BUT LUXURY COMES AT A PRICE.
LARRY HAS SUNK $3 MILLION DOLLARS AND COUNTING INTO THIS
LARGE HOLE TO ENSURE THAT HIS PREPPERS GET ONLY THE BEST.
LARRY: We have duel fuel ranges,
a high-end countertop materials, bamboo renewable wood floors.
NARRATOR: BUT BELIEVING THAT ANYTHING FROM AN ECONOMIC
COLLAPSE TO A PANDEMIC COULD THREATEN BASIC SERVICES LIKE
FOOD, WATER AND ELECTRICITY, LARRY HAS CUSTOMIZED MANY
"PREPPER SPECIFIC" EXTRAS TO ENSURE THE POST-APOCALYPTIC
SURVIVAL OF HIS CLIENTS
LARRY: Some of the features that we've had to design into
the survival condominium that you would not see in a normal
building include, redundancy for key life support structures,
like redundant water systems.
This morning on my way into the water tank manufacturer.
NARRATOR: THE AVERAGE AMERICAN USES A STAGGERING 100 GALLONS OF
WATER EACH DAY, ENOUGH TO FILL 1600 DRINKING GLASSES SO IF AN
EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI OR NUCLEAR WAR CAUSED THE COUNTRY'S WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEMS TO BREAK DOWN, LARRY HAS A BACK UP PLAN
LARRY: Wow, now Joe that is a water tank
JOE: That's what your ordered.
Plan on furnishing with several drinks of water and I believe
that will do that job.
NARRATOR: THE 25,000 GALLONS OF WATER STORED IN THESE TANKS IS
ENOUGH TO FILL A SMALL SWIMMING POOL,
AND IF RATIONED LARRY BELIEVES IT WILL ALLOW HIS 70 PREPPER
RESIDENTS TO SURVIVE SAFELY COCOONED IN THE MISSILE SHAFT
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
LARRY: With the threats that are out there a lot of these
investors really want to have 25,000 gallons
as a minimum buffer and this gives them a reservoir
that is independent of everyone else,
regardless of what happens to in the other supplies.
JOE: It will probably be ready for installation with
in the next couple of weeks.
LARRY: That puts a lot of minds at ease.
The people in the United States are so used to this machine that
we call our society being able to provide for them and when
that machine breaks people get desperate,
people get hungry and that escalates the snowball
of civil unrest.
NARRATOR: WORRIED THAT HIS LUXURY CONDOS WILL BECOME A
POST-APOCALYPTIC TARGET, LARRY HAS DEVISED A HALF A MILLION
DOLLAR, 4 STAGE SECURITY PLAN
STAGE ONE IS A 7 FOOT HIGH PERIMETER FENCE THAT WILL ACT
AS AN INITIAL BARRIER TO WARD OFF ATTACKERS
LARRY: Perry did I just see this gate move on its own?
PERRY: Finally, yes. LARRY: You just made my day.
PERRY: It's only taken what 3 weeks now.
You want these I'm sure. LARRY: I do want these.
PERRY: Make sure you push the right button, the large one.
LARRY: The large one, you made it idiot proof for me. Perfect.
PERRY: Well I'm not sure we can solve that problem.
NARRATOR: SECURITY STAGE 2 IS A COMPLEX SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT
MONITORS BOTH THE PERIMETER AND INTERIOR OF THE UNDERGROUND
COMPLEX AND IS DESIGNED TO ALERT RESIDENTS TO ANY BREAK
IN ON SITE
PERRY: We are going to put state of the art electronics.
LARRY: We have a fingerprint scanner biometrics system.
PERRY: Motion censors through out the whole facility.
They'll be cameras everywhere.
They'll be more cameras probably then the White House,
I don't know.
NARRATOR: IF THE OUTER DEFENSES ARE BREACHED BY ATTACKERS,
STAGE 3 IS THE PROTRUDING ENTRANCE OF THE MISSILE SILO
ITSELF.
LARRY: You're shooting at a concrete structure that's
9 feet thick.
You're going to run out of ammunition.
NARRATOR: AND IF ANYONE IS DETERMINED ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH STAGES
1, 2 AND 3- LARRY'S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IS HIS OWN ARMY
OF PREPPERS- THE 70 BATTLE READY RESIDENTS OF HIS CONDO.
LARRY: The exact quantity of weapons that we have is covered
by some confidentiality agreements,
but we have everything from hand guns, shotguns to,
automatic rifles, we have ammo well in excess of tens
of thousands of rounds. So we could fight a small war.
NARRATOR: LARRY HAS THOUGHT THROUGH EVERY DETAIL
OF APOCALYPSE LIVING, BUT NONE OF IT MEANS ANYTHING IF
HE CAN'T MAKE A SALE.
NEXT, LARRY TAKES A POTENTIAL RESIDENT ON THE HOME TOUR
OF HER LIFE...
LARRY: Now that you've seen it, how do you fell about
your interest level?
NARRATOR: ON THE WINDY PLAINS OF KANSAS,
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER & ENGINEER LARRY HALL IS BUILDING A LUXURY
APARTMENT BUILDING FOR AN UNUSUAL CLIENTELE:
"PREPPERS" WHO WANT TO ESCAPE THE END OF THE WORLD...
LARRY: The people that are contacting us are concerned
about global economic collapse, a terrorist threat,
the climate change whipping out the majority of our food
production, a pole shift, a meteorite or comet strike.
We've gotten everything here and this facility is not just
a single event type thing.
NARRATOR: BUT TO BUY YOUR WAY OUT OF THE APOCALYPSE,
YOU'LL NEED SPARE CHANGE TO THE TUNE OF 1 OR 2 MILLION DOLLARS
THE PRICE OF A PALATIAL 6 BEDROOM MANSION IN KANSAS CITY
LARRY: Today we have a perspective buyer that's
her first visit to the site.
We're going to show her where we are in the construction process.
NARRATOR: SARAH IS A SUBURBAN MOM LIVING IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
TODAY SHE'S DRIVING TO LARRY'S MISSILE SITE TO SEE IF DOOMSDAY
LUXURY IS ALL IT'S CUT OUT TO BE...
SARAH: You can't ignore everything from the weather
changes whether they be natural cycles or whether they be
something more serious.
I think it's just the beginning of what we are looking at.
NARRATOR: BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS,
SARAH HAS REQUESTED THAT HER IDENTITY NOT BE REVEALED
ON CAMERA
LARRY: A lot of the people that are interested in this project
want to be somewhat anonymous, so certainly they don't want
to be filmed.
SARAH: So my worse case scenario would be nuclear war,
or biological war, I'm wanting to put myself and my family in
an environment that we will be as safe as possible.
NARRATOR: MANY AMERICANS CAN IDENTIFY WITH SARAH'S SENSE
OF IMPENDING DREAD.
A RECENT POLL FOUND THAT 41% OF AMERICANS FEEL THAT PREPARING
FOR A DISASTROUS EVENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING
FOR RETIREMENT, AND OVER HALF BELIEVE SOME KIND OF
CARASTROPHIC EVENT WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS
LARRY: Hi Sarah SARAH: Hi
LARRY: You ready to see the project?
SARAH: I am ready to see the project.
I've read about it, now its time to see it.
LARRY: Great I'm glad you're here lets go inside.
NARRATOR: WITH OVER 3 MILLION INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT,
AND A POTENTIAL 2 MILLION DOLLAR SALE RIDING ON THIS MEETING,
THE STAKES FOR LARRY ARE HIGH...
LARRY: We have 7 residential levels.
We've got a movie theater and a bar and a lounge down here
NARRATOR: SARAH IS, OF COURSE, EAGER TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH
SHE WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP FOR THE APOCALYPSE
SARAH: Some of the luxuries that I guess in a lock down
situation you would expect to give up would be cable,
internet, satellite, TV...
LARRY: You're the first person to ask that
SARAH: Internet, how am I going to log into my facebook!
LARRY: Well actually we have some specialized servers
that keeps snapshots of webpages on the internet
SARAH: Right, okay.
LARRY: We have live copy. A lot of thought went in to that.
Alright, you ready to go see the units?
SARAH: I am. Lets go take a look.
LARRY: This is a formable door
NARRATOR: INSIDE LARRY'S CONDOS,
LIFE IS SET UP TO FEEL AS "NORMAL" AS POSSIBLE,
IN SPITE OF THE END OF DAYS RAGING OUTSIDE
LARRY: Come in watch your step.
NARRATOR: EVERY TENANT IN LARRY'S BUILDING WILL
"GO TO WORK" EACH DAY
LARRY: The normalcy of your day to day operations is important
Everyone in here will have to work a minimum of four hours
a day with regular preventative maintenance and manning
the security desk. And things like that.
NARRATOR: AND ON THE WAY BACK TO THEIR CONDO,
THEY CAN STOP OFF AT THE LOCAL "SUPERMARKET" TO PICK UP
THEIR GROCERIES.
LARRY: The level that we're on here this is the general store
and it will be set up like a general store.
You'll see sundries around.
SARAH: It allows you to still feel like you're going to the
store on your way home from work to grab what you're fixing
for dinner.
LARRY: You're actually socializing and going through
the same motions that you would normally.
SARAH: Normally, Okay
LARRY: We have a combination of freeze dried and dehydrated
food sources.
60 months per person which is 5 years and that's on about
a 25 hundred calorie per day calculation so that's a pretty
formidable food reserve by itself.
Now this is the highest of the 7 residential floors.
This also happens to be my space that my condo is being built in.
In true life fashion my wife and I haven't agreed on a floor plan
on our unit yet.
SARAH: Yeah I can imagine.
LARRY: You can see that's it's a pretty big space
SARAH: With the tall ceilings you don't feel all that
closed in.
You know that 10 foot, that extra vertical real estate
LARRY: Exactly.
We consulted with some psychologists that gave us some
really useful advice to how to prevent getting cabin fever
or going stir crazy.
NARRATOR: LARRY'S CEILINGS ARE 2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD
8 FOOT SEEN IN MOST AMERICAN HOMES,
AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT JUST THIS SMALL DIFFERENCE CAN
ACTUALLY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LESS CONSTRAINED, AND EVEN "HAPPIER"
LARRY: You know it's a very confortable space.
NARRATOR: AND THOUGH LARRY'S PREPPER CONDOS ARE 175 FEET
UNDERGROUND, HIS BUYERS STILL HAVE A CHOICE OF VIEW
TO CONSIDER..
LARRY: The artificial windows will be really fun.
NARRATOR: LARRY'S ELECTRONIC WINDOWS CAN LOOK OUT ON ANY
VIEW YOU WANT
SARAH: Can I be on a beach?
LARRY: You can be on a beach you can be at San Francisco
harbor, you could live in a aquarium,
you could live in the space station.
SARAH: Ok, alright.
NARRATOR: BUT WILL LARRY'S EXTENSIVE FOOD,
WATER AND SECURITY PREPS SELL SARAH ON THE APOCALYPTIC DREAM?
LARRY: Well now that you've seen it and you have an
appreciation for what's involved here how do you feel about
your interest level?
SARAH: Honestly my interest is up quite a bit you know I need
to discuss with my family.
LARRY: I think its important to let you know that I have at
least 12 people that are in an active state of questions and
answers that the high interest level is being driven by the
threats that we're seeing in the world right now and it seems
to be picking up so...
SARAH: Right, well its what pushed me to this point this
fast so I can understand that.
LARRY: You're not alone
NARRATOR: AT THE END OF ANOTHER 14-HOUR LONG DAY ON SITE,
LARRY AND HIS CONSTRUCTION TEAM ARE FINALLY TAKING THE TIME TO
CRACK OPEN A BEER AND DISCUSS THEIR OWN FEARS ABOUT THE END
OF DAYS...
LARRY: I think the solar flares are the worst threat.
you loosing a big part of the power grid is what would
deteriorate on so many levels
PERRY: People do not know how to take care of themselves.
They are totally dependent on the city the state
the government.
LARRY: Things could get bad really quick,
that's what scares me the most.
You know what wouldn't you do to protect our family?
PERRY: You would do thing normally that you wouldn't do,
and that's scary to think about that you might.
LARRY: Exactly, the answer is prepared because you don't want
to deal with the alternatives.
well said So that's where we are at very well said.
NARRATOR: LARRY, THE EXPERTS THINK YOUR FACILITY IS EXTREMELY
WELL PREPPED, AND ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO SECURE A UNIT WILL HAVE
BETTER PEACE OF MIND IN CASE OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT
LARRY: Ok.
NARRATOR: HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT RECRUITING
INHABITANTS WITH ADVANCED SKILL-SETS INCLUDING THOSE WITH
MEDICAL AND MILITARY TRAINING
LARRY: I agree 100% with that comment.
We attempted to do just that but given the economic conditions
that we have today, that option became over come by events
for lack of a better term.
LARRY: Since NatGeo was here we've had 5 offers for
purchasing various units, we're getting a lot of activity in
that area of the project and we hope to close some deals
pretty soon.
NARRATOR: BECKY BROWN BELIEVES THAT THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT WILL DECLARE MARTIAL LAW AND TAKE AWAY BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS FROM ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS.
SHE HAS SPENT 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS PREPPING IN FEAR OF
A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER, BUT HOW PREPARED IS SHE?
NARRATOR: BECKY BROWN, IS A THRITY-SOMETHING,
WHO LIVES IN SALT LAKE CITY, WHERE SHE IS IN HER LAST
SEMESTER OF BUSINESS SCHOOL
BECKY: Hey! hey guys Thanks for coming, thanks for having us,
what are we talking about today?
so I thought that for todays study group that we could talk
about something that we haven't talked much about which is
the government is not doing very well right now.
A big portion of the public in the U.S. is unemployed.
NARRATOR: BECAUSE OF OUR NATIONS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
BECKY BELIEVES THE ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE CAUSING THE GOVERNMENT
TO FORCIBLY TAKE OVER AND DECLARE MARTIAL LAW,
WHICH WOULD DISMANTLE DEMOCRACY AND STRIP AMERICAN CITIZENS
OF THEIR BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
BECKY: Regular citizens have no idea what's going on.
I just study things and put the clues together and go hrmm..
I foresee the government takeover happening with in
the next year or two. Honestly.
I think that we have more problems in our government as
a whole right now then ever before.
They could literally come in with the army call martial law.
The city would look like chaos, the highways and the roads would
be shut off because they are going to mandate who goes where.
We won't have a water supply they're going to hold the water
for the most elite.
We are going to be left surviving on our own with
what we have already.
We'll know when the government takeover has happened when
they actually knock on your door.
It's going to come by surprise, and we'll wake up the next
morning and going should of bough some food storage.
I've Spent close to $50,000 prepping.
$30,000 in the last year.
I probably spend about 4 hours a day thinking about prepping,
that has prevented me from being in a long-term relationship.
When I'm not in school I spend all day everyday prepping,
that's all I do.
NARRATOR: BECKY'S PREPARATIONS INFLUENCE ALL FACETS OF
HER LIFE, INCLUDING HER CURRENT LOCATION.
SHE LOOKED AT SEVERAL APARTMENTS AND FINALLY SETTLED ON
HER PRESENT HOME
BECKY: I choose to live in this house particularly because
the capitol is literally right in my backyard.
Having the capital right behind me is a constant reminder that
the government could declare martial law,
and take over the city so it's a blessing that I'm living
so close to be able to put the clues together.
NARRATOR: MANY PREPPERS DO NOT DISCLOSE THEY HAVE EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES IN FEAR OF BECOMING A TARGET,
BUT BECKY BELIEVES THAT COLLABORATION IS KEY TO
SURVIVING A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER SO SHE HAS INVITED HER CLOSE
FRIENDS ISAAC SPENCER AND HER NEW ACQUAINTANCE VICTORIA FOR
A INFORMAL GATHERING.
BECKY: You guys know that I'm into prepping, right?
yeah so I just want to invite you over to try and show you
what I have.
I am afraid for my friends that don't prep.
VICTORIA: I have been thinking about preparing,
but I just have never done anything about it.
BECKY: I see that the government is getting more and
more control and I honestly think that their will probably
end up being martial law government takeover declared.
You kind of have to have a back up plan thought out a head
of time.
I'm really concerned about my friends and family and you know
I just want you guys to be prepared too.
So you want to see what I have? yeah
NARRATOR: BECKY LIVES IN AN 1800 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT,
AND HAS A 200 SQUARE FOOT ROOM, DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO HER PREPS.
THE ROOM HOLDS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED GALLONS OF WATER,
AND OVER 4000 SERVINGS OF LONG-TERM FOOD.
BECKY: If the government takes over we are going to run out
of food.
The trucks are going to stop moving,
the trucks stop moving in the country we are not going to be
able to get the food from the farms to the stores,
so we are going to be stuck.
You're going to need food storage and this stuff is
awesome, they come in mylar bags.
NARRATOR: MYLAR BAGS ARE COMMONLY USED IN PREPPING,
BECAUSE THEY CREATE A STRONG BARRIER AGAINST OXYGEN,
ALLOWING DEHYDRATED FOODS TO BE STORED FOR UP TO TWENTY YEARS.
BECKY HAS 800 OF THESE BAGS STOWED AWAY IN WHAT SHE CALLS
"GRAB AND GO" BUCKETS.
BECKY: With one of these grab and go buckets that weighs
17 pounds, you know, just check it out.
If you had to run with one of those that would feed you for
about two months, one person.
ISAAC: Run with this?
BECKY: Who knows if they were to show up on our front door
step and say ok you no longer live here.
NARRATOR: BECKY BELIEVES THAT IF MARTIAL LAW WERE DECLARED,
THOUSANDS OF SALT LAKE CITY RESIDENTS WOULD ATTEMPT TO
ESCAPE AT THE SAME TIME.
WHICH WOULD MAKE HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE AND FORE THEM
TO TRAVEL BY FOOT.
NARRATOR: You will be on foot at one time or another.
It's going to be really important to have something,
turn around spencer.
A bug out bag is also known as a 72 hour kit,
so if you have to have bug out or get out of town you have a
back up plan.
NARRATOR: MOST PREPPERS CONSIDER BUG OUT BAGS A
NECESSITY, AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY PACKED WITH FOOD,
WATER, AND FIRST AID SUPPLIES.
BECAUSE BECKY FEARS A TAKEOVER COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME HAVING
ONE IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.
BECKY: I have several bug out bags,
my big bug out bag usually stays at home,
but I have smaller ones that I keep in my car.
Anywhere I go, I always have that safety net.
Take breaks unless your being chased.
But that would give you enough supplies for 72 hours.
SPENCER I could run about 50 feet with that. Yeah.
NARRATOR: BECKY BELIEVES THAT THE LACK OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE
IN A GOVERNMENT TAKOVER WILL INCITE CIVIL UNREST,
SO-SELF-PROTECTION WILL BE AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING FOOD AND
WATER.
BECKY: So you can imagine that when the government takes over,
your guarding your family, your guarding your resources,
your guarding your food and water,
people are going to want to get at it that don't have it.
My intent isn't to scare you, it's to prepare you.
If you don't have a gun then you can get something like this.
Its pretty easy you just go like that woah!
you know it can put them out for about 5 minutes
NARRATOR: BECKY'S STUN GUN WORKS USING ONLY A 9-VOLT
BATTERY AND CAN INCAPACITATE A ATTACKER,
BY SHOCKING THEM WITH UP TO A 150,000 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY.
BECKY: that's a lot of electricity going through there.
I thought it was illegal, its not.
ISAAC: She's always trying to convince other people to get
into what she's doing.
BECKY: I hope they will realize the value in it,
and start preparing on their own.
VICTORIA: I was very overwhelmed by the intensity of
her preparedness, but it made a lot more sense to me
as it went on.
NARRATOR: WITH ONLY A NON-LETHAL WEAPON,
HOW WILL BECKY PROTECT HERSELF AND HER PREPS EFFECTIVY?
AND WHAT WILL THE EXPERTS THINK?
BECKY BROWN HAS SPENT 50,000 DOLLARS PREPARING FOR A HOSTILE
GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER, IN WHICH SHE BELIEVES ORDINARY CITIZENS
WILL BE DEPRIVED OF BASIC NECESSITIES.
SHE HAS 5 YEARS OF FOOD STORAGE AND IS PREPPING HER FRIENDS FOR
ADDED SUPPORT, BUT HOW WILL SHE DEFEND HER PROVISIONS FORM
THE VIOLENCE SHE EXPECTS?
NARRATOR: SALT LAKE CITY HAD OVER 13, 000 PROPRIETY CRIMES
IN 2010, BECKY FEARS THAT FIGURE WILLONLY
RISE IN A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER.
AS THOSE WHO DO NOT PREPARE WILL TAKE FROM THOSE WHO DID.
TO SAFEGUARD HER PREPS BECKY IS STARTING SECURITY TRAINING WITH
HER FRIEND A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SNIPER WHOSE IDENTITY
MUST BE CONCEALED DUE TO THE HIGH RISK NATURE OF
HIS OCCUPATION.
BECKY: So Bob lets call him.
He used to work in Iraq protecting officials.
He has been in a lot rough situations.
BOB: What kinds of situation are we talking about?
We are talking about, civil unrest kind of thing?
BECKY: Yeah like if the government takes over.
BOB: What kind of weapons do you have?
BECKY: Yeah that's what I was going to show you.
NARRATOR: A STUN GUN IS A NON-LETHAL WEAPON THAT CAN ONLY
BE USED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHEN THE ELECTRODES ARE PRESSED
AGAINST THE ATTACKER.
BOB: That will do the trick if somebody is right in your face
and on top of you ok?
But the key to this is, you don't want to get that close.
NARRATOR: IF INTRUDERS BROKE INTO BECKY'S HOME IN SEARCH
OF FOOD AND WATER, HER STUN GUN WOULD ONLY PROTECT HER
TEMPORARILY, AND ONLY AS FAR AS SHE COULD REACH.
BECKY: Ok, how about this? A poker.
BOB: Ok, Ok, were getting someplace now.
I would defiantly use it as a club.
BECKY: Ok so swat it?
BOB: Not swat, hit em, like a home run ok across the head.
BECKEY Bob is scary sometimes, I know he's trying to make me
better but it makes me nervous.
BOB: Throw all your weight down. BECKY: Like that?
BOB: That's a good start.
We're going to have to get you a firearm so you don't have
to worry about this.
BECKY: Okay, I don't have a gun, I'm a girl, I'm feminine,
I'm not supposed to love guns, right?
But you get in a different mentality when your protecting
your family and your home and the things that are the most
important to you.
NARRATOR: AN ESTIMATED 17 MILLION WOMEN OWN OR CARRY
A FIREARM, AND ALTHOUGH BECKY IS NOT ONE OF THEM,
TODAY SHE IS TAKING BOB'S ADVICE,
AND IS LEARNING HOW TO DEFEND HERSELF WITH A LETHAL WEAPON.
BECKY: When the government takes over I will need to know
how to shoot a gun.
I will need to protect my food and water,
kill an animal or to defend my friends and my family
from predators of any sort.
BOB: Just line your sights up, you want to want to concentrate
on your front sight, just squeeze the trigger,
don't jerk the trigger, move your hand and grab it like that.
Shoot with your dominate eye, but leave both eyes open.
Can you do that? BECKY: No.
BOB: No, not yet.
Ok, we'll work on that, you're going to have to learn how
to do that.
BECKY: Yeah I can't do that.
NARRATOR: A HAND PISTOL IS IDEAL FOR ENGAGING AN ENEMY IN
CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT WHEN USED WITH QUICK, ACCURATE FIRE.
NARRATOR: BUT, IN A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER,
BECKY BELIEVES SHE WILL NEED OFFENSIVE AS WELL AS DEFENSIVE
WEAPONS SO IF NECESSARY PREEMTIVLEY ELIMINATE A THREAT
WITHOUT BEING DETECTED.
TODAY, WITH BOB'S EXPERTISE, SHE IS TRAINING WITH A BOLT ACTION
SNIPER RIFLE OUTFITTED WITH A TELESCOPIC LENS THAT GUARANTEES
OPTIMAL PRECISION FROM UP TO 1000 YARDS AWAY.
BECKY: I'm taking sniper training because then I can keep
people as far away form me as I needed to.
BOB: This hand goes underneath, you support it.
ok make a fist, Pull it tight into your shoulder.
BECKY: You want me to have it dead center vertically right?
NARRATOR: TODAY, BECKY'S BULLS-EYE IS 200 YARDS
THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS.
BOB: You hit it! BECKY: Did I?
BOB: Yes. BECKY: Sweet!
BOB: Hit. Three for three at 200 yards.
BECKY: Not quite 5 for 5. I got 3 out of 5.
If there's a government takeover I need to be 5 for 5.
So I need to improve on that.
BECKY: We are going to need all of this,
if and when this happens.
NARRATOR: BECKY THE EXPERT'S PRACTICAL PEPPERS COMMEND YOU
FOR TRAINING WITH A WEAPONS EXPERT AND TRYING TO INVOLVE
OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR PREPPING.
HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY WITHIN A MATTER
OF MINUETS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CARRY YOUR SUPPLIES.
BECKY: That's why I have a big frame hiking backpack and so
that's the thing I would take if I were on foot.
NARRATOR: ALSO, THEY ADVISE THAT YOU CREATE A WATER
FILTRATION SYSTEM INCASE YOUR CITIES WATER SUPPLY BECOMES
COMPROMISED.
BECKY: I totally agree that I need more water I'm working
on that.
NARRATOR: YOUR FOOD STORAGE IS ADEQUATE FOR YOURSELF,
BUT NOT FOR YOUR FRIENDS.
KEEP PUSHING YOUR FRIENDS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED
BECKY: I have enough food storage for myself because
that's who I'm planning for.
I agree also that, I need to teach my friends because friends
can quickly become enemies if you're in a hostel situation.
NARRATOR: WHILE MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED INTERMITTENTLY
THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT A NATIONAL
LEVEL IN THE MODERN AGE.
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER HAS ONLY BEEN USED ON SMALL SCALES
TO REGAIN ORDER DURING EXTREME CRISES,
SUCH AS HURRICANE KATRINA WHEN LOCAL GOVERNANCE BROKE DOWN.