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I actually did see that episode. If I remember correctly it was the same guy that built the catapult that ended up flinging the homemade chinese stars about 25 feet. Oh well, never know until you try i guess.
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Yes, same guy. That catapult was hilarious. Those oversized throwing starts however were pretty great. That guy struck me as someone I'd enjoy being around at any time, not just after a collapse to life as we know it.
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I also like the guy that lived in the middle of nowhere in Kansas, he cooled his house by running the air intake underground and having the earth cool it. I thought that was genius. He also built the house they lived in and from the looks of it was a very talented carpenter.
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That guy was pretty great too, as was his setup. But if I recall it correctly he was very much against any kind of security in the way of firearms or most weaponry, and completely rejected the critique the experts from the show gave him. That part of his character really fell flat for me. The guy had some great ideas for food and living conditions etc, but I hazard a pretty good guess that if and when shit hits the fan and certain people find his place he'll either be out on his ass or become part of his own cooling system.
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I also liked the guy in Alaska that would head up river and drop tree's along the way so people couldn't follow him into the wilderness. People in Alaska are a special bread, I love their fuck the government mentality.
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Another guy who had a lot of great plans and ideas in place. That boat of his was fan-freaking-tastic too, being able to move fast in as little as two inches of water... incredible. That alone blew me away. It's doubtful that, if his bugout plan in an actual situation were to work as well as it did on the show, that anyone would ever catch up to him and his family. But there again, he's another one who flat-out rejected the sound advice given by the experts, or at least much of it.
I think he'll fair better than the guy we discussed before him though. Better security by far.
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I find it sad when a natural disaster hits an area, less than 24 hours go by and you get people on TV crying for help because they have no food or water. i'm like, wtf, even FEMA says to have 3 days worth of food on hand. it really isnt that tough, go to a sporting goods store and buy 50 bucks worth of mountain house.
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That's too much to ask from most people. Just look at some of the replies early on in this thread. There are simply always going to be huge %'s of people who just don't care enough to even do something minimal to ensure their survival even short-term. Life has gotten too easy, too convenient, to the point where it's all being taken for granted. Back in the dirty 30's nothing was taken for granted. NOTHING.
I wasn't alive back then of course but I have two parents and a dozen or so aunts and uncles who were, and I've heard stories about how it was during the great depression my whole life, to the point that it's almost as if I was there. A family of 14 back in those days didn't live by heading to the supermarket in their oversized minivan, they grew their food and hunted and fished their meat, canned and preserved their reserves for winter, and they survived...and even thrived.
It's obvious that a lot of people are going to die, even in a short-term catastrophe, simply from being ill-prepared and, well, for want of a better word for it,... they'll die from their own stupidity.