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National News See other National News Articles Title: The Greatest Threats That Preppers In The U.S. Believe We Are Facing Only preppers were permitted to participate in the survey, and those that responded were asked to identify the three greatest threats to our society. More than 50 percent selected “loss of electric grid” as one of the greatest threats. I would not have guessed that this would be the number one response, but without a doubt this is a potential danger that our politicians have neglected. Our sun is becoming increasingly active, and it is just a matter of time before a solar storm does a tremendous amount of damage to the grid. And once the U.S. is involved in a nuclear war, we won’t have a functioning grid at all. “Economic collapse”, “bioengineered viruses” and “domestic civil war due to divided country” were all selected by more than 40 percent of respondents. Obviously, I was glad to see “economic collapse” so high on the list, because I write about that so much. And I think that “bioengineered viruses” is something that preppers are very focused on right now because we have just been through the COVID pandemic. We are certainly living during a time when great pestilences will become increasingly common, and so it is imperative for all of us to be prepared for devastating outbreaks of disease. As for our country being divided, I really do think that 2024 is going to be the most chaotic election year that we have ever seen, and that is extremely unfortunate. More than 30 percent of respondents identified “terrorist attacks” as one of the greatest threats that we are facing. But no other response even reached the 20 percent threshold. A “nuclear war arising from Chinese invasion of Taiwan” barely squeaked over the 10 percent mark, and a “nuclear war arising from Ukraine-Russia conflict” was way under 10 percent. Sigh. If this had been a survey of the general population, I could understand such low numbers. I don’t know what I have to do in order to get people to understand that nuclear war is a very serious threat. Perhaps after the first nukes are used more Americans will start to wake up. Natural disasters also ranked very low in this survey. Maybe that is because the Yellowstone supervolcano was the only one that was specifically asked about. Personally, I would have added an eruption of Mt. Rainier, a tsunami on the east coast, a tsunami on the west coast, a historic earthquake along the New Madrid fault zone and “the Big One” in California as potential responses on this survey. We are far more vulnerable than most people realize, and I am entirely convinced that there will be unprecedented natural disasters in the United States during the years ahead as our very shaky planet becomes even more unstable. Another major threat that I would have liked to see asked about in this survey is the rapidly growing global food crisis. Last year, 2.4 billion people did not have enough food to eat, and 750 million of them experienced chronic hunger. And the numbers for this year will inevitably be even worse. In fact, the numbers have been getting steadily worse since 2015. But because we live in a very wealthy nation that still has lots of food, most Americans are not concerned about the global famine that has already started at all. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Horse (#0)
The greatest threat to America, is its government. Which is owned by the bankers, governed by the lawyers, sanctioned by the churches, which is hidden by two political parties that give us all the illusion of choice, and freedom.
"Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist
The churches are not allowed to deviate from the government line, or they would lose their 501(C)(3) tax exemptions. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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