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Doomsday Preppers is an American reality television series that aired on the National Geographic Channel from 2012 to 2014. The program profiles various survivalists, or "preppers", who are preparing to survive the various circumstances that may cause the end of civilization, including economic collapse, societal collapse, and electromagnetic pulse.
Survivalism is a social movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists, doomsday preppers or preppers [1] [2]) who proactively prepare for emergencies, such as natural disasters, and other disasters causing disruption to social order (that is, civil disorder) caused by political or economic crises.
The members are volunteer contributors who are dedicated to providing free information on survival skills, preparedness, self-sufficiency and sustainability. [2] The network of blogs is based on the concept originally created by Riverwalker of Stealth Survival who founded the first Preppers Network, Texas Preppers Network. The social network is ...
The number of preppers in the U.S. is estimated to be more than 20 million people, growing considerably since 2017, according to household resiliency data from the Federal Emergency Management ...
Mel Tappan (1933 – 1980, born Melrose H. Tappan III) was the editor of the newsletter Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter and the books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival. Tappan was an influential leader of the Survivalist movement [1] who advocated relocation to survival retreats in lightly populated regions. [2]
While fallout shelters have been advocated since the 1950s, dedicated self-sufficient survivalist retreats have been advocated only since the mid-1970s. The survival retreat concept has been touted by a number of influential survivalist writers including Ragnar Benson, Robert K. Brown, Barton Biggs, Bruce D. Clayton, Jeff Cooper, Cresson Kearny, James Wesley Rawles, Howard Ruff, Kurt Saxon ...
James Wesley Rawles (James Wesley, Rawles, born 1960) is an American author, former U.S. Army Intelligence officer, and survival retreat consultant. [1] [2] He is author of the best-selling thriller Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse, and proponent of the "American Redoubt", a survivalist refuge in the American Northwest.
A map that shows the boundaries of the American Redoubt. The American Redoubt [1] is a political migration movement first proposed in 2011 by survivalist novelist and blogger James Wesley Rawles [2] [3] which designates Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming along with eastern parts of Oregon and Washington, as a safe haven for conservative Christians.