After doing some research I found out that Megan was misrepresented rather substantially by the producers of Doomsday Preppers. She's definitely a normal girl who preps on the side like you or I, but the editors took liberties with some of the more extreme things she said in passing. Instead of derailing this write-up I'm going to save every argument for the section it's covered in.
1. Oil embargo
Based on the interview with Megan after the show, this was one of the numerous scenarios she was preparing for, with the others considered too boring for television. Whilst the thought of an all out embargo is quite far fetched, there is definitely plenty of reason behind being worried regarding oil.
Regardless of whether OPEC countries prefer us to have it or not, the provision of oil in the earth is finite. Peak oil was a theory released by one of the leading geologists of the 20th century, M. King Hubbert. His work with mathematical models is still used nowadays to forecast the oil production of a certain geographical region. Hubbert himself could forecast the peak of US oil manufacturing (in the mid 1970s) as earlier as 1956.
The concept of peak oil uses this type of model for the earth as a whole. Numbers differ on when the peak will be reached (if it hasn't already) however regardless of when it takes place we are in trouble because of basic economics. With growing need for oil and decreasing supply, access to oil will become progressively more challenging. This extends to all factors of international business, transport and manufacturing of plastic items and may cause the havoc National Geographic was trying to show as outrageous.
2. Crazy people and city prepping
Megan brings up an excellent point when she talks about how society will fall after resources run out, that will basically be in three days. This has been noticed before relatively close to home with the state of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina - respectable people and Americans trying out looting and damage in distressed times. How good you think your neighbors might be goes out the window when their children are feeling hungry.
Even if she had the space to stockpile resources, she doesn't possess ways to defend herself in a city with thousands and thousands of starving people. This is the fact for most of us who reside in cities (including myself). It might be better to focus on bugging out compared to pantry prepping in the conventional sense
3. Training the body
In line with her bug out driven survival plan, Megan is sensibly going through physical preparation. I like the fact that she does body weight and calisthenics based training instead of exercising in a health club. Mobility is the name of the game and almost nothing will build that speedier than moving one;s own body.
Another good practice (especially for her) will be rucking. For those of you unfamiliar with this is basically walking with a jam-packed back pack, really common in the military. Meg was having difficulty with vigor when she examined her bug out run however this might have helped her out.
6. Uncooked fish as well as vitamins
Megan has an eye out for vitamins when she chooses eating uncooked fish instead of cooking it. There is a whole nutritional motion around this referred to as raw foodism that is based on the health advantages of eating like this. However, in a true survival scenario I feel the danger outweigh the advantages. The loss of vitamins due to cooking is partial, however getting a food borne illness, specially while bugging out, can be potentially deadly.
7. Shooting full beer cans
If there is one thing which made me turn my head above anything else in this show, it was the shot of Megan shooting full beer cans. I've seen some ridiculous things in my day however watching a Texan waste beer like that is too much to bear.
8. Ounces and not pounds
My favorite quotation of the series up to now has to be Megan talking about ounces and not pounds regarding bugging out. With a strategy such as this, urban preppers have to take attention on reducing the amount of products they have. While homesteaders and pantry preppers are focused on volume, urban and bug out preppers have to concentrate on economy in packing. As we can see with Megan's level of energy during her dry run, despite extensive conditioning there is a severe problem in bugging out. You'd better imagine that every ounce counts when you are intending to get from dodge.
1. Oil embargo
Based on the interview with Megan after the show, this was one of the numerous scenarios she was preparing for, with the others considered too boring for television. Whilst the thought of an all out embargo is quite far fetched, there is definitely plenty of reason behind being worried regarding oil.
Regardless of whether OPEC countries prefer us to have it or not, the provision of oil in the earth is finite. Peak oil was a theory released by one of the leading geologists of the 20th century, M. King Hubbert. His work with mathematical models is still used nowadays to forecast the oil production of a certain geographical region. Hubbert himself could forecast the peak of US oil manufacturing (in the mid 1970s) as earlier as 1956.
The concept of peak oil uses this type of model for the earth as a whole. Numbers differ on when the peak will be reached (if it hasn't already) however regardless of when it takes place we are in trouble because of basic economics. With growing need for oil and decreasing supply, access to oil will become progressively more challenging. This extends to all factors of international business, transport and manufacturing of plastic items and may cause the havoc National Geographic was trying to show as outrageous.
2. Crazy people and city prepping
Megan brings up an excellent point when she talks about how society will fall after resources run out, that will basically be in three days. This has been noticed before relatively close to home with the state of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina - respectable people and Americans trying out looting and damage in distressed times. How good you think your neighbors might be goes out the window when their children are feeling hungry.
Even if she had the space to stockpile resources, she doesn't possess ways to defend herself in a city with thousands and thousands of starving people. This is the fact for most of us who reside in cities (including myself). It might be better to focus on bugging out compared to pantry prepping in the conventional sense
3. Training the body
In line with her bug out driven survival plan, Megan is sensibly going through physical preparation. I like the fact that she does body weight and calisthenics based training instead of exercising in a health club. Mobility is the name of the game and almost nothing will build that speedier than moving one;s own body.
Another good practice (especially for her) will be rucking. For those of you unfamiliar with this is basically walking with a jam-packed back pack, really common in the military. Meg was having difficulty with vigor when she examined her bug out run however this might have helped her out.
6. Uncooked fish as well as vitamins
Megan has an eye out for vitamins when she chooses eating uncooked fish instead of cooking it. There is a whole nutritional motion around this referred to as raw foodism that is based on the health advantages of eating like this. However, in a true survival scenario I feel the danger outweigh the advantages. The loss of vitamins due to cooking is partial, however getting a food borne illness, specially while bugging out, can be potentially deadly.
7. Shooting full beer cans
If there is one thing which made me turn my head above anything else in this show, it was the shot of Megan shooting full beer cans. I've seen some ridiculous things in my day however watching a Texan waste beer like that is too much to bear.
8. Ounces and not pounds
My favorite quotation of the series up to now has to be Megan talking about ounces and not pounds regarding bugging out. With a strategy such as this, urban preppers have to take attention on reducing the amount of products they have. While homesteaders and pantry preppers are focused on volume, urban and bug out preppers have to concentrate on economy in packing. As we can see with Megan's level of energy during her dry run, despite extensive conditioning there is a severe problem in bugging out. You'd better imagine that every ounce counts when you are intending to get from dodge.
About the Author:
Thank you for reading! Terrance Franklin writes about survival and nutrition on a number of sites on the web. For more information on doomsday preppers, be sure to check out http://doomsdayprepperswatch.wordpress.com/. And for even deeper reading, follow the link at doomsday preppers
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