Bob Carlson

I couldn’t resist this piece from Reuters about Americans who are preparing for a collapse of civilization, or at least the economy. It interviews some “preppers” as they call themselves and refers to a web site or two. An important point is that these people are not forecasting a collapse or giving a time frame when it will happen. They believe such an event has a high enough probability that it is prudent to be prepared for a calamity.

Tegeler, 57, has turned her home in rural Virginia into a “survival center,” complete with a large generator, portable heaters, water tanks, and a two-year supply of freeze-dried food that her sister recently gave her as a birthday present. She says that in case of emergency, she could survive indefinitely in her home. And she thinks that emergency could come soon.

“I think this economy is about to fall apart,” she said.