The preppers go back to the basics. Jimi Falcon prepares for a potential World War III. Cindy Stewart uses her skills to make camouflaged IEDs. Rod Godfrey preps for apocalyptic superstorms.
Meet three Americans all preparing for some sort of economic collapse.
Roger Dougan is prepping for an attack on the electrical grid. Curtis believes the Earth will soon reach its carrying capacity. Karissa Baca is prepping for a second Great Depression.
Doomsday fears ranging from an electromagnetic pulse taking out power to catastrophic climate change.
A retired risk assessment analyst has put millions into a safe house; the Jackling family protects against a wildfire.
A man who fears a terrorist attack on nuclear power plants; a farming family prepares for a series of F-5 tornados; a couple fear the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
A 15-year-old prepper; Nashville musician; a former race car driver prepares for a biological attack.
A former law-enforcement officer prepares for a global economic crisis; a man worries about a New Madrid earthquake; a man believes that World War III is imminent.
A single dirty bomb could cause mass chaos. Tom Perez is prepping for a terrorist attack. He has not worked in 12 years because he spends most of his day prepping and spends much of his family's yearly income on preparations.
A man who fears the eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano; a couple who have built their own aquaponic systems; a successful inventor has turned his estate into a technological fortress.
A man who fears environmental destruction from a massive earthquake; global financial crisis; cultivating alternative food sources; fear of a terrorist attack.
A woman who fears a catastrophic New York City hurricane; a college student prepares for the meltdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant; a bond trader fears a terrorist attack in the form of a dirty bomb.
Brian smith prepares for collapse of U.S. monetary system and fears the world's food supply will dry up.
Fearing a huge electromagnetic pulse, Brent has built a castle to protect his family. Derek's family uses their Wild West amusement park to practice strategic defense.
Some preppers believe the key to survival is to create a tight-knit community of like-minded individuals.
A woman who began prepping after being warned of danger in her sleep; a couple prepare for a collapse of the world agricultural system by planting hundreds of edible plants; a man who fears a cyberattack on the power grid.
Frank, who owns a construction company in Maine, spends his golden years flying his private plane, staying fit with his wife, Elaine, and preparing for the upcoming economic collapse.
Prepping for an economic collapse, Jeff is converting a decommissioned missile silo into the perfect bug-out getaway; with an online dating profile, Jeff is also searching for a special someone who can share his love for prepping.
A man fears the economy's collapse and has built a bug-out dome in the wilderness for his family, accessible only by boat; a man from Hawaii who fears a catastrophic tsunami will strike the islands.
The Coy family live in the shadow of Mount St. Helens; Bill Simpson has spent six years building a sailboat bunker to protect his family from electromagnetic pulses and any chaos that will occur on land.
Mike and his girlfriend Freda fear that the current political tensions and economic unrest will lead to a world war; Mike Adams is anticipating a terrorist attack; Joe, has given up on modern living.
Kevin and his family decide to move to Costa Rica because they believe an economic collapse will make America unlivable.
A couple prepare for a day when the north and south poles swap places; a man in California demonstrates how he plans to survive in an urban jungle in the event of a massive earthquake.
A woman creates a gourmet meal using only shelf-stable foods; a man who has trained his children to withstand a financial collapse.
R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It" might be a good mantra for three individuals who are readying for the end of days.
A man prepares to protect his family from rioting brought about by economic collapse; a man collects seeds to plant following a radioactive disaster; a man plans to live underground after the next Great Depression.
A man who fears that an economic collapse will bring violent chaos to the roads; a woman who is prepared to quarantine family members to protect against a pandemic; a family that are moving to higher ground in preparation for sea level changes.
Larry creates luxury survival condos, and Becky is taking sharpshooting lessons from a sniper to prepare herself for a government takeover.
A man who has built spider holes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to survive the next Great Depression; a family that lives underground in a missile silo bunker.
A woman who has prepared her home for a nuclear war and is inviting people to bunker down with her; a psychiatrist who is preparing his family to survive a pandemic in a nearby cave; a man stockpiles fish antibiotics for future consumption.
A community of farmers stockpiles food, precious metals and ammo to prepare for an electromagnetic pulse blast; a man prepares for a solar flare-induced earthquake; an underground bunker built out of 43 school buses.
A father prepares his family for dirty bombs; a retired police officer believes that China will bring about economic chaos; a man who has a secret underground hatch in his garage.
The five basic principles while preparing for a cataclysmic event are food, shelter, safety, evacuation, and practice.