American Blackout - 2 hour movie NatGeo

[Alpha-17]

A new movie coming out or just out in the same vein. Might be worth a look.

Lights Out Saga

I read that book a few years ago. Pretty good. Similar to One Second After, but not nearly as dark. (No pun intended).

[Seneca]

Watched it on YouTube. Interesting, it wasn't what I expected. I caught the factoid that there were 3 million preppers in the US, which works out to be a bit less than one in a hundred, I believe the figure may be understated, just a hunch.

I don't know quite what to make of their portrayal of a prepper. Since the general consensus among preppers is that bugging in is preferable to bugging out. Of course a well stocked prepper sitting tight and doing all the right things is not going to be nearly as dramatic or exciting.

[AquaHull]

It's on now on Nat Geo

[poriggity]

I watched it with my wife and her parents. It really opened thier eyes as to why I've started to prep. My wife is now on board and is selling some stuff to buy preps.

[BigCheeseStick]

I watched it with my wife and her parents. It really opened thier eyes as to why I've started to prep. My wife is now on board and is selling some stuff to buy preps.

And if this was your inlaws first impression of who "preppers" are... This movie does an excellent job of following left wing extremest media's image of "The bumbling greedy idiot who hordes stuff".

[poriggity]

Yeah I know. It wasn't the greatest portrayal. That being said, they are starting to collect their own preps, so it must have helped.

[AquaHull]

If it helped one family it was worth it. I cooked 2 quick breads and 4 batches of biscuits while watching, so it wasn't a total loss.

[indie]

Bumm-ER! I *finally* had a night off work and was looking forward to being able to catch this and the video has been taken down. I'll take some comfort from the less than stellar reviews and hope I didn't miss too much.