There’s a long history of people who have predicted when the apocalypse will occur and they seem to always be wrong. Yet, there is a community of people who are known as “preppers” who are stockpiling supplies and weapons in the event of a major catastrophe. This might include can foods, guns, toilet paper, etc. And if you are a wealthy, you can even buy your own luxury nuclear bomb shelter.
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Show Notes and Links:
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions (Britannica)
2012 Mayan apocalypse (Wikipedia)
Harold Camping (Wikipedia)
Chen Tao cult (Wikipedia)
That Time People Thought a Comet Would Gas Us All to Death (Wired)
Joanna Southcott (Wikipedia)
Great Fire of London (Wikipedia)
Johannes Stöffler (Wikipedia)
Y2K (Wikipedia)
/r/Preppers (Reddit)
Luxury Nuclear Shelters (Survival Condo)
Doomsday preppers and the architecture of dread (University College Dublin)
Doomsday Preppers and the Rituals of Apocalyptic Manhood (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
Emergency Preparedness (Government of Canada)