Prepper Anxiety Poll #14, Sep 1, '05

At this point in time, your "doomer" stress level is pegged at ...

  • absolutely no worries

    Votes: 3 1.2%

  • a bit concerned

    Votes: 21 8.2%

  • watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case

    Votes: 108 42.0%

  • glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now

    Votes: 116 45.1%

  • totally freaked and in my bunker

    Votes: 9 3.5%
  • Total voters
    257
  • Poll closed .
Safecastle

Safecastle

Emergency Essentials Store
I don't plan to start these things up again but I AM curious how the anxiety level here stacks up against the data we collected last year.


Please post a brief explanation here (and links to current relevant threads) so that, in the future, we can go back and reference the issues that were on people's minds.


Here's a link to poll#13 which includes data from all the previous polls, including a graph.

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=132451&highlight=prepper
 
CGTech

CGTech

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Must admit, had a real hard time deciding between "watching" and 'glued' ! :lol:

Somehow, keep expecting another shoe to drop............
 
closet squirrel

closet squirrel

Veteran Member
Not freaking out, but this is the most "real" threat I have seen. It is different than panicing about a video tape put out my terrorist, because you can actually turn on the tv and see things happening.
 
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hereiam

Inactive
If the bird trucks quit moving turkeys to my DH work, then I'll be in my bunker! Being in NC, that is a real possibility in the near future if gas doesn't start flowing smoothly. Oil superstorm, here we come.....
 
Mary

Mary

My Drawing of Monet
<i>Totally Freaked Out And In My Bunker</i>

Well, I am where I will be for the next month. And I am Freaked Out.

I know <i>It Is What It Is,</i> and I'm trying to stay on the positive side, but ... it's getting harder by the hour.

Mary (no garden, no lamb)
 
juco

juco

Veteran Member
I voted watchful. Today I topped off the gas tank again. 6 gallons cost me 20 bucks. I inventoried the preps and rearranged the shelves. That made me feel better, as we actually have more than I thought. Been nosing around in hubby's corner of the bedroom, there's a nice supply of ammo there. Now, I'm getting ready to can tomatoes and tomorrow I'll be grinding sausage.

Positive Action is good.

If I had voted yesterday, it would have been "glued to the screen". I don't think I was actually expecting the worst, it was just....so incredibly unreal that I couldn't tear my self away.
 
A.T.Hagan

A.T.Hagan

Inactive
Thursday, 4:10 p.m. Eastern

<i> absolutely no worries ----- 0 ----- 0%
a bit concerned ----- 2 ----- 3.85%
watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case ----- 24 ----- 46.15%
glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now ----- 24 ----- 46.15%
totally freaked and in my bunker ----- 2 ----- 3.85%</i>

That may be the most even split I think I've ever seen in one of these polls.

.....Alan.
 
A

Amazed

Does too have a life!
I'm watchful and ready. If I were closer to the south, I think I'd be glued. Now if the propane isn't available when winter comes, I'll be freaking.
 
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macten_1

Membership Revoked
Here in hum-drum Ohio, I voted watchfull. If I lived down South I'm sure I'd be glued to the screen. Heck, I haven't even lost power in well over a year. My poor generator.. :bwl:
 
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SurvivalAcres

Inactive
I voted absolutely no worries. I'm not concerned at all. Not buying any gas, food, nothing. I've been through emergencies before (more then a few) and this isn't any different. It isn't the end of the world. It's a bump.

Nobody in my family is particularly concerned either. Frankly, I fail to see what everyone is getting so excited about. Price increases? That's ridiculous. There's always prices increases, even if this does turn out to be big and lasting. So what? My life isn't going to change much, I'm already living as simple as I can and when you do that, you aren't affected very much.
 
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sis

Deceased
Since the storm I vary between watchful and glued to the screen. My medical treatments are at a clinic over 80 miles away from home and I must travel there 3 times a week. I need twenty treatments and I have only had 2 so far. Gasoline is my primary concern.

But God knows and no doubt has a plan. As a matter of fact, he reminded me of the following verses as I was writing this!

1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

:^) Thank you, Lord.
 
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Glowy SC

Senior Member
I put glued only because I am not prepped any more. If this had happened before I moved I would have only been watchful. I am still probably more preped than most of the people around me. Glowy
 
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Roxann

Inactive
I voted watchful. I am prepped. I don't see, at this time, there is much else
I can do. I do keep checking my inventory for holes. Other than gasoline storage,
I am happy.
 
NBCsurvivor

NBCsurvivor

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Capt Teach said:
Watchful for sure. Makes me think of all the things I was "meaning to get around to".

Capt Teach
Click to expand...


Exactly!!! Me to. Hopefully, I am good to go enough...

Wish there would have been an option for 'one foot in the bunker and glued to the screen'

:bwl:
 
Safecastle

Safecastle

Emergency Essentials Store
Well, this will be easy ... I checked in to post a snapshot of the responses to this point, and it stands at exactly 100 votes.

votes and percentage in order:
3
5
41
48
3

The way we figure the overall average, we assign 0 points to the first option, one point to the second, and so on till the last option is worth 4 points. Then we add up the total and divide by the number of votes.

Right now, the average stands at 2.43. That represents a substantial increase in anxiety over the highest point previously measured (2.14 in early November of last year). We might expect that average to drop a bit if we get a lot more votes over the next few days, but my guess is that this poll will set a record in terms of measuring anxiety.
 
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SurvivalAcres

Inactive
You know, the Asian tsunami was much, much worse then this in the loss of human life and property devestation. It also affected several nations, not just a few states. My point being is this - we are still acting like the entire universe revolves around Americans. I think it's pathetic. I'm not trying to make light of the disaster, but the ratcheting anxiety and worry and running to and fro I see on this board is downright pathetic. We should be doing everything possible to help the refugees. Worrying about ourselves is rather selfish, don't you think? Most of us are safe, sound, well fed, have a dry place to sleep, a job or at least a home to go to and we'll do this tomorrow and the day after and the day after that. But panicking over future price increases, martial law, anarchy and who knows what else is really rather ridiculous. It also shows just how incredibly self centered we've become.

IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

Things will work out as they always do. We can do a lot by not excaberating the situation beyond what it really is - a LOCAL disaster that will affect our economy - but not our lives.

I am not making light of the loss of life or disaster, but on this board of all places, I would have thought that these things were or should have been, understood.
 
ka5gtc

ka5gtc

Contributing Member
I just topped off the tank, filled the last 5 gal container and will make a trip to HEB for a few extras. Today the wife said that she was afraid. I sure glad she has seen the light. Now I wont hear that it wont happen. Glad that I didnt listen and prepared. I would like to be better equipped but think I can handle most problems. God , Grub, Guns sounds pretty good. Bless all Glen in Texas. :p
 
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Doc

Senior Member
Before Y2K, I sold my office and spent a year searching for a safe place to raise my kids. We found an affordable place in the country then spent another year prepping full time. I was ready. Well, goats, chickens, garden, etc.

When nothing happened, my wife and I said we would never listen to rumors or speculations again. That lasted until 9/11. I realized then that i was happy that I had prepped because you just never know.

I did let my preps dwindle down to a fraction of what I had several years ago, and sold things like guns, wood stoves, tents, etc. After this latest disaster, I wish I wouldn't have been so hasty.

I went to the grocery store today, and many of the shelves were bare. It is Labor
Day weekend and people around here are getting ready for hunting season, Dove, and for partying on the lake. But it just seemed a little strange that the strore was almost out of bottled water, charcoal, potaoes, and toilet paper. Maybe the truck was late? Regardless, I'm back in the prepper mode. Nothing extreme, but buying some canned goods, water, soap, bleach and toilet paper just in case.

When I left the grocery store and headed home, I decided to top off the fuel tank. From the time I went in the store until I came out, gas went from $2.69 a gallon to $2.99. People were in line, waitiing. Not a good feeling. I have a feeling that Y2K was just a dry run in preparation for what is coming.

May God be with those poor souls that were affected directly by Katrina.
 
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Annie

Membership Revoked
I go between 'watchful' and 'glued', depending on what's going on in the Atlantic basin. Two or three more Cat 5's in the right place and all hell could break loose.
 
CGTech

CGTech

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Annie said:
I go between 'watchful' and 'glued', depending on what's going on in the Atlantic basin. Two or three more Cat 5's in the right place and all hell could break loose.
Click to expand...

Just 2 or 3 huh? :lol:

Sorry, just struck me as funny!
 
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WyoKathy

Inactive
Glued

I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. I think there is a domino impact of things like this. It was a good wake up call to see just how bad things can get in such a short period of time.

Kathy
 
Indiansummer

Indiansummer

Inactive
I said no, because of my limited space, among other obsticles, such as a spoiled husband who sees no need for prepping.

I bought four 5 gal gas containers, day before yesterday, and topped off the truck, and filled all four gas cans. Told hubby to get the car filled, and top it off daily, on his way home from work, each day!!!!! I had to explain that keeping it full would be more economical than waiting for the prices to go up another $ or two, and having to pump many gallons, instead of a couple. I think it's beginning to sink in. :lol:

Yesterday, I visited the dollar store for paper supplies, detergent, candles, and got a few canned hams, and spam n such. Stopped off at Sav a lot, and got all kinds of dry storage foods, and a few good deals on frozen entries, and Marie Calendars chicken pot pies! :D

Tommorrow I plan to purchase a few kerosene containers to fill for this winter, to use in our kero sun heater. Got extra oil for the coleman lanterns, but still, I feel like there is a lot more to do. I also stocked up on otc stomach remedies, and asprin, Ibu, and tylenol, cold meds, cough drops, vicks, et al.

Now, I have to get hubby to start that wood pile for the wood burning stove!! I think a stick of dynomite may be handy there!

I'm expecting a long hard cold winter here in the NE this year. So, keeping warm is high on my list of things to get prepped.

My biggest minus on my list is good water containers. I have a large collection of milk jugs, but they really aren't very strong.
 
Bridey Rose

Bridey Rose

Veteran Member
CGTech said:
Must admit, had a real hard time deciding between "watching" and 'glued' ! :lol:

Somehow, keep expecting another shoe to drop............
Click to expand...
I've definitely been glued to the tube and net. After reading that the West Coast receives most of its oil supply from Alaska, California, and overseas, I tried to convince myself I was overreacting and that it wouldn't affect the Bellevue, WA, area much. I looked out the window at the ARCO station gas price today at noon for confirmation, and it said only $2.71 for regular. Not that high. However, about an hour later, I looked out again, and it was $2.75. Four cents in an hour? I suspect it has nowhere to go but up, like most things -- if you're able to get them.

I just spent $150 at Safeway on toilet paper, sugar, instant tea, canned goods, frozen meat. And I finally got around to filling my four 7.5 gallon water dispenser jugs -- just in case the other shoe drops in the Pacific Northwest by way of earthquake, which Stan Deyo and Steve Quayle et al seem to think we're overdue for. Got my new landlady's permission to install earthquake latches on my cabinet doors to keep my preps inside and intact. And called my Honda dealer Wednesday about the availability of a used Civic hybrid -- but am wondering if there will be any gas available to run it!
 
Hacker

Hacker

Computer Hacking Pirate
I am "glued". But that is because I am 900 miles away from my home/shelter and currently living in a suburban apartment. Even though I am prepped for gas shortages, I am expecting shortages to get worse.

Rate me at three:

:shkr: :shkr: :shkr:
 
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gappedout

Veteran Member
i'd avoid a complicated car like a civic hybrid...

go for an older diesel jetta or something along those lines that's efficient, easy to work on and has plentiful parts...

jmho - ymmv (literally ;))...
 
tosca

tosca

Inactive
I feel we look/seem vunerable to others

of interest in hitting us at this time....they are watching how slooooowwwllly we are taking care of the helpless on the ground, getting our resources to help in order and to the scene...we are not the only ones watching this play out....I fear a hit soon. Mari Susan
 
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suzy

Membership Revoked
Were concerned, about several different issues.

First of all, the people who are victims in the NO and Miss area. Were concerned about their safety and lives, and the help that isn't forthcoming.

Also we have gas issues, and coming this winter, we'll likely have issues with the cost of heating. As gas goes up, so will everything transported by truck, plane, or train.

The potential of diseases coming out of the flooded area, is also one for consideration. With all the exposed raw sewage, and dead bodies, it quite possible for something to get started from that area.

suzy
 
BV141

BV141

Has No Life - Lives on TB
As for me,

glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now AND TOPPING OFF FINAL PREPS.

I expect things to get worst regarding food shipments before tings get better.

bv
 
DustMusher

DustMusher

Inactive
Pucker factor just went up here. 25,000 of NOLA's finest are being shipped to San Antonio, getting my preps checked and sending info to a friend who is a JGI. (Just got it)

DM
 
J

Jumpy Frog

Browncoat sympathizer
Watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case About a 20% percent increase in preps (mostly fuels, ammo and food) for me :D .
 
Safecastle

Safecastle

Emergency Essentials Store
With 236 votes in, the average stands at 2.42

Now, we know that folks here are generally a bit "high-strung" (for lack of a better term) when it comes to the big picture ... and current events (Katrina devastation, New Orleans social chaos, and the gas/oil shortage) have folks here reacting and worrying to the point of some of the highest anxiety levels ever (certainly the highest we've measured).

I'll add an incidental point here ... outside TB2K, I can point out that folks in the broader population are notably more concerned as well. Traffic to my site as well as purchases are at an all-time high and are continuing to surge.

Personally, I think we'll be seeing all this anxiety leveling off soon as various recovery actions start to remedy not only the worst situations out there, but the general mood as well.
 
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