PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #57

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With a nod to JC Refuge, who developed and created this identical poll the first 22 times, here we go again. The poll will remain up for three days. Your poll responses are private and cannot be viewed, but I encourage you to post your response and why you voted the way you did.

The first poll, June 16, 2004--average score, 1.83:
[poll] Prepper Anxiety Poll, June 16 '04 (First of a series)

The second poll, July 1--average score, 1.65:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, July 1, '04 (2nd in the series)

The third poll, July 15--average score, 1.91:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, July 15, '04 (3rd in the series)

The fourth poll, August 1--average score, 1.85:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, Aug. 1, '04 (fourth in the series)

The fifth poll, August 15--average score, 1.65:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, Aug. 15, '04 (fifth in the series)

The sixth poll, September 1--average score, 1.89:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #6, Sept. 1, '04

The seventh poll, September 15--average score, 1.94:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #7, Sept. 15, '04

The eighth poll, October 1--average score, 1.76:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #8, Oct. 1, '04

The ninth poll, October 15--average score, 1.94:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #9, Oct. 15, '04

The tenth poll, November 1--average score, 2.14:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #10, Nov. 1, '04

The eleventh poll, November 15--average score, 1.66:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #11, Nov. 15, '04

The twelfth poll, December 1--average score, 1.58:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #12, Dec. 1, '04

The thirteenth poll, December 15, 2004--average score, 1.59:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...hlight=prepper

The fourteenth poll, September 1, 2005--average score, 2.42:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The fifteenth poll, July 14, 2006--average score, 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The sixteenth poll, October 9, 2006--average score, 1.92:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The seventeenth poll, April 2, 2007--average score, 1.98:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The eighteenth poll, October 23, 2007--average score, 1.90:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The nineteenth poll, January 26, 2008--average score, 1.97:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #19

The twentieth poll, April 24, 2008—average score, 2.03:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #20

The 21st poll, July 24, 2008—average score, 2.02:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #21

The 22nd poll, October 18, 2008—average score, 2.17:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #22

The 23rd poll, February 16, 2009--average score, 2.48:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #23

The 24th poll, June 26, 2009--average score 2.05:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #24

The 25th poll, July 5, 2010--average score 2.14:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #25

The 26th poll, December 5, 2010--average score 2.11:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #26

The 27th poll, February 12, 2011--average score 1.91:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #27

The 28th poll, July 2, 2011--average score 1.91:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #28

The 29th poll, September 5, 2011--average score 2.15:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #29

30th poll, October 8th, 2011--average score 2.17:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #30

31st poll, January 1, 2012--average score 2.12:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #31

32nd poll, April 27, 2012--average score 1.97:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #32

33rd poll, May 30, 2012--average score 2.27:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #33

34th poll, September 16, 2012--average score 2.41:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #34

35th poll, November 18, 2012--average score 2.14:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #35

36th poll, April 2, 2013--average score 2.20:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #36

37th poll, August 22, 2013--average score 1.88:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...r+anxiety+poll

38th poll, October 16, 2014--average score 2.37:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-38

39th poll, January 13,2015--average score 1.92:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-39

40th poll, March 8, 2015--average score 1.90:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-40

41st poll, August 19, 2015--average score 2.05:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-41

42nd poll, December 13, 2015--average score 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-42&highlight=

43rd poll, July 14, 2016--average score 2.21:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-43&highlight=

44th poll, October 16, 2016--average score 2.30:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-44&highlight=

45th poll, November 9, 2016--average score 1.70:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-45&highlight=

46th poll, February 6, 2017--average score 1.88:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-46&highlight=

47th poll, April 12, 2017--average score 1.97:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-47&highlight=

48th poll, June 4, 2017--average score 1.91:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-48&highlight=

49th poll, September 14, 2017--average score 1.74:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-49&highlight=

50th poll, February 20, 2018--average score 1.55:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-50&highlight=

51st poll, July 24, 2018--average score 1.58:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-51&highlight=

52nd poll, October 28, 2018--average score 2.09:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-52&highlight=

53rd poll, November 28, 2018--average score 1.72:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-53&highlight=

54th poll (despite incorrect poll number on that post), March 31, 2019--average score 1.70:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #53

55th poll, September 4, 2019--average score 1.625:

PREP - Prepper Anxiety Poll #55

With a nod to JC Refuge, who developed and created this identical poll the first 22 times, here we go again. The poll will remain up for three days. Your poll responses are private and cannot be viewed, but I encourage you to post your response and why you voted the way you did. The first poll...

xf.timebomb2000.com

56th poll, January 29, 2020--average score 2.18:

http://xf.timebomb2000.com/xf/index.php?threads/prepper-anxiety-poll-56.567412/

 

[NoMoreLibs]

Who's in their bunker? No reason to be. Ease up folks, just stay frosty and keep your eye's open.

 

[rafter]

I think this will be one of the most interesting poll so far.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Still watchful and ready, but I could change my vote any day now to "glued to the screen, expecting the worst" if the virus comes anywhere near my AO.

 

[WalknTrot]

Same as always. Middle choice.

 

[Leigh19717]

Still watchful and ready, but I could change my vote any day now to "glued to the screen, expecting the worst" if the virus comes anywhere near my AO.

Same here. I am three hours from Nashville where the first case in TN is. No doubt the herd will start to move now that we have a case in TN

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Glued. Something in the air smells like endgame. It's too vague to be anything more than that, but man, things don't look good.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Same here. I am three hours from Nashville where the first case in TN is. No doubt the herd will start to move now that we have a case in TN

If a case is ever reported in Memphis, that's gonna be close enough for me! Memphis is only about 1 1/2 hours away. There are tour busses that run from Tupelo to Memphis and back on a daily basis to visit Elvis Presley landmarks and sites.

 

[NoDandy]

Watchful & ready.

However, could quickly start loading mags, filling sandbags, stringing barbed wire. digging punji pits, and placing claymores!

 

[Jonas Parker]

Glued! Ready to lock the doors and bug in!

 

[ShadowMan]

Watchful and ready. Just sitting here up in our mountain redoubt looking down on the flatlanders below scrambling around like ants trying to stock up on toilet paper, water bottles and baby wipes.

 

[Terrwyn]

Glued! Ready to lock the doors and bug in!

Glued. And I have only left the house 1 in the last 2 weeks. Because, I am not well and Im trying to avoid the reg. flu. If my DH or myself get either one of these viruses we are toast.

 

[maric]

Glued. Something in the air smells like endgame. It's too vague to be anything more than that, but man, things don't look good.

Same here.

 

[annieosage]

Watchful and ready. They just confirmed the first case here in Sin City this morning. We have so many international travelers and cash flow probably more than any other city I can think of. The minute they say- quarantine at home I am ready. I already do not go a lot of places but my daughter has a performance this weekend and I am worried. It's her EP release so I have to go and she can't cancel it. Lot's of hand sanitizer.

 

[Sacajawea]

Virus is hitting too close to home; my new fella & his D were contacted by SC CDC, that they've had contact with a person, who's had contact with a relative that returned to the state from Washington State. So far; not a CONFIRMED case... but my guy has enough health issues.

My state has no reports; so far.

But, as Narwhal said - I feel like much of the hype surrounding the virus and the ensuing shopping panic, may just be a distraction and later justification, for a global economic reset. GAO is making a report to Congress this week about just how unsustainable US debt & deficit is. Earliest date for one of the gov programs to be unable to continue is now 2024. So yeah, end game... at least for awhile.

 

[hiwall]

I have always voted in the middle but this time I stepped it up to "glued". I have a bad feeling about the banks. Too much financial stuff is screwy and getting worse.

 

[goosebeans]

Well, I am "glued to the screen". Mainly because our son is at a large college with lots of Chinese students. Was breathing a sigh of relief that we'd gone thins long with no reports of the virus in this area, but now, here comes spring break and son says many of the students he's around (not just Chinese) are talking about the overseas trips they have planned!!! One girl is going to London and Spain.

On a better note, he was talking to his Chinese professor and the prof told him that a conference he had planned to attend in Denver has been canceled due to the virus. Also, he said he will not be taking two other planned trips overseas because of the virus. Added that he's thinking of teaching his classes online after spring break. I'm hoping others will do the same.

I'd be quite happy to hole up indefinitely. Other than a visit to the neighbor's house a mile up the road, I haven't left the farm since a couple of weeks before Christmas. Before that, it was October to pick up some dairy goats. There's nothing out there that I'm pining to see.

 

[Freeholder]

I voted watchful and ready. We can be holed up in our ‘bunker’, ie, self-isolated at home with a padlock on the gate, at a moment’s notice, however. I have enough supplies on hand to just stay home for at least two or three months without any hardship.

Kathleen

 

[nebb]

In the middle, I listen to that “still small voice” within and act accordingly. Kept me safe and on the right track for a long time......when I listen

 

[Repairman-Jack]

Solid watchful, but preps have been set back, nothing really to check

 

[hiwall]

If I am adding correctly this poll is so far the fifth highest since 2004 @ 2.29.

 

[Delta_Force]

There are two cases in Colorado. Just came out on the news at 4:00 p.m. So I am now glued!

 

[4RIVERS]

Watchful & ready.

However, could quickly start loading mags, filling sandbags, stringing barbed wire. digging punji pits, and placing claymores!

Amen brother!

 

[Allotrope]

Watchful and ready as much looks as if it will happen but has not yet. Getting closer to glued but am saving that for more crazy times. Perhaps glued by next week.

 

[poppy]

Who's in their bunker? No reason to be. Ease up folks, just stay frosty and keep your eye's open.

Maybe someone who has been in there since Y2K?

 

[Faroe]

I have always voted in the middle but this time I stepped it up to "glued". I have a bad feeling about the banks. Too much financial stuff is screwy and getting worse.

Not glued, but that could change at any moment. Agree with above. The negative interest rate issues have me spooked, and am expecting something *hinkey* soon with the banks. Lynette Zang used to give warnings about the small print on mortgage contracts - how they could if they wanted to, call in all the loans. Not sure that will happen; not sure what will happen, but after the surreal actions of the Chinese authorities, seems like ANYTHING could happen.

 

[wvstuck]

Bit Concerned... But ready to upgrade. Reading all sources and tasking old friends with connections and I still can't figure out what is actually going on. 3 cases in MD cause a statewide emergency.. It doesn't add up, unless the biggest conspiracy of world governments is in play. You just have to keep asking and looking for what do they know that I can't figure out.

 

[Jubilee on Earth]

I truly envy those people who are only a bit concerned.

As part of my job, I have Skype calls with head C suite executives and upper management from companies around the U.S., maybe 4-7 each day on average. As part of our chat, I’ve been asking what their thoughts are on the virus and how it might be affecting their business.

Since Monday, many of them are pretty freaked out. They're not only worried about having to shut doors temporarily in case of virus contamination, but they're also dealing with supply line issues, loss in revenue, the cancellation of important travel/meetings/conferences, and in some cases, high level employees are stuck in other countries and/or in quarantine.

Even if there's zero concern with some here in TB2K with regard to catching the virus and getting sick, there are some really severe signs of catastrophe in our country's business sector. Everything from retail and service, to production and manufacturing. After hearing the stories from just this week, I don’t know how we're going to avoid a massive recession. Maybe even depression.

 

[Seeker22]

Steady as she goes. God has us in the palm of His hand. I have done all I can and a little more besides. I will continue to learn all I can about the virus and the world situation and be as much help to the membership as possible.

I have had varous nefarious tell me over the years that forward into the future was the way; not that old campfire cooking and oil lamps and such. I am so glad I didn't listen. I fit well in both worlds and going back to the old skills full time won't be hard at all.

 

[wvstuck]

I truly envy those people who are only a bit concerned.

As part of my job, I have Skype calls with head C suite executives and upper management from companies around the U.S., maybe 4-7 each day on average. As part of our chat, I’ve been asking what their thoughts are on the virus and how it might be affecting their business.

Since Monday, many of them are pretty freaked out. They're not only worried about having to shut doors temporarily in case of virus contamination, but they're also dealing with supply line issues, loss in revenue, the cancellation of important travel/meetings/conferences, and in some cases, high level employees are stuck in other countries and/or in quarantine.

Even if there's zero concern with some here in TB2K with regard to catching the virus and getting sick, there are some really severe signs of catastrophe in our country's business sector. Everything from retail and service, to production and manufacturing. After hearing the stories from just this week, I don’t know how we're going to avoid a massive recession. Maybe even depression.

We too are seeing disruptions in our supply line. Meetings are being cancelled and on the consumer front less people are driving in for repairs. Three strikes in the business world are building. Stock Market can't make up it's mind, an election year that is filled with hate and passion on both sides and then the virus with no answers. Before long the supply line issues will be visible at the local Wallyworld (and other retail locations)then the part of the population that has been clueless will start to scratch their collective heads... The economy is the real fear with this virus, chances of dying are not high... Chance of losing income and your normal way of life is growing by the day.

 

[SAPPHIRE]

I have too much on our plate with dh in and out of hospital/rehab every month or so...……..I'm worn out & so is he....but my eldest son just flew to Aberdeen Scotland on business trip and the smaller airline his co. booked to fly in to Aberdeen, declared bankruptcy the next day. Allegedly business flights are so nil they can't sustain their route at this time.

Hope and pray son is home safe and sound by Saturday...…….and dh comes home TO STAY...…….

We've done just about all we can after so many medical supplies/bills...………...

 

[Toy Maker]

Not the time to panic yet. Wait till November.

 

[Loretta Van Riet]

Watchful, but may become "glued" at any moment. I fear the corona virus as much as I did ebola. Several US nurses contracted the ebola virus from their patients. (Yes, I work in a hospital)

There is also a very real economic threat, too. The airlines are projected to lose billions, supply chain issues, and even locally small Asian restaurants are being boycotted. No one's going to China Town or Korea town, etc. Tourism is shutting down and Trade Shows are being canceled.

This could be a very BIG event. I believe credit will dry up.

 

[Shooter]

Im in the middle, mostly watching and ready, I think the trigger to jump to the next level, is a report that someone in your town has it ,

 

[Milkweed Host]

It's early yet? I think it's always smart to plan for the unknown, as best as one can. It seems like we lose electricity, a lot in Iowa. We have the winds, ice and idiots that drive into utility poles. Making plans ahead of possible problems is smart and helps train the mind. Just like whenever you see a stranger, have a plan in mind on how you will kill that person should they attack you, or a plan on how you will escape.

 

[jed turtle]

Ready and waiting...
but not locked and loaded. Being prepared means not losing sleep.
time to start the seeds, drop a few trees for next years firewood, keep busy on the home front.

 

[Dozdoats]

I have been busy since mid-January filling holes in preps and learning about new needs for this potential problem - and trying to meet them in advance as well. Oxygen concentrator should be arriving soon, and a colloidal silver generator too, to feed a couple of cool mist humidifiers to help with area disinfection and to fuel a nebulizer for breathing treatments.

I have built up a small amount of new understanding of herbal antivirals and laid in some stocks of herbs that seem to be the most useful in this case.

And I have prepped for quarantine as best I can. Now we wait ...

 

[jward]

I'm up a scosh, from 3 to 3.6. Not sure why. I've built my life to withstand the loss or change in distribution of materials and conveniences, as well as financial hits. Cannot raise the dead, though, and already have loved ones either in the eye of the storm, or out side it, but depending on medical care n getting 02 readings that dip into the 80s. I'm also concerned 'bout possibility of personal failings: as a boo boo kisser n tear dryer, and all round pillar of strength it scares me to think a fatal flaw in my core strength might manifest at just the wrong time. Then again, I never did depend upon myself, but the one who holds us all, so I guess I should adjust that # down, instead of UP :; sad smile ::

 

[bev]

I bumped it up this time to “glued.” I’m trying to read and understand as much as I can so fear doesn’t take over.

I talked to my son last night. Lives in CA with his wife, making lots of $ in the tech field. He was lamenting a large loss in their portfolio, and was of the opinion that covid19 is no big deal, just another flu. I educated him, as much as he would accept anyway.

He texted me a little while ago and said “things just got real!”

A young lady works as a barista in an office building in San Francisco, serving everyone in the building. She is married to my son’s right-hand man at work. In San Francisco.

she found out today that Someone in her building is positive for covid19. They’re shutting it down for a “deep cleaning.” Everyone will work from home for a while.

Did she serve this person? Is she infected? Did she infect her husband? Did he infect my son? Too many questions without answers.

Son and wife live in a city with at least 2 people who are positive for covid19.

 

[zookeeper9]

I am watchful and ready. Maryland just had its first 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 announced. It is a small state, with a lot of international travelers. There are more cases out there. Last of the preps are coming in tomorrow and we are ready to hunker down at any time.