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She got taken apart in the comments, so pulled the piece, got reamed for that, then put it back up with a SYOA letter. Heh.:)
First, an admission: I have ignored National Geographic’s The Doomsday Preppers since it debuted in February. There are lots of ‘reality’ shows out there (I am personally fond of Top Chef and Project Runway), but being in the business of dealing with disasters on a regular basis, watching it seemed like a busman’s holiday – and a ‘way-over-the-top’ one at that.
What drew it to my attention was my friend David Burns, CEM. David has lots of experience in emergency management and response and my respect forever, even if there have been times we disagree on the details. For example, I passed on an offer from the producers of the History Channel documentary “After Armageddon” in early 2010 and recommended they talk to David. David had the best line in the final cut: he said “We’re gonna die and there isn’t a whole lot we can do about it.” Blunt, but brilliant.
(BTW: You can still buy that video or watch it on YouTube.)
Doomsday Preppers took the concept and made it a reality show, with real people talking about how they are preparing for their own personal vision of a catastrophe. It is the highest rated show EVER on the National Geographic channel – beating such offerings as Border Wars and Dog Whisperer.
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