The coronavirus pandemic caught many by surprise, and Pres. Trump famously disregarded expert warnings well after it spread across the U.S. Some Americans had spent years preparing for disasters and a potential pandemic, an approach that may look more necessary given recent deadly storms, wildfires and the coronavirus. While some “preppers” can be treated as alarmist, the number of Americans spending on disaster preparation has doubled, and some tactics for preparing at an individual level are prudent, as MSNBC’s Ari Melber explores in this special report. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 02/24/2021.
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As Trump Ignored Warnings, Some Americans Anticipated Pandemic For Years | The Beat With Ari Melber
*if he would of been had he got re-elected… it would of been years!!!…he’s a Murder!!!…and I hope he gets his one day*
If not in this life in the next.
@Katie Hettinger I would prefer here thou!
They’re prepping for a CIVIL WAR
Nope, prepping for when SJWs decide that breathing and living are offensive and should be illegal.
@Craig Norris WW UWU
Let’s make it a dance off
Just wait till they tax you for breathing. 🤯
@Michael Noyes they already want to as part of healthcare reform. Penalties for existing without insurance.
I want an invisible treehouse.
Ive got one but I can’t find it.
You have to use an invisible tree.
Iceberg Rose: Great reply!
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Yeah I don’t think security was the issue in Texas, where everyone is born with a loaded gun. Lol
Your definition of security is too narrow. No amount of guns is going to give you food or water security, unless you are planning on killing your neighbors. Health security is even more complicated and guns are even less useful.
@ruth depew amen!
@ruth depew if you arm all your neighbors…
They need SWAT teams inside delivery rooms so the newborns don’t shoot the physicians as they come out.
This is a conversation you would only have in America. What does that tell you..
Yup, can’t imagine becoming much of a talking point here in the UK. As I understand it there are a relatively small number of these ‘Preppers’ in Europe, though I doubt any of them are preparing to bump off their neighbours at the first opportunity, which seems to be a bit of a thing with a lot of Americans.
The doomsday preppers are going into the extremes with their theatrics.
Fed and states officials has plans for this kinds scenarios in 24 hours after happen.
They have been around since the 1950’s.
@Katie Hettinger Its strategic government plans out of public information so other nations not get this information.
They are prepping for when the sjws decide breathing and living is offensive.
@Craig Norris you really are afraid of sjw, lol. You snowflake.
There is now a bullet train in Morocco that goes from Tangier to Casablanca (over 200 miles) in an hour. The fast train to New York goes 80 mph. I want you to let that sink in. America is not number one in almost anything except for our unparalleled achievement of being able to end human live anywhere on the planet at our whim.
it gets up to 145mph on a small stretch, LOL.
Our trains cross roadways. Most countries with fast trains operate on their own level
When SHTF, I got me a few cases of whiskey, and a lotta cigars, y’all. This can be used or TRADED.
This man… has his priorities straight.
There is a difference prepping for an emergency and prepping for WWIII
yeah peeping for ww3 is much cheaper .. all you need do is by a coffin… lol
@firefox5926 * buy !!! 👍✊
kitsch. 15 years ago, our mayor said on the radio to be prepared for at least a week n case of disaster. He flat out said there will be no help.
And yet they didn’t prepare for TRUMP
People like Trump should’ve listen to the science.
Never believe anything from donald dump or his family
They absolutely have a point, but some of the motivations are silly, but being prepared isn’t.
This guy clearly listens to a lot of music, because he quotes them a lot. The song he quoted this time must be before my time, because I have never heard of that song. In earthquake country, we prepare for that. In hurricane country, we prepare for that. The Deep South does not normally get snow, so how could people prepare for frozen and busted pipes? How could we prepare if our incomes and welfare benefits leave us no savings in order to prepare? Poverty exists by majority design and it is disproportonately designed by race. The poorest of the poor Americans need every penny and then some to survive. The poorest of the poor have no savings to buy all the things that woman has. Telling poor people to prepare with zero savings while being homeless is insulting. Basically, the power elites are telling us to do somehting they know we cannot do and then, they wag their fingers and poor people, blaming powerless people for not preparing for the emergency they created through prejudice, mismanagement, apathy, and incompetance, because they designed our life chances to be shortened and limited by social forces we cannot control.
Mormons are the original preppers, they always have a year worth of food in storage. If you ever want to learn how to can your garden harvest, they are good people to ask.
The best way to prepare for a disaster is to prepare with your neighbors. The more that can work together, the more that will survive.
The problem is those prepper types look a lot like the people who stormed the Hill. A self-fulfilling movement. They’re so convinced somebody was coming for them they thought they would strike first.
There are many people who cannot afford to “prep”.
Having a stocked pantry , a cold cellar with canned food and root vegetables etc used to be “normal” .