Doomsday Preppers Week 5: Hot Sauce and Helicopters
Josh Wander is an orthodox Jewish father who moved his family from Jerusalem, Israel, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is running for city council. He fears that a series of terrorist attacks against the United States is imminent and he is using his campaign for city council to educate his community about prepping.
There are lots of politicians who claim they want what is best for their constituents. Mr. Wander has the distinction of being one of the few people I’ve witnessed that became a politician because he’s seen horror in his homeland as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He thinks he really can help save the lives of his potential constituents.
Josh is prepping to “bug in,” for at least three months.
An interesting complication for Josh’s family is that in keeping with his faith, he must find certified kosher long-term food storage items. It has taken him a considerable amount of time, but he has obtained a considerable amount of kosher MREs. It was amusing to watch one of his daughters react to him opening a cooked MRE and taking a bite: “It looks like barf.” I love kids.
Despite the great pains he has taken to make certain that his foods are kosher, his family raises rabbits as an emergency source of food. Their faith makes allowances for people to eat non-kosher foods to sustain life.
Like other preppers, Josh has trained his older children to shoot. Unlike most, however, he takes them shooting every week. The show doesn’t delve into the Wander family’s personal security plans, but with the two older children trained weekly to handle multiple firearms, I suspect they could hold their own in a defensive position against untrained mobs if things got rough.
While I never really thought of it before Josh mentioned it, Jews have perfected the “bug-out,” as chronicled in Exodus and in countless retreats from oppression in countries around the world. They’re still here, despite numerous pogroms and genocides directed against them. That Josh desires to share this hope for survival with his entire community is commendable.
Josh Wander was prepping for three months. The experts give him a year.
The Wander family feels the condition of the United States has deteriorated so much since the show was taped that they are considering moving back to Israel, a nation surrounded by enemies.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Thanks, Barack.
An intelligent ‘prepper’ wouldn’t live near a fault line in the first place.
“Since the show was taped, the Wander family feels the condition of the United States has deteriorated so much that they are considering moving back to Israel, a nation surrounded by enemies.”
I was stunned by that. Though I wonder if he may have run into a few anti-Semitic remarks as he ran for city council.
“After ripping on prepper father Tom Perez for using his children to defend his $2 million compound in Texas,”
So you really take that seriously enough to get your panties in a bunch over it?
Really?
Luckily for Ryan, he has a network in Asheville and another one down “the road” in the mountains. Probably a good thing they didn’t go into the network on the show. All the liberal hippies in Asheville are reason enough to get out of there when TSHTF.
BTW, a helicopter on demand isn’t much good if the pilot skips town before he picks you up. What is the pilot’s priority. Also, if I had the cash, I would have bought an old military helicopter that could take my supplies with me.
I’m also a bit surprised about the choice of living next to the Muslim Brotherhood rather than the New Black Panther Party. And he isn’t even in Philadelphia.
If you had enough money to prep by buying a helicopter, couldn’t you spare enough cash to take a few lessons to get licensed?
“And he isn’t even in Philadelphia.” I agree. While Philly is a poor place to ride out a storm, Pittsburgh is a much nicer city. Plus there is lots of rural land nearby to bug out to.
Also agree about the pilot’s license. Why doesn’t he? One explanation could be that helicopters are difficult to fly. Fixed wing airplanes are much easier. He could be competent in an airplane in a few months. Plus, airplanes are more efficient, economical and easier to repair. A good bush plane like a Maule will get you into most areas you would want to go.
Philly to Pittsburgh in a helicopter. You are talking Dawn of the Dead.
Hole up in a shopping mall.
35 years ago, I lived in the piedmont of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Everyone then had a large vegetable garden. Towards the end of summer, it was a common sight to see bags and boxes of surplus produce along the road with “FREE” signs on them. But everyone had the same problem — what are we going to do with all of these extra tomatoes, cucumbers and squash?
I went through the same area last summer and did not see one vegetable garden.
Glad you guys are around “changing” the culture, and glorifying goofy conspiratorial movements like the preppers. I wonder if Nancy Lanza was a fellow fan?
I know right? It’s almost as bad as those nut jobs waiting for 2012 end times or global warming apocalypse.
I think from what I’ve been reading, General Tso, that she may have been more likely to be an article in waiting rather than a fan. Heard she took the boys out shooting and taught them how to use weapons to prepare for the end. Also reports that the son had lots of end of the world stuff on his computer, heard one of his last visits in his history was to the video of the Australian Prime Minister giving her end of the world speech. Another Aussie “prank” gone terribly wrong?
I get tired of everyone picking on crazy preppers. Preparations is important for everyone. Everyone faces the possibility of a lost job, poor health or natural disaster situations. Take a hard look at where you are. If you have nothing get started on something. Get yourself a 72 hour survival kit. Store some water. If you have those things under control start saving for a rainy day and don’t forget to store at least a two week supply of food. Remember preparation starts with you, not the government.