Mrs. Bell
Advance English 10
March 26, 2014
Pros and Cons of Doomsday Prepping
The cries of siren across the nation, bombs dropping left and right, people yelping for salvation; are you ready for doomsday? Prepping for doomsday has its positive and negative sides. First of all, not a lot of people know about doomsday prepping. Next, the barren wasteland left from the apocalypse force you to learn some useful skills. Prepping could be expensive, but if you look for the best deals it will just around your budget. Some of the doomsday situations out there won’t even happen in a lifetime.
Doomsday prepping is people preparing themselves and their surroundings for the worst to come. Anybody can become a prepper, from civilians to ex-military to mailman. They can get so afraid of various world-ending scenarios that they start prepping. Two main keys to prepping are …show more content…
The zombie theory would have been foolish ten years ago, but today many people believe it’s possible. All the movies, TV shows, and video games out there got people thinking zombies will rise and devour every human on Earth. Even though it’s believed damage to one of the walking corpse’s brain might finally eliminate it, preppers still prepare for the worse. There are a lot of speculations on how the outbreak will happen, but none of them are stick and stone. It’s really slim that the zombie outburst will happen it’s still probable due to all concepts of diseases, rabies, etc (Cunningham and Meehan 1). The skills learned from prepping can be useful for the apocalypse and everyday life if the holocaust doesn’t happen. For starters being physically fit can take someone really far. Then, self defense of the prepper and his/her surroundings will help them survive and live longer. Finally, learning surviving skills from hunting, making a fire and gathering water will be essential for any prepper (Hahne