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    Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers
    Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers
    Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers
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    Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers

    Written by Tea Krulos

    Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer

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    It seems like people are always talking about the end of the world, doesn't it? Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he meets doomsday preppers-people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills-as well as religious prognosticators and climate scientists. He camps out with the Zombie Squad (who use a zombie apocalypse as a survival metaphor); tours the Survival Condos, a luxurious bunker built in an old Atlas missile silo; and attends Wasteland Weekend, where people party like the world has already ended. Frightening and funny, the ideas Krulos explores range from ridiculously outlandish to alarmingly near and present dangers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 2, 2019
    ISBN9781977339690
    Author

    Tea Krulos

    Tea Krulos is a freelance writer and author who was born in Wisconsin and lives in Milwaukee. His previous books include Heroes in the Night, Monster Hunters and Apocalypse Any Day Now. He also contributed a chapter to The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History. He frequently gives presentations on paranormal and other unusual topics and is the organizer of the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference and Milwaukee Krampusnacht; he also leads ghost tours for Milwaukee Ghost Walks. He writes a weekly column on his website (teakrulos.com) called "Tea's Weird Week."

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    • 4/5
      A diverting collections of essays about the author's experience researching various flavors of doomsday enthusiast. Whether they be believers of Biblical prophecy, survivalists, fans of various sci-fi films, environmentalists, or even potential Martian colonists, these people have left behind their culture in answer to a unique calling. Each of them is possessed of a certain question that the rest of society has chosen to ignore - what if everything we know goes away over night?These people have dedicated at least some portion of their lives to preparing for disaster situations. It's a fascinating way of life, no matter your own personal beliefs, and everyone can benefit from a little more preparedness.
    • 3/5
      The description of the book here is pretty on-point, but I have to say the subtitle of the book must have been invented by the marketing department. "Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers" is pretty misleading in that there's no real underground investigation of anything under than a guided tour of an ex-missile silo that's been repurposed into multi-million dollar luxury shelters for the elite.The book overall is better described as a survey of various people and groups throughout history from Nostradamus to the Mayans to modern day UFO gangs who thought the world was going to end. Or, if not end, then end "as we know it". Only a scant portion of the material is actually focused on preppers, and there is no "deep" dive into their real concerns or preparations beyond what one could read in the first paragraph or two of a wikipedia entry.There's a lot about burning man style festivals of zombie movie watchers, a hike into the back country, and interviews with random people who agreed to be interviewed. (Yawn)It also should be borne in mind by the reader that the author is an admitted liberal and while he does pay lip service to liberal preppers (whom he calls "homesteaders"), he rightly states that preppers tend to be independent, self-reliant people of a conservative mindset. The treatment of preppers starts with the presumption that they're equal in credibility to, for example, those who thought the world would end because the Mayan calendar had run out, or those who thought the world would end because of Y2k. On the contrary, every prepper has a different vision of circumstances that might impact their family's ability to live normally, from a Katrina type hurricane, all the way to civil war or even a nuclear war. And every prepper takes different steps, most of which the author doesn't mention, other than the "bug-out bag" which receives a cursory listing of possible contents that would be different for every prepper.In short for the 7.5 hours of listening I would say there is some moderately interesting information in here but nothing groundbreaking and not much really to be worth investing the time, at least, for someone who has any knowledge of the concept of prepping. As to the notion of "Doomsday Preppers", this is just overblown hype, again probably by the marketing department. Nobody I know is predicting Doomsday. They're just trying to improve their survivability beyond the position of most Americans who make a run on bottled water anytime there's a crisis because they don't keep more than a day of food on hand.Surely a more interesting "Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers" could come from someone who actually spent a lot of time with some preppers at a compound. Or, better yet, pick up a book by James Wesley, Rawles --you'll understand prepping better and have more fun reading.
    • 4/5
      I received this book from Early Reviewers. This was an interesting read. Mr. Krulos is a free lance journalist who spends each chapter with a different group of people preparing in various ways for the end of the world. Funny, interesting and at times creepy. The reader does a good job on this CD version. It is a fairly short read or listen and would be good for a road trip. My only complaint would be that the author starts a couple of times to get too political. But those moments don't last long.
    • 3/5
      Apocollypse Now was a well researched book, but was limited to a survey of the various groups that believes mankind is set on a path of destruction and they need to be prepared. Some of the book seemed redundant - the preppers, the homesteaders, the Zombie Squad etc. all have similar beliefs and are preparing their bug out bags in similar ways. The chapter on the very expensive condos within de-activated missle silos held my attention. It was interesting to hear of the extent some very rich people are going to protect themselves for 5 years should there be a need to abandon their homes and careers to stay alive. I am glad I read this book since this is a segment of our society to which I have no exposure.
    • 3/5
      When I requested this book on the monthly Early Reviews list I was expecting this to be a book looking only at the prepper culture - the people (often portrayed as very conservative, maybe paranoid, looking at conspiracies online) who collect food, guns, and military surplus to survive the end of the world. And while Tea Krulos does explore some of this culture, interviewing preppers in Wisconsin and New York, and looking at that culture, I was pleasantly surprised that there was so much more to this book. Tea not only explores the prepper culture, but also some of the different cultures (sub-cultures) that have cropped up with similar goals (preparing for the end of the world) but going about it in different ways. There were the members of Zombie Squad, an international group of preppers that use the hypothetical zombie apocalypse as a springboard not only for prepping, but for outreach, volunteering, and blood drives. There are the homesteaders who try to recreate and relearn the skills our ancestors had to prepare food, live off the land, and lead a simpler life. Tea interviews and immerses himself in these different groups, giving us an inside look into this culture, and maybe giving the reader a pause to think - am I ready? Maybe not to survive the end of the world, but if a serious weather event or natural disaster happened, could you survive for 3 days without access to food, electricity, and all the modern comforts we enjoy? A good book that gets into the prepper sub-culture, exploring this world honestly and with a bit of entertainment. (The time Tea spends at the doomsday-themed Wasteland event, based primarily on the Mad Max movies was quite interesting.) Tea provides a glimpse at this world dispassionately, without judgement, providing the reader an intimate look at a group of people that are often seen as extreme.
    • 3/5
      Tea Krulos takes a deep dive into the world of doomsday preppers in this eye-opening book. Krulos explores the thinking of many different types of preppers, from those who believe in great government conspiracies, to those who simply want to return to the "simple" way of living off the land. Through Krulos's eyes, we view post-apocalyptic shelters from hidden cabins to palatial underground condominiums. We experience Mad Max style gatherings at which attendees get a head start on the end times. We participate in survival skills weekends. I came away from reading this book with a sense that preparation for a major disaster is imperative, but also with a healthy fear of the most intense preppers.
    • 4/5
      This was a fascinating audiobook -- much more than I would have expected. It's easy to dismiss survivalists/doomsday preppers as crazy extremists, but Krulos does an excellent job of making the people he interviewed relatable. And after recent events such as Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, etc., maybe more of us should be preppers.
    • 4/5
      A very well done look into the beliefs about the end times and an even better look into those who feel the need in being prepared for the worst. Tea writes well, and goes all out in researching to give a well rounded look into his topic. Many might think he's just going to write about the nut case preppers like the unibomber, but I felt he gave them a fair shake and it was pretty obvious he really enjoyed spending time with some of them while doing his research. I enjoyed this book.
    • 3/5
      This audiobook is about hanging out with preppers. Well, sort of. Tea goes around talking about AI, zombie parties, apocalypse parties, and people who predict the end of the world. He doesn't really spend much time talking about actually prepping or homesteading. A bit disappointing, and some of the people are obvious nutjobs. The global warming bit had me rolling my eyes. The narrator, Eric Michael Summerer, is a great narrator.