SCOPE - Survivalist Coalition Of Puna & Environs?

[AlohaSteven]

...room to raise crops, distance from big-city crime, and proximity to good hunting and fishing, just in case hard times -or a disaster- made food hard to come by.

Does this description sound more or less like Puna? I doubt Puna's real estate values will be declining anytime soon, unless lava runs across 130 or something of this order were to happen.

Knowing she wasn't alone in her desire to live a "prepared" lifestyle, Moss decided to turn her interests into a business and set up shop as a realtor herself. Her offerings on survivalrealty.com include a five-acre, three-bedroom property with the trappings of practical survivalism: a 10,000-gallon cistern for cultivating organic fruit trees, a 250-foot fire hose, and a dual-use root cellar/fallout shelter with "essential living quarters" and a backup generator. "I've had inquiries from people all over the country, from professionals -- doctors, lawyers, commodity brokers -- to blue-collar workers like mechanics and nurserymen," says Moss. "Some people really do want a lifestyle change."

I wonder, does anyone have a sense regarding what percentage of the population in Puna is genuinely oriented toward local self-sufficiency in food production, cooperative efforts in mutual assistance, and suchlike? To my mind this is much more the litmus test for Puna-style "survivalism" as I think of such than crouching in a bunker behind barbed wire somewhere with a stash of dehydrated E-rations.

"If most people think of a survivalist as an armed loner with extreme views -- there are folks like that out there, but there are many more in America who are simply involved in preparing for down times, lean times, or disaster," says Mr. Rantala, a former US intelligence analyst. "It's logical. It's common sense."

[Quotes from an article describing various businesses selling "survivalism" gear and info at http://www.alternet.org/environment/116916/ ]


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