WTKR

With the coronavirus pandemic in full swing, 'preppers' aren't joking around anymore

While most retail stores are now shutting down until the coronavirus crisis subsides, one type of store is doing brisk business. For years, people have ridiculed survivalists, or “preppers," who stock ...
CNN

‘Preppers’ have endured years of mockery. Coronavirus fears have given them a booming self-survival business

Do you have your “bug-out bag” (BOB) ready for when the “s*** hits the fan” (SHTF), or will you “bug in” for “the end of the world as we know it” (TEOTWAWKI)? This jargon is well understood within ...
KMBC Kansas City

Coronavirus threat has impact at KC prepper store

The coronavirus threat is having an impact at a Kansas City preparedness store.Bossert's Military Surplus said a customer recently bought all of its 3M breathing masks to send to someone serving ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

‘Doomsday’ preppers can stock up at Upland pre-disaster store

If the Big One ever strikes, a new store in Upland store stands ready. (Assuming it doesn’t collapse.) The store stocks canned drinking water, freeze-dried food, portable toilets and solar-powered ...