As you may have read in this very spot, people are falling all over themselves to stock up on candles, flashlights, bottled water and canned foods in case they have to take shelter if the world does indeed come to its blazing end on December 21, as the Mayans predicted way back in the day. But some people are seeing that kind of “doomsday prepping” and raising them a full-on “paranoid” with plans recently reported by Mental Floss.
Take, for instance, a Chinese man, who’s spending his life savings of more than $150,000 on a massive ship so he and his family can stay afloat – waka waka – in the event of worldwide floods. The thing is 65 feet long and weighs about 80 tons. I’m no expert, but I think you could probably fit a couple families of giraffes in there, too.
Or how about a Canadian dude who finished a bomb shelter of sorts in the 1980s – a maze of 42 underground school buses that he rents out kind of like B&Bs. The buses even have kitchens, showers and separate bunks.
“People have been in a panic because someone has prophesized the end of the world this particular week or whatever,” he told the Canadian Press. “They call us up just to make sure we have space in the shelter and I tell them, “For sure, come on down.”
Another Chinese man is plotting out an … interesting … plan – building 3-ton steel balls that a 13 feet in diameter. These things are designed to withstand a volcano, tsunami, earthquake or nuclear meltdown. But how? Well, they’re hollow and outfitted with seatbelts, so hop on in and enjoy the ride!
Perhaps the most unusual – or crazy, but I guess we’ll see in just a few days – is a New England couple that are hoarding honey bees in case of a “grid down” situation, Mental Floss reported. So what good would these things do, besides maybe sting you to death as an alternative suicide option? Well, they can be used for food AND be bartered, of course!
There are plenty of TV shows about these preppers, so if you’re just curious about ways to get by or if you want to laugh at the nutters, you can take your pick. But really, what’s the point? If hellfire does rain from the skies, is anyone going to survive? And I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to be stuck underground in some stinky school buses while zombies and mutants battle it out above me.
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