Doomsday Preppers

If the end of the world actually came on December 21st, 2012 as the Mayans predicted; or if there was an F-5 tornado or mega-earthquake; would you have enough water, food and supplies to keep your family safe?

Braxton and Kara Southwick joined us on Studio10.  Their family of eight is featured on Nat Geo's hit show "Doomsday Preppers."

The series focuses on the lives of otherwise ordinary Americans who are preparing for the end of the world, with experts who analyze the thoroughness of their preps.

In season two, you'll meet a plethora of individuals who are committed to thinking through every contigency plan. We'll meet a diabetic mother stockpiling insulin to survive the devastation of an F-5 tornado she fears is coming; a 14-year-old preparing for a global economic collapse; a millionaire doctor getting ready for a massive earthquake; and a "Brady Bunch" type prepping family with six children who anticipate a terrorist small-pox epidemic.  

Running emergency drills, stockpiling food and weapons are basic parts of a prepper's life. They'll go to whatever lengths deemed necessary to make sure they are prepared if simple services should falter, and chaos and violence become the order of the day. Though unique in their beliefs, motivations and strategies, these preppers are planning ahead for a time when hardship and hunger turn Americans against each other.

Each episode will include an assessment by an expert who analyzes how prepared the preppers actually are if their worst fears become a reality and they have to put their plans into action. Viewers are left to make their own decisions as to whether the preppers are tip-top planners... or just plain paranoid.

"Doomsday Preppers" airs on Nat Geo.