Reality TV shows like the Discovery Channel's Doomsday Bunkers and National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers perpetuate a stereotype of "preppers" that omits the wide swath of people who engage in preparedness in a less extreme and more varied way.

Talk of korea-missiles-trump.html">nuclear war, climate apocalypse, pandemic, market-china-trade.html">economic instability, and the freedom-house-annual-report-civil-liberties-authoritarian-donald-trump-us-a8763196.html">decline of democracy has led more people to think about how to survive a catastrophic -- if not apocalyptic -- event. 

Do you buy organic food? Will you drink only bottled water? Do you avoid antibiotics? You may not have an underground bunker but you might have a generator, short wave radio, extra batteries and a supply of canned foods.

Today, we dive into the real world of "preppers." 

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