PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #56

[Topusaret]

With a nod to JC Refuge, who developed and created this identical poll the first 22 times, here we go again. The poll will remain up for three days. Your poll responses are private and cannot be viewed, but I encourage you to post your response and why you voted the way you did.

The first poll, June 16, 2004--average score, 1.83:
[poll] Prepper Anxiety Poll, June 16 '04 (First of a series)

The second poll, July 1--average score, 1.65:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, July 1, '04 (2nd in the series)

The third poll, July 15--average score, 1.91:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, July 15, '04 (3rd in the series)

The fourth poll, August 1--average score, 1.85:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, Aug. 1, '04 (fourth in the series)

The fifth poll, August 15--average score, 1.65:
Prepper Anxiety Poll, Aug. 15, '04 (fifth in the series)

The sixth poll, September 1--average score, 1.89:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #6, Sept. 1, '04

The seventh poll, September 15--average score, 1.94:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #7, Sept. 15, '04

The eighth poll, October 1--average score, 1.76:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #8, Oct. 1, '04

The ninth poll, October 15--average score, 1.94:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #9, Oct. 15, '04

The tenth poll, November 1--average score, 2.14:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #10, Nov. 1, '04

The eleventh poll, November 15--average score, 1.66:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #11, Nov. 15, '04

The twelfth poll, December 1--average score, 1.58:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #12, Dec. 1, '04

The thirteenth poll, December 15, 2004--average score, 1.59:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...hlight=prepper

The fourteenth poll, September 1, 2005--average score, 2.42:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The fifteenth poll, July 14, 2006--average score, 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The sixteenth poll, October 9, 2006--average score, 1.92:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...repper+anxiety

The seventeenth poll, April 2, 2007--average score, 1.98:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The eighteenth poll, October 23, 2007--average score, 1.90:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...anxiety+ poll

The nineteenth poll, January 26, 2008--average score, 1.97:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #19

The twentieth poll, April 24, 2008—average score, 2.03:
Prepper Anxiety Poll #20

The 21st poll, July 24, 2008—average score, 2.02:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #21

The 22nd poll, October 18, 2008—average score, 2.17:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #22

The 23rd poll, February 16, 2009--average score, 2.48:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #23

The 24th poll, June 26, 2009--average score 2.05:
PREP Prepper Anxiety Poll #24

The 25th poll, July 5, 2010--average score 2.14:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=365407

The 26th poll, December 5, 2010--average score 2.11:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=374491

The 27th poll, February 12, 2011--average score 1.91:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=378556

The 28th poll, July 2, 2011--average score 1.91:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=386126

The 29th poll, September 5, 2011--average score 2.15:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=389788

30th poll, October 8th, 2011--average score 2.17:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?391747

31st poll, January 1, 2012--average score 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?396607

32nd poll, April 27, 2012--average score 1.97:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?403853

33rd poll, May 30, 2012--average score 2.27:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?405610

34th poll, September 16, 2012--average score 2.41:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?413044

35th poll, November 18, 2012--average score 2.14:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?417514

36th poll, April 2, 2013--average score 2.20:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?425823

37th poll, August 22, 2013--average score 1.88:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...r+anxiety+poll

38th poll, October 16, 2014--average score 2.37:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-38

39th poll, January 13,2015--average score 1.92:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-39

40th poll, March 8, 2015--average score 1.90:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-40

41st poll, August 19, 2015--average score 2.05:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...nxiety-Poll-41

42nd poll, December 13, 2015--average score 2.12:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-42&highlight=

43rd poll, July 14, 2016--average score 2.21:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-43&highlight=

44th poll, October 16, 2016--average score 2.30:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...l-44&highlight=

45th poll, November 9, 2016--average score 1.70:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-45&highlight=

46th poll, February 6, 2017--average score 1.88:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-46&highlight=

47th poll, April 12, 2017--average score 1.97:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-47&highlight=

48th poll, June 4, 2017--average score 1.91:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-48&highlight=

49th poll, September 14, 2017--average score 1.74:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-49&highlight=

50th poll, February 20, 2018--average score 1.55:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-50&highlight=

51st poll, July 24, 2018--average score 1.58:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-51&highlight=

52nd poll, October 28, 2018--average score 2.09:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-52&highlight=

53rd poll, November 28, 2018--average score 1.72:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showt...-53&highlight=

54th poll (despite incorrect poll number on that post), March 31, 2019--average score 1.70:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?552586-Prepper-Anxiety-Poll-53&highlight=

55th poll, September 4, 2019--average score 1.625:

PREP - Prepper Anxiety Poll #55

With a nod to JC Refuge, who developed and created this identical poll the first 22 times, here we go again. The poll will remain up for three days. Your poll responses are private and cannot be viewed, but I encourage you to post your response and why you voted the way you did. The first poll...

xf.timebomb2000.com

 

[fish hook]

For the first time ever i checked something above watchful and ready.This corono virus has me a little spooked.Not ready for the bunker yet,but thinking about it.Some things are harder to mentally prepare for than others.Hard to fight an enemy you can't see.I am well prepped and can easily go into quarantine,But it still makes me nervous.

 

[FreeSpace]

I am spooked but still a few tripwires from self isolation.

I am ready if needs be.
Still i'm not, or will, panic.

Cool pragmatic heads win.

Emotion kills.

 

[Marthanoir]

 

[Bps1691]

Just running at normal awareness of potential major issue. Am monitoring the CDC site- 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

… and the normal news sites, personal contacts and Forums I go to

At first real indications this could be serious, double checked existing preps, filled minor holes and prep'd the rest of my family on potential and the policy that should be followed. Also pulled some masks, gloves, googles and plastic poncho's from my stores and took them to my grown children to flush out their existing kits for a just in case extra 30 days self quarantine.

IMHO this is NOT the hair on fire big one- yet. It has the potential to be, but the information that can be verified doesn't indicate it is even close to the point that we'd consider self quarantine. That doesn't mean we've written it off as a nothing burger, we're real interested in staying as informed as possible.

It is a great opportunity to check your preparations and fill any holes you have.

It's a great teaching moment for those who think their preppers. If you are now just running around trying to find proper masks, goggles, gloves and food to self quarantine, you're paying a lot more (if you can find the goods) than if you were really prepared. Hopefully you'll learn from this experience what being prepared and planning really mean.

 

[straightstreet]

I checked a bit concerned because of our kids and grandsons.

 

[Used Camels]

Dang ... 56 anxiety polls ago I got the ball rolling on this, and here we still are.

The world has still not gone up in flames and I have not even had to lock down my bunker hatch anywhere along the way.

This time around though ... maybe so.

Glued to the screen, expecting the worst.

 

[Old Gray Mare]

I checked a bit concerned. When I go out I am more situationally aware of coughs and sneezes than I've been in the past.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I could have voted twice. I'm a bit concerned, but I'm also watchful and ready. A bit concerned, because of the nature of this virus. Watchful and ready, because we're ready to go into quarantine at any time.

 

[hiwall]

The virus thing to me is more dangerous just due to the economic impact. It kind of looks like a Black Swan that is circling to land.

 

[Deena in GA]

Wow! I didn't realize we've been doing these polls for almost 16 years now! Time flies!

For the first time in quite some time, I clicked glued to the screen, because I am. Just want to stay on top of current happenings.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Wow! I didn't realize we've been doing these polls for almost 16 years now! Time flies!

For the first time in quite some time, I clicked glued to the screen, because I am. Just want to stay on top of current happenings.

Likewise, I'm sure. Everything's been so bizarre lately I keep looking for the other shoe to drop. Michigan's winter has been behaving like spring. We're expecting a high of almost 50 this Monday. First couple days of February, and there's a 50 degree day! This isn't anywhere close to normal.

 

[Seeker22]

I picked "glued to the screen, expecting the worst any day now".
I am looking at a gene engineered virus mutating in real time as the closest I have ever come to Bunker Time.
There isn't anything else I can do at this point except keep up with the updates. It's a hel of a ride.

 

[ShadowMan]

I'm a bit concerned, but watchful and ready.....just in case. Having recently moved, so much of our preps are still in boxes. The movers did a great job packing, not so good at labeling. We're still looking for our pots and pans?!?

Not sure if I believe the engineered virus threat. I think that if anyone actually did attempt to manufacture a racially/ethnically targeted bio-weapon the very real threat of a runaway mutation would be far too great a risk of it backfiring on the maker. I would hope no one would EVER actually consider doing something SOOOOOO EXTREMELY STUPID!! However there seems of late to be no end to the level of idiocy the world is striving to reach.

With all that considered. It is only a matter of time, WHEN not IF a pandemic escapes and runs rough shod across the planet.

 

[oleglass]

Checked a bit concerned.
Have to get closer to home to be worried.

 

[Hfcomms]

Every time I've answered this poll it's always been the same no matter what is happening.

watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case

I'm perhaps just a bit over that baseline now with the pandemic potential on the horizon. Went thru the medical preps and purchased another large box of nitrile gloves along with sanitation wipes. I did purchase more supplements and a few bags of dog food and another three cases of Mountain House but I was going to be doing that anyway. But if I was totally unprepared and considered the possibility of having to self quarrantine for a few weeks to a few months I wouldn't be as calm probably.

 

[Turret Buster]

I checked a bit concerned also, mainly because of this virus thing.

 

[Used Camels]

Ummm ... with the Lancet article just published indicating an 11% mortality rate, I have changed my mind. It's just about bunker time.

https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673620302117.pdf

 

[hiwall]

Disclaimer: I am keeping an eye on things but I have not bought anything extra at all.
I can, at any time day or night, order whatever I want online and have it delivered in just a couple or three days. If I get worried I will use that ordering option extensively.

 

[adgal]

I'm a bit concerned, but watchful and ready.....just in case. Having recently moved, so much of our preps are still in boxes. The movers did a great job packing, not so good at labeling. We're still looking for our pots and pans?!?

Not sure if I believe the engineered virus threat. I think that if anyone actually did attempt to manufacture a racially/ethnically targeted bio-weapon the very real threat of a runaway mutation would be far too great a risk of it backfiring on the maker. I would hope no one would EVER actually consider doing something SOOOOOO EXTREMELY STUPID!! However there seems of late to be no end to the level of idiocy the world is striving to reach.

With all that considered. It is only a matter of time, WHEN not IF a pandemic escapes and runs rough shod across the planet.

I think the scenario that they were testing bio-weapons and the guards that were responsible for disposing of the testing animals sold them to a vendor at the wet market is a much more plausible scenario. We do know that they were testing bats in conjunction with coronavirus - so, it's not a huge step for this scenario to occur.

 

[Allotrope]

Watchful at this time because while there is not enough reliable information to make big decisions, there is enough to top off preps necessary for this situation while still possible. I expect supply chain problems at a minimum and will wait for more developments before lighting my remaining one or two strands of hair on fire.

 

[Allotrope]

Many of the links to previous polls but not all come back 404 error.

 

[goosebeans]

For the first time ever i checked something above watchful and ready.This corono virus has me a little spooked.Not ready for the bunker yet,but thinking about it.Some things are harder to mentally prepare for than others.Hard to fight an enemy you can't see.I am well prepped and can easily go into quarantine,But it still makes me nervous.

Same here. fish hook. Our preps are good but son commuting every day to a college with - I just learned- 1000 recently returned Chinese students... the worry factor is way up!

 

[Repairman-Jack]

I'm usually closer to A Bit.... this time I'm a solid Watchful. Preps are most always in order and any gaps were filled a couple weekends ago when it looked like things were going to get dicey with Iran

 

[jed turtle]

Wrote glued to the screen, but really, mostly just ordinary prepping and work around the homestead, but manning the tb2k radar screen with MUCH more attention towards the flu reports than the Q thread or the impeachment farce.

 

[fish hook]

Same here. fish hook. Our preps are good but son commuting every day to a college with - I just learned- 1000 recently returned Chinese students... the worry factor is way up!

I can really understand your anxiety.Just the commute is bad enough without all that exposure.

 

[Siskiyoumom]

At the various face books I follow there has been a huge influx of newbies totally freaked out. As well as on Reddit. I am watching and reply to inquiry posts with the basic,store what you use, use what yiu store, don’t waste money, think on your family’s routines and how to address a disruption in them, have small bills on hand for an emergency stash, ya da ya da.

 

[FreeSpace]

Still expecting the worst any day now.

Not because of what I hear snd read. More due to what I am NOT hearing.

It is easier for me to drop it down a level than to ramp it up.

 

[Virtualco]

Still expecting the worst any day now.

Not because of what I hear snd read. More due to what I am NOT hearing.

It is easier for me to drop it down a level than to ramp it up.

I'm with you FreeSpace. I am relying on this forum and top of the hour news for whats going on with regard to the corona-virus outbreak.

I'm prepped up for two adults, 2000 calories daily, with peanut butter, mayo, canned chicken and canned albacore tuna for 39 days. Usually keep a lower level of these items.

I also keep a weeks worth of Mountain House freeze dried entrees for two adults for my car bug out.

Got PPE and enough dry lentils, beans, and rice for three months.

So I'm good to go, but really am watching to determine when to pull the plug to self quarantine.

First One to Panic Wins

 

[Topusaret]

After almost 24 hours, the poll stands at exactly 2.00.

 

[L.A.B.]

Those in their bunkers are still several steps ahead of my precautions.

I would usually post, “going over checking on prep’s” but in answering ‘The 2020 Prediction Thread‘ I did (((pick up on))) the bio aspect of all that’s fair in love and... how about those Red Sock’s.

Sorry. Can’t be too straight forward between the lines of intuitive and hindsight being 2020 as it is.

Based on the seemingly calculated equation of what has been purported to have popped its ugly head out of a bowl of bat-$#!+ crazy cuisine...

Based on the ghost towns and the exodus of millions of Chinese throughout China and abroad...

Not counting those unknown carriers of the virus just going about their New Years or Business travel through Chinese and International airports allowing the virus 1st and 2nd class air travel privileges...

Still waiting upon official word of the contagion crossing ethnic lines...

And if not...

Why that is something else to be concerned about.

(I don’t do ‘freaked out’) as it degrades focus.

I am concerned about the panic button the media might be soon coddling [PANIC] for effect.

The logical Hegelian Dialectic only requires a little more momentum to take us places we really don’t want to go.

Hurry-hurry, step rite up. Through these gate’s lie the inoculation for the brave new whirld.

Yes, step rite up. Get it while it’s hot.

 

[Capt. Eddie]

Voted watchful, ready. But I'm always pretty much at that level. I am devoting almost all my doom attention to the coronavirus though. Even ordered some Echinacea yesterday.

 

[Dozdoats]

"Listening to all the good news, hoping for the worst" was not an option

Seriously, still in wait and see mode personally, doing a few obvious things to chink (ouch) holes in preps but nothing wild. The real news is nigh impossible to discern in these early days but the noise is deafening. No wonder people are going off the deep end so soon. I am grateful for all the experience I have had here in years gone by, it really does help damp down the oscillations.

 

[Marseydoats]

The corona virus has me freaked out so I voted glued to the screen. The credit cards have been getting a work out lately with me trying to stock up. If I could stay home I wouldn't be so worried but I have to go to work.

 

[WalknTrot]

Every time I've answered this poll it's always been the same no matter what is happening.

watchful, ready, and checking the preps, just in case

I was just thinking the same thing. To ever vote any lower on this poll, I'd have to be dead.

 

[Topusaret]

After 51 hours, the poll stands at 2.10.

 

[Topusaret]

The 56th Prepper Anxiety Poll ends with a final score of 2.18. This poll, unlike most prior polls, started at a moderate level and continued to increase in "anxiety score".

Thanks to all who responded, and keep an eye out for the next one.