Survivalists in the Carolinas are preparing for the worst, whether it’s a natural disaster or a large-scale power grid failure, and there’s a growing number of people looking to have a backup plan.
A recent study found that millions of Americans identify themselves as preppers. Here in North Carolina, nearly ten thousand people are in a Facebook group about prepping.
That includes people like Angie Huss, who showed Channel 9′s Dave Faherty some of the supplies she has at her home in the foothills.
“[I] try to keep a stock of good variety,” Huss said.
She has several freezers on the property, along with generators if the power goes out. She has medical supplies, a reliable water source, and she raises chickens for the eggs and meat.
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Huss believes she and her husband could survive for two to three years.
“We could face just about anything. We have alternate sources of heat here, we grow our own food, we have the power the weather those storms,” Huss said.