Doomsday Preppers

Dennis McClung and we quote: "I'm preparing for a coronal mass ejection in 2012 that would likely take out the electrical grid and knock civilization back to the Stone Age."; Lisa Bedford takes urban preparation to a new level in case of a complete financial collapse; The Kobler and Hunt families combine forces and have some of the best resources for self sustainability.

Even abroad, there are “apocalyptics,” people who are prepping for the end of the world. In this episode of Doomsday Preppers: Italy, we meet several of these international preppers. Marco lives in Milan and is a self-described urban prepper. He learned to assemble staple objects using urban refuse and he saves his food scraps in secret places. Giuseppe lives in Norcia and has reached complete food self-sufficiency; he has learned to hunt with a bow and arrow.

Nuclear fallout. Economic collapse. Mega tsunami. No matter what their fears, many preppers featured on this show are scored on their prepping ability and given months of estimated initial survival time. Many have made it to one year. But what about the elites? The highest scorers. The ones most equipped to survive...and thrive during doomsday? We've narrowed this group of top preppers down to five and will look at just what makes their plans, their preps, the best of the best.

If this show has taught us anything about the prepper community, it's that it is vast and varied. We've met those preparing for all kinds of apocalyptic scenarios. But one theme has emerged: To better outfit themselves for the end of days, preppers have chosen to build, before it comes. From big builds to small ones, from builds on wheels to the kind of re-building that happens after the lights go out — these preppers were busy building the preps of their dreams.

Some preppers think the answer to surviving doomsday is to throw money at it. From million dollar bunkers to elaborate tactical defense systems, money might make the end of days more comfortable, but it doesn't guarantee survival. It's time to go back to the basics with preps that are attainable for everyone