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Doomsday prepping: how ready are you for disaster?

6 mins | Aug 26, 2017

Water purification tablets, non-perishable food and a baseball bat. There is a growing community of people who define themselves by being ready for the worst possible situations. Esther Bintliff evaluates the virtues of being a prepper.

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