The so-called prepper community has a long list of concerns—and for quite some time Ebola has been near the top of it. Experts, though, are split on whether the confirmation that the disease has ...

What exactly is a prepper? It’s anyone who anticipates a calamity resulting in some degree of social collapse, and makes plans—or prepares—to survive independently. Behind that definition lies a gamut ...

Inside a church on 189th Street, the New York City Preppers Network gathers for its monthly meeting. About two dozen men and women sit on plastic chairs facing a whiteboard. Jason Charles, a ...

TOLEDO — Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years, friends who have called him paranoid for stockpiling an eight-month supply of food in his basement and having ...

Emergency Services Director Jerry VeHaun has led Buncombe County’s disaster preparedness and response for 43 years. Photo by Virginia Daffron Preppers — those who focus on preparing themselves and ...

Editor’s Note: Arianna LaPenne is a documentary filmmaker from New York City who has directed Emmy-nominated, and Peabody and Edward R. Murrow award-winning work in more than 50 countries. Her recent ...