Every time an election gets near, people get a little crazy… I rather doubt we’ve got a post-apocalypse scenario coming, though. More that frightened people are easy to control, so the media works on getting everyone very frightened around election time. Frightened of what? It hardly matters, so long as they’re frightened. Politicians like frightened people. Frightened people means easy voters, as long as you tell them what they want to hear, that you’ll make them safe from whatever it is.
Oh, and if we do have a post-apocalypse scenario coming, prepping to have adequate food and water is the least of your worries. Prepping for the hundreds of millions of people who haven’t prepared and are suddenly desperate, and willing to kill for food and water should probably be a lot higher on that list. If you can’t hold off a warlord or two, you should work on becoming a warlord. Government sucks, but it’s not like anarchy is any fun either…