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Ordinary Americans from
all walks of life are

taking whatever measures
necessary to prepare.

Braxton southwick: My
family is preparing

for a biological
terrorist attack.

Bryan may: For the new
Madrid earthquake.

Wilma Bryant: For a
series of f-5 tornados.

Narrator: And
protect themselves.

Aton Edwards: Watch it Tim,

push him away, push him away.

Cameron Moore: Stop right there!

Narrator: From what they
perceive is the fast

approaching end of the
world as we know it.

Jayden southwick: Dad!

Braxton southwick: Lee healon

narrator: Next, we go
inside the lives of two

committed preppers,
who have devised an

extensive plan,
gone to great lengths.

Tom: Come right here!

Narrator: And made huge
personal sacrifices,

to ensure their very survival.

And taken th
apocalypse, together.

Eve: His is not the plan!

Let us the hell in!

Narrator: The experts
will assess their preps,

toee ithey have what it takes.

Steven: Target acquired tom.

Narrator: To survive.

Tom: Bring on the terrorists.

Narrator: This is
doomsday preppers.

Dr. tom Perez is a
retired chiropractor,

who lives in Houston, Texas

with his wife Monica
and their three kids.

Tom: I have a daughter
by the name of Kat.

Our son Thomas is 12 years old

and we have Matthew,
the youngest.

Narrator: The Perez's
built their 6800 square

foot home in an upscale
neighborhood near good

schools and high-end shopping.

But tom's trained his
family to give up their

life of luxury in
a moment's notice.

Tom: We do not plan
to stay in Houston;

we plan to bug out as quickly

and efficiently as we can.

I'm preparing for a
terroristic attack.

On your knees!

Man: Please.

Narrator: tom fears
the dirty bomb.

An erydaexplive,
like dynamite or tnt,

packed with
radioactive material.

Once detonated, its blast
can spread radiation

anywhere from a city block
to several square miles.

But that radioactive
debris could lodge in

buildings, and chemically
bind with concrete and

asphalt, making
decontaminating a city

difficult, and possibly
forcing affected

neighborhoods to be abandoned.

Tom: If a dirty bomb
exploded in the Houston

metroplex area there
would be disarray.

There would be people yelling,

screaming, shooting.

There could be looting,
home invasions.

People would do things
they normally wouldn't do.

I do not want to
be around that and

I do not want to put
my family at risk.

Narrator: Because tom
fears Houston could be

uninhabitable after a
dirty bomb explosion,

his entire prepping plan
begins with bugging out.

Tom: If the hit the fan I

would definitely
get out of there.

We practice how quickly
we can get out of our

homestead and load up our goods,

so we can get out of Houston.

Narrator: The fastest
tom and his family have

bugged out of their
home is 10 minutes,

a drill they usually
practice twice a month.

Matthew: Hurry, hurry.

Tom: Get strapped
in, okay buddy?

Narrator: Today is the start of

their 3rd drill this year.

Tom: You got everything

you got your gun?

At's bugging out.

Narrator: tom's bug out
route bypasses over

3,000 miles of
Houston's highways and

once on the open road,

they travel due west
to their safe house.

300 miles away in
brackettville, Texas.

Tom: We have prepped
for many years

to go to a compound.

Narrator: It's normally a
six-hour drive to tom's

compound, but he
believes it could take

as many as 21 hours, if
the other two million

houstonians are also
attempting to flee.

As aesul tom has three back-up,

bug-out routes.

Tom: You cannot over
prepare for a disaster.

Narrator: The Perez's
bug out compound is

700 acres bigger than 100 square

New York City blocks.

Tom's nicknamed his compound and

its two limestone
homes "the alamo."

tom: This is what we
consider our last stand.

Narrator: The original
alamo in San Antonio is

synonymous with a last stand

against impossible odds.

Ifhe per's er co under siege,

towantto enre they don't

suffer the same fate.

So he's spent 10 years
and more than two million

dollars turning his alamo
into a veritable fortress.

Tom: I designed it, set
up the security for it.

We have layers of security,

such as solid steel
bars on the window

we have alarms.

Narrator: tom's alamo
is fortified with

seven-inch thick,
bulletproof walls.

Surrounding it is four
miles of sen-ft ta

barbed wire fencing.

And beyond that is the
chihuahuan desert;

the largest desert
in north America.

Tom: It is a harsh terrain.

It would be hard for individuals

to come across this barren area.

That's why we
decided to have this

as our safe bug out area.

For me prepping is
not an obsession,

it's therapeutic.

When I pass our gates here,

blo preure ops to 1poin.

Rrat: But not before tom

performs a security check.

The rest of the faly
st wt inhe vehicle

until tom determines
it safto eer.

Tom modeled his security
chk sttegyfter

SWAT team technique called
"deliberate entry."

Anyone in here?

Narrat: Whh isypically used

in narcotic raids when the exact

location of a threat is unknown.

Tom: Anyone in here?

Okay, cabin one secure.

Narrator: Once the
cabins are secure,

tom makes sure
every other part of

his plan is in working order.

Tom: I spend
approximately five hours,

six hours a day determining what

I have prepped.

We investigate, dify exange, se,

to have the most current
available mre meals,

ries, munion.

Prepng iinfinite.

Narrator: tom maintains about

46,000 rounds of ammunition;

engh bullets to shoot ery rson

in the county 12 times.

But all of tom's preps
play a defensive role,

even his food and water.

The Perez's have a
nine-month supply of food

at the ranch, but not all
of it is safe to eat.

Tom: I also have
taken the Liberty of

contaminating 10% of my
food and water supply.

If it is ever compromised,
I'm the only one that

knows which supplies
are affected.

Narrator: tom wants his
toxic supplies to be an

unwelcome surprise
to anyone foolish

enough to storm the alamo.

But while most preppers
might consider

contaminating water
counter intuitive,

tom isn't worried
because he has an

almost endless supply.

Tom: Hiis m lilineor water.

Narrator: tom
strategically built his

ranch above the Edwards aquifer,

an underground water
source roughly 10 times

larger than the
city of Los Angeles.

The aquifer provides
water to close to

two million texans everyday and

tom has his own personal access.

His 45-foot tall windmill
draws water directly up

from 1,000 feet below ground and

can pump 11,000 gaons day.

Tom: As long as the aquifers are

energized by rainfall
we should have

adequate water for
many years to come.

Narrator: If the alamo
ever comes under attack,

and the windmill is damaged,

tom's main water supply
could be cut off,

so he has a reserve
supply of more than

2,0 gaons corete tanks.

Tom: I coulda gone
with plastic tanks,

woulda been a lot
easier, a lot cheaper.

Narrator: Unlike plastic,
concrete is fire resistant

and tom believes it
will keep his water

protected against
incendiary bombs,

such as molotov cocktails.

To test his theory, he's
making his own brand of

molotov cocktail from a
secret recipe of ordinary

household items,
like high proof alcohol

and detergent.

Tom: Torch fuel, don't
leave home without it.

Narrator: tom's goal
is to make his custom

recipe produce a longer
lasting flame that can

sticto a target,

similar to the
effects of napalm.

Tom: Now that's a good
molotov cocktail.

Rrator: With the hel
of local law enforcement,

he rea to test it
for the first time,

to prove his tank is
in fact fireproof.

Tom: Bring on the terrorists.

From what I've seen
after numerous examples

of these explosives,
it's built to last.

It can take a licking and

will keep on storing water.

Narrator: If survivors of
a dirty bomb attack do

penetrate every layer
of tom's security,

he has a last line of
defense, his family.

Tom: How would you
defend the door?

What would you do,

since we've been
talking about it?

Matthew: Shoot
through the window.

Narrator: tom knows he can't

defend the alamo alone.

So he's been training
17-year-old Kat,

12-year-old Tommy, and
six-year-old Matthew

how to use various firearms.

Tom: If you're going to
talk to your children

about drugs, talk to
them about prepping.

It's no different.

Narrator: Matthew,
who has been shooting

since the age of four,
can hit a target from

100 yards away with his

child-sized sniping rifle.

Matthew: Really prepared for,

like invasion or something.

Tommy: He's not like other dads.

He teaches us many
tactical ways to survive.

Tom: Wow, that is good.

Katarina: He's very
smart, very smart.

You know we're always,
like, on our toes.

Monica: He orchestrates pretty

much everything as far
as keeping us safe.

Narrator: Because
tom wants his family

ready at all times,

he drills their defense
skills weekly.

Tom: Alright hold my spot.

Narrator: So, today 's
ked f-du officers

from the local
sheriff's department

to ambush their home.

Without telling his three kids.

Katana: Don't give
him the gun Thomas!

Officer villarreal:
I'll shoot her!

Put your gun down!

Katarina: No, get ay!

Narrator: Fearing a
dirtbombttacin

his home city of Houston, Texas,

tom Perez has built himself a

700-acre compound 300 miles away

called "the alamo."

He routinely drills his
family's defensive skills,

and today he's having
off-duty officers from the

local sheriff's department
atck the compound.

But s wi and three
kids don't know it yet.

Tom: Grandpa's here,
grandpa's here.

Narrator: tom's trained
his family to quickly

respond to specific
code phrases,

each of which indicates
a particular threat.

Monica: "Grandpa's here"
means get ready.

There's an intruder, get armed.

Narrator: In the
"grandpa's here"

coter tacktraty;

tom's given each family
mber desnatepost.

Monica patrols the east
side of the property,

while the children take
a defensive position

closer to thhome
armewith ar-15's.

Officer Spence: We
need water please.

Please help my friend.

He's over here.

Officer Spence: Please, please.

Monica: Get down.

Narrator: tom thinks
that bands of marauders

will stop at nothing
to gain access to the

alamo and its supplies.

Monica: Get down, get down.

Officer Spence: Please help.

Please, I'm not armed.

Monica: Get down.

Narrator: Today, he
wants to see how

his two youngest
would react if their

father, mother, and
older sister have

men ldinguns to their heads.

Ficevillreal
put y'alls guns down.

Put the gun down,
I'll shoot her.

Katarina: Thomas, don't
give him the gun!

Officer villarreal:
I'll shoot her!

Katarina: Don't
give him the gun!

Officer villarreal:
I'll shoot her!

Katarina: Matthew, no!

Get away!

Officer villarreal:
Put your gun down.

Put your hands behind your head.

Sheriff pena: Ok, everyone quit.

We're done, c'mon in.

Katarina: It's scary
to see my mom getting

held up by one of the
gunman and seeing

my two ltle othe
ju surrendering.

Thomas: Me and my
little brother we were

kind of not sure what to do.

Officer Gutierrez:
Criticize right

off the bat;

everybody comes out theouse

everybody should
be in the house.

For your protection.

Narrator: Officer
Gutierrez believes coming

outside the safety of
the house makes each of

them more vulnerable to assault.

Officer Gutierrez:
Carlos came up behind

the house, picked
your daughter off.

Officer Spence: I
was getting close.

It's okay to be aggressive.

Don't be afraid to,
to be aggressive.

You know you were
going away from the

threat instead of coming to it.

Tom: I like that
recommendation of being

aggressive and you
know get in there

and putting them down.

Katarina: I think my
family needs more time

and more planning on
strategies because

like a situation
today, you know,

everything just fell apart.

Tom: I will tell you one thing,

I will heed to those criticisms,

and I will implement
what's necessary.

Thank you so much for your time.

This is the alamo and we
will be here to defend it.

Narrator: tom believes
defending the alamo's

expansive land and
provisions is a greater

task than his family of
five can take on alone.

So to strengthen their
forces against what

could be millions of
displaced houstonians,

tom recruited another
prepping family.

When the time comes, Victoria,

gobriela and Steve
vanasse will unite with

tom at "the alamo."

Steve: Prepping is
probably in the back

of my mind more than sex.

Tom: Steven, he's
rather unusual.

However, he is no
different than what I am.

Steve: I'm preparing
for a dirty bomb blast

in the city of Houston.

The time of reckoning is
just around the corner

and that's why I'm prepping and

that's why the rest
of you are prepping.

A dirty bomb is
particularly dangerous

because of the readily
available nature of any

radionuclide that would
be used in a dirty bomb.

Elements such as
cesium, strontium;

those radionuclides
are available in

medicine in the medical field.

Narrator: Radioactive
substances can be

found in hospitals,
research facilities

and construction sites.

These materials are
required to be secured

from unauthorized access,

but Steve fears a
theft could occur.

Steve: It's so easy
to manufacture.

The unpredictability
of a dirty bomb

is the terrorists' best weapon.

We've been lucky so far.

I don't think our
fortune will hold out.

Some might call eparg fo

to twenty ci blos.Okinveryow.

Gobriela: Good.

Tom: I have chosen
Steven because he

has expertise in areathat am ak.

Steve: I've been certified as a

radiation specialist.

The filed I am in,
I'm constantly reminded

of the necessity to
prepare and be safe.

Narrator: Steve is a radiation

safety officer for
a company that

assesses contaminated
sites throughout Texas.

An area of expertise tom
values highly in preparing

for radioactive dispersal
from a dirty bomb.

Steve: Graham, I
have the water sample

from the bayou.

Graham: Oh good,
excellent thank yo

let's just see what we got here.

Narrator: But radiation
exposure is not steves main

concern in prepping for
a dirty bomb explosion.

Steve: The dirty bomb
would be the tipping

point that pushes mild
houstonians into chaos.

Narrator: Steve thinks
anarchy following an

attack could be more deadly,

so amassing firearms
is his top priority.

Steve: I want to
be able to defend

against a largscalassat,

should such an assault occur.

Narrator: In fact, when
Steve became a prepper,

the first thing he did
was purchase a rifle.

And his collection
has grown since.

Steve: I have more
than one weapon

because I consider
my family backup

as well too.

I wanna train Victoria in t pror

and responsible use of firearms.

For goodness sakes, who knows?

Someday she might have my back.

Victoria: I don't
want to shoot guns.

Gobriela: I think about
Victoria firing a gun.

It freak me out.

It's very dangerous.

I don't like the idea,
but she need to do it.

Victoria: Yes, I
really have to learn

cause I "need" to.

Where are we going?

Steve: Victoria, we are
going tohiloshoong

nge, introduce you to
the proper handling of

firearms and respect
for firearms.

Just want you to be safe.

We take all these opportunities

to dthin as a fily.

It's our prepping.

Tracy: Uh, so we're
going to learn to

shoot some guns today right?

Victoria: Right.

Tracy: Have you
every shot before?

Steve: Yes.

Tracy: And have you?

Victoria: No.

Tracy: And uh what caliber are

you experienced with?

Steve: 40 Cal, I have a
40 caliber I'm carryinnow.

Tracy: All right well
let's head back to the range.

Steve: Thanks.

Narrator: The 40 caliber
pistol is considered

one of the most
effective hand guns in

stopping a threat
with a single shot.

And is used by many
law enforcement

agencies across the country.

But Victoria will be
learning how to use a

.22, which is
considered a top choice

for beginners, because
theris less recoil.

Tracy: Rack it back
and just let igo.

That will load the gun.

Right soe're gonnpush out,

slowly going to work
your finger back on

the trigger nice and easy,

d thgun go off

and you make your shot.

Okay?

That's going to be
about how loud it is.

Alright, you ready
to give it a try?

Victoria: No, but yes.

Tracy: There you go, lovely.

Uff at I there, good.

It ok.

You see that front
sight right there?

You see that dot?

Now try and ep tt
ont ght on the x as

you bring that
trigger back nice and

oothnd sw for okay?

Great job, very nice;

at w a goodhot.

Victoria: Really?

Tracy: Yeah, look,
very good job.

How'd that feel?

Victoria: Weird.

Tracy: Weird.

A little bit exciting?

A little bit nervous?

Victoria: Yea a
little bit exciting.

Tracy: Yeah, you want
to try another round?

Ok, let it go.

Ok sloy rk iback.

Good job!

Right next to my shot.

Very good, you're a natural.

Dad's so proud.

Usually the younger
girls are a little bit

more timid and scared
but she dived right in

and did her thing, she
did a really good job.

Victoria: I was
scared because I was

scared of hurting someone.

Steven: I feel so
proud right now.

Victoria: I don't think
I will shoot again.

Steven: And I feel like
I'm better prepared now,

because I can count on Victoria.

Narrator: While Steve
is just starting to

train his daughter how
to protect herself,

his prepping partner, tom Perez,

has been conditioning his
children since birth.

But, he thinks there are
still some skills they

need to master, in order
to prove to him they

have what it takes to
survive at the alamo.

Tom: Ok give me your hand.

Narrator: For the last 4 years,

tom Perez has been collaborating

with his prepping
prepper, Steve vanasse.

Together they've created
a plan to escape a dirty

bomb attack in Houston,
and unite at tom's

700-acre ranch in
brackettville Texas,

which is equipped
with two homes,

stored food stuffs,
and unlimited water.

But tom believes their
stocked supplies will

eventually run out,
and they will have to

live off their land's
natural resources.

Tom: Here at the
compound we use various

methods to capture
animals by using

snares and traps.

Narrator: tom uses
restraining traps,

designed to keep an animal

alive until the hunter returns.

Tom: By knowing how to
trap various critters

provides the nourishment
that we will need

to help us through
those hard times.

Narrator: Today he
wants his sons to finish

the job he started.

Tom: Today's the big day.

You ready?

Tommy: Ya.

Tom: You looking forward to it?

Tommy: Kind of.

Rrator: tom is teaching
12-yr-oltommand

6- year-old Matthew,
how to kill a goat.

A prepping rite of passage
in the Perez family.

Tom: If I'm not around
during doomsday or

terrorist attack,

hopefully I will be here,

but if I am not that's
why you are here today.

And you are going
to learn today too.

Today we are going
to use your knife.

Did you sharpen it today?

Matthe whas a teorisattack?

M: You know when they blew up.

They, they just do a
lot of bad stuff so.

So this is the backup
right here, ok?

Narrator: tom is teaching
his sons how to kill a

goat with knif rath than a gun,

because he believes that
ammunition will be in

finite supply after
a dirty bomb attack,

and knowing how to
use other weapons

will be essential.

Tom: Ok whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Tommy and Matthew:
Whoa, it's a goat.

Tom: Well, 'll ll
you what, thom,

uh I'm to climb in there and

then hand me my bag.

Okay?

If something happens
get your knife out.

Ld h down.

Ho himith ur st le th.

Alright now get up.

It's a quick, painless death.

And you want to
be swift about it

because this animal will provide

food for many days.

Okay?

Tommy: Uh-huh.

Tom: And we have
respect for animals.

Alright give me your hand.

You ready?

Tommy: Yeah.

Tom: Hold it tight, real hard.

Come right here.

Ok, ready?

Hold him down, hold him down.

You did very good,
you did very good.

Matthew: Ugh.

Tom: Matthew come over here.

I want you to come
over here this way

and face us this way.

Why diwe kl thisoat day?

Matthew: For extra back up plan.

Tom: Good back up
plan, way to go.

He's gone to a better place now.

Do you like it out here?

Is it safer for us?

We'll be moving here soon, okay?

Permanently.

Alright, Thomas here,
this was your first goat.

Narrator: As a symbol
of completing their

rite of passage,
Tommy and Matthew

will wear the blood
of their first kill.

Tom: Was this your first goat?

Matthew: Yes.

Tom: Okay let me put
a little bit here.

And this shows your manhood.

Noyou ys mey wi do

this with your children, ok?

I am very proud of you,
very proud of you.

1,2,3.

Tommy: The killing the
goat part was really,

really challenging part for me.

I felt sad for it, in a way.

Matthew: I felt
sad for the animal;

like you feel sad
when you kill a goat

or something.

Tout is ne off

tom: 2, 3.

All right there?

Okay there we go.

Narrator: tom is
training himself,

and his kids to survive a

world without stored goods.

But their hunted game
is not just for them.

In following their
plan for doomsday,

the Perez and vanasse families

will soon combine forces.

But tom has decided
to make a change in

Steve's regular arrival routine.

Tom: G on yournees

Steve: This is nothe an.

Tom: What plan

narrator: Steve
vanasse and m Perez

have been prepping
together to survive a

dirty bomb attack in
the city of Houston.

They plan to team
up at tom's ranch,

300 miles away in
brackettville, Texas

where they will live
off their preps

and protect what's theirs.

But their first step
towards survival is

getting out.

Steve: I don't plan
to know what Houston

will look like a week
or a month after

a dirty bomb
descends on Houston.

I'm leaving;

I'm heading to the ranch.

Narror: Steve believes
downtown Houston

will be ground zero in
a dirty bomb attack.

Because it is just four
miles from where his

family lives, he
thinks they could be

at risk for radiation exposure.

So he puts gobriela and Victoria

tohe uimat test, bugging out.

But before they can
leave their house,

Steve thinks they must
be protected from

the bomb's radioactive debris.

Ste, griel and Victoria

are wearing tyvek suits.

Steve: Put your hood on first.

Narrator: Which protect
against hazardous

materials as small
as one micron and

make certain
radioactive particles

unable to penetrate their skin.

Steve: Can you
grab the two bags?

I'llrab weapons.

Steve: Let me run
you off me sips.

Gobriela: Okay.

Steve: Get the big vents
up at thtop o.

Narrator: Steve is
taping the vents

inside their car
because he's worried

about radioactive
dust from outside,

beg pued into the vehicle.

In addition, they have
self-contained-breathing

apparatuses secured,
because inhaling bomb

partles, coulbe fatal,

both immediately and long-term.

Even though Houston
temperatures can reach

over 100 degrees,
they will not run the

air conditioner
during their bug out.

Victoria: Turn on
the air conditioner.

Steve: Unfortunately
I can't right now.

Victoria: Ayyye.

Steve: I know.

Great dry run everyone.

Victoria: Are we there yet?

Steve: We're trying
to move as far as

we can from an
anticipated blast zone.

Narrator: The distance
radioactive material could

travel in a dirty bomb attack is

dependt onind d
weather patterns.

Steve: Once wee
tsidany ticipated

blast radius, we can ll or,

take some readings.

If those readings look
good, we can relax.

Narrator: So when bugging out,

Steve plans totop
varus points to

determine if they've
outrun the radiation.

Steve: Victoria, could you put

out your hands please?

Narrator: But if Steve
determines they are

unsafe, they wil
haveo ke driving.

Stev: Leme checyour feet.

Readings are all clear.

I ink at wre I clear here.

We'll be able to take off our

personal protective equipment.

Gobriela: Our bug out
today was wonderful,

quick and positive.

Victoria: No.

I didn't because it was
too hot in the suit.

Steve: My family really
came together on this.

From here, we're on to
our bug out location.

Narrator: Bugging
out to "the alamo"

is central to Steve's plan.

But even after prepping
together for four years,

tom views Steve as his protégé.

Tom: Steve has
become an integral part

of our prepping.

However, I try to give him advic

but in my opinion,

I would say I'm a
better prepper.

Narrator: Experience asi,

tom thinks that
trust is what will

hold their survival
team together.

So today, for the first time,

he is testing Steve's
commitment to thr pl.

Steve: Hallelujah.

That is the best
site I could imagine.

Narrator: tom has
trained his kids to

challenge the vanasses
when they arrive,

to make sure they do not bring

anyone but themselves;

beuse tom perceives additional

people as a threat
to their survival.

Tom: Boy, let me see your hands.

I'm not going to let anyone
come on this property,

because each person takes

away months of supplies.

Who are you?

Owly

Steve: Bcool coo

tom: Get on your knees.

Stev thiis not the plan.

This is not the plan!

Tarina: What about the girls?

Do they have weapons?

Steve: They're both unarmed.

We drove all the
way from Houston,

leus the hell in.

Katarina: Dad, its Steven!

They're friendlies.

Tom: Damn!

Steve: You scared
the hell out of me.

That's some serious
operational security Katarina.

Tom: Come on in.

Alright.

Steve: That was alarming.

I had every course of adrenaline

just pushing through me.

He did exactly what
he should have done.

Narrator: tom and
Steve will test their

most destructive
defense tactic yet.

And diover its
power is even more

dangerous than they imagined.

Proder: We have an
ambulance on the way.

Narrator: Houston
prepper, Steve vanasse,

has trained his wife,
and their 11 year old

daughter, to escape
the city after a

dirty bomb attack, and
drive 300 miles away

from the explosion's
radioactive dispersal.

Victoria: Are we there yet?

Narrator: Their
final destination is

brackettville, Texas,
where they plan to

live on a 700-acre compound

with Steve's prepping partner,

tom Perez and his family of 5;

because tom and Steve
believe strength,

is in numbers.

Steve: I really need
to thank tom Perez

and his family for
including our family

in their bug out plan.

Based on the plans we've made,

our families can
form the basis of a

whole new society and
maybe a better society.

Narrator: tom and
Steve belie their

post-apocalyptic
society will be built

on teamwork.

Steve: Katarina
and Victoria have

been working on some basil,

and some garlic
and some oregano.

And so it is just
a combination on

the herbs the girls
have cultivated.

Narrator: When tom and
Steve's family convene on

the ranch they live off
what they have prepped.

Tonight's dinner,
is an 80 pound goat,

which can yield 40
pounds of meat and

provide them with more
than 200 servings.

Steve: The brains inside?

Tom: Oh yeah.

Steve: Yum.

Tom: Would you suck
the eyeballs out?

Steve: I would eat
every bit of it,

every bit of the goat.

Tom: I forgot to tell you this

was Thomas' first kill.

Steve: You got to be proud
man, that's awesome.

Narrator: But the
in fus osteve's

visit is to assess and improve

their security maneuvers.

It could take more
than one hour to patrol

the rimer ofhe
0 acre ranch on foot.

Anevenith preppers on site,

not every inch of la
can guaed at all times.

Tom: We always try to seek
otr meods impve

and refine the
areas of weakness.

Narrator: So today, they
e teing eir st

deadly defen pla toate, ed's.

Steve: This would
be a great place

to practice d plemen

tom: Okay.

Steve: See how
effective these would

be under real life
circumstances?

Narrator: Ied's
are homemade bombs

and they are the most frequently

used terrorist weapons.

Tom: The ball bearings
and all thnail

and stuff, we'll get
at least 30 yards.

Narrator: tom and
Steve plan to hide

them every 30 yards.

This strategic placement
creates what is known

as a kill-zone: A regularly used

ambush tactic in the military.

The high concentration
of explosives,

combined with
coordinated gun fire,

ensures a target is
not just injured,

but destroyed.

Tom: You know the rule.

Trespassers will be shot,

survivors will be shot again.

Narrator: tom and stev
willetone an ied

from inse a ntin
blind, 20 feet high,

which eliminates
face-to-face threats and

provides a panoptic view
of the alamo's land.

This allows them to detect
enemies from miles away

and direct their fire
towards the kill zone.

Steve: Sighted in.

Tom: 3, 2, 1.

Get back, Steve.

One thing I find
irritating about

Steven is safety.

Steven has not grown up
with weapons like I did.

Steve: I am a big believer in

large capacity magazines.

My attitude is, the
bigger the better.

Narrator: Steve's rifle
has a 100 round capacity

magazine, which is
commended for ambush

situationsecau itan stain a

high volume of fire.

Because the firing
power is so great,

it is outfitted
with a muzzle brake,

to reduce recoil and
increase accuracy.

Steve: Target acquired tom.

Fire, in the hole.

Medic: No you're
not bleeding and

you don't have any discharge.

Does it hurt at all?

Tom: I can't hear you.

God damn it Steve.

Medi sitown, come on.

Tom: I don't want to stand
things are spinning.

Medic: Do you feel better now

that you're laying down?

Tom: Things are spinning.

Narrator: Muzzle
brakes reduce recoil,

but theyan ireas sod volume to

more than 140 decibels
and cause serious injury.

When Steve fired his
shot from inside

the hunting blind.

The high volume noise
inside the confined

space might have caused
tom to lose his hearing,

even with his ear protection on.

Medic: Can you hear me at all?

I need you to
answer my question.

We're going to get
your blood pressure,

let you lay down, cool off,

calm down a lile b.

Ste: Iaw t shell eject toward

the windows.

It wasn't near his
face or anything.

I'm not coming up
with excuses or

explanations or anything.

I don't know what happened.

Medic: Your blood presre's

little bit high.

Producer: We have an
ambulance on the way.

Narrator: After four
years of planning for a

dirty bomb attack together,

Steve's mistake might be the end

of their prepping partnership.

Tom: Man, you up man.

I can't hear.

This is.

And Steve vanasse e

prepping to protect
their families from a

dirty bomb attack in
Houston and assemble

tom ran 300 miles away.

They have combined
their families,

Steve's radiation knowledge,

and tom's weapons experience,

to create a prepping
partnership that they

believe will increase
their chances of

otecng t ranch's 700 acres.

But after testing their
most deadly security

weapon to date, tom
may have sustained a

serious injury and

severed his ties with Steve.

Medic: We checked him out,
his vitals were a little

bit elevated just
from the adrenaline,

the shock, the fear,
but, he was fine.

Tom: Man, you up man.

You fired inside the
frkinglindude.

I have to let you go, dude.

I'm seriou

I'm sorry, I'm going to
have to let you go.

I'm sorry;

I just don't know what
else to tell you.

Steve: No matter
what happens, man,

I'm still here for you.

I.

M heartbroken.

He's in pain.

Narrator: But after realizing he

did not suffer any
permanent damage,

m resess whher or not,

to end his four-year
partnership with Steve.

Tom: We're going to have to
work on a lot of rules.

Safety needs to be put first.

I mean, I'm just
worried that's all man.

Ya know?

It's cool, I trust you man.

But, we're just going to have

to work on safety man.

Okay?

Steve: Your ranch, your rules.

I reect that.

M: Aight right, ok man;

we can eat and just move on.

Now notice the legs are much

more well done than the ribs?

Steve: Being ppare
is not a straight line.

Tom: This is in my opinion,

the best survival team
that could come together.

Steve: I certainly have
room for improvement.

Alright, let's eat, feast!

D I cogne that.

Katarina: Just swallow
it, just swallow it.

Narrator: tom and
Steve, the experts,

practical preppers
have reviewed and

assessed your plan to survive a

dirty bomb attack.

Steve, your chance at
suivina mar disaster

dependon yr ul ability to

bug out to tom's ranch.

Steve: Yes.

Narrator: tom, your
water preps are highly

impressive because you own
the water rights beneath

your property, and your
food re-supply plan is

enough to sustain both families.

However, the 300-mile
trip to your compound

could be difficult if a flo of

people is also leaving Houston.

You may have to travel by foot.

The experts recommend you
store hidden caches of

supplies along
your bug out route.

Tom: I haven't gone
all in just yet,

so I'm holding back
on a few cards.

Narrator: To determine how
long you could initially

survive a catastrophe,
practical preppers has

scored your preps in five
categories of 20 points

each, for a total
possible score of 100.

Water: 20 out of 20 points.

Food: Because Steve isn't

bringing his own supplies,

there will be fewer resources.

10 out of 20 points.

Shelter: You should
build a bunker under

the alamo, in case you
come under attack.

16 out of 20 points.

Security: Take a
combat related class

to improve your
existing strategies.

15 out of 20 points.

Joining forces helps give you

16 out of 20 x-factor points.

Your total survival score is 77;

this gives you 15 months initial

survival time together.

Tom: I agree with
a majority of the

assessments, however
as a prepper,

I don't disclose
all my resources.

I hope others will learn and

I am learning from others
that are preppers.

Eve: Repp broer and sisters and

welcome back
national geographic.

National geographic's
experts brutally

nailed me on their assessment.

Victoria's been training
in high caliber weapons,

archery, and she's
deadly accurate.

And she's also trained
in defensive driving

maneuvers and she loves to
drive and does it well.

Gobriela and I took
fencing classes and

we're also studying for
our ham radio license.

Tom: Hello, this is touh rorti

back on a follow-up.

Just thought I'd
let you all know,

we've decided to home
school our kids.

If something were to happen,

we continue to
educate our child.

We have a well-written
curriculum here at

"doomsday academy,"
something handy just

for a little fire drill.

And I'm also trying to
procure a uh armor car

vehicle used, and
uh that will be our

new bug-out vehicle.

And also we're working
on our bunker now,

uh on undisclosed areas.

Here at doomsday
academy, signing off.

God bless our troops,
god bless America.

Narrator: Since 9/11,
anti-terror governmental

agencies have been on
the look out for

potential dirty bomb attacks.

However, dirty bombs are
not considered weapons of

mass destruction and
both the explosion and

radiation dispersion
would be limited.

To date, no dirty bomb has

successfully been detonated.