Original subtitles

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.