I think maybe it's all because of the electronic age. Used to, we only had the big three networks and they filtered out what they didn't want us to see.
Today, thanks to the internet, we have 24 hour access to all the latest. And fear sells on the news better than good news with warm fuzzy feelings.
Anyways, I got lots of homegrown food stored up. Maybe last two years without buying any canned veggies. Plenty of rice & beans. I can store over a thousand gallons of water in the french drain/ sump pump cistern system alone. I will just have to tuff it out on the rest of it.
The main thing I am not ready for is a nuclear exchange, but I can fix that pretty fast. I would encourage everyone to read this book:
http://www.oism.org/nwss/Biological warfare with genetically engineered germs?? I don't have a clue. I am a goner on that one.