By MELODY McDONALD | April 4, 2009Jack Spirko owns a media company, is married to a nurse and has a
son in college. He has two dogs and lives in a nice house with a pool
in a diversified neighborhood in Arlington.
Spirko, 36, considers himself an average guy with a normal life.
But
for the past few years, Spirko has been stockpiling food, water, gas,
guns and ammunition. He also has a load of red wine, Starbucks coffee
and deodorant stashed away.
"I refer to myself as a modern
survivalist, which means I don’t do without," Spirko explained. "I have
a nice TV; I have nice furniture. We are not living in the sticks, but
I take all of these things very seriously."
Spirko, an Army
veteran and self-described "stark-raving-mad Libertarian," is part of a
growing movement of people who are preparing for a disaster — natural,
economic or man-made. Referred to as "modern survivalists" or
"preppers," they are taking steps to protect and provide for their
families should something bad happen.
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