Placerville Survivalist Readying Others For Potential Apocalypse

PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — He is locked, loaded and ready for the end. A Placerville man shows us how he's getting others prepared for the apocalypse.

The signs of life on the 260-acre ranch in Placerville are everywhere—plants, food and animals.

But all are designed to sustain one man when most of life is gone.

"Survival is still survival, and they all can have the same elements in them."

"That quest for survival has given Doug Huffman tunnel vision in more ways than one.

In sharp contrast to the wide-open space on this hard to reach property, we make our way through the tight squeeze underground to his bomb shelter and food-storage unit.

"We had three years of food supply in this room that we've dispersed to several different locations now."

His food is scattered, but this survivalist trainer's mind is focused on a doomsday scenario he believes is coming.

Huffman offers online courses that run the gamut.

And if you're looking for a way to make water the unorthodox way, you're in luck.

"These kind of filtration systems are capable of filtering human urine."

But Huffman says it all begins with his go-bag.

"It goes everywhere with me, I'm never without it.

A 72-hour bug-out kit to cover comfort and quench.

"You have to have and fulfill the needs of the human body, which is food, shelter, water, safety."

But Doug warns his fellow doomsayers not to overprepare.

"I've got students taking this to an extreme level where I'm begging them to stop."

Instead he says to focus on post-disaster training so you can keep moving if the Earth should ever stop spinning.