HE SAYS PREPPING FOR A PANDEMIC IS LIKE PREPPING FOR ANYTHING ELSE. HIS BIGGEST ADVICE, HAVE THINGS WITH SHELF LIFE, LIKE CANNED GOODS OR PASTA, THAT CAN LAST IN A CRISIS. >> I LOOK AT IT, IT’S COMMON SENSE. >> SURVIVAL PREPPING IS AN INTEREST THAT TURNED TO A LIFESTYLE. >> IF I ENDED UP CONFINED TO QUARTERS, MY FAMILY AND I WOULD BE FINE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> MONTHS, YEARS? >> DECADES. HE’S A DISASTER PREP CONSULTANT AND THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF PREPPER SURVIVAL GUIDE. HE’S WORKING 18-HOUR DAYS NOW, FIELDING INQUIRIES, ON T CORONAVIRUS AND ITS IMPACT. WHAT KIND OF CALLS ARE YOU GETTING FROM PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE WORRIED ABOUT ALL THIS? >> I HAVE PEOPLE ASKING ME WHAT TO DO, WHAT SHOULD I STOCK UP ON, WHAT SHOULD I BUY AT THE STORE. I ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ASKING HOW BAD DO YOU THINK IT’S GOING TO GET. >> AND WHILE PREPPERS MAY SE EXTREME, HIS IDEAS ARE MUCH MORE PRACTICAL, AND IT STARTS HE SAYS, WITH WHAT’S IN YOUR CABINET. >> PREPPING FOR A PANDEMIC IS NO DIFFERENT THAN PREPPING FOR ANYTHING ELSE. YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN YOUR HOME TO FEED YOUR FAMILY FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF NOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUYING A PALLETS WORTH OF CANNED BEETS OR A TON OF RIC JUST BUY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA OF WHAT YOU NORMALLY EAT. AND THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I CAN GIVE ANYBODY IS, RELAX. JUST RELAX. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. IT IS GOING TO BE OK. THIS IS NOT AN END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT SITUATION. PATRICK: BEN, WE’VE HEARD ABOUT SPECIAL SURVIVAL FOOD. DID COBB MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THAT >> HE DID. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. HE SAID YOU REALLY DON’T NEED IT. HE SAID LONG-TERM, THEY’RE EXPENSIVE AND NOT VERY HEA