“The Colony” Premieres on Discovery
July 9, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Television
The Colony will premiere on the Discovery Channel on July 21, 2009 and I think it sounds extremely interesting. It’s all about learning the basics of survival in the wake of a global catastrophe.
The History Channel special, Nostradamus 2012 came out last week and, after hearing all about his “Doomsday” prediction, I realized that, at the very least, I should get 
my family prepared for some sort of disaster (even if it has nothing to do with what Nostradamus said). Things happened and it’s a good idea to plan ahead and learn how to survive.
The 10-part series takes place “in a controlled experiment that attempts to determine exactly what it would take to survive and rebuild a functioning new society when the world we’ve grown accustomed to has been destroyed.” With so many disasters taking place across the globe, this is a very timely and practical show.
Ten volunteers agreed to be isolated for two months in what was designed to mimic what downtown Los Angeles might look like after some sort of catastrophe. The “citizens” of this area must create a livable society. If that’s not informative enough, viewers will benefit from the information and insight provided by experts in homeland security, engineering and psychology.
image: Discovery
On the first showing of “The Colony”, it was stated by the narrator that the average American uses 144 gallons of water a day. WOW, what a mistake. The average american HOUSEHOLD only uses 69 gallons inside per day. I hope we do not see more of these exagerations during the experiment.