It pays to pay close attention to what the elite are up to, since, well, they are the evil masterminds of the grand global conspiracy to enslave us all, blah, blah etc. etc. Now it seems that the Washington elites are flocking to “doomsday camps”:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-20/what-do-they-know-we-dont-dc-officials-flock-doomsday-camps
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/official-washington-flocking-to-doomsday-camps-1
“A building network of backwoods doomsday camps around the country are pulling in members from affluent areas and even Washington national security officials as the threats grow from nuclear war, an EMP or virus attack. Called Fortitude Ranch, the outposts promise protection and a year’s supply of food for those unable to build their own bunker. What’s more, until a crisis strikes, they are being used for prepper training and vacations. “We’re seeing members from all the three letter agencies,” said Fortitude creator Drew Miller, a retired Air Force colonel and intelligence officer, in a reference to the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation. He called an attack or even a weather-related electromagnetic pulse shutdown of the electric grid “inevitable,” and a driving force in his project.”
It is more probable that the elites can see the writing on the electronic wall and fear widespread social chaos, an end product of their policies. Like rats, they are getting ready to abandon a sinking ship, only this time, there is no real place to run, because this is, after all, Ragnarok:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/29/silicon-valley-new-zealand-apocalypse-escape
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/billionaires-bolthole-new-zealand-preppers-paradise