3 Layers of 72 Hour Preparedness

TheSurvivalMom blog ^ | July 17, 2009 | TheSurvivalMom

[redhead]

"If the logistics that supply the cities totally fail most of those people will need more than three days of supplies just to get out of the city. On the fourth day they will be refugees without food, or water, and the locals are going to tell them to just keep moving because there is nothing there for them."

Worth bearing in mind, and heeding well.

[Vinnie]

ping for later.

[nina0113]

I've been wondering about water storage.

Wal-Mart, and I'm sure other places as well, has aqua-colored longterm water storage plastic containers. They look kinda like the plastic gas cans. I can't remember if they were $7 and 6 gallons, or $6 and 7 gallons. I dump mine every year and refill them.

[redhead]

"The individual packs sound like a good idea bump, my little survivalist. Maybe we should think of a tent as well."

Urban survival is a lot different than wilderness or even suburban. One thing that "outland" refugees need to keep in mind is fuel for fires. Pack a small Swedish saw, a hatchet, and a sharpening stone together and keep them handy, just in case.

[alarm rider]

Good tips everyone,

I thank you.

Best,
AR

[radiohead]

<fuel for fires.

See, that’s why I’m on FR. Tent? check. Water? check. Food? check. Fuel so you can cook/keep warm? oops...

[PA Engineer]

Here is another site to check out. I have done a great deal of business with them prepping over the last decade. This is a Mormon site and I consider them to be honest and reliable. There address is Emergency Essentials. Check the water barrels and their "Insight Articles". For water filtration and treatment they should have the formulas for water treatment with bleach. If you are unable to find it give me a ping. We are on a water well and we treat our water coming in with a chemical bleach pump to a 120 gallon holding tank. At the tap we use a simple gravity fed ceramic filter for drinking water (the water is ok however we are just careful). If you are interested in the ceramic filter check out British Berkefeld.

[SJSAMPLE]

I keep about a dozen of the 10lb Mountain House stuff in the garage, along with about 30 of the individual dehydrated meals. Cannot stand MREs after 16 years in The Army.

My BOBs (one for everybody) are always ready to go, since we live in a metro area.

[6323cd]

BTTT

[redhead]

"See, that’s why I’m on FR. Tent? check. Water? check. Food? check. Fuel so you can cook/keep warm? oops..."

If you don't have access to actual firewood, the commercial firelogs will do in a pinch. Best of all, of course, is a camp stove and bottles of propane to fuel it. It's one of those items that is equally useful in any setting, and takes up little space when folded for storage.