10 Common Prepping Mistakes

Urban Survival Site ^ | 4/9/11 | Urban Alan

[Kartographer]

With the abundance of bad info out there, it’s easy for new preppers to make a lot of mistakes. I, myself, am a new prepper by some standards. I’ve made many mistakes and I’m sure I’ll make more, but that’s part of the learning process. To help you speed up this process, here are some common prepping mistakes you’ll want to avoid:

[Kartographer]

You get some odd ones now and then. There was a FReeper on a post I made last week about Earth/Sand Bag shelters. Who more or less said we were all crazy and that prepping wouldn’t do us any good and that the military.government would just come and get all our stuff and then I guess shoot us as be un-uniformed combatants. He was very angry and want to know why I would hide out in a cave and how he was going back into uniform and he had seen war and I was naive to prep because it was going to do any good.

Takes all kinds.

[Squantos]

Thank you for writing that manual an Eaker for hosting it for you to share .......

[PA Engineer]

Takes all kinds.

Thanks. Yeah that was a strange one. All the "preparation and survival" images and did not know about bleach. Oh well.

I'm working on a current project. Burn barrels are useful, but unsightly and they fall apart after a couple of years. My hardware store carried an interesting product by the name of LinkLog. These are like the old lincoln logs from childhood, except they are made of reinforced concrete.

I bought the large barbecue a few years back and carried something like 56+ pieces around the back of my house and assembled it in one afternoon. The barbecue is now eight years old and shows no sign of wear.

They make another interesting product that is an incinerator. This would be very useful for long term refuse and yard waste disposal, while blending into the landscape. Just click on the picture for the link. You may have to google a bit for a local dealer. I really wish I had invented these.

[Eaker]

first aid kids,

Mine grew up, but one gave me a grandson so I guess he can substitute!