-Illness/injury
-Job loss
-Power loss (up to 3 days, both summer and winter)
-Unexpected repairs (DIY)
-Unexpected emergency expense (such as non-DIY repairs or medical expenses)
-Stranded in vehicle (Ok, my 3-day emergency stash is no longer in my truck, because my truck no longer runs, and I had to clean it out so I can sell it. But when I replace the truck, there will be a stash with a sleeping bag, food, etc.)
-Stranded at home (1 month, working on building that up)
I'd like to improve that list, but I have the added complication of a family member who likes to throw things out that he doesn't think he'll need. Several times I've had to replace my food stores because of that. When my house is built and I'm on my own, there will be both a well and a supply of stored water, backups for electricity, some chickens and rabbits for food (garden is already started), and I'll be able to start working on my mechanic's skills. Not having family members around who throw things out would also mean I could have a bug-out bag and it would stay where I put it!
This year I'll have almost 2 acres tilled and ready to plant, on part of my land that one of my neighbors had been borrowing for a hayfield.
>>> I’d like to improve that list, but I have the added complication of a family member who likes to throw things out that he doesn’t think he’ll need. Several times I’ve had to replace my food stores because of that. When my house is built and I’m on my own, there will be both a well and a supply of stored water, backups for electricity, some chickens and rabbits for food (garden is already started), and I’ll be able to start working on my mechanic’s skills. Not having family members around who throw things out would also mean I could have a bug-out bag and it would stay where I put it!
Wow, that would drive me absolutely batty - so I’m glad for you that relief is in sight!
My better half has at last joined me, making for two prepper households trying to stuff into one already crowded house. I work a lot & seem to hardly be home, whereas he’s been experiencing health issues that brought organizing to a halt. It’s not that my tools & supplies have been thrown away, but if they’re buried to the extent I can’t find or reach them, it’s the same thing.
LOL To his complaint that I have at least two of everything, which he’s had to move in order to shoehorn his possessions in too, I grit my teeth & end up buying a third... which I then stash in my car so I can lay my hands on it!