Posted on 04/15/2006 6:20:52 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I received some money recently. I have decided to put a portion of it aside to spend on retrofitting the house and packing in some supplies for 6 for a year.
I want to be able to rotate the supplies through our regular pantry. I also will be retrofitting our well to pump into a holding tank...and I am looking for a good wood cookstove, I have a big jotol in the living room.
Candles, oil lamps whatever. Your input and links would be appreciated.
I am on a well. I have been thinking of a in well pump that can be powered by a bicycle and will pump up to a second floor tank. What else are four kids good for?
for my list, send $60,000.00 in cash or money order to...
For $60,000 I will want your indentured serventhood for uhmmmm...the next ten years.
You never know what you are going to face in those situations.
Agreed. I date our items when we buy them with date of purchase and expiration date.
$100.00 dollars for what? A well pump?
Paging a_d
He has a great list of supplies for emergencies.
The question of what to do when others show up to share your stash is one you will have to answer for yourself. But, in considering firearms, remember that the homely 22 rifle and some blocks of 22 shells is the long-term survival firearm.
As a "Backwoods home" subscriber you already know what you want,
so yes, spring for the $25 or $27 dollars for "Making the best of Basics"
and you will have one source to continually refer to for
answers to food storage questions.
I have an extensive library on these subjects, including books on food storage and preparation going back to the late 1800s.
My favorite and most used is the "Making the most of basics" book, I truly believe it would become a welcome source of easy, but dependable information for you.
Ditto on that, we get our hard red winter wheat through such.
Thanks
You are absolutely right, I fogot the 22.
Also, if you have pets (that you do not plan on eating j/k) don't forget to stash supplies for them as well. What ever their daily intake of food and applicable water. This gets overlooked a lot.
"Purchased two LED lanterns, also LED head and hand lights. Rechargeable batteries and a solar panel charging system. The lanterns with four D cell batteries will run continuously for 17 days in the 15 LED mode, 8 days in the 30 LED full power mode."
LEDs are the only type flashlight,or lantern, or headlamp to buy now days.
LEDs extend battery life up to dozens, even hundreds of hours.
Unlike a bulb, the LED (light emitting diode) won't burn out, or break.
With children around, I would still like one Coleman lantern or an oil lamp, for actual warmth and emotional warmth, at the center of things.
A couple of the mud duck ugly, economical, but very dependable SKS rifles, and the effective 7.62 x 39 ammo is dirt cheap. A few years ago when I stocked up on two rifles and 2400 rounds in two sealed crates, total cost was less than 500 bucks.
Have you thought about several deep cycle batteries to operate lights and such without having to use the gen.
As a matter of fact - no.
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various links and websites | 02-11-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 02/11/2003 4:27:10 AM MST by backhoe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/840488/posts
Do you have a link to those that I could have. We have a 22 and it has been about 30 years since I held a gun. I was pretty good though.
Maybe you could check out these sites:
http://www.heatermeals.com/
http://www.WaltonFeed.com
Excellent, thanks for sharing.
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