[sauropod]

Burt Gummer's Survival School.

[M203M4]

Placemarker (in the process of this sort of thing myself).

[gondramB]

One thing to consider - long before year is up you will likely have to deal with defending against people who did not stockpile.

[Supernatural]

Keep a few thousand dollars of cash on hand. Small bills and rolls of change.

Several guns and a good supply of ammo. A shotgun too with various round; buckshot, slugs and birdshot.

A water purifier and some pre-packed food that keeps a long time. Freeze-dried or nitrogen-packed food.

A barrel of gasoline with fuel stabilizer added should keep for two years. Rotate your supply.

[bad company]

To start out with you need to categorize your potential threats. basicly start with power outage and work up to the end of the world as we know it. Spend your money preparing for those things tha are most likely to happen.


What is your situation? Family? Home ownership? Is a shtf situation most likely to make you bug in or bug out?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Check out what the Mormon Church recommends. They have one of the most comprehensive programs out there.

[Farmer Dean]

For starters,get some high quality LED flashlights,rechargeable batteries and a solar panel to power the battery charger.If you don't already own any weapons,now is the time to buy.A 12 gauge shotgun,a .30 semi-auto rifle,and .45 handgun are good choices.Get water purification tablets at a minimum,check out the water filters on the survival sites.And buy a generator,5kw minimum.

[processing please hold]

I like this site.

http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.php?products_id=1005

[Thunder90]

Get an AR-15 for self defense.

[bad company]

A good quality generator would ease a few bad situations.

[Lurker]

Ready.gov has a good starter list of disaster supplies.

Remember to plan for a 72 hour period minimum.

L

[elkfersupper]

Courtesy of Utah Girl:

Emergency Preparedness (year's supply of food, 72 hour kit)

[processing please hold]

This is a registure forum, but worth it. Anything and everything you would want to know and be prepared for.

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/vb/index.php

[walkerk]

Sounds like you're looking for this:

http://www.survivalblog.com/

Of course, it will take away from your time reading FR.

[ansel12]

The very first thing, is to order this book
"Making the Best of Basics"

That book is the best source available for stocking your cupboards, it tells you the shelf life of foods, from canned goods to condiments, which will help your plan to live from your families normal diet (except, with more bulk buying) incidentally, that is the ideal way to do it for a family, kids are not all of a sudden going to want to live on wheat bread, pinto beans, and water,( that means weight loss).

"Back to basics" will also answer your questions about deep storage items, such as wheat berries and rice ( all stored in nitrogen filled containers).

After you order the book, get a subscription to " Backwoods Home" magazine.

[steve8714]

for my list, send $60,000.00 in cash or money order to...

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Know of which you speak, have been in that mode as of late. Sure others will give input, but here is just one thing I have done.

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.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=196421

[WestCoastGal]

Paging a_d

He has a great list of supplies for emergencies.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

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.

[LucyT]

Emergency Preparedness; Survival Tips, be sure to check out the second page for more tips:

Terror Tips
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