Posted on 10/21/2008 5:07:40 AM PDT by djf
1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy...target of thieves; maintenance etc.) 2. Water Filters/Purifiers 3. Portable Toilets 4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 - 12 months to become dried, for home uses. 5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!) 6. Coleman Fuel. Impossible to stockpile too much. 7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots. 8. Hand-can openers, & hand egg beaters, whisks. 9. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugar 10. Rice - Beans - Wheat 11. Vegetable Oil (for cooking) Without it food burns/must be boiled etc.,) 12. Charcoal, Lighter Fluid (Will become scarce suddenly) 13. Water Containers (Urgent Item to obtain.) Any size. Small: HARD CLEAR PLASTIC ONLY - note - food grade if for drinking. 14. Mini Heater head (Propane) (Without this item, propane won't heat a room.) 15. Grain Grinder (Non-electric) 16. Propane Cylinders (Urgent: Definite shortages will occur. 17. Survival Guide Book. 18. Mantles: Aladdin, Coleman, etc. (Without this item, longer-term lighting is difficult.) 19. Baby Supplies: Diapers/formula. ointments/aspirin, etc. 20. Washboards, Mop Bucket w/wringer (for Laundry)
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I have a 3500W and an 1800W, both in good condition.
Something else should be mentioned, though, is that basic skills are at least as important.
Do you know how to fix a leaky pipe?
Hell, do you even know where your main water shutoff is?
Can you fix or cover a broken window if you need to?
Those sorts of things.
Paranoia can be your best friend...
Exactly.
In California we call this an earthquake kit.
I can’t this list seriously when they put an egg beater as number 8. Is this a joke?
Salt for the wounds.
Most earthquake kits are geared towards like three days.. although I think they recently raised the specs to have enough stuff to last a week or ten days.
Like I said, basic skills! Even being able to do something like make a hot cup of coffee can help hugely in the mental stress - coping arena.
So you think acting like Mohammed is a good idea??? Brigandage tends to make you permanently unpopular with the neighbors.
I remember hurricane Beulah back in the '60s.
People were lined-up around the block for egg beaters.
Dehydrated, dried whole eggs have a shelf life of like 15 years as long as they are unopened and not exposed to Oxygen.
If you don’t have any, I guess you won’t need an egg beater!
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Move next door to an anti-gun Mormon. Problem solved.
very interesting thread....good post.
Just can’t bring myself to do #100.
Everyone should go and bookmark it for that coming rainy day...
"Home gardening offers ways to trim grocery costs [Survival Today, an on going thread]"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990507/posts
Ping for later read.
Even the paranoid have ‘disruptions’ ...
Seen this one?
Several rolls of heavy plastic. Tarps, Mylar backed tarps, pocket space blankets.
21. hair clippers and razors.
In a Mad Max world gone wild, it will be important to maintain morale and be able to distinguish normal people, (such as freepers) from the wild-haired, bearded untermenschen: leftiess, zombies and such.
So what do you say? While we battle the forces of darkness let’s keep that brain pan `high and tight’ & strictly strak.
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