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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You should ALWAYS expect a zombie outbreak. Haven't you been paying attention? :)
You never know!
A few more Starbucks close, and people will start to have that look in their eyes, you know, like Jack Nicholson...
“Heeeeeeeeeres Johnny!!”
;-)
If you haven't started, you are WAY behind.
A disaster, man-made or natural, doesn't have to flatten your house to make your life miserable. Try going to the store for a loaf of bread the night before a few snow flakes hit DC.
House of Meow is Prepared.
They can’t beat eggs with a fork? That’s what I always do.
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>Everyone should go and bookmark it for that coming rainy day...<
A better idea is to print it. That way you can sit in the candle light and explain why you didn’t get prepared for living without running water and electricity.
Don't oppress me!!
This is my egg beater, and you can't have it.
Hah! I don’t want your ofay eggbeater! I’ll bet you’ve got a garlic press, too!
I’m a true believer in manual can-openers, though. Haven’t had an electric one over 20 years.
My wife bought a box of propane cigarette lighters for $4 at a local store last year. There’s 50 of the them in the box. On sale items are always something to watch for.
Good idea, some of them resopees are MMM MMM MMM Good!
Good Idea on those lighters and keeping one's eyes open for deals like that...
While some scoff at being the Boy Scout and being prepared (as we both are!) those who do just have to remember that stocking up can be looked at as just beating inflation!
Besides... what are those folks going to do if the gubbmint decides to pass No Hoarding laws! They will be S.O.L!
If you have thoughtfully prepared your domain with provisions to feed your family during bad weather and natural disasters, it is suprising how rarely you will be shaken by media reports. Self reliance is the key to survival.
FEMA used to and may still have rules saying that all food supplies of more that three days worth shall be confiscated for the general welfare. So don’t brag too loudly or your hungry neighbors will turn you in.
That's good advice for the city folk! Thankfully my closest neighbor is about the distance a .308 could travel on a windless day... and HE has more than I do!
The only Folk that have a clue to my preparedness are the one's that would be invited over if the SHTF... with THEIR stuff in tote!
If any gubmint agents were to ever show up to take my largess, they best pack month or two worth of MRE's, it wouldn't be worth their effort to try something that dire...
“I know I’m Paranoid. But am I paranoid ENOUGH?”
A friend of mine said that - thought it was good. Last year we were out of power for a week in the winter. We lived in the basement with the wood stove, oil lamps, inverter operated lights and pc, and gas heated hot showers. The elderly lady next door lived came over and stayed with us too.
Plenty of food, etc. HOWEVER - the wood went VERY quickly, I probably went through 1/4 of my supply in those 6 days. That was an eye-opener at how fast it can go. So - have a means of gathering more wood. (Here in Suburbia the source of dead wood may be difficult!)
Resupplied with more wood now, got a generator - still need to wire up the gas furnace so I can hook it up to the gen so we can have some heat.
But, as Shaun of the Dead showed, zombies are slow and not terribly dangerous, even to a group of unarmed Brit pub-flies.
Bible(s) would be good.
Being prepared is great, but one must keep in mind what to be prepared for. For instance in Tucson, where I’ve lived since Ford was president, I’ve experienced exactly 1 (one) blackout of longer than a couple hours, and that one was only 18 hours. So a generator and all that it implies is unnecessary. Also because of where I am in the city there’s lots of wide open space nearby, so my shovel is as much portable toilet as I might need.
There really is such a thing as over prepared, you need to really understand the problems your LIKELY to encounter as opposed to the ones you merely MIGHT encounter. Don’t prepared for might, that’s a waste of effort and storage space, stick to likely.
I was 25 before I even owned an egg beater, forks work just fine.
Shaun of the Dead had the best emergency survival plan ever:
Get to the Winchester, have a pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
“But, as Shaun of the Dead showed, zombies are slow and not terribly dangerous, even to a group of unarmed Brit pub-flies”.
LOL
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