[Kartographer]

Never to late to start preparing.

“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger. Underestimation can be fatal.”

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[Pollster1]

My prepper purchase of the day: 20 boxes of 250 wooden matches each, for $20. That struck me as a nice price for an item that will have significant value in trade or as gifts to neighbors if things get unpleasant. I have many ways of starting fires, but this is one of the easiest, so it’s a good one to share in hard times.

[outofsalt]

They print a big chunk of the internet every year which can be useful for personal hygene.

[mountainlion]

I have a day after plan. Why wast good resources when I will know exactly what I need the day after, how big of a hole to dig and such. Boy wasn’t Y2K a disappointment?

[concerned about politics]

Learn the edible wild foods in your area (and how to use them). Just got done hunting for wild grapes. They make the best jelly you ever tasted! At the base of one vine, I found wild mint. I picked a lot, because I can dry that for later use. (I already made mint jam from our garden).

Can't wait for Autumn nuts and berries. Yum. Better than store bought by far.

[sportutegrl]

I married a former Boy Scout. So I’m good.

[Old Sarge]

Prepper Purchase of the Week: a 14 cu. ft. stand-up deep freezer. Major expansions to the pantry are planned for the rest of this month.

[djf]

As I posted on another thread, last week Anderson Cooper had a show about prepping.

He asked the audience for a show of hands of those who had a three day supply of water, food, and needed meds.

Realize this was an audience of about 60 people, no doubt mostly middle class soccer mom types.

My jaw dropped. Not more than about four hands went up.

[Marcella]

If that article had been on a piece of paper, I would have trashed it.

Saying a chain saw is the most important tool so you can clear streets/roads for other people to travel (it said something like that), is ridiculous.

And, don't upset anyone when you talk about an emergency - it might turn them off or scare them. Hogwash.

Search out people who need help and give it to them. I guess that means your water and food.

That whole thing is simplistic and not realistic. No wonder FEMA went with that article. It was confusing. Somewhere it spoke of self reliance and that was the best two words in there.

I would say if you let FEMA know anything about you and your preparedness if they show up on the scene, you are nuts.