Posted on 11/13/2012 11:17:38 AM PST by Kartographer
I have found that when starting your preparedness measures, it is best to start at the beginning in order to ensure you have everything you need to build up your foundation. Start your preparations with a 72-hour kit and then create a vehicle 72-hour kit. Once that is complete, you can begin ensuring your basic needs are met for longer periods or begin targeting other layers of preparedness. The 52-Weeks to Preparedness series offers a complete list of getting your home and family ready for unexpected disasters.
Having multiple emergency plans is another example of layering up. Not only do you always need a Plan B, you need Plan C, Plan D and on through the alphabet for every situation. Keep the following tips in mind when beginning your preparedness foundation:
Keep family members and any medical or special needs in mind when planning Don’t forget your pets Continually adding onto your layers will makes for a more economical approach to preparing Many preps have multiple uses and can be used for multiple disasters Let’s look at some other examples of how you might layer your preparedness.
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Damn...now you’re making me hungry for pork roast....Can I come over if I bring the cole slaw?? Po’boy sammwiches...yum.
Damn...now you’re making me hungry for pork roast....Can I come over if I bring the cole slaw?? Po’boy sammwiches...yum.
Just because other people have different priorities, doesn't mean they are nuts.
Living with chickens and goats on property is a lifestyle that some on FR do, for various reasons that have nothing to do with TSHTF.
Sounds like a little N. Dallas snootiness is creeping in there. I've lived in N. Dallas, I can say that. ;)
/johnny
Back in the olden days, the 70’s, we bought a wood stove and looked into insulated window coverings. The suggestion at the time was a lightweight insulation board covered with an inexpensive quilted fabric stapled on. It would keep the light in and keep the winter cold out. It would be really inexpensive to do.
>>What’s the ROI on a flatscreen TV that sucks up hours of life?
Just because other people have different priorities, doesn’t mean they are nuts.<<
Investing significant time and effort on an event with infinitesimal odds of occurrence is nuts.
Raising goats and chickens in rural areas to consume and/or sell them makes a lot of sense. Raising them in your apartment, condo or suburban house makes no sense at all.
As I tried to say — if your natural lifestyle is one that lends itself to post-apocalyptic success, great. But changing your entire lifestyle to handle the Zombie Apocalypse or Red Dawn or Civil War II or WW IV or other SHTF scenario is nuts.
That is why I come on these threads — to help people see that preparedness need not consume your life but smart planning for emergencies is always a good idea.
But I do laugh a bit when I see the dire predictions of civilization collapse. We ain’t nor never will be Serbia or Syria.
>>Sounds like a little N. Dallas snootiness is creeping in there. I’ve lived in N. Dallas, I can say that. ;)<<
LOL — I was born in Hollywood and lived most of my adult life in Malibu. As my wife says, “Dallas is a ranchito.”
Nice place, love the people, happy to live here, but “snooty” is NOT a word that I can ever imagine being applied to Valley Ranch, Coppell, Grapevine or other points N.
But we are the country that has had our own financial collapse (several) that put people on the streets. It did happen here. As did a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands.
I think it's foolish to ignore recent history.
/johnny
You don't do much but snipe at people that prep 'too much'. I haven't seen any serious suggestions from you about real preparedness.
I've written articles. Kart has written/compiled a book. Marcella has written articles. I don't know that any of the contributors has advocated building a bunker (unless, of course, you live in North Texas... we call those tornado shelters).
/johnny
>>But we are the country that has had our own financial collapse (several) that put people on the streets. It did happen here. As did a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands.<<
Many years ago. As I have said repeatedly, the fact we didn’t rise up last Wednesday tells us all we need to know about the possibility of an armed insurrection (Zero % probability).
As for another depression, there are no incidents I am aware of where people attacked stores, homes or property. For the Rodney King thing, yes, but it was them attacking their own neighborhoods, an irony that to this day they contemplate since many now have no stores of any kind in walking or short driving distance.
>>I think it’s foolish to ignore recent history.<<
If you are a Korean grocer in the inner city, you should plan accordingly. For Joe/Jane in the suburbs or upscale city, there is not much chance of domestic problems. Not long-term (power outages are the biggest threat).
Prepare for outages, Sandy/Katrina, earthquakes or tornadoes. Don’t waste your life preparing for TDHTF — as pleasant as that may sound for some, it ain’t gonna happen.
>>You don’t do much but snipe at people that prep ‘too much’. I haven’t seen any serious suggestions from you about real preparedness.<<
I have indeed suggested what reasonable people should do to be reasonably prepared.
Telling people they need to be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse does little good in that most people view that vision as nuts as I do.
Telling people they should be ready for the next Sandy, Northridge or Dallas Springtime — that is news they can use.
>>Damn...now you’re making me hungry for pork roast....Can I come over if I bring the cole slaw?? Po’boy sammwiches...yum.<<
I think I blew my chances of being invited over for what sounds like a wonderful dinner.
Ah well, post in haste, repast in leisure.
I think you told everyone why you are really here.
The way I see it, you are intentionally a disruptor on threads like this.
/johnny
>>The way I see it, you are intentionally a disruptor on threads like this.<<
Where is the love?
I am the spice in the oatmeal.
But I appreciate the fact you get a bit of a rise as well. It is healthy — gets the blood flowing.
My point remains unteetered — prep is a continuum and people need to plan for what might happen, not what probably won’t happen.
Wanna impress me, write an original article about factual preparedness and post it on the Friday thread.
Or just go away.
/johnny
>>Opinion, that’s all you have shown, besides your stated intent to irritate<<
Just for the record, I have said that is a benefit, not an intent.
I have no need for self-promotion. I need post no articles: my posts in this thread are more than enough for people to be reasonable ready for reasonable calamities.
Here is my article:
Batteries, gun/ammo, Boy Scout Manual, candles, camping stove, bottled water for 2 weeks, canned goods (double up on what you usually get), flashlights — and batteries. If you are in an area that might lose power, consider a generator and enough Gasoline for a week. Essentially be ready for a 2 week camping trip (+ the generator to save your food if you REALLY think you will lose power for more than 2 days).
Be ready for 2 weeks without power or support.
And that worked enough for me who HAS been in a disaster (actually 2).
In case of Zombie Apocalypse, don’t depend on your liberal neighbors — zombies eat brains and they voted for obozo.
That is your opinion and you have the option to die from not being fully prepared.
“Telling people they need to be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse does little good in that most people view that vision as nuts as I do.”
Most of us preppers are prepared for zombies if they show up. We give information and leave it to others to decide what they want to do - we don't “tell” people what to do. If you think it is nuts to prepare, then don't do it. I don't think people on our prepper threads are going to think you have anything to offer except criticism and that doesn't help anyone.
JRandomFreeper and Kartographer will be here long after you, so you might as well move along.
Think about that for a minute.
Preferably somewhere else.
/johnny
>>Most of us preppers are prepared for zombies if they show up.<<
OK, you got me on that one.
There is always a grammar Nazi around (useful skill for the Zombie Apocalypse?)
Ahem:
Reasonably probable calamity (hurricanes on the East Coast, tornadoes in Tornado Ally, Earthquakes on the West Coast and up the Tennessee Valley, democrats in DC, Zombie Apocalypse in Canadian-bordering states).
I stood corrected and have, hopefully, corrected my correctiveness.
/johnny
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