Posted on 03/24/2020 5:14:41 PM PDT by CottonBall
This is our ongoing prepper thread, re-invented to be more specific to prepping for, and of course during, pandemics.
Where gave you found your preps have withstood this test? What would you like to have done differently? What are your current prepping plans?
LOL. You and me both Uncle.
I was zotted. Until after the election. And then was allowed to come back. IIRC, you got the zot too didn’t you?
Proper prepping involves defense.
5 guys could take me. 3 would be dead. The other 2 would make out.
Hey, booze is a great prepper supply. You can use it for medicinal purposes, as an antiseptic or analgesic. And it is top-notch for bartering!
Regarding a cough-there have been studies showing that honey is just as effective as some cough medicines and it helps a person sleep.
Honey lasts for ever. In addition, it’s good to use as a replacement for sugar in your rehydration drinks.
Honey helps to heal your digestive system, and can be used on wounds to prevent infection.
For a sore throat we make a citrus tea with cinnamon, cloves, lemon or orange juice, and honey added to the tea.
A person can set up a bee hive and get their own honey —no grocery needed. However, since it lasts forever, you could just stock up on a lot. We get ours from the local farmer’s market-raw honey is what we get.
Honey is one thing we don’t have as much of as I’d like, but likely we have more than enough for this emergency.
The other thing I haven’t solved for long term, is lard and fats. I’d like to have the old time cans that lasted. So I do have some home made lard and Ghee that I store in the frig.
I’m just hoping that we don’t have any reason to get near a hospital for at least 2 months.
“I said, ‘Because the Gun Safe is FULL!’ ;)”
You got to store it somewhere! We used to have several boxes of ammo next to the freezer downstairs. It was very handy, I would set freezer items on it when I was organizing. Then one day it just disappeared. And I had to put stuff on the floor. Hubby had decided to go ahead and utilize our third gun safe. The one that came with the house. This is East Tennessee, there was a gun safe in the bedroom. Which was odd. Other houses we looked at had the gun safe in the living room.
I have lots of Honey as well....take it everyday in something.
“I don’t really consider us preppers we just live way out in the middle of nowhere and it is a long ways to town and back. In the winter is snows and I have to plow a dozen miles to get a vehicle out.”
If you don’t mind saying, I would love to know where you are. I’m having a hard time finding a place to buy lots of acreage in order to have the house be quiet and neighbors far away.
Well whatever you call yourself, sounds like you have a lot of expertise to share. I’ve been thinking we should get some mules, because the fuel for automobiles will only last so long. And I think mules are a lot less susceptible to issues than horses, aren’t they?
I as well...barely.... just 11 years here on FR....I discovered it during 9/11 and lurked for a long while at first.
Milk - wondering why the local grocery stores are all out of bread and eggs. But have plenty of milk. I just figured people would buy all three.
With AzureStandard - how do I know where the local drop-off point is for me?
One thing that we have not done yet is install a manual water pump in our existing water well. Next on the list to do.
My wife and I sat back and shook our heads at the panic shopping going on. We are well prepared and have been for going on 12 years now. It felt good to be as prepared as we were. Not bragging. We put a lot of effort to be prepped up for any circumstance.
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The manual water pump-that’s on our list too along with a stand by generator instead of relying on the portable one-and maybe solar or wind power back up.
Meantime we have several thousands of gallons in our above ground swimming pool that we use for watering the garden during the dry season-We have a big Berkey and extra filters if we need them.
All we did to prep was restock our regular monthly purchase a couple of weeks early. Picked up some extra eggs and hamburger buns, and milk. Bought some Elderberry stuff.
Hubby bought some shelf stable chocolate milk and breakfast mixes to replace the fresh milk when ours runs out. I’m not allowed to drink more than half a cup per day anyway, so I’ve basically stopped drinking it-I just eat cheese instead.
It did feel good to already be prepared. We always had quite a lot in the pantry etc. However, about 10 years ago, we stepped up our game a lot.
He said it will just take time for it to spread to other metro areas and then build up to crisis levels.
That got me thinking about what would happen if this virus really does spread beyond what the government and medical industries can control.
What if it hits hard outside the cities too?
What if it starts taking a significant toll on dairy farms, milk processors, bakeries, large farm including beef, pork and poultry producers.
And truck drivers, train and barge operators, packing houses, canneries, manufacturers of paper products, meds, etc., etc., etc.?
May or may not happen.
But if you don't already have preps for a longer term now is the time to stock up on what is available.
If the food and critical manufactured goods industries are hit hard it will be too late.
If we do get some sort of a windfall check from the government ours will be invested in even more preps than we now have.
Just in case.
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I love honey. Have quite a bit stored, but unfortunately most of it is the heated variety. After having lots of inflammatory issues, I found out that raw honey is a natural anti-inflammatory. So that’s what I’ve been buying lately.
It is one of the few prepper items that is delicious as is.
With regard to lard and fats, I don’t think any of them can be stored long-term can they?
Here’s the link to find their delivery routes, you can put in your city, state or zip code. There is also a map showing delivery routes; they have gotten huge! Years ago it was mostly on the west coast.
https://www.azurestandard.com/healthy-living/publications/drops-map/
Firefox books are good
Community is good
Knowhow is valuable
Spiritual perspective is comforting and right
I have used a blender for grains, but I also got a coffee grinder which adjusts and that’s what I use now. I have a small manual grinder too.
I make ghee about every 1 1/2 years, it keep very well if put into hot jars with canning lids. Seals up nicely, and keep in a cool dark place. I’m using the last jar I made in the summer of 2018, smells as fresh as the day I made it. Also a prepper lady on another forum told how she cans butter, I tried it and it works. She said it works for cheese too, but I never did try it. If anyone wants know what about those or how to make ghee the easiest and best way (I’ve done many) let me know.
When the Governor speaks the township board has to comply. BUT they are also willing to be reasonable and have some flex in certain areas. In others they have no flex at all.
You will quickly begin to crave fresh food. The greenhouse has been moved up on the list of things to do. Just being able to have some salad ingredients available is a good thing.
If you are having people move in with you have things for them to do.
Realize that anyone who moves in with you will want to bring their pets along too. If you have pets this can be an issue.
Sell the perishables that you have excess of to your neighbors. They will be happy to get them. Reducing your price is fine, giving stuff away is not wise.
Well, that is the problem with fats. No long term storage. Only thing I can think of in TEOTWAWKI is to grow sunflowers etc. and make your own oil.
If we raised pork or chickens, it would be no problem. I have rendered fat from pork we bought in the crockpot. Then I stored it in the frig for a few months as I used it up.
The ghee will last quite a while too. I have several blocks of butter in the freezer. We stock EVOO, tallow, and ghee, but not as much as we’d like, because the shelf life is too short.
A question I can answer!
It is because milk is delivered daily.
Eggs and bread are usually delivered three times a week.
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