Posted on 08/11/2025 12:07:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
• Water filtration & purification (portable filter, purification tablets/drops)
• Stored water supply (at least one gallon per person per day)
• Emergency food supply (freeze-dried meals, canned goods, rations)
• Fire-starting tools (ferro rod, waterproof matches, lighter, tinder)
• First aid kit (trauma supplies, meds, antiseptics, bandages)
• Emergency shelter (tarp, lightweight tent, mylar blanket)
• Warm clothing & insulation (wool socks, thermals, waterproof layers, gloves)
• Multi-tool or survival knife (fixed blade preferred)
• Light sources (headlamp + flashlight with spare batteries or solar)
• Navigation tools (compass, maps, GPS backup if possible)
• Portable power source (solar charger, power bank, tri-fuel generator, solar generator)
• Communication gear (emergency radio, whistle, backup phone, satellite phone)
• Self-defense tools (pepper spray, firearm, where legal, or alternative)
• Sanitation & hygiene items (soap, wipes, toilet paper, waste bags)
• Important documents & cash (waterproof bag with ID, cash, emergency contacts)
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Alternative? Pointy stick?
Remember back when liberals were calling preppers hoarders and survivalists and though it was a bad thing?
It’s a good list. But they’re missing two things.
• Leisure items like books and board games.
• A method to access Free Republic. 🙂
Rule #1 of Doomsday Bunkers: Never talk about Doomsday Bunkers.
All important items at times and for various situations, but a strange list for a essential bunker list, this is more for a tent in the woods.
• Emergency shelter (tarp, lightweight tent, mylar blanket)
• Navigation tools (compass, maps, GPS backup if possible)
Just sayin
Useful information. Good post.
Sounds more like a bugout list than a bunker list.
My list no 1 would be : beer and beer making materials
No matter how much you prepare, you’re going to die from something, sometime.
Much better to prepare for where you’re going to spend eternity.
I think it’d be cool to last a couple of weeks after everyone else - no leaf blowers, no traffic noise …
We’ve got provisions
And lots of beer
I remember reading a story by one man who survived a communist Takeover in one of the Latin American countries. He said the people who stayed in one place were the ones that died. Because that’s the where the mobs knew where to find them, and where all the food and ammunition was.
Otherwise, on the day that the SHTF, they will be lining up outside your bunker door.
I bought a years worth of food from a survival company 3 years ago. It has a 25 year shelf life and cost $2400. I paid for it, then another years worth came. I refused the order, called the company and said I didn’t order 2 the 2nd one just the one year order. They thanked me and refunded me $2400. I called again and said the refund was a mistake because I didn’t order or pay for the 2nd order just the first one so they should not have refunded me.
They said I was in error and their records say I should get the refund... I tried explaining again but gave up when they insisted they were right.
So I got a years worth ($2400 worth) for free.
Very nice, being prepared is a great feeling and it helps one stay relaxed hearing the news roller coasters of snow storm, hurricane, war, solar flares. global shortages of this or that, comet coming, drought, or whatever the threat of the month is.
No comms. Ham radio or GMRS. A decent broadband receiver at a minimum.
Since that is provided by Grace, we can move along to the bunker.
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