Food, get some long term storage stuff, like mountain house. I'd bet you could store several cases under the beds in your home.
Also, remember that in a sudden SHTF, like a grid down, you should fill your tub as soon as possible while theres still some water pressure. Eat all your fridge foods first then your frozens.
Go to Amazon and get a "WaterBOB" for ~$20. Then you can quickly store clean water in your tub. They don't take up much space when folded up in storage.
If you have some space, get some Water Bricks. With the additive, you can store clean drinking water for 5 years.
Thanks. I am set for food and water for 3 months minimum. I’m good for toilet paper for a couple of years! ;-)
I have alternatives in place for a loo and I have plenty of other “items” taken care of. I even have items for “trade and barter” stocked up...
My issues are with heat and electricity replacement. I could get a generator, however I can’t store much gasoline to run it. I was considering a supplemental wood pellet stove, but am finding that a bit of a challenge and I don’t know how well the bags of wood pellets can be stored. Do they become unsuable, like when bags of road (driveway) salt solidifies...I would think not, but don’t know for certain.
I am just not finding many good options for heat or electric replacement in a SHTF scenario...
If you have a few hours heads up, start cooking and filling every container with water. Bake up cakes and cookies because they don’t need refrigeration and the kids will appreciate it. Cook up whatever perishable foods in the fridge so they’ll be ready to eat when you’ve lost your stove. Those containers of water, put in the freezer asap to fill in any space so it’ll stay cooler longer.
Also, quickly sanitize the bathroom and kitchen while you still have hot water. Also, do the laundry. Vacuum and mop to give your family a few extra days of less germs. Sure, it’s a lot but of mad housework but better while the lights are still on than not at all.
For out side use a above ground inflatable pool as an emergency cistern while pressure still is in the lines.
Put a plastic tarp on the ground, lay out the pool then take a 5 gal wet/dry vac and back feed the exhaust port into the pools vents that are there for deflation. Use gen power or battery and it pops the pool right up in 1-2 min. Close deflation vents and while some else runs whatever water they can into it you can top the pressure off by hand.
Instant 425 gal cistern.
cover with tarp, put some vegetable oil in the water to keep mosquitoes out, some pool shock for algae and you should be GTG