Posted on 08/22/2011 6:50:37 PM PDT by Kartographer
You need to start stocking food. You can do a lot if you start early. Unfortunately, “early” might have been yesterday. Now we’re way past early, and you need a reasonable plan to get food supplies that will store well and don’t cost too much.
Buy extra, use FIFO. Go ahead and buy more food than normal when you’re out shopping, and set it aside as preparedness. Use the “first in, first out” rule to eat your older supplies first. Keep rotating your supplies so you never abandon food “way in the back.”
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Good coffee
Stores well in vacuum packs. Haven’t notice any major taste difference in coffee kept well over a year.
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I vacuum pack the rice, beans, cornmeal and etc in 4 lb packages and store these in stackable plastic totes.
Looks very interesting and right up my alley! Had almost no FR time today - will check it out tomorrow.
Outlaw Woman - it’s been crazy in my house lately. I have not forgotten my plans - my blog is up but still pathetic. Thank you for your reminder and I must get my a** in gear. That means my act of course.
Here in the south, it's either brown (my favorite), white or redeye gravy.
Just thinking about sausage gravy and biscuits is making my mouth water and I'm not sure I'll be able to wait till morning.
This is a little off-topic, but can anyone give me tips on how to keep a well going if the &h*! hits the fan? We have a good deep well but the pump is electric. I’m clueless how to keep it going if we don’t have electricity. Is a generator involved somewhere in this equation? Thanks for info, or pointers to a good web page that gives verrrrry specific how-to information!
Solar back up? A generator (even if you just run it for a few house just to draw enough water for a few days. Depending how deep you can look into getting any old fashion hand pump. But I think a solar back-up or a small generator might be the easiest way to go.
Depending upon voltage, you might also look into getting an inverter that will use your vehicle's battery or solar charged batteries to power the well if a generator is not cost/maintenance effective.
Check out these videos on Youtube for other ideas.
Especially now that it’s so expensive. Why would I want something that has more than tripled in value the last few years when I can buy survival goods that have risen far less or not at all?
I understand if you’re wealthy that you might have extra $$$ after preps, but honestly you could give me a million dollars and I could spend it ALL on preps. Not a problem. There are very few that have the kind of money to be buying metals.
BFL
You might look into a water tank, even something temporary. Maybe buy a larger backyard pool on clearance or a large tank something that you could run your generator or your use your solar to fill. That way you don’t have to run it all the time and yet you could keep a good quantity of water readily available.
Having lived through three hurricanes, the first thing to go are containers for fuel, even before the stations run out of gas. Everyone should have containers for water and gasoline. I keep six, empty 5 gallon gasoline containers that have seen use in all three hurricanes.
It's a simple matter to run down to the station and fill them up at the first sign of trouble. It's what you folks on the East coast should be doing NOW! They will quickly disappear in the stores as the hurricane approaches.
Not only will it eventually go bad, it's dangerous to store more than maybe a small amount for the lawnmower and etc for an extended period. You might also check local ordinances on quantities of flammable liquids you are allowed to have on hand.
What works for me is two main storage areas. Just bought food goes in long term storage. The pantry is for short term and gets replenished from the long term storage area by the rotation method you mentioned. Everything gets the date purchased magic marker treatment. Once a year, a complete inventory is taken. From the inventory, future meals are planned, some things in excess are put into gift boxes for others, and food/items short are purchased.
Well so are the squirrels, raccoons and possums that come around. If the food network has shows about how to cook them, they are fair game as far as I am concerned.
On the show “Dual Survival” the barefoot hippied guy Cody had a shirt on: “The more you know, the less you need.”
Another saying he likes is something like “Knowledge - it’s extremely lightweight and accessible in any locality” (or something like that).
Canadian Maple Leafs and 9 volt batteries for medicinal purposes.
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