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Posted on 09/29/2012 9:57:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono
No matter how much I beg, some of you, no doubt haven’t done anything to prepare (you know who you are). I don’t know what else to do. All I can do is give you the information, it’s up to you to act. No one can do it for you.
No doubt some of you are intimidated by my repeated suggestions of storing and using whole grains. If it doesn’t come from the supermarket shelf it’s strange and unfamiliar and you want no part of it. Fair enough.
But you still need to prepare. Here are ten things that you can do right now that will make you better prepared than probably 90% of the population.
And everything is available at your local shopping center – so it’s easy. You can do all ten steps at once or divide each into a separate week and shopping trip. But you need to get it done as soon as possible.
Keep in mind that this is only a starting point and isn’t presented here as a completed list.
1. Head to the nearest Wal-mart, Kmart, Costco or whatever and pick-up 20 lbs of white or brown rice and 20 lbs of pinto beans. White rice has a better storage life while brown rice has more nutritional benefits – your choice.
2. While you’re there grab 5 lbs mixed beans, 5 lbs of white sugar, 5 lbs of iodized salt, one gallon of olive oil (can be frozen to extend shelf-life), 5 lbs oats, 10 lbs each of white or wheat flour and cornmeal.
3. Now head over to the canned foods and pick-up 20 cans of canned fruits and 20 cans of canned vegetables. Be sure to buy only those brands and contents you normally eat and nothing exotic. No need to shock the senses.
4. Now over to the canned meats. Pick-up 20 cans of various meats, salmon, stews, spam and tuna. Again buy only those brands with contents you normally eat and nothing exotic.
5. Okay. Now to the to the peanut butter shelf and toss two 40-ounce jars in the cart. The listed shelf life is just over two years and each jar has over 6,000 calories. Peanut butter is an excellent instant survival food.
6. Over to the powdered drink mix – go on I’ll wait…Okay, pick up two 72 Ounce Tang Orange drink canisters (provides 100% of the US RDA vitamin C requirement per 8 oz. glass). Also grab six 19-Ounce Containers of Kool-Aid Drink Mix.
7. Off to the vitamin and supplement aisle, pick up 400 tablets “one a day” multivitamin and mineral supplements. I buy this brand at the local Wal-Mart - comes in 200 count bottle for $8 each.
8. Now to the department we all love – sporting goods. Go to the camping aisle and pick up 4 five gallon water containers. Fill with tap water as soon as you get back home.
9. While you’re there buy 250 rounds of ammunition for your primary defensive weapon. More if you can, but this should be a good start. Also a good universal cleaning kit.
10. And lastly pick up the best LED flashlight you can afford, extra batteries and bulb. Also grab two boxes of wooden matches and several multi-purpose lighters.
Don’t forget to date, use and rotate – remember first in first out. Let’s get started.
What would you add to the list?
50 to 80 lb would be sufficient.
OUTSTANDING! Thank you for the ‘correction’.
When did they start that? A few months ago I bought several boxes of .22 ammo and there was nothing different about the transaction than if I’d bought underwear.
Don’t forget that bleach has a shelf life of only 6 months for disinfecting water.
I have an elderly in my family who uses hearing aids. Does anyone know if those can be recharged somehow? Or do we need to stock up on them to the rafters?
might just be in my locale...
Madison Co. here, checking in.
Preps are going slower than I want, but then again I always feel that I don’t have enough.
Just bought 1,200 rounds of assorted ammo today, so feeling good about that!
Lexington container - I’ve seen their website - is it mostly junk, or is it a worthwhile stop? Looking for 55 gallon water barrels.
For the water barrels, call feed stores and ask where you can buy them used. I pay about $18/barrel from a guy who sells them out of his house.
As a former Marine and current Oath Keeper and Three Percenter I will honor my oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Marines do not run from a fight; we run toward the sound of gunfire. YMMV.
Might consider not throwing out rancid cooking oil...can be used for lighting fuel.
Studies have shown (really!) that a LOT of supermarket honey isn’t honey at all, or laced with corn syrup and junk. Pretty sad.
Excellent suggestion, and I am a big believer in almost never throwing away food anyway, assuming that it can be shoved deeper into what I call “Stalingrad rations” storage.
That means the too dried and old rice or the too old beans, or mushy canned goods, or wheat, or whatever is old and not suitable for normal kitchen use anymore, but if you were starving, then they would be a great food source.
Depends on the freezer - “freezing” is 32F, the temp required to kill the nasties is quite a bit lower than that. Jus’ Sayin’.
I envy you!! We are almost the same, except of course not the number of rounds, with another subtle diff that I got the 460 cal and AK’s, rather than the 223. I need suppressors tho. Hope you are in Ohio! But they all were lost in a boating accident, and sank in the Laurentian of Lake Eric.
I did a bit of research and decided that a .357 lever action would fit the bill. Have quite a bit of “cowboy ammo” that picked up cheap - on the principle that velocities out of a rifle barrel are quite a bit higher. Do you think these would have adequate stopping power out of a rifle?
For those who can order such an item, I recommend a 55 gal. drum of sodium hypochlorite, 12.5%, (bleach).
That is the equivalent of over 200 gal. of ordinary bleach.
Great barter item. Just dilute it 3 quarts water and one quart bleach.
You can save money for years by buying one drum. It slowly loses potency, but it’s still amazingly cheap.
For those with a grain grinder, why not buy and store large quantities of cheap grain? If you can bake bread in quantity you can get rich while feeding the neighborhood.
I would trade a meal of beans, rice, and bread for a gallon of gasoline. With a few drums of gasoline, it’s off to the country to barter for more food.
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“...Duggar family’...”
I had to look that one up. Couldn’t find a pantry pic, though. They’re the 19 kids family?
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