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?
‘Cowboy’ ammo is a reduced powder load, usually. Even out of a 18 inch barrel it would be hard pressed to penetrate through four layers of denum then 7 inches into a human body. I would stick to the jacketed hollow point ammo. Wouldn’t hurt to have a .357 ball ammo boxes, too.
Magtech Magtech® .45 Colt Cowboy Ammo with Dry-Storage Box New-manufactured ammunition Loaded with 250-grain lead flat-nose bullets New Dry-Storage Box with every bulk buy Here’s a deal that takes a big bite out of the cost of cowboy-action shooting. This new-manufactured ammunition is loaded with 250-grain lead flat-nose bullets.
A 250 gr bullet would be in 45 Longcolt caliber. A .357 in cowbot action load would be more along the lines of 158 grain bullet. But the point is the reduced recoil powder load which reduces velocity and therefore ft/lb energy on impact, done for cowboy action shooting to aid with follow up shots.
That lady doesn’t look old enough to have had 19; some must be adopted. 6am and I don’t remember yesterday’s article; need coffee.
Home Depot had these amazing shelf units on sale, and I bought all 19 of the remaining inventory:
Easy to do with shelf units like that.
Maybe the pollen in the local honey helps with allergies and such?
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Great reminder! Thanks for not giving up on us!
Those are great plastic shelf units. When I was putting the ones I have in my garage together, I ran a three inch screw through the shelf, to attach the unit to the wall studs so they won’t tip over easily. Makes then that much more stable when loaded down.
Good idea. I set-up 10 of them for Dad in his basement, and we had to both shim-up the front legs and secure them to the wall: his concrete floor wasn’t perfectly flat. I checked my Condo’s basement floor w a level, and it’s perfect, but since it’s a CB wall, I’d have to use lag-bolts into the block. So I put the heavier weight on the lower 2nd & 3rd shelves, just so they wouldn’t get top-heavy. But I might consider some lag-bolting, just for an extra measure of stability.
To: SVTCobra03
Thank you for your service. But I must ask, where have you been for almost the past 4 years? Again, where have you been?
I know where I have been. I have been living as an American citizen in Panama for most of my life. Between ‘87 and ‘89, I was out in the street fighting Noriega.
Now you are going to ask why the U.S. had to come to Panama’s rescue.
Answer: Nixon started the ball rolling. It quickly drove Panama into a dictatorship. Hence, this was a U.S. made problem. Nixon did not agree with the president the Panamanians had legally elected.
Eleven days later after President Arias assumed office Nixon had the new president kicked out, and the legal civilian government was replaced with the military.
There were several/many big, big heroes during those awful times, but one of the big heroes that stands out was Billy Ford.
P.S.
Something I did not want to discuss, but I will say it now: I was shot at several times.
Where have you been for the past 4 years?
I am not a chicken as most of my U.S. country folks are.
Nope. Been eating out of it. That’s how I know it’s good. Gotta go buy more so I’m good for another 7 + years.
Nope. Been eating out of it. That’s how I know it’s good. Gotta go buy more so I’m good for another 7 + years.
I recommend a few decks of cards, board games, a Bible and a dictionary (especially if you pack a Scrabble game - after all that prepping to stay alive you don’t want somebody getting strangled because of an argument over an archaic variant spelling).
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