Posted on 01/24/2014 6:27:18 PM PST by Kartographer
As a survivalist/prepper, I hear a lot of, "I don't want to be a prepper, but I want to be prepared. What should I do? How do I start?" So I compiled a lot of information from FEMA, Red Cross, and other places that have very "basic" information and started typing up a list for them. The four "basic" areas I decided would be a good starting point: getting your whole family involved, what to do before an emergency, what to do after an emergency, and emergency sanitation. I say "basic" because this is only a starting point! This by no means is all you should do. If you think it is because the government will step in ... I feel sorry for you. I tell this to everyone I give this information to and encourage them to research more and be ready for when "it" happens because you won't be able to find me in my secure well stocked locations.
(Excerpt) Read more at survivalblog.com ...
I want to be rich... that doesn't make me a millionaire.
“Where are you going to go to?”
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Well, that depends on the disaster, whether or not I have warning, and where I am at the time. That is why “prepping”
is very iffy.
That is why most preppers have more then one for more then one situation.
Easy way to start food storage: when you buy any food you use that has a shelf life (canned, dry) buy 4 or more (especially on sale). When you use up 2, buy 4 more. Always use the oldest first. Pretty soon you’ll have a pretty full pantry, and it will stay fresh because it’s stuff you really use.
ACTION makes you are prepper
Just because I stand in a garage, doesn't make me a FERRARI !
lol
See post #17
“That is why most preppers have more then one for more then one situation. “
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Well, how many situations are you prepping for, and what are they? Please keep in mind, I am not being critical of preppers, but just playing devil’s advocate in order to expand the subject and understand the mindset of the serious preppers. Obviously, there is not “one size fits all” situations.
Where I live, the most likely problems are Typhoons and earthquakes. It is easy to prepare for a typhoon, as we have plenty of warning. Prepping for an earthquake, however, is problematic. In my opinion, I would think that transportation from the problem would be the most important.
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LOL. I love this picture. That’s the way I always did it when I first got married. There is nothing fresher than clothes dried outside on the line, as long as the birds don’t do their thing on it.LOL
In the winter, I had a foldable gizzmo that fit into the bathtub, so I would wash clothes after everyone showered(small load) and hang them on this in the bathtub. They would be dry by the time everyone was ready to shower the next day.
See Calcium Hypochlorite.
I have one of those and still use it every day that it is nice enough to dry clothes.
I’m just keeping my Dad’s bedside commode that I bought for him when he was recovering at my house from a stroke. It will also fit over the toilet so that older people can use my bathroom with ease too.
When I was a kid, we used a chamber pot at night. Granny carried it out to the outhouse in the morning to empty and cleam it up. The rest of the time we went to the outhouse, or squatted behind a tree, if we were on the back forty, and too far away. Then we had to cover it with dirt and leaves and stuff.
A five gallon bucket is lots easier to use even with out a lid than the chamber pot.
Amen. Nothing like the rule of 3 to bring your first needs in focus.
Actually you prep for things in the order of possibility and most preps are multipurpose.
Is it possible that your income will be either delayed or cut off? For most people the answer is yes. So you put cash aside to cover your necessary bills and you stock up on items you need to live.
These same preps also serve in case of everything from a bad storm to a bank run. From there you move forward making your plans.
” So you put cash aside to cover your necessary bills and you stock up on items you need to live.”
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Yes, money could be very important, provided that it did not burn up, wash away, or get stolen from you.
I was concentrating on more serious disasters, where money might be the last of your worries.
IIRC, many in the Prepper TV series were most concerned about a total breakdown of society, as well as infrastructure.
Not to be contrary with you Alex...but there was a time when info was withheld from people, so they wouldn’t panic.
Up until 1940s, Americans didn’t even get tornado forecasts
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/tornado.history/index.html
I’m not so sure we can even trust those who hold the info for dissemination.
While in some cases money may not matter at all in others it will.
So you plan for both.
IIRC, many in the Prepper TV series were most concerned about a total breakdown of society, as well as infrastructure.
You work up to that. The goal is to get where you have the tools to adjust to most outside events. If there is an earthquake and you have no running water for weeks because half a mountain slid into the reservoir you still have water to drink because you stored it away. You don't depend on the water trucks.
If there is a very cold winter and there is a fuel shortage you have more then one way to keep warm.
Food prices rise but you have a garden and chickens.
These work for TEOTWAWKI or for more minor events.
We had a seasonal camp in Maine and loved to go up for long weekends in the winter, even without running water. We’d bring enough water to drink and heat up for washing, and we kept a 5 gallon bucket in the bathroom with a toilet seat on top. We’d put a little water in the bottom and dump it when/as necessary. I loved those trips...
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