Underestimation can be fatal.”
Preppers Ping!
Blogging again? LOL
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That's very true. But most of us can afford to toss a couple of extra cans of vegetables in the cart every week. There's no reason that you can't hit Costco or your favorite warehouse store for a $12, 50 lb. sack of flour or a $15 dollar 25 pound sack of rice.
When you're at Home Depot or Lowes toss one of those $3 cases of water bottles or one of those larger 5 gallon jobs for $5 into your cart. It took us a about a year but by my estimation we could go 3 months at least before things got ugly from a food perspective. That's miles ahead of what most American households have. We did it all very low key, too. So it's not like anyone saw us unloading a truck load of stuff into our house at once.
I know you take some crap from a few folks around here, Kart. But I really appreciate all you've done.
Thank you.
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Kartographer - Ignore the naysayers and trolls.This is a good find and good post - thanks.
Here is a link to Part 1 of this series:
Prepping For Disaster 10/23/2011
http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/Prepper-Main
“20 years of dehydrated mashed potatoes’
Relatively cheap, actually, even for the exaggerated time span. Gotta mix in a lotta squirrel!
Imagine that...they sould like regular people.
See my tagline!
The communists always seem to try to control food. They say “how will the people get bread if the governmrnt does not give it to them”. Of course, they want to control who survives and who does not. You can see MooseChelle trying to lay the groundwork for government food control. If the government pays for your health care (even though it is paid with money stolen from you) they will try to control what you can eat because they will claim it affects health care costs.
World Power Swings Back To America
The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus.
Teach a man to beg and he may eat for a day .....but
Teach a man to steal and he can eat for the rest of his life
For some sensible, down to earth advice and information on steps you can take to prepare
on a budget for emergency, disaster or societal upheaval take a moment and look at this site:How to Survive Hard Times
(clicky - clicky)It is full of ideas and ways you can start small to prepare for uncertain times. It is one of the
best sites I have found to help organize your thoughts and get started on prepping. It shows
simple, effective, low cost things you can do to prep and stock up without a large budget.Here is a sample of the topics you will find there:
- What to Do Right Now if the Hard Times Have Begun and You are Not Prepared
- How to Find Water and How to Make Water Safe to Drink
- How to Build a Very Effective Water Filter System for Approxmiately $75
- A Simple But Effective Survival Plan
- Realistic Self-Sufficiency: The Do's and the Don'ts
- How to Start Preparing for Hard Times on a Very Modest Budget
- During a Disaster Event Should You Stay at Home or Leave?
- How to Select the Optimal Retreat Location
- Use Common Sense to Compare Your Current Location to Another Location
- An Emergency Evacuation List
- How to Effectively Evacuate a Big City Without a Car
- A 30-Day Emergency Food Supply for One Adult
- One-Year Emergency Food Supply for One Adult
- Food Inflation Price Index Based on the One-Year Emergency Food Supply
Wheat Grinders
- Hand-Cranked Stainless Steel Meat Grinder
- How to Preserve Food Using Three Simple Old Fashioned Methods
- How to Improve the Quality of an 1800s Lifestyle
- Firewood, Fireplaces, and Cast Iron Stoves
- Shelf Life of Canned Food and Dry Food
- Shelf Life of Medicine
- Recommended Books for Home Schooling
Books: Emergency First Aid Books and Supplies.
- Books: Recommended List of Books to Purchase Before the Hard Times Begin
- Basic Rules of Survival During Hard Times
- Basic Minimum Necessities for Survival During Hard Times
- 20 Common Mistakes That Should Be Avoided
- Comparison of Five Leading Brands of Toilet Tissue
- Two-Way Communication: Cell Phones, Satellite Phones, and Two-Way Radios
- Rechargeable Batteries and a Solar Battery Charger
- Solar Power Generator
- Pets and Livestock
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Recreational Vehicles and Campers
- The Most Frequently Overlooked Items for Long-Term Hard Times Survival
- Grandpappy's Homemade Soap Recipe
- How to Melt Animal Fat and How to Clarify Used Cooking Grease
- Ancient Board Games and Solitaire Games From Around the World
- Grandpappy's Advice for a Successful, Happy, Prosperous Life
- How to Convert Human Waste into a Safe Garden Compost Fertilizer
- Recipes for Hard Times, including Acorns, Hickory Nuts, Pemmican, Squirrel, and Wild Game
- Home Gardening Tips (Index of Articles)
- Wilderness Survival Tips (Index of Articles)
- Free Preparedness Manual - LDS Free Online 222 Page Book on How to Prepare for Hard Times.
I am keeping a notebook of printed research on things like how to make soap - how to render fat, make candles, smoke meat, dress wild game.
I also have been buying tools that don’t need electricity - from garage sales and antique stores.
I also have been buying up (@yard sales)winter clothes & boots, towels and sheets - my family teases me because I always say: You never know!
I have a life time supply of 100 watt light bulbs.