#Prepper Food Storage

[storagechef]

Prepper Food Storage: Smart Tips for Food Storage Near You

Prepper food storage serves as a lifeline during crises, such as natural disasters, power outages, or even job loss. In these uncertain times, being prepared with enough food can offer peace of mind and ensure your family's sustenance.

[urbansuburbanprepper]

Preparing for family survival is something all of us should be thinking about. In this audio file we discuss some of the most important considerations. You can also visit our website to learn more.

[burbprepper]

Food For Thought

Do you have enough food stored to eat for two weeks if you lost power?

[yearzerosurvival]

Preserve Dried Goods and Store for Up to 20 Years!

[thehunteramman]

Rubbermaid Brilliance BPA Free Food Storage Containers Review: Are They Worth the Hype?

We recently started using the Rubbermaid Brilliance food storage containers, and they’ve made a noticeable difference in our kitchen routine. These containers are not just pretty; they are practical too. With a capacity of 4.7 cups each, they fit perfectly for storing leftovers or meal prep. The clear design means we can quickly see what’s inside, making it easy to find what we need without…

[etraytin]

Emergency Preparedness On A Budget

Hey all, just a reminder that even though many of us are looking at a warmer-than-average winter this year, warm on average does not mean we won't see winter storms! In fact, warm winters can produce some really unusual weather patterns that are even more likely to produce severe storms. The best time to prepare for a winter storm, or any other natural disaster, is well before it happens, ie, right now.

"But wait," you might say, "the economy is stupid and everything is expensive! I'm afraid my survival bunker is just going to have to wait until my lottery numbers come up, which will take awhile because I also can't afford to play the lottery." First off, good job not playing the lottery, and second, preparing for a disaster does not have to be expensive. In fact, if you start early enough, disaster preparedness can be done a few dollars at a time without much of anything in the way of special supplies.

In order to not make a single post that is a billion lines long, I am dividing my advice into a few different posts and will link them together when I am done. The links will be right here: Part 2: Medicine and Power

Food and Water Preparedness

FIrst and most important: food and water. The motto of disaster preparedness is "The first 72 is on you." In a major disaster situation, if the situation has not resolved itself within three days, that's about the amount of time it takes for outside help to get itself organized and start arriving in a meaningful way to a disaster area. Objectively three days is a pretty short period of time, subjectively it is a small eternity if you are not prepared.

Preppers (people who do disaster preparedness as a hobby, to greater and lesser levels of unhingedness) spend a lot of time discussing the best types of food and water prep for long-term storage and/or end of the world scenarios. We are not going to do that. We want cheap, easy, effective preparations that we can ideally do while grocery shopping in a Walmart. The easiest, simplest and cheapest way to do your food prep is this: Buy one or two canned, jarred or tetrapacked (that waxed cardboard box pack) meal items every time you can afford it, then set them aside. Find a little space in a closet, a cupboard, a shelf, whatever, and just keep those foods there until you have three days worth for everyone in your household, including the pets.

"Fine," you might say as you look skeptically at the back of your cupboards, "but that doesn't seem very specific. There are a lot of canned goods out there!" And that is fair! The basic rule of thumb is "Buy something you will eat, ideally without heating it up if necessary, that doesn't require much prep or cleaning." For example, my family is two adults and one adolescent, none of us with major food allergens or aversions. If I were trying for a 72-hour food prep for us on the cheap with no cooking available I'd probably go with six cans of chunky soup, which I get for a dollar each on sale, three small jars of applesauce (smaller jars are better if you have no way to cool food), a box of saltine crackers, three cans of tuna, and a big box of granola bars if I could keep them out of reach of the kiddo long enough.

It's not fancy and it may not provide great long-term nutrition, but it's enough food to keep us alive for three days in a form that will hold in storage for 1-2 years without needing to rotate. Even on a very tight budget you can probably accumulate this much food in a pretty reasonable amount of time (and a lot of it is the sort of thing you might get from a food bank anyway!) For pet food, pack up three days worth of your pet's food, ideally in a glass jar but any sealed container will do, and add any cans of wet food they'd get as well.

Water is another big prepping topic that we're going to go easy-peasy on. You need, at minimum, a gallon of clean water per person per day, plus extra for cleaning and washing. Water is annoying to store and takes a lot of room, so for a quickie 3-day prep, minimizing water use is ideal. If you can scare up enough paper plates, cups and utensils to last you three days, you save ever having to wash dishes. If you can get hold of a pack of wet wipes, you reduce the amount of water for washing your body. If you can bring yourself to pee in the woods or at the very least let urine sit in the toilet unflushed, you save a HUGE amount of water on flushing.

For your water prep, you can use the bit-at-a-time strategy again. Every time you get groceries, try to bring home a gallon or two of purified drinking water. They should be very cheap, usually around 1.25 in my neck of the woods, and they last for awhile. If you have a few extra dollars, buy a flat of bottled water until you have at least three gallon containers and one 12-pack for each human member of your household Tuck them away somewhere out of direct sunlight, and rotate them regularly, taking out an old gallon and flat and replacing them with new every couple of months.

Once you have your basic setup, you can start thinking about getting fancier. There are ways to find things like camp stoves and water filters fairly cheaply, usually by hitting up garage sales or looking in the clearance sporting goods section when camping season is over, but that's basically gravy when compared to just having something to eat.

Next Time: Medicine and Power

[confuzing]

I've put together a fun lil Stardew Valley Challenge designed to be hard for casual players like myself ( I'm sure some people will think this is easy). Gonna type it up and post it it here. OK, here goes.

The Doomsday Prepper Challenge

Premise: You've just found out a startling truth, the apocalypse is imminent, the world will end in 2 Years! So you quit your job and go head out to your Grandpa's farm where you hope to stockpile enough supplies and become self sufficient enough that you can survive the coming end. Can you get your farm in order and your supplies all ready before time runs out?

What you need to do/collect under the cut.

You do not anticipate most of the rest of Pelican Town surviving the apocalypse so don't bother making friends you'll lose anyway. (You can still fulfill quests, attend festivals and make friends to unlock things, but you're doing that to reach your end goal.)

You need to get married (kids not required) Gotta have a spouse to help repopulate the planet. Theoretically you should pick Harvey but if you can think of a good reason why your farmer would pick someone else go ahead.

Complete the Community Center (no Joja route, the Junimos are magic you could use them on your side.)

Unlock Ginger Island- Build the House and Farm Obelisk there, have the recipe for the island totem and at least one crafted one in storage (essentially you need to be able to get to Ginger Island and back without relying on Willy.)

Upgrade all your tools to iridium quality

Have a fully upgraded backpack

Fully upgrade your house ( up to having a cellar- the optional upgrades of extra rooms not required)

Have a Calendar, Mini Fridge, Telephone, Farm Computer and Dresser in your house.

Have both a cat and dog

Have 500,000 gold in the bank

Have at least one of all the following farm buildings: Fully Upgraded Coop, Fully Upgraded Barn, a Stable, a Silo, a Well, a Mill, a Shed and a Fishpond

At the end of your challenge your Silo(s) must be full

Have at least one (or the number listed) of the following machines/items on your farm: A Workbench, A Woodchipper, 3 Tappers, 5 Furnaces, An Oil Maker, A Fish Smoker, A Dehydrator, A Charcoal Kiln, A Crystalarium, A Recycling Machine, a Bone Mill, A Mayo Machine, A Cheese Press, 5 Preserve Jars, a Loom, 5 Kegs, A Seedmaker, A Worm Bin, A Bee House, 5 Crab Pots, A Lightning Rod, A Solar Panel and A Mushroom Log

Have an Armory- A full chest (so 36) weapons. Scythes are included as weapons.

Have a First Aid Kit- A chest with 100 Energy Tonics, 100 Muscle Remedies, 100 Life Elixirs, and 100 pieces of cloth ( for bandages)

Your Dresser should have at least 50 articles of clothing in it not including hats and rings.

Have a Supplies Stockpile- 100 of each type of Bombs, 50 Tents, 50 Cookout Kits, 999 Sap, 999 Coal, 999 Fiber, 999 Wood, 999 Stone, 999 Hay ( in addition to your full Silo), 500 Clay, 100 Copper Bars, 100 Iron Bars, 100 Gold Bars, 100 iridium Bars, 100 Refined Quartz, 100 Pine Tar, 100 Oak Resin, 100 Maple Syrup, 100 Batteries and 300 Seeds of any type.

Have a Food Stockpile (some categories on this list overlap, you cannot count things for two categories)- 112 (a year's supply) Cooked Dishes, 112 Drinks, 112 Dried Fruit or Mushrooms, 112 Smoked Fish, 112 Preserves, 112 Berries, 112 Eggs, 112 Milk, 112 Cheese, 112 Vegetables, 112 Fruits, 112 Flour, 112 Sugar, 112 Oil, 112 Vinegar, 112 Rice, 112 Forage, and 112 Mushrooms

Ending: You did it! You're all set for the end of the world! What now?

...oh.

After talking to Grandpa's Ghost and waking up to an un-ended world you realize you were wrong, the world isn't ending at all! Sell as much of your stockpile as you want ( all of it is really fun) and find your farmer's happy ending. Did you marry someone you didn't actually care about? Divorce them and chase your sweetheart! Really want to get into Slimes? Go nuts! This is your life and there's no deadlines anymore. ( My Farmer on my successful play through divorced his wife, married his boyfriend and is now a Perfection Run.)

[storagechef]

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[literatecowboy]

Gasolina y Adrenalina

2. Coatimundi

The 141 break into your house. Whoops! A Gaz x F!Reader fic Warnings: violence, guns, human traffickers, eventual smut, home invasion, fast as fuck cars, dead parents, angst, misunderstanding to lovers

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A knock on your door roused you from your sleep for the second day in a row. You stumbled, bleary-eyed to the door and pulled it open, startled to find the only one of your houseguests you hadn’t yet met standing there. 

“Do you have any more painkillers?” he asked gruffly, not bothering with introductions. Your chest tightened and you stiffened, but you did your best not to show the anxiety that shot through you. 

“I think my dad does. Er, did. Is everything okay?” you asked, stepping into the hallway and heading for the master bedroom. 

“Not for me, for Johnny.” Ghost said. He followed closely behind. You didn’t have time to hesitate as your hand found the handle to your dad’s old room. You hadn’t been in there since he had passed, aside from gathering clothes from the boys - you hadn’t been able to bring yourself to. Taking a deep breath, you swung the door open and pushed into the room. 

The smell of childhood made your eyes water, and you hesitated at the threshold. Your throat tightened as you fought back familiar tears and swallowed heavily. The big man behind you coughed, and you stumbled forward, turning your face away so he wouldn’t see you barely holding it together. 

The medicine cabinet in the ensuite bathroom didn’t yield much, but you hadn’t expected it to - you searched it more to have time to take deep breaths and pull yourself together, facing away from the hardened soldier who’d certainly suffered worse. As calm as you felt you could be, you made your way to dad’s closet. With Ghost’s help, you shifted the large gun safe out of the way before removing the false wood paneling in the back of the wall with trembling fingers. 

Years ago, just after you’d graduated from high school, your dad had shown you this spot, stacked with supplies in the event of an emergency. You pulled out large storage bins of medical supplies and began rifling through them. 

-

“What the hell, dad, are you a prepper or something?” you asked with a laugh, shaking one of the cans and listening to purified water slosh around inside. Your dad snorted. 

“It’s the old boy scout instincts in me. Practically had that motto beat into us, we did,” he said with a chuckle, plucking the can from your hands and toussling your hair. “Just wanted you to be aware of this, just in case.”

“Gonna give me survivalist homework? Make me watch zombie movies to be prepared?” you laughed, leaning back against the wall and watching as your dad put the can into place and slid the panel back into place. 

“All those movies are good for are showing you exactly what not to do,” dad said, sliding the gun safe back into place. 

“Says the guy who loves the Walking Dead.”

-

“Found ‘em.” Ghost said. You sat back in the same place you’d sat all those years ago, thankful that you hadn’t been the one to find the medicine. Ghost started putting things back in their containers but you waived him off. 

“Go, take them to him,” you said, offering a weak smile. He got up, leaving you with a nod. You sat there on the floor for a little while, holding that stupid can of purified water.

—

By the time you joined the home invaders for breakfast, it was midmorning. Price bid you good morning as you opened the fridge, unsurprised to see it nearly empty. 

“Sorry to eat you out of house and home, love,” he said, sliding a bowl of oatmeal over to you as you shut the fridge and sat down at the kitchen table. 

“It’s no problem. I’ll go pick up more groceries after breakfast,” you said, picking at your food absentmindedly. Your sniffle broke the silence. Price’s gaze practically bore into your back, and after a moment, he spoke up, making you jump.

“Garrick, will you escort the lady to the shops in a minute?” Captain Price called. Before you could protest, Kyle poked his head in from the ground floor guest room.

“Of course, cap,” he said, offering you a smile as he ducked back into the room. 

“That isn’t necessary,” you protested, setting your spoon down and rising to go fetch your wallet to leave before Kyle could get ready.

“And take this, love.” You blinked as Price reached into his vest, digging around for a moment before producing a wad of American dollars and pressing them into your hand. 

“Oh, Captain, I couldn’t–” your face burned and you looked away.

“None of that now. You’re housing and feeding me and my boys. They’re like family to me - like sons. I support my family,” he said. “And call me John, love.” he said. You paused, thinking it over. Losing your job had meant the loss of your only source of income. Sure, you had what your father had left to you, but you really weren’t ready to touch that yet. 

“Thank you, John,” you said with a genuine smile. He waved you off like your father had wherever you’d thanked him for something. 

“No need for thanks, love. Just hurry up and bring back some decent tea, would you?” he said, his smile creasing the corners of his eyes. 

—

Prepared to take on the world and newly flush with cash, you paused at the door to your father’s garage. If there was a room that was more emotionally charged than his bedroom, this would be it. You stepped in and flicked the lightswitch. 

Light glinted off of polished steel and aluminum. You took it all in, the familiar smell of rubber and gasoline distilling through your skin and permeating your blood. A twinge of pain shot through an old burn scar you’d earned when you’d tried to do an oil change without your father for the first time.

You walked down the length of the garage, dad’s garage, taking it all in. His tools hung perfectly in place on their pegs, waiting for his return. His other child, your steel-sibling, was right where he’d always parked it in its place of honor at the back of the garage. The 1969 Miura was your father’s second favorite child. He loved taking her out for a cruise, to classics shows, to coffee meets on Sunday mornings.

The door to the garage opened, pulling you from your thoughts. Your head whipped up and you stepped back from the car (you could not touch her without dad’s permission), and Kyle raised his hands. 

“Sorry, didn’t mean to startle…” he trailed off, his eyes going wide as he came further into the garage. You’d seen identical looks on many a man’s face before. His mouth was slightly open and his warm brown eyes twinkled like he was a kid finding presents from Santa under the tree on Christmas morning. 

“That’s a 1969 Lamborghini Miura,” he said dumbly. 

“Yeah,” you said. His eyes snapped away from the car and scanned the room, his jaw slackening as he took in each and every car. 

“And that’s a Supra. And that’s a…” he trailed off. His eyes focused on the car closest to the large garage doors, and he blinked. 

“That’s mine,” you said. You supposed they all belonged to you now, but in your heart they’d always be Dad’s Cars. 

“You…drive a 1967 Shelby Mustang,” Kyle said. “How do you drive a 1967 Shelby mustang?”

“It was my mom’s,” you said quietly. 

—

It had taken an extra hour and a half to leave the house after Kyle found the cars. He, after picking his jaw up off the floor, had dashed back into the house to summon Price. The captain came, grumbling about Kyle being mistaken, until he saw the cars. They had stood in the doorway, frozen in their tracks for a moment, before John let out a long breath.

After long discussions about the cars, their specifications, their purchase details, and many, many promises to continue the conversation later, you and Kyle took off for the store in your Shelby. 

“...and they’re so well cared for! Pristine! I mean, to have so many original parts intact after so long? That’s incredible,” Kyle said, shaking his head as he took in his surroundings. 

“The catalytic converter on this one got stolen in the 90’s, so I know for sure that’s been replaced. My dad kept extremely detailed records - each of the cars has a notebook and a file folder back at the house. I inherited this car from my mother, and she had it before she met him, so I’m unsure of the complete history,” you said, unable to help the pride in your voice as you and Kyle headed for town. 

“Can’t you ask her?” Kyle asked, tearing his eyes away from the car and looking at you. 

“She passed when I was little. I don’t remember much of her,” you admitted. It was quiet in the car for a moment.

“I’m sorry,” Kyle said. “I…shouldn’t have assumed...”

“I feel like you apologize to me in most of our conversations,” you teased. “So cut it out, ok?” Kyle laughed, and the car lapsed into comfortable silence. 

“They met at a car show. My mom and dad,” you said after a beat. “It was 1983, out in California. He couldn’t believe a woman as smart and beautiful as her was wasting her time around people like him and told her so, but I guess the way he said it came out wrong. She got mad, challenged him to a race, and kicked his ass. And that was that,” you said. 

“So, he didn’t make all that good of a first impression on her, but they ended up getting together. What I’m hearing is that not all is lost for me,” Kyle said. You laughed, heat rushing to your cheeks. The silence stretched between you once again, and it was comfortable.

“I’ve seen a lot of places in the world, but this place. There’s an alien beauty to it,” Kyle said. All around you, mountains grew in the distance. Cacti taller than the car sprouted in every direction and brush hid the coyotes lurking in the valley. 

“I love it,” you said softly. “Grew up here. Only left for college, then stayed away for my job. I guess I’m glad to be back.” As you crested a large hill, the road sloped downward and carried you into town. It was large but not bustling, spread out but not lonely. You pulled into the grocery store lot and killed the engine. 

“Do you have Mexican food in England?” you asked as you got out of the car. Kyle nodded. 

“Yeah, but I doubt it’s very authentic. Planning to cook us up some of the good stuff?” he asked. 

“Something like that,” you said. 

After shopping for the essentials at the grocery store, you and Kyle stowed the bags in the trunk and trekked across the parking lot towards the carniceria across from the grocery store. Kyle looked a little uncertain as you browsed, pausing at the counter in the back and selecting the cuts of meats you wanted. The butcher, who you knew vaguely, chatted with you as his assistant cut and wrapped the meat. 

“I’m sorry to hear about your father. We’re going to miss him around here,” he said with a sigh. 

“You’re going to keep coming to cars and coffee, right?” his assistant asked as he passed you the meat. 

“Of course. Wouldn’t miss those for anything,” you said with a smile. 

—

On the way back to the house, as you were taking a sharp curve slowly, your eyes fell upon a squirming bundle of fur in the road. The creature stood, staggered, and fell once more. Your eyes fixed upon the blood that was splattered across the road. 

“Oh my God, someone hit that poor thing!” you cried, pulling your car to the wide gravel shoulder and throwing your door open. Kyle was quick to follow, but stood back a few feet. 

“Is that a raccoon?” he asked, and you shook your head, giggling before instantly feeling guilty about it. 

“It’s a coatimundi,” you said, unsure as you approached the creature. “He’s hurt. We have to take him to a rescue.”

“He’s bleeding. Here,” Kyle said, seeming to overcome his fear as he stepped forward. In an instant he’d whipped off his shirt and was holding it out to you expectantly. You felt your heart skip a beat and heat rushed to your face as you took it. 

“Thanks,” you murmured, trying to push your fantasies your mind as you reached down and wrapped the shirt around the coati. You used it to pick up the little creature, cradling it as you walked back to your car. It squirmed weakly in your arms, but resistance was futile. 

“Here, you’ll have to hold him while I drive. Where’s my phone? There’s a wildlife sanctuary somewhere in town but I don’t know where,” you said. Your arms brushed Kyle’s as you passed him the coati before hurrying back into the car and yanking your phone from your pocket. 

In no time you were speeding back down the road toward the Desert Wonders Sanctuary with Kyle reading directions out loud to you as he cradled the coati to his chest. 

“He’s a cute little fellow. I’ve never heard of…what was he called? Coatimundi?” he asked, studying the creature. 

“They’re more native to South America, but we get them up here a bit too. I can’t believe you thought he was a raccoon, have you never seen one of those before?” you asked incredulously, turning to study the little guy at a stoplight. 

“Only on the internet. I will admit, whenever I find myself in the states, I hope to see a trash panda,” he said with a smile. 

“We can go looking if you’d like. Just set an alarm for 3am and go prowling around wherever dumpsters live,” you said with a laugh. 

The sanctuary was tucked into the hills on the outskirts of town. You parked near the entrance and nearly flew out of the car, headed for the main office with Kyle and the coati in tow. The sanctuary was air conditioned, mercifully, and as soon as the receptionist laid eyes on the bundle in Kyle’s arms she called for a vet. 

“Oh, goodness. What happened here?” the vet asked as she gently took the coati from Kyle and placed him into a cat carrier. 

“Hit by a car, we think. Found him off the side of the road on our way back from getting groceries,” you said.

“Thank you for bringing him in, truly. There’s just a bit of paperwork to fill out and y’all will be good to go. I’ll see to him right away,” the vet said as she picked up the carrier and headed into the back of the office. The receptionist passed you a clipboard and a pen and you sat down in the reception area with Kyle. 

“Kyle Gaz, right?” you asked, scribbling down your names at the top of the form. 

“Garrick, actually. Gaz is just my nickname amongst the SAS,” Gaz explained. You scratched out ‘Gaz’ and corrected the form. 

“Is Gaz short for Garrick? Or does it come from somewhere else?” you asked as you checked boxes and provided your info on the sheet. 

“Yup, short for Garrick. Everyone has a callsign, but some are less creative than others,” he said. 

“I can infer why they call him Ghost, but why call Johnny ‘Soap?’” you asked, your brow furrowing. Kyle laughed. 

“Ask him when we get back, he loves telling that story,” he said. 

“At car meets, some people call me Shelby. The nickname comes from my car,” you said with a smile. 

“I like it,” Gaz said as you stood to turn in the paperwork, his eyes twinkling. The receptionist took it gratefully but called out as you went to leave. 

“If you want, you can come back for a tour every Saturday morning. You might be able to see the little guy up and at it!” she offered. You and Gaz both thanked her as you left. 

—

Kyle insisted on being the one to carry all of the grocery bags to the house. He managed to do it in one trip, which impressed you. Soap whistled from the living room as you came in. 

“Too hot out there, mate? Or just trying to impress your lass?” he asked, earning a swat from Kyle after he set down the bags. 

“We found a little thing hit by a car and took it to the vet. Saved the little bugger and looked great doing it,” Kyle bragged, standing in front of Soap and flexing. Unable to hide your giggle, you ducked into the kitchen and turned down the air conditioning. It had suddenly become hotter in the house.

John helped you unpack the groceries and it was done in no time. He offered to make dinner, but you shooed him out of the kitchen, promising delicious Mexican food and urging him to go rest. 

After prepping your ingredients, you sat outside as you watched the grill, carne asada on the flames. The door slid open and you turned around, finding Gaz fresh out of a shower. He was shirtless and water dripped from his hair onto his chest. 

“Hi,” you breathed, heat rushing to your face. 

“Hi back,” he teased, pulling out the chair beside you. “Need company?” 

“If it’s your company you’re offering, I wouldn’t refuse,” you teased shyly, your ears growing warm. 

“Good to know you think that way,” he said. “I know I haven’t known you for long, and I made a pretty bad first impression-”

“But not the worst of all time!” you protested. Kyle laughed. 

“I’m trying to say that I like you, and I want to get to know you better.” he said.  

“I’d like that, Kyle,” you said, unable to prevent the smile from spreading across your face.

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[burbprepper]

Never done this before

Feels like our days are numbered. I feel like we live in a friggin bubble. We walk around like everything is fine and dandy. Is anyone watching the news? Do you see what’s really going on overseas? I’m not an advocate for main stream media, so I watch You Tube and hit X (Twitter) up.

I’ve never blogged before but I felt compelled to start. We have to get the word out. Prep now! Stock food, water, meds and protection. Water is going to be the next gold, I guarantee it. Food is a necessity but water is where it’s at. I have water but never enough. It hardly rains in my neck of the woods. We have a reservoir nearby but everyone knows it’s there and there’s literally thousands of people that will use it. Not to mention there’s the risk of venturing out. Think people. This is a serious issue.

I think getting 55 gallon drums can be helpful. Try marketplace on FB or your local classifieds. They should cost $10-30 a piece and must be food grade drums, ask what they had in them. Rinse them with bleach water until clean, fill them with tap water, stick them in a corner in the garage and forget about them until needed. Oops don’t forget to add a little bleach or buy the purification liquid off Amazon. Purify your water. I have purified my water but I will re-purify my water when I use it. Boiling, bleach or filtering it’s all good. I apologize for being scattered, I just want to get the point across, gets water now. Don’t wait please. I can show you how to make a filter, or how much bleach is needed. Nasty water borne bugs will not do you any justice. Who wants to have diarrhea when SHTF? (That’s shit hit the fan) BTW. That stuff can kill you. Be careful what you drink. Believe me those few cases of water you have stored in the pantry won’t last very long. Ration now. I buy cases of bottled every grocery run.

I wanted this blog to be quick little blurbs about prepping. Hit the high points. Water, food, meds, and protection. All needed and needed right now. We don’t have any time left, shits hitting the fan as we speak. It may not have hit our soil but it’s going to very soon.

Be prepared, not scared

Di

[yearzerosurvival]

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[heathersdesk]

So I don't know how much of a reputation the Church has for food storage and emergency preparedness anymore. We used to(?) have prepper levels of infrastructure people could buy to store all kinds of food and water in their basements and doom bunkers, with lessons and messaging to back it up. But I haven't heard anything about it in over a decade.

That said, there is one thing I have always found to be super important. It doesn't really cost anything and pretty much anyone can do it regardless of their money, time, or space constraints. And for the most likely emergencies a person will encounter, it's the thing you'd need first/most.

Water.

Whether you get cases or gallons of water from the store, wash out and refill some two liters, or keep a couple of filled pitchers or spare water bottles in the fridge, have some excess water you can access just in case.

"Emergency preparedness" conjures mental images of zombies and dystopic societal collapse. What it should conjure instead are things like busted pipes and power outages, job losses and injuries, adverse weather and illness. You know, things that will probably actually happen to you at some point.

The only time I've ever had to use my water storage was in college when the pipes downstairs busted and flooded the lower apartments. We didn't have water for days. Everyone made fun of my water storage until it came time to brush their teeth and they needed some of that water. And of course I shared. That's what it was there for, and I had more than enough set aside for each of us.

All this to say: emergency preparedness is a useful way to think about more than just catastrophic societal failures. It's also things like having an In Case of Divorce fund, wearing a medical alert bracelet, and forming a support network of who would take care of you if you suddenly had to have a tooth pulled. The common, stupid stuff that makes life overwhelming but isn't going to kill you.

Emergency preparedness means having that kind of stuff in place ahead of time.

[hillbillyoracle]

72 hour/Go bag tips I'd give to broke ass college me.

if you can't afford to keep a bag of stuff you never use packed, then create a solid packing list. Keep the list in the bag AND where you store the bag so you can always find it. Create an area to stage things you want to be able to throw in quickly.

Take an old shipping box, cut or fold the flaps down, and as you're able to, stash long lasting foods that don't require cooking in it - enough for 3 days minimum (if possible). Something gonna expire soon? Want to snack on some of the stuff in there? Buy something new to replace the old with. Keep some old shopping bags in/near the box so you can easily bag up the food to take with you if you need to leave.

Store some water bottles in that box too. A lot of events hand them out. Rotate them as you're able.

As you thrift or request presents consider picking up the 10 C's of Survival. Dave Canterbury's original videos here and here. Urban Prepper's take on an urban version here.

Come up with a system for your identifying documents that allows you to grab them quickly in an emergency. So much of getting services post disaster is sped up by having your documents.

A lot of dealing with disasters is hurry up and wait. To conserve your phone battery and decrease the temptation to take more risks than necessary, get a pack of cheap playing cards and learn the rules to both solitaire and multiplayer card games you actually enjoy. Bonus points for throwing a second pack in your

When you go to donate old clothes, if they still mostly fit and don't have major issues, consider keeping some in your 72 hour bag/stash; shirt, pants, and 3 pairs of underwear and socks. Maybe a layer if you can fit it.

Always have a pair of shoes you could safely walk on broken glass with; repair or replace them when they become unsafe

Download offline maps on OsmAnd

Download Briar and get your friends set up with it.

If you've got a laptop (or enough phone storage), download wikipedia and other references like ifixit and medical info with Kiwix. Always have some local copies of morale media and updated pictures of those close to you (in case you need to file a missing person's report or help ID them).

When you have the $18-35, get a radio.

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