Disaster Preparedness.

[Polar Bear]

Water
Booze (Look for Sales)
Food
Ammo
Heat above the mason dixon line
medicine.

Cash will be useful in the short term. Everything can be traded. Most forget about medicine. I am T2 I have enough for about a year.

 

[Downtown “Funky Stuff” Malone🍆]

I’ve read where things like junk silver are good to keep on hand for barter.

 

[Muppet]

https://youtube.com/@AnalyticalSurvival

This you tube channel is a year out from current but good info. Supposedly, the author is a former SF 18D, lots of good info.

 

[Gunz]

I think aside from natural disasters we can't discount infrastructure collapse from cyberwar.

 

[Gunz]

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[Kraut783]

- 550 cord: good for everything, packs well.
- Batteries, most have ten year shelf life.

 

[CQB]

This is good stuff! What’s everyone’s take on best water purification system?

Katadyne have a whole range of purification gizmos & additives.

 

[CQB]

To add to the above, a small generator would be useful to power a fridge, some lights & other appliances.

 

[RackMaster]

To add to the above, a small generator would be useful to power a fridge, some lights & other appliances.

I am replacing my old Craftsman 8kw portable this year. It will run almost everything necessary in the House, including the well and whole house filtration/UV light. It's not enough for the hot water and the range. So, I was thinking of a larger propane one with an auto switch. But also dual fuels, in case propane is harder to get.

 

[Gunz]

To add to the above, a small generator would be useful to power a fridge, some lights & other appliances.

We are in farm country and have an electric well-pump which goes when we lose power. I've been putting off getting a generator because of the expense...but we lost power for 8 days during Hurricane Irma and could've used one. Other expenses seem to crop up and take precedence.

 

[Totentanz]

I am replacing my old Craftsman 8kw portable this year. It will run almost everything necessary in the House, including the well and whole house filtration/UV light. It's not enough for the hot water and the range. So, I was thinking of a larger propane one with an auto switch. But also dual fuels, in case propane is harder to get.

Not dual fuel but I’ve seen some detailed inspection in support of the Harbor Freight inverter generator being functionally identical to the much more expensive Honda equivalent.

 

[Devildoc]

We lose power during tropical storms/hurricanes and ice storms. Those are our big two. For my family we categorize in two areas: these (normal, weather), and extra-normal (downtown riots/BLM, societal BS, etc.).

For the first, propane for the grill, a small charcoal grill with extra bags of charcoal, chlorine for water (we have a well; no power, no water), dry foodstuffs/easy to prep food, chem lites, batteries, full tank of gas, candles/matches. For these events we don't need to evacuate, we shelter in place.

For the second, ingress/egress routes, really. We've had some small, sporty riots but nothing we could not handle just by knowing where to drive.

 

[Polar Bear]

Look at Amazon. Augason Farms freeze dry has sales all the time…just saying

 

[Gunz]

There's all kinds of disasters. There's the kind where you lose power. And there's the kind when you resort to cannibalism.

 

[Devildoc]

There's all kinds of disasters. There's the kind where you lose power. And there's the kind when you resort to cannibalism.

Before we get quite there:



Edited, everything is food if you're hungry enough....

 

[AWP]

There's all kinds of disasters. There's the kind where you lose power. And there's the kind when you resort to cannibalism.

Pfftt. I'm not stopping Taco Tuesday just because Publix doesn't have lean ground beef in stock.

 

[RackMaster]

Before we get quite there:

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Edited, everything is food if you're hungry enough....

My dog will help me get food, even if it's my neighbors annoying doodle stew...

 

[Dame]

And just like that, @Muppet needs clean water.

 

[Muppet]

And just like that, @Muppet needs clean water.

Fucking dumb asses around here panic buying water like it was 2020 shit paper.

 

[Dame]

It does illustrate an issue with the water ideas here though. Tablets will not take something like latex out of a water source.

Fucking dumb asses around here panic buying water like it was 2020 shit paper.

Emergency preparedness isn't always enough for the black swan incident.