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RE: {Serious] Preparing for Emergencies
(05-31-2017 02:53 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  No politics or agenda here. Just looking for individual opinions and insight.

This was touched on in a thread last week but I thought it warranted its own. How many on here take steps to stock supplies in case of an emergency. Do you live in urban, suburban or rural areas? What would you do in case of an emergency situation that lasted more than a few days?

I guess it runs the gamut from natural disaster, to the electric grid going down, to events impacting national security, to SHTF & ITEOTWAWKI (its the end of the world as we know it). For those that do, do you prepare for short term of longer term? How long?

FEMA recommends at least 3 days of food, water, and medicine on hand at all times with a plan in place. This means they want you to prepare like there may be no lead time prepare, no stores, no pharmacy, no electric, no running water, no local authority and no help on the way for at least a long weekend so you should act accordingly for yourself and your family. That seems light to me but to each his or her own. How much (or how little) before it crosses the line into something you personally think is irresponsible or on the other extreme becomes a bit obsessive?

10 years ago it didn't cross my mind much to have food, water and other necessary supplies (first aid, bleach, fire starters, candles, ammo, etc) on hand for an extended period of time in case of emergency. Anymore, it just makes more and more sense to me personally - feels like we have become a supply chain reliant society and that chain has some links that could be severed in short order. Food does not come from the grocery and heat does not come from the furnace.

What kind of plan do you have in place now or would you like to someday have? What do you personally think is reasonable in 2017 going forward?

Thanks.

I have a bug out bag with water, a couple of pistols and ammo and some clothes. But mainly I have AR's, LR's and lots of ammo. At one time I had a whole storage room full of water and canned goods. They all ended up being consumed and never replaced. I need to get on that. I also need to get a generator to put on my property where I have a deer camp. I also hunt regularly so I'm not worried about protein too much. I can also grow a garden there.
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RE: {Serious] Preparing for Emergencies
(05-31-2017 04:56 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I've been through two SHTF moments; ice storm of '94 and Hurricane Elvis. Both times we were without power for more than a week. ( 8 days and 10 days). Hurricane Elvis was much worse, because it hit in summertime and it was hot, and the damage was so widespread. Although I had a generator, I had to travel about an hour round trip to the closest gas station in the next county that had power and fuel. Every couple of days I would have to fill up about 6 5-gallon tanks to bring back. I was lucky to have a number of gas cans handy.

As for your list, and what is overkill; lots of things seem like overkill until the SHTF. A few of the things we have started doing:

1. Water - This is probably the easiest and least expensive item to start prepping for. You can purchase 24 bottle cases from Walmart for a few bucks. Build up 7 -10 cases in storage, swapping one case out once a month to keep a fresh rotation, and you should have 2-4 weeks of water on hand for a family of 4. Rotate one new case in per month for an old case, and that will cost you $3 per month to have a water solution.

2. Ensuring you have some sort of ability to cook. We have a charcoal grill, propane grill with a large cylinder, and a small camping stove top and some extra propane cylinders for that. We used the fool out of these items during Hurricane Elvis.

3. We've started a garden, and also started canning and freezing some items.

4. If I see a real good deal on canned items in the grocery store, I stockpile some of those. They came in handy the 10 days we were out of power during the summertime.

I lost a 12 pound bass during Hurricane Elvis that I had frozen which I was going to have mounted , was w/o power for 10 days. Losing the fish was the worst part.
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My biggest question is length of time to pull together supplies for. I've arbitrarily picked a month for myself and the family to allow room to help others if need be. The hope is none of it will ever be needed. My guess is supplies to go it alone for 7 days would be sufficient because anything beyond that would mean catastrophic breakdown to the point where sticking around may not be such a fabulous idea.
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RE: [Serious] Preparing for Emergencies
I found the website.

http://readynutrition.com/resources/52-w..._19072011/

It's called 52 weeks to preparedness.

It's probably the best read on the subject I have ever come across. I followed a lot of this program to get me started.

Let me know what you guys think.

Here is a summary of what you will learn.


Layer 1: Chapters 1-14, prepares you for those everyday disasters that have shorter-term effects: power outages, storms, injuries, and evacuations
Layer 2: Chapters 15-31 help you to get ready for disasters that turn out to be much longer-lasting: economic collapse, long term power outages, and pandemics, to name a few
Layer 3: Chapters 32-56 prepares you for the long haul and a complete change of lifestyle, the end of the world as we know it: providing food and water once supplies run out, security, retreat properties, and long-term plans
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Having been through a bunch of Hurricanes...I have become more and more prepared over the years. I have a propane powered generator and a 100 gal tank for gas logs. I can run everything in my house including the AC. I can keep power on for 10 to 12 days. I have two freezers full of food most of the time. I think we are OK.
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I'm not in a bad spot, although I could be a lot more prepared for a serious event. Tampa hasn't had a significant hurricane for almost a century now so you'd think that we're due at some point, although you do have to be ready for the power to go out during one of the buttload of thunderstorms we have in the late summer and early fall.

IIRC, the best place to go during a SHTF event on a national level (e.g. economic collapse, zombies, etc) was near the Tennessee border in Alabama. Apparently it was ideal with its combination of climate (warm enough weather for year-round agriculture, not as prone to natural disaster as most parts of the US) and low population density.
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RE: [Serious] Preparing for Emergencies
The truth of the matter is that for the most part the people who are going to be the most capable of handling this type of situation are going to be the ones with a rural background. We are the ones who grew up having to depend on ourselves to fix most anything simply because there wasn't anyone to call. We know how to grow and obtain food. We know how to jury rig stuff to keep it working. We grew up with a sense of independence because we had to be independent. A country boy can survive ain't just a Hank Jr song to us.

I can recall back in the Y2K scare days shocking folks I worked with when I told them we didn't have anything to worry about when it came to food since we had a grove of oak trees behind the fire house and I always had my .22 behind the seat so I could kill us some squirrels. That kind of attitude is what helps you survive. Put me in one of those TV survival shows and I want 200years to be my partner because as farm boys I have no doubt we'd kick ass.
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RE: [Serious] Preparing for Emergencies
Living in Anchorage, We have much to be concerned about. It is estimated that we have about 3-4 days of supplies in the city at any one time. We have a history of very strong earthquakes, magnetic storms that damage the grid and dangerously cold weather 6 months of the year. That said, there is plenty of fresh water, and IF you can get out of town, (only 2 easily defensible roads lead in or out) plenty of things to hunt and fish for food.
Earthquakes are my primary concern. A strong earthquake could knock out our port and airports for an extended period of time.
A strong magnetic storm that affects parts of the west coast, though much less likely, would be death sentence for most of us.
I have a 6 month supply of food, and a 2 month supply of water. (there is a stream 150 yards away)
I have 3/4 inch plywood pre-measured to cover my patio doors and the only window that can access my condo.
I live a 5 minute walk from my work, which will stay open for quite some time. (hospital)
I have several pounds of silver, if it comes to that...
What I need is about 2 cords of wood to keep a survivable temperature in my condo during the winter months. I can't have this d/t condo assn rules.

Weapons and ammo are not a problem I have. 03-wink
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