Is anyone beginning to Prep?

Messy said:
My mom is born in '35. She was very thin and she (not the older siblings) could therefore get a glass of milk from the farmer.
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Mine too.. 😍 my mother who was raised in an orphanage by evil nuns was evacuated age 6 in 1940 to a farm in the country, and the host family were allowed to supply her and some others with full fat milk.. unpasteurised... to build them up because they were so underweight...
My mother spoke of those times with affecton remembering big plates of porridge oats for beakfast...
 
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spookycat2 said:
I read about that place a few years ago... they have their own garden down there!

I don't remember what all else, but he went to great lengths
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I'm sure he did.. as would many of us if we had his money... but in the end it won't do him any good for very long....

Honestly you should see the miles of tunnelling beneath Buckingam palace.. and I mean MILES... it's like another town down there...

https://www.mylondon.news/news/secret-tunnel-beneath-palace-royals-32684140
 
hollydolly said:
People store canned foods galore.. but many forget about the important Can opener...

remember with no electricity, your frozen food will be no good after 48 hours...


...what would you suggest storing if you are / or will be come a Prepper... ?
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Don't stock beer, unless you drink it warm. :sick: Keep several bottles of whisky on hand, even for you teetotalers. Distilled spirits are pure calories, the body runs on calories. Distilled spirits are 40% + alcohol, which you can use to disinfect objects, or use to sanitize open skin wounds. Distilled spirits are effective for limited pain relief, and can be used to improve mood in times of stress.
 
Nathan said:
Don't stock beer, unless you drink it warm. :sick: Keep several bottles of whisky on hand, even for you teetotalers. Distilled spirits are pure calories, the body runs on calories. Distilled spirits are 40% + alcohol, which you can use to disinfect objects, or use to sanitize open skin wounds. Distilled spirits are effective for limited pain relief, and can be used to improve mood in times of stress.
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if nothing else..for teetotallers like me... it would be a good bartering tool....
 
hollydolly said:
with regard charging the phone... a solar charger would be your best bet for that...

if you think you can't eat cold canned food... canned ham, baked beans... soup... all would be palatable cold and wouldn't need heating...

...you bring a good point with regard your animals.. many or on special diets.. if the worst comes to the worst and tomorrow something stops food getting through to the supermarkets... eventually only basic supplies will get through..

I don't know if anyone knows this already but supermarkets used to carry supplies enough for 30 days.. now they only carry 3 days supply, so if that runs out, there would be a big delay on any more deliveries arriving.. days at the very least... so it's important thet you have at least a week if not a minimum of 2 weeks supplies at home for you and your animals..

We're the closest we've been to a world war... so I think we all need to take things a little more seriosuly than we have in the past.,,,with regard supplies... and more importantly medication...
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I'm used to prepping because we used to have hurricanes in South Florida and we would go days without electricity. Gassed up the cars, took cash out of the ATM and lived on Starkist "kits" with tuna and crackers for days. And of course, red wine made it all better. :ROFLMAO:

In this particular case, I think the damage would be much worse than anything a hurricane would cause and prepping wouldn't be very useful. The billionaires have their underground bunkers. They're probably the only ones who will be ready. I can't afford an underground bunker.
 
seadoug said:
I'm used to prepping because we used to have hurricanes in South Florida and we would go days without electricity. Gassed up the cars, took cash out of the ATM and lived on Starkist "kits" with tuna and crackers for days. And of course, red wine made it all better. :ROFLMAO:

In this particular case, I think the damage would be much worse than anything a hurricane would cause and prepping wouldn't be very useful. The billionaires have their underground bunkers. They're probably the only ones who will be ready. I can't afford an underground bunker.
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yes but as we just discussed a few posts back.. Underground bunkers for the super rich are only useful for a finite amount of time...

..again not really at this juncture dicussing Nuclear war...rather the type of war which is occurring now with the US & Iran..or more so the Russia/Ukraine conflict where people's homes and businesses are being destroyed overnight ..
 
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HoneyNut said:
I see I avoid a lot of stress by not watching the news. Why would there be a world wide war? Last I heard it was Ukraine vs Russia, and the continuation of years worth of Iran shooting missiles at Israel and Israel eventually retaliating. I guess people out in public were talking about US shooting at Iran.

So are we expecting China, India, and Europe to suddenly start shooting each other? Canada and Mexico shoot at USA? What are we prepping for exactly?
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The communist nations have a pact to support each other in case of attack.
 
I hadn't really considered the possibility of supply chain interruptions - yet again. Ugh.

Short of widespread terrorism, bombings or other dramatic events, however, it seems unlikely there will be dramatic issues with the movement of food, fuel and other survival supplies that are sourced and sold among North, South and Central American countries.

Sigh...

p.s. I mostly use 2 liter plastic soda bottles for storing (filtered) water. Have about 20 of them in the garage. My tap water is chlorinated (city water, not well water) so I don't need to chlorinate it when bottling it. Every summer I dump the bottles in the pool and refill.

Same with the 10 one gallon and dozen two liter soda bottles I keep in the camper. We drink them while RVing. When we return home I refill with filtered water and place them back in the RV. Way cheaper than buying specialty containers plus the RV is always stocked with fresh, potable water.

Storing Water in Plastic Soda Bottles | Ready.gov
 
StarSong said:
I hadn't really considered the possibility of supply chain interruptions - yet again. Ugh.

Short of widespread terrorism, bombings or other dramatic events, however, it seems unlikely there will be dramatic issues with the movement of food, fuel and other survival supplies that are sourced and sold among North, South and Central American countries.

Sigh...

p.s. I mostly use 2 liter plastic soda bottles for storing (filtered) water. Have about 20 of them in the garage. My tap water is chlorinated (city water, not well water) so I don't need to chlorinate it when bottling it. Every summer I dump the bottles in the pool and refill.

Same with the 10 one gallon and dozen two liter soda bottles I keep in the camper. We drink them while RVing. When we return home I refill with filtered water and place them back in the RV. Way cheaper than buying specialty containers plus the RV is always stocked with fresh, potable water.

Storing Water in Plastic Soda Bottles | Ready.gov
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On your link Star it states... '' Water that has not been commercially bottled should be replaced every six months.''...

I think that's important for everyone to know.

I certainly am guilty of bottling water from the tap ( Mine is also chlorinated) into 5 litres cannisters and putting them in the barn, then forgetting all about them for about 2 years... so it's important to... as you do, empty them on a regular basis and refill
 
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