Preppers

[GearHeaded]

So who here is in to prepping? If you aren't one yet, it might be too late to start and get caught up but things are going to get worse.

It used to be ridiculous to think that today could be the end of civilization as we know it. But with the pandemic, the food and shit-ticket shortages, we all need to be ready.

One thing I like to do is pressure canning foods. Not only does it help you out during emergencies, it really helps with the food budget. You can buy in bulk when prices are low and now have to worry about freezer space. Get it canned up, then when you want to eat it, it's just a matter of reheating the jar's contents (technically, you don't have to reheat it, it's perfectly safe to eat cold from the jar).

The USDA publishes for free (well they use our tax dollars to publish it), safe recipes for canning and you can get a good pressure canner reasonably priced.

I also have caches of rice, various beans, pasta and a lot of drinking water stored. I've also been getting in to learning filtration and purification methods. Also putting together a first-aid kit and stockpiling fish antibiotics.

What else do you guys do to prep?

been prepping for about 7 years or so




main thing being I have a family of 6 to feed, FOOD is number one.. have buckets and buckets of rice sealed in mylar bags. tons of freeze dried stuff, canned food, vacuum sealed stuff etc.. I have 4 large freezers , two in the basement and two in the garage filled with a lot of game meat (my good friend is a hunting guide and donates a lot of meat to me)

everyone has their own mask and a -20 degree sleeping bag in their room (live in a cold climate)



my basement is filled with probably 40 flashlights, piles of batteries, tons of propane bottles, propane cooking equipment, camping open fire stoves, iron utensil, fire starters, boxes of hand warmer, candles, lanterns etc.. and I have multiples of everything ("having two is having one and having one is having none").

my basement and garage is filled, looks like a camping store and a gun store

also have 100s of gallons of stored water.. water purifiers and camping style water filters.. in my garage next to the cars I have backpacks all ready to go and filled up with a 3 day emergency essentials


everyone has a bunch of cold weather clothing .. have multiples of boots, gloves, etc..

have lots of hunting gear and game skinning and cleaning kits. and I have the bows, fletch my own arrows, etc. if I need to hunt quietly (of course I have the rifles too).. all the full cammo hunting gear and clothing for multiple settings.
have topographical terrain maps of certain areas in case I would need to navigate when there is no internet or electricity any more.

heck I even got a bucket to shit in with the pellets that break in down just in case your stuck out in hiding for a few days.


got a garden as well

but its not doing well this year after getting 20 degree weather and 3" of snow the other day in the middle of June

of course I also have all the weapons and tons of ammo to defend my home if need be ..
I have tools, axes, saws, etc.. in. multiples , a lot of it all still just sitting their in its original packaging just waiting to be used one day if needed.
I have 2 jeeps in case need to get away in the middle of a snow storm and have to go off road.

I have a pressure cooker and all the stuff for canning .. but I've never gotten around to actually doing it cause my shelves are full of canned stuff already.


I could go on


but prepping for 7 years.. adding it all up I'd say I probably have spent about $120k on prepping ..
you can do it on a budge for sure. but being I have a family of 6 and I buy multiple extras of everything (I don't have just one gas mask but many, I don't have one cooking stove but several, I don't have just one AR but many, I don't have just one flashlight but 40, I don't have just one bucket of stored rice but a dozen or so, etc), it can add up really quick.

I think its a good idea to prep no matter the situation. should be a part of life cause you never know if times are going to get rough, and when you study history a lot like I do you know that times getting rough are common place in the world