Well, it looks like the 4 cycle tradition is going to continue and we'll have a major war within the next 10 years. What should I be buying today to best prepare for the inevitable? Gold/Silver/Land/Booze/Ammo/Etc.
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If you expect it to get REAL in the U.S., which in a major war, it might... the single best investment you can make is in a very good drinking water purifier for you and your family.
The best gravity water purifier you can get is a Big Berkey, which is a 2.5 gallon water filtration unit. With 2 carbon elements that will purify completely 6,000 gallons of drinking water... flow rate enough for 1 to 4 people per day. Considering 4 people, 1.5 gallon each per day... a 2-filter unit would last a family for 2.5 years of fresh drinking water... before you have to change the filter elements. You can get the stainless steel Berkey system on Amazon for $299.
If you want to save money, you can simply buy similar elements (knock-off versions) on Amazon for $60 +/-, then build your own system using two 5-gallon plastic buckets. (you can find instructions online for that). You can build your own filtration system for $80 or so.
In a SHTF scenario, when the electrical grid goes down... there goes the water treatment facilities and water distribution system. People can only survive 2-3 days without drinking water. Within a week, people will run out of drinking water or alternatives at their house. They will try finding alternative sources, including lakes, ponds, streams, rain puddles, catching rainwater, etc... . Sanitation will also be gone. Then... watch the waterborne diseases, diarrhea, bowel problems begin. Within a month with no sanitation and no access to clean water, likely as many as 1 in 10 people will not survive. The best ammo, a war chest full of gold, the most fortified bunker... does you no good without clean drinking water. Within 2 months, likely 1 in 5 will not survive... and 2 in 5 of the remaining survivors will be in really bad shape.
With the Berkey system (or home-made alternative using similar elements), ANY water source can be used. You can take water from a pond, lake, stream, rainfall, etc... and it will be clarified, filtered and turned into clean, drinkable safe water (slow process, but filters several gallons per day per filter). If you have clean drinking water, your family has every chance to survive. At least you have a much better chance at staying healthy than nearly everyone else around.
That would be my #1 suggestion for SHTF. It's also easily portable and light weight. If you need to bug out... take your fresh drinking water filter with you.