Get a CHARCOAL MINI GRILL. Do NOT RELY on processed gas/liquid fuels! If the SHTF, then you'll still be able to use sticks and leaves to cook your food once you run out of charcoal. A pot with no joints, one continuous piece, to boil water with. Joints wear down and crack with frequent heating/cooling. You'll die of thirst long before you die of hunger, and you'll die of diarrhea even faster if you drink tainted water because you'll dehydrate, and then drink more tainted water, making yourself sicker. A good survival knife is also a MUST. It can be used as nearly any small cutting tool. You can trim the bark off a stick to sharpen the blade also, look up tutorials on field sharpening without tools.
A good thing to note is almost ALL freshwater fish are edible, so getting some basic fishing gear and then digging up worms (meaning a garden trowel at minimum, small and portable!) means you have ready access to food so long as you have access to a lake/river! Just be careful during certain seasons with salmon runs...
personal hygiene items (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, etc) are pretty simple to make with a few basic ingredients. right now the internet is your friend - grab as much info as you can. start a list of those can't live without necessities and start stocking up on those items ...toothbrush, band-aids, etc etc
FYI, might be difficult to get your hands on those mini propane/butane tanks. Recently went to a Dicks and they were out, asked a worker if they were expecting some in and she basically said no...they've been out for over a month and had no estimate for when they might have more. Not likely to be a local issue or they'd just be sending inventory from another store.
My local hardware store claimed a few weeks ago that there's a shortage of Coleman propane camp stove tanks. As for butane canisters, you can sometimes find them at ethnic markets.
Get a CHARCOAL MINI GRILL. Do NOT RELY on processed gas/liquid fuels! If the SHTF, then you'll still be able to use sticks and leaves to cook your food once you run out of charcoal. A pot with no joints, one continuous piece, to boil water with. Joints wear down and crack with frequent heating/cooling. You'll die of thirst long before you die of hunger, and you'll die of diarrhea even faster if you drink tainted water because you'll dehydrate, and then drink more tainted water, making yourself sicker. A good survival knife is also a MUST. It can be used as nearly any small cutting tool. You can trim the bark off a stick to sharpen the blade also, look up tutorials on field sharpening without tools.
A good thing to note is almost ALL freshwater fish are edible, so getting some basic fishing gear and then digging up worms (meaning a garden trowel at minimum, small and portable!) means you have ready access to food so long as you have access to a lake/river! Just be careful during certain seasons with salmon runs...
Is there a .win for preppers? Might be a good idea if not.
Tell me about water purification!
burn some wood into charcoal, smash it. run water through it. boil it.
Buy a still
Water Bob
personal hygiene items (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, etc) are pretty simple to make with a few basic ingredients. right now the internet is your friend - grab as much info as you can. start a list of those can't live without necessities and start stocking up on those items ...toothbrush, band-aids, etc etc
FYI, might be difficult to get your hands on those mini propane/butane tanks. Recently went to a Dicks and they were out, asked a worker if they were expecting some in and she basically said no...they've been out for over a month and had no estimate for when they might have more. Not likely to be a local issue or they'd just be sending inventory from another store.
My local hardware store claimed a few weeks ago that there's a shortage of Coleman propane camp stove tanks. As for butane canisters, you can sometimes find them at ethnic markets.
Good discussion 👌
Good reminder. Thank you RandyShackleford. 👈🏻
My husband and I are stocking up on dry beans (we have a way to cook them) and packages of raw nuts and seeds. Calories we can easily store.