Shelves are emptying and now prices are about to jump again. This is the moment your crazy prepper friends tried to warn you about. This is your last chance to prepare for the worst.
Guns and ammo: doesn't have to be fancy. Get something you are comfortable hunting and defending yourself with.
Food: canned goods. Anything that has a shelf life longer than 6 months. Hopefully this won't last longer than a few weeks, but hope is not a game plan. Anticipating the worst is.
Warm clothing and blankets: remember the Texas deep freeze? Plan for that times 10 if you want to make it.
That's all basic stuff you can and should get right now... God bless and protect, Frens... We'll make it.
Most of us can't stockpile medicines but you can ask to get as many as possible switched to 90 day prescriptions. Even if you have water stockpiled, if it looks like all hell's about the break loose, fill your bathtub(s) with water. Then you won't have to use your potable water for washing, flushing toilet, etc.
If you have a well, you need a generator, gas to run the generator and a way to hook it up to your well pump. If you live on an older property with an old hand pump still attached to an old well, don't let some knucklehead disable it (I'm look at you, my sweetie.)
We have frequent power outages here and candles are a great idea but don't give much light. We have oodles of oil lanterns, kerosene, batteries and LED flashlights and lanterns. And matches.
Soap for cleaning yourself, your clothes and your dishes. I have a several bars of cheap Fels-Naptha soap as backup too.
I have some frozen meats but a lot of you seem to be depending on your freezer still working. Make sure you have canned and/or dried foods too.
Amen on the refrigerator and the freezer. I have plenty of canned meats. My problem is my medications because I can only get a month supply at a time. So when my blood pressure shoots up, I'm praying this Garlique and other over the counter herbs that I read about will work.
I also read on here the other day about those outdoor solar lights. I'm thinking about buying up a bunch to charge outside and bring in at night. But I do have 5 hurricane/kerosene lamps, lots of candles and matches and a few flashlights. But if you run out of everything else like lamp oil and candles, those solar lamps would come in mighty handy.
I have the same problem. I'm diabetic and have lung issues. Not much helps diabetes other than maybe banaba and ashwaganda. I have some on hand. Extracts from some mushrooms help with breathing.
Here's some things that help a little with blood pressure, at least that's what they say. Note the warning about talking to your doctor. Won't your doctor give you a 90 day prescription for your bp meds?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327508#magnesium
Yes, my doctor will give me a 90 day script, but my insurance won't pay for it. I don't know why. I've already tried that once before. Thanks.
Ask the insurance company if they'll pay for a different but equally effective medicine and what that is. There are a lot of hp meds available.