bottled drinking water
water filters with tanks like zero water
flash lights, fresh batteries
propane tank and camp stove
mylar blankets
fire wood
matches, lighters, fire starters
medicines you need daily and general antiseptic cleaners, bandages, first aid items
keep your car's gas tank full. If possible safely store a 5 gal. jerry can with gas.
canned goods including soups, spam, pasta, vegetables, fruits, things that keep without refrigeration
yes, toilet paper
soap, bodywash.
water for flushing toilets, washing, cooking Don't forget your hot water tank as a source.
solar powered battery charger for cell phones.
guns and ammo for defense, hunting
photograph all important papers and documents in case you can't grab them to take with you and backup if possible.
backup your computers to small portable drives.
fiat money might be worthless in a crisis. Always have some higher karat gold that can be accessed quickly if you need to move. Small gold coins, 18k or link chain that could be broken down into smaller links for trading. Stash in small coin in each shoe under the cushion.
A plan that you discuss with family and friends containing ways to contact each other if power and cell towers are out, rendezvous places should you need to move or bug out.
I think most of it has been covered but if you store water in jugs, sometimes they leak. I ruined a portion of hardwood floor storing it in a regular room. One bottle just randomly cracked and had a slow leak. Now I put all my water jugs in an unused shower. Some of us don’t have basements or space for storing things so you have to get a little creative. Plan on minimum one jug per person, per day for two weeks or more if you have space.
I said this below but I’ll say it again. Crisco. Buy it now. It can be used for cooking but other things such as a long burning candle and actual heating (see YouTube e) regular cooking oil goes rancid fast. Plan on having some but grab Crisco when you’re shopping.
Plastic eventually gets brittle. I found that out decades ago with a plastic bottle of shampoo. I accidentally dropped it, and it shattered. Try cleaning up a full bottle of shampoo spilled on the floor.
LOL I actually had a bottle of Dawn spill when it tipped over on a shelf. Took forever.
The water I had that spilled wasn’t that old. I think it just cracked on a seam. I had moved things around a few times and probably was a little rough.