It'd be a sound idea to archive all research material, get the f* away from major city centers, find a good spot for your pantry and self defense items. Have books and board games to pass the time with your family. If you're into it, get one of those 1tb hard drives and save movies, shows or video games to play or to let the kids play if the power isn't shut down in your area.
Maybe consider getting some DECOY FOOD. Put a few boxes and cans of decoy food in your pantry or in your cupboards. That can be boxes of Pop Tarts, store brand Mac-n-Cheese, and other cheap items.
Store your GOOD supplies in a different location, not near the kitchen. Be creative... and diversify your supplies. Don't label things obviously. Make food supplies look like what they aren't. For example, a 5-gallon bucket of rice can be labeled "Kitty Litter".
If (or when) your house is ever raided for food... let them find the decoy stuff.
Been doing all that for 30+ years. BTW, I don't even have anything as small as a 1TB hard drive. I have over 100TB in hard drives, plus many hundreds of backup CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. The most important documents are printed and collected in notebooks. I've been downloading TV shows and movies from Usenet newsgroups since the 90s. For example, I have the entire series of "Wild Wild West," including all the TV movies. I have "Leave it to Beaver," "Hazel," "Sea Hunt," and many more. I also have tens of thousands of old time radio shows that are still fun to listen to.
Those old time radio shows are awesome. I used to listen to them on the road here and there. A couple of stations in my area broadcast them on weekend nights.
It'd be a sound idea to archive all research material, get the f* away from major city centers, find a good spot for your pantry and self defense items. Have books and board games to pass the time with your family. If you're into it, get one of those 1tb hard drives and save movies, shows or video games to play or to let the kids play if the power isn't shut down in your area.
Maybe consider getting some DECOY FOOD. Put a few boxes and cans of decoy food in your pantry or in your cupboards. That can be boxes of Pop Tarts, store brand Mac-n-Cheese, and other cheap items.
Store your GOOD supplies in a different location, not near the kitchen. Be creative... and diversify your supplies. Don't label things obviously. Make food supplies look like what they aren't. For example, a 5-gallon bucket of rice can be labeled "Kitty Litter".
If (or when) your house is ever raided for food... let them find the decoy stuff.
If it ever gets that bad, which I don't think it will, ammunition is what you need , not decoy food.
I've never considered decoy food. All that crap I've given up eating could have a use, after all.
Been doing all that for 30+ years. BTW, I don't even have anything as small as a 1TB hard drive. I have over 100TB in hard drives, plus many hundreds of backup CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. The most important documents are printed and collected in notebooks. I've been downloading TV shows and movies from Usenet newsgroups since the 90s. For example, I have the entire series of "Wild Wild West," including all the TV movies. I have "Leave it to Beaver," "Hazel," "Sea Hunt," and many more. I also have tens of thousands of old time radio shows that are still fun to listen to.
Those old time radio shows are awesome. I used to listen to them on the road here and there. A couple of stations in my area broadcast them on weekend nights.
You can find them for free listening or download on Archive.org.
The US is the last hope of the world. I'm not leaving my house.