Your 401k,403b, Roth, and whatever is in their hands. Start transitioning it to being in your control. A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush.
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Buy junk silver (old used silver money) from reputable firms, such as Apmex. If you buy groceries, store them so the rats can't get to them. Don't leave canned food in the flats, as mice use the cardboard for nesting material. Canned food can last years past the best buy date. Spam can last as long as the can is intact. Whole wheat, white rice, and beans can last for 30 years sealed in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Smaller quantities can be sealed in jars. Freeze pasta for a few days, then warm to room temperature slowly before sealing it up.
I wouldn't worry about getting a generator, because it would make noise and draw attention to you. Go to bed at night and get up in the morning. You won't need that much electricity. Buy a few solar panels, a battery, and associated electronics to run small electronics and charge batteries.
If paper money is revalued and new currency issued, they never replace the coins. So if you must keep some cash, keep it in small bills and lots of coins. If currency was revalued at 100x, your pennies would suddenly be worth dollars.
Be able to defend what you have.
Most of all, be the gray man. Don't appear to have crap. Get some old clothes that are too large, so you'll appear to be starving like other people. Also, quit eating so much so you'll actually lose weight. Let your house and front yard go down just as the other homes in your neighborhood. You don't want to be a target. Keep a tiny amount of food in your kitchen pantry or cabinets in case of robbers, but keep the rest hidden well.
For good lists, google "list of lists." Here's one place to start, the original: https://survivalblog.com/2005/09/04/start-with-a-list-of-lists/
Gotta tell you! Went to the basement to check the traps and found a bar of soap that was half eaten by the mice! and they got into the garbage bags and chewed them up. All that food was driving them nuts. (No nuts stored). We have weapons so no worry about robbers but we do have lots of beans and rice to give to people. We are both pretty thrifty.....nobody would think we have much to steal. I will look at that website. Thanks fren
Buy some Tomcat poison chunks. They work. https://www.amazon.com/Tomcat-Bait-Chunx-Pail-LB/dp/B005BV0DD2
But I wouldn't use it if you have pets in the same area.
we caught 4 with just a regular mouse trap with peanut butter! Cats don't like PB, maybe they would if I added some J to that mix. But thank you so much for the suggestion. We may end up trying it, the ones we caught were tiny and probably not well educated like the adult ones.
I found years ago that a small piece of cashew nut crammed into the trigger of a mouse trap works great. The mice love cashews, but they can't get the nut out. That means you can catch a number of mice with the same trap without rebaiting it.
Interesting! Will try that. Thanks fren