Example:
If a blackout occurs, your immediate thought might be bottled water. DO NOT RUSH TO THE STORE. It will be chaos, and that is what they want. Instead try and find a local natural spring water source. Grab as many containers as possible and fill them. You’ll likely be the only person there. Fresh water will be necessary for survival and driving to a store may not always be available. Fill up bathtubs when you feel necessary.
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Water filter like a Berkey. You can filter water from a mud puddle or pond with these. If no nearby water source, get a rain barrel and that water can be filtered through.
these are $400+ dollars now, but they have knockoffs on amazon
Bathtub water bob if you're going to fill your tub. Lots of different brands but here's an example:
https://www.mypatriotsupply.com/products/alexapure-emergency-water-bank
Even if you roll your eyes at the term "prepper" you might want to give it a thought for a few minutes. Yea, total societal breakdown is a stretch to consider, yet having a few basic prepping items around the house would not hurt, nor would it break the household budget. A few cans of tuna, some bottled water, some rolls of toilet paper. It's not much but it could get you over the hump in a emergency, like a natural disaster or a bridge to the grocery store has fallen down.
2-3 weeks worth of nonperishables.
Food, Cash, Whiskey and pew pew. But heck we should always have that no matter the situatuon.
That’s a great start, but I think 2-3 months, if possible, is better. Just buying a few extra cans or box of pasta each week accumulates pretty quickly.
Those that don't want to even think about prepping are usually the ones left sitting on the curb demanding for someone to come help.
playing cards, candles, board games, batteries, led flash lights (costco has a pack of like 8 for 10$) maybe a ham radio
survivalblog.org has some good ideas
Having a stash of protein foods that last a long time is really good as nutrition sources to keep up your strength. Such as big jars of peanut butter, cans of raw nuts, and meats like beef jerky - all are items that won’t go bad for a while, so they can be waiting in the wings for when you might need them without having to constantly replace them.
buy some bics, find a ditch, ruin a pot over open flame.
With winter coming and perhaps a need for warmth, create your own indoor heater using a large jar candle, 6 clay bricks and a clay flower pot. Stack bricks to be taller than candle and top with the inverted clay pot. Once candle is lit, the heat from the flame will warm flower pot and give off heat. Not enough to cook with but enough to warm an area near you. Used this in our camper on cold nights.
No need to buy those expensive freeze dried meals that are composed of cheap to buy ingredients. Stock up on staples you buy anyway, and maybe a few you don't.
We have Tuna, Sardines(Several varieties). Canned pork for Bbq, canned chicken. Rice, Flour, canned veggies. We also garden a bit.
Just use the oldest stock first.
Also a Bluetti power back up with solar can keep a freezer going a long time. Open freezer 1 time a day max.
Also, don't forget that your hot water heater contains 50 gallons of clean drinking water! People seem to forget that.