Time To Take Inventory
Okay, we are almost to the end of the year and you have been buying, stashing and building your preps. You need to stop and take stock of where you are at with your preps. You need to make a list and check it twice. While you are making this list and taking stock of your preps you need to be asking yourself the following questions:
What was your reason for prepping?
What needs were you hoping to satisfy?
What do you have “too” much of and where are you short?
What’s the one prep you have wanted to buy?
Preps To Consider
**Always Buy in Bulk
Foods for long-term storage such as wheat, rice, sugar, salt, honey, and corn.
Seeds, both GMO and Non-GMO
Fertilizers (enough for 3 seasons)
Anti-diarrhea medicines
Re-hydration powders or drinks
Filtration units such as the Berkey Water Filter
PVC
Silicone sealant
MRE’s, freeze-dried food, canned goods
Duct tape
Handgun
Ammo
Fishing kit with a collapsible fishing rod
Spare clothes, wool socks, and hiking boots
Rain and cold weather gear
Flashlight and extra batteries
Suggested Food Projects
Ensure that you have enough food supplies to last for a long-term emergency. Refer to the Ready Nutrition Food Calculator to make sure.
Research ways that you can conserve water or harvest water on your property.
Look for natural water sources, and underground reservoirs to turn to for an emergency water supply.
Practice the necessary skills that will help you thrive during long-term emergencies. Skills such as gardening, food preservation, and water harvesting.
Suggested Disaster Projects
Have multiple evacuation routes planned in the instance that Plan A and Plan B do not work.
Make a list of what items you want to have in your survival cache.
Find a good location, along the planned evacuation routes and bury or hide your survival cache.
Practice getting to the survival cache using different modes of transportation to see how long it will take to get there.
Create multiple caches if necessary.