Topics and Links below are 'Starting Points' to facilitate your efforts. You should still do your own research and ascertain your own needs and solutions.
The following information is 'under-construction' and is undergoing continuing update, but is listed here in its present state in hope that it helps your efforts in preparedness.
- Emergency Preparedness - being prepared for unexpected events, involves choices and preparations. You need to define what you are preparing for, your goals, timelines, financial capabilities, action steps, and make it happen!
- Further discussion is on this site's "Commentary Page".
IMPENDING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE INFO:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US_Federal_Reserve_ceases_to_publish_M3_index
http://www.nowandfutures.com/key_stats.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/world/europe/09iceland.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
News about Iceland economic collapse.
http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=044387;p=1
Argentina’s “FerFAL”, survivor of economic collapse
- Emergency preparations can be for:
- 2-3 day / G.O.O.D. Kit (Get Out Of Dodge Kit)
- Such as Hurricane Katrina, Earthquakes, tornadoes, ice storms
- 1 - 2 weeks
- 9-11-2001, illness
- 1 - 2 months
- Job loss/change, injury
- Long - term (potential for several months or even years)
- Pregnancy, illness
- Considerations and Essentials in Preparedness:
- Checklist (page 194, "Basic Preparedness")
- Water
- Quantity per Person
- Keep at least a three-day supply of water per person AND a means to make it POTABLE.
- One gallon of water per person per day, for drinking and sanitation.
- Children, nursing mothers, and sick people may need more water.
- If you live in a warm weather climate more water may be necessary.
- Store water tightly in clean plastic containers such as soft drink bottles.
Inserted from <http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/water.html>
- Purification Techniques - 1/8 teaspoon of Chlorine (household bleach works) per gallon of Water; additional information on water purification available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purification
- FOOD (backup emergency food) Make your choices based upon your objective or purpose and resources.
- Purpose
- 2-3 day / G.O.O.D. Kit (Get Out Of Dodge Kit)
- 1 - 2 weeks
- 1 - 2 months
- Long - term (potential for several months or even years) - you need to define what you are preparing for and what your goals are. You need to have some emergency preparations. Optimally, food storage is to get you through a crisis, or until you have the opportunity to harvest what you have grown for yourself (which could take a year). [Remember that could be gardening & livestock.]
- Food may be pre-packaged (store-bought) or home-packaged. You need to determine the amount you need to have on-hand. There are numerous ways to figure your needs.
- One of the Best Food Calculators available:
http://www.thefoodguys.com/foodcalc.html
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm LDS Food Storage Calculator
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/hagan59.html
Food Storage on $10/Week
- Food Processing and Preservation Comparison Sheet, (There is a good Comparison Sheet on Food Processing and Preservation on Pg 15 &16, "Basic Preparedness" (available at: http://sczyz.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=11). It cites the Advantages and disadvantages of:
- Fresh Food
- Home Canning & Bottling
- Freezing
- Commercial Canning (Wet Pack)
- Home Dehydrating and Drying
- Commercial Drying, Dehydration and Packaging
- Freeze Drying and Packaging
- Sources for Foods Supplies:
- Home-prepared Food Storage 'put-up' by you!
- Methodologies may include canning, dehydrating/drying/jerking, bulk storage (buckets), root cellaring, freezing.
- Instructions for home-prepared and home-storage techniques are available at numerous cites. A few are listed here:
- https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/
- www.YouTube.com Search 'Food Storage'
- www.backwoodshome.com
- Sources for Supplies and Food/Stuffs
- Shelf life - (affected by heat, light, moisture, oxygen)
- Canned Goods - Indefinite (which means virtually forever)
- Flour can go Rancid after a few months
- Yeast - freeze to keep for 1 year
- Oil - Can go rancid in a few months unless refrigerated
- Rennet for Cheese - freeze for about a year shelf- life
- Cheese Cultures - http://www.cheesemaking.com/
- Wheat Berries which can be ground for flour or sprouted for food and vitamins, properly stored - Indefinite
- Garden Seeds
http://www.arkinstitute.com/
http://www.victoryseeds.com/
- Dehydrated Foods
- http://www.amazon.com/Excalibur-2900-9-Tray-Dehydrator/dp/B000I6MXZG It comes with an instruction book with recipes too!
- Frozen foods (Ball Guide to Food Preservation)
- Mylar Bag…food grade (link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9b0dAtJ80
How to Seal Mylar Bags with a clothes Iron
https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information_center/food_storage_faq/mylar_bags.htm
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html Food grade Mylar bags. Mylar Bags, Part # P15C2030
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/foodstorage/mylarsealing.htm
- Gamma Seals .. Easy Open for often used food stuffs
https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/emergency_supplies/gamma_seal_lid.htm
- Seeds - get and use non-hybrid only! Viable and need oxygen to survive; they may be able to survive in CO2 for 1-2 years in dormant state
- http://www.arkinstitute.com/
- Options for milk & cheese: Dairy Goats or Dairy Sheep
- Options for meat: Goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, pigs, cattle, fish, game (deer, elk…)
- Options for eggs: Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, Geese
- Canning
- Your Local Hardware store often carries Canning Supplies & can also special order them for you.
- Freezing
- Dehydration
- Jerky
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Shelter
- G.O.O.D. kit (samples available on Youtube and survival blog websites)
- Emergency essentials packed to grab and go (flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, volcano, riots, etc.)
- Essential Documents and Items
- Medical / First Aid Kit
First Aid Kit
In any emergency a family member or you yourself may be cut, burned or suffer other injuries. If you have these basic supplies you are better prepared to help your loved ones when they are hurt. Remember, many injuries are not life threatening and do not require immediate medical attention. Knowing how to treat minor injuries can make a difference in an emergency. Consider taking a first aid class, but simply having the following things can help you stop bleeding, prevent infection and assist in decontamination.
Things you should have:
- Two pairs of Latex, or other sterile gloves (if you are allergic to Latex).
- Sterile dressings to stop bleeding.
- Cleansing agent/soap and antibiotic towelettes to disinfect.
- Antibiotic ointment to prevent infection.
- Burn ointment to prevent infection.
- Adhesive bandages in a variety of sizes.
- Eye wash solution to flush the eyes or as general decontaminant.
- Thermometer (Read more: Biological Threat)
- Prescription medications you take every day such as insulin, heart medicine and asthma inhalers. You should periodically rotate medicines to account for expiration dates.
- Prescribed medical supplies such as glucose and blood pressure monitoring equipment and supplies.
Things it may be good to have:
- Cell Phone
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
Non-prescription drugs:
- Aspirin or nonaspirin pain reliever
- Anti-diarrhea medication
- Antacid (for upset stomach)
- Laxative
Pasted from <http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/firstaidkit.html>
- Communications
Here's Something To Think About...
You should have at least one traditionally wired landline phone, as cordless or cellular phones may not work in an emergency.
Pasted from <http://www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.html>
- Energy
- Types
- Electric
- Solar
- Solar panels, inverters, battery banks
- Solar refrigerator
- Solar cook oven
- Solar water heating
- Passive Solar construction
- Generators and Appliance
- Gas (1 year shelf-life; extends to ~ 2 to 3 years with StaBil additive)
- Diesel (2 year shelf-life; Additive extends)
- Propane (LP) - keeps indefinitely
- Kerosene - keeps for a long time, stored correctly.
- Wood powered (heaters, cookstoves, steam-engines)
- Steam
- Livestock (horse)
- Horse overhead (food and shelter and equipment)
- Horse implements to perform work
- Manual (use less power and do it manually)
- Butter Churn
- Icecream maker
- Bread recipes (versus bread machines)
- Cheese Press
- Washboards
- Clotheslines & clothes pins
- Manual lawn mowers
- Hard floors instead of carpeted floors
- Gardening manually (or horse assisted, versus tractor)
- Fuel Storage
- Safety
- Containers
- Barrels
- Drums
- Tanks
- Small
- Medium
- Large
- Above ground
- Underground
- References and Resources:
http://www.backwoodshome.com Includes discussions about: Solar, Hydro and Steam Power
http://www.utterpower.com Generator
- Defense (To protect and keep what you have)
- Safety Considerations
- Massad Ayoob / Backwoods Home magazine & www.backwoodshome.com
- Weapons (refer to other sites & resources for further information)
- www.survivalblog.com
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future, by James Wesley Rawles (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Surviving-Collapse-Turbulent-Expanded/dp/1425734073/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220348795&sr=8-1
- Financial Considerations
- Critical Documents, Certificates, Pictures, Titles, Insurance
- Debt Management
http://www.nfcc.org/ National Foundation for Credit Counseling
- Financial Reserves (Cash and/or Cash alternative resources)
- Metals
http://www.nwtmint.com Silver, precious metals - NW Territorial Mint
- REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
http://astore.amazon.com/autonomousliv-20
Autonomous Living Store
www.survivalcenter.com
Their catalog is a encyclopedia of resources and a 'must have' item, available at: http://sczyz.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=62
http://www.daycreek.com/dc/HTML/DC_ss_thingsyoucando.htm
Things you can do to become more self-sufficient
https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/
www.Amazon.com
www.canningpantry.com
www.google.com
www.walmart.com
www.costco.com
Self-Sufficiency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sufficiency
Gulching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulching
Resource for Emergency Preparations
http://www.survivalcenter.com
http://www.backwoodshome.com
http://www.survivalblog.com/
http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/
http://www.daycreek.com/dc/HTML/SSMENU.HTM
http://www.countrysidemag.com/
http://www.grit.com/
http://www.homesteadingtoday.com
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