Wouldn't you like to be a prepper too...

[Aragorn]

Been watching the prepper show on Nat Geo about people prepping for both natural and man made disasters. Some are funny. Some seem bat-**** crazy. But some seem to be prepping for disasters that could actually happen. Like the idea that they have "experts" rate their survival time based on their preps.

So do you prep for earthquakes? Floods? Power outages?

How long do you prep for? Is two weeks food and water enough for your household based on your experiences in the past?

I don't really prep (at least not like these people) but would like to know the basics of what to have around and how those supplies will aid in weathering the storm (small water filtration systems, matches, batteries, weather radio, etc.)

[Rick V]

Just think two weeks camping.
We have a bag packed with MRE's first aid kit etc. If we are going to get some weather that might cause us to have a need for prep stuff I always make sure the truck has a full tank of gas.
Weather is about the only thing we are prepped for, unless you consider the eventual collapse of society in which case it's two weeks of camping with hunting options.

[cashflyer]

I got beer, guns, and ammo.
I'm good to go.

[GH85Carrera]

We have some preparation for storms that might get bad. Those do not just sneak up on us. We have several days or a week of warning. We had an earthquake recently but a bad earthquake is pretty unlikely here. I don't ever worry about tsunamis or hurricanes.

Zombies are just make believe like big foot, vampires and the extraterrestrials.

Urban riots are pretty unlikely around here.

A true Apocalypse, end of the world thing is real low on my list of things to worry about.

For the preppers the worst part is going to be keeping safe from the roving mobs looking to take what they saved up.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Just think two weeks camping.
We have a bag packed with MRE's first aid kit etc. If we are going to get some weather that might cause us to have a need for prep stuff I always make sure the truck has a full tank of gas.
Weather is about the only thing we are prepped for, unless you consider the eventual collapse of society in which case it's two weeks of camping with hunting options.

Exactly. A Pelican posted his "bug out kit" list a while back, really good stuff but basically what you would pack for a no-kidding backwoods camping trip.

[regency]

I'll add my stash with cashflyer and join up with him

1973 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

I got beer, guns, and ammo.
I'm good to go.

How much beer?

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by regency

I'll add my stash with cashflyer and join up with him

1973 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

Make sure you let him know you are coming, Cash is one person I would not want to try and sneak up on, trust me on that one.

[Instrument 41]

Hurricanes=preparation

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Instrument 41

Hurricanes=preparation

This. At least we have plenty of warning. I'd be a little more paranoid on the prep side if I lived in earthquake country, areas that get lots of snowfall, or in a large urban area (riots and other "social issues")

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

How much beer?

I think the more important question is, How much ammo?
Let's just say that I will run out of one lonnng before I run out of the other.

[Rick Lee]

I don't think a true prepper would want to be seen on tv, letting the gov't. and others know who he is, where he's prepping and how. I would like to have the money it takes for some of these folks to rig up their giant compounds. But I wouldn't be telling anyone at all about it, probably not even the family until it was time to use it.

[ckelly78z]

In a situation where stores are closed, food is scarce, and attitudes go South, the biggest challenge will be to protect yourselves and the supplies you have.

You better be prepared to hunker down and wage war if necessary, I think letting the TV world know what you have stashed away is borderline crazy, and rather reckless.

At the VERY minimum, have 50 gallons of fresh clear water, extra food supplies (large box of rice, pasta, dried milk, and other non perishables), enough guns and ammo for each mature person in the house to hunt/defend for an extended period, heat/cooking source with fuel (campstove, BBQ grill with propane bottles) and a bug out plan in place for city residents.

[72doug2,2S]

Not since Y2K

[KaptKaos]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

You better be prepared to hunker down and wage war if necessary.

Hunker down in an metropolitan area?

[Evans, Marv]

My backpack has been kept ready for this type of event for years even though I don't expect to have to ever use it. Although I live in a fairly rural area, people from the cities would be streaming out of them into the rural areas. It would take me a short time to be ready to move out into a more remote area to set up small camps and keep on the move while monitoring the happenings in the area and trying to avoid detection. In a complete collapse, you'd have to take what you could where and when you found it and still stay mobile. Those people constructing those elaborate survival facilities will fall victim to the hordes in no time. If you hunkered down anywhere, you'd become a target in no time.

[aigel]

If you camp, you have 80% ready to go. If you keep a full pantry, 90%, add some water and you are good to go.

G

[Rick V]

I was watching one of those shows for a few mins before I had to shake my head and change the Chanel and those people don't think stuff through very well.
One guy had a rig to close off his windows, it had a 2X4 on the inside of the house with a piece of all thread running through it and outward to hold the 3/4 plywood tight against the window.
Works great if you are trying to get in with a baseball bat, which he was proud to demonstrate. Now if I wanted in, one blast from a 12ga at point blank range, with some OObuck where the allthread is and I am inside.
They just don't think

[asphaltgambler]

What astounds me is the amount of cash and time these people drop on their 'solution' - Best d@mn thing they could do is convert all that effort into cash, store it safely in the ground for future access. ..................................that along with a large caliber gun and plenty of ammo is the real preppers way to go.

[vash]

Cash? Maybe gold.

I live in an area where I would be effed. Too many people. Roads would gridlock.

A .22 would be a better survival tool. A silenced one would be the best. I Gould feed a family from my neighborhood wildlife. But again I would be overrun by people.