With things being as crazy as they are and have been the past 2 years I’ve been seriously considering building up a stock of emergency supplies to last for a week or two ever since the first Covid lockdown. You know, not to survive the apocalypse, but to bridge short-term supply disruptions (eg toilet paper, sunflower oil, pasta, etc) and just to be safe and not rely on delivery services in cases like quarantine.
But I’m not exactly loaded, so I’ve put it off so far to save the money. Winter slowly approaching has me thinking again tho.
How do you feel about this? Already got your bunker set up? Think it’s a waste of time, space and money? What would you reckon is essential? Any guides/lists?
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I wish I could buy guns
You can’t in Hawaii?
There are many personal reasons someone wouldn’t be able to own guns even when they’re legally allowed to, just so you know
That is true
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Flying tank will liberate taiwan
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I think it’s a good idea. Although I have very little space to store it, I’m slowly accumulating long-lasting food. I really should be buying some cleaning supplies and toilet paper, too
and a bidet
Same. I got some space, but I couldn’t store stuff to supply me for months even if I wanted to (I don’t). What kinds of food are you building up? Mostly canned?
Cleaning supplies are a good idea too. Sanitizer, detergent, soap don’t take up that much space, last forever, aren’t too expensive and are vital.
and a bidet
If only the West was more civilized 😞
I mostly buy dried food that needs to be cooked (primarily legumes for the protein, and some rice, pasta, etc. for variation). I’ve also bought things like seeds, nuts, dried peanuts, and oats, in case electricity becomes incredibly expensive or just stops being supplied entirely (in which case I’d hopefully be participating in the inevitable massive riots). Most canned food is very expensive in comparison, although I’ll probably buy some anyway
I’ve also bought plenty of multivitamins to offset my already one-sided diet which will surely become even more one-sided during a food “shortage”, although I don’t know how effective those actually are
I really should get a bidet just to save on toilet paper, I’m just not sure how I could hook it up to m’toilet
TMI but in desperate times you can use a plastic bottle to wash your ass. Poke a hole through the lid, point it to your asshole and enjoy hygiene. Soon we will liberate the west and install a bidet on every bathroom.
I know someone who ordered a bidet online that fit onto the water inlet valve of the toilet by adding a y-junction or something, I think it was around $70? I think he said it’s a design common in the middle east possibly?
I thought this was a bout meal prepping at first and was about to talk about how I only cook on the weekend and am fine eating the same shit every day for weeks cause I’m a monster.
But like, have a hoard of dried beans and stuff is also something I want to look into. Also a generator and water filtration. Not that it’ll matter when a band or marauders finds my house and ends up turning my skin into loincloths or something.
My mom did just retire and had like a few grand in an FSA she had to use up so we are well stocked on medical supplies. We also got several hundred dollars worth of stuff to donate to women’s and family care facilities.
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I feel the only way to prevent it is to eliminate capitalism and thus eliminate the chances of an apocalypse. lol.
Excluding non-human driven apocalypses of course. I feel those will be all life enders anyway. Beans aren’t gonna save you from the asteroid.
California is overdue (geologically, not ethically lol) for a devastating earthquake. Prepping is a good idea no matter what regime you’re under. Make sure you have plenty of water, an escape route for you and your family, and survival kits. Also a good idea to communicate and plan ahead of time with cohabitants and loved ones for how to come together after such events. Like if communication somehow gets blocked, it’s good to have meetup spots and such
I’ve got some small totes with a couple sacks of beans and rice. We have Costco amounts of cooking oil and TP (as well as bidets, as mentioned in comments below). We also have a fair amount of liquor and hand sanitizer, as well as first-aid and trauma kits. I also have firearms and ammunition. I’m in northern California, and we’ve experienced multi-day blackouts, fire evacuees, and gas shortages. Those are the kind of scenarios I am prepped for.
I have a small stack of food/water/medicines and silver I keep stored for when shit will happen, unfortunately I live in a small home so I can’t have much.
A little bit won’t hurt, I like to keep about a month of supplies on hand in case of severe weather like tornadoes or getting snowed in, or some other more personal and attainable ‘doomsday’ like economic hardship and injury.
I’d suggest getting things you’d eat and are reasonably easy to make, maybe some water/way to purify it. Beyond that maybe get some things to prepare for emergencies you’d see around you, floods, droughts, etc.
I personally wouldn’t go full doomsday prep the bunkers for 5 yrs, since if whatever happens is that bad you need people and connections more than you need supplies, assuming its even survivable.
Never think about it. If shit gets to the point of needing bunkers and prepping; ill probably just hang myself.
Suicidal tendency is always on a low simmer.
But ultimately it depends on what my spouse wants to do.
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You can extend the shelf life of rice by putting whole cloves of garlic in it. Common in Korea to do that.
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