![]() ![]() Be sure to have at least one or two of these on your property and you can capture rainwater. If you are bugging in over the long-term, you will need a water-collection system of some kind. And it is inexpensive at around $30 each. The waterBOB also comes with a pump to extract the water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning. This ensures your water is fresh and clean and it will stay that way for as long as 16 weeks. You can fill it without the need to sanitize your bathtub. The waterBOB is designed to line your bathtub. Since we need to store 1 gallon per person per day, the waterBOB provides 100 days’ worth of water for one person. This is a one-time-use container that holds up to 100 gallons of water. As long as you have warning you won’t have or be able to use your water, the waterBOB is indispensable. This is the easiest way to store emergency water and is ideal for any type of home. Again, if the emergency is short-lived, this will be enough to get you through. You should have a minimum of two weeks’ worth of bottled water stored away, but as much as a couple of months. Having bottled water stored away will help ease the burden when you are getting your footing in tough times. Hopefully, you will be able to bug in for an extended period of time. Make sure you have water on-hand and make sure you have a way to cleanse water when you have to make do with what you find outside. You can go as long as three weeks without food, but only 3 days without water. Once the worst has passed and you are rebuilding your life, you will be able to start a garden. After all, you will eventually run out of the food you have stored. Planting Seedsįor long-term food needs, having a store of seeds you can plant is critical. Grocery store seeds have generally been irradiated and will not sprout effectively. Just be sure to get seeds that are non-GMO. In just a few days from starting the seeds, you will have fresh green sprouts to provide extra nutrition. Examples of the types of seeds you can use include mustard seeds, mung beans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and lentils. This isn’t about growing a garden-it’s about having fresh greens to eat every day. Having sprouting seeds on-hand will allow you to grow sprouts with just a little water. But you need fresh food and that is tough to get in emergency situations. Stored food, even buckets of emergency food, mean you will eat well. And they have a 25-year shelf life, so you can store it and forget it. These contain full meals that can be eaten simply by adding hot water. If the disruption to society is extensive enough, you might need to have food on-hand to get by for months.īuckets of emergency food are the perfect addition to your prepper gear. Long-Term Emergency FoodĪside from your regular food, you should consider your long-term needs. If an emergency event is relatively short-lived, this food should get you through. This is the regular food you eat on a daily basis and it’s considered to be your short-term food supply. Of course, it’s better to have a month or two worth of food stored away. You should have a minimum of two weeks of food on-hand for emergencies. The following items are must-haves when it comes to your food and nutrition needs: 1. You need to be sure you have enough food on-hand, so you and your family will be well-fed. And when things go sideways, food won’t necessarily be easy to get. ![]() (Case of bourbon sold separately.It doesn’t matter how much S Hits TF, we all need to eat. While this is by no means an exhaustive list of all the possibilities, here are some solid staples to pack in your emergency preparedness bag. Regardless of which Nicholas Cage movie you relate to most, everyone should be at least a little prepared for a gnarly, fast-paced, bug-out scenario. (Also, has anyone seen Bangkok Dangerous? Much better than National Treasure IMO, and somehow even more campy.) They can range from the casual, in-case-I-need-to-travel-at-a-moment’s-notice-for-work bag, to a more serious, I-need-to-go-on-the-lam-because-I've-just-stolen-the-Declaration-of-Independence overnight pack. What constitutes a go bag is really up to you-all that matters is that it’s full of almost everything you need to grab it and go without any extra packing. ![]() A burlap sack filled with crazy sex toys and everything you need to make sausage at home? Definitely a go bag. A suitcase that doubles as storage for your travel-sized toiletries and chargers? Go bag. Have a favorite backpack you keep your essentials in? Go bag. In fact, you probably already have some sort of go bag and most of the items on a doomsday prep list, and you just don’t know it. However, you don’t need to dig a small (but mighty) moat around your apartment building in order to be ready in the event of an emergency evacuation or last stand. ![]()
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