10 Things I am Doing to Prep Before November 

Nothing against you personally but as someone in a very rural place I roll my eyes when someone says "Get out of the city.". We have seen time and time again people come out here unprepared for the realities of rural life. The land is cheap but the wells, electric and septic are expensive. There is no employment except for seasonall agriculture and school. They visit in the spring and summer and have no idea what a windy sub zero winter is like and that a 4 wheel drive is essential to get out of your driveway even if the landscape is flat. The women come out here with a camo coat claiming to be ready for country life but it's insulated coveralls you need. Then it's the goofy notion the small grocery store the size most convenient stores that people think is adequate. My suggestion is buy the manageable and affordable land. Leave a camper or pull one in. Visit as often as possible (weekdays as well as weekends) Can you live there with a cold screaming wind or in the summer heat with no trees? Attend local events. High school basketball games and Grange suppers. Talk to business owners as well as sheriff deputies and postal workers. I have seen unhappy people with high expectations for 25 years. Although the men tend to do better than the women. Just my 2 cents.

Try living in a 3rd world country for over 30yrs (which I did), and you can say that what we are experiencing here in the US is just child’s play. Be prepared, dont panic. Fear will just consume your life.

Civil WAR/ SHTF after November 2nd 😨😡🔥🤡 now I'm glad I built the chicken coop, my 4 birds layedd 7 eggs yesterday and taste better than Walmart eggs

THE REASON I SUBSCRIBED: I am attracted to calm, collected, well-researched presentations; your's is certainly that! Thank you for your efforts on all of our behalf.

Its alright to PREP. However, tell people to pray...that's what's really up! Come on people, God is still in control. What are we gonna do, just give up? SERIOUSLY???

Thanks, I really enjoyed your video. I'm a granny prepper, so it's new info I really appreciate to be safe and prepared bugging in. Peace

We’ve been getting buck wild with our preps. Reason is because I believe life is going to be interesting when fall and winter hit. As of tonight we are braced to receive the tropical storm that’s hitting the east coast. God bless everyone...

Thanks for the great book recommendations!!! Definitely going to be picking up a few of those asap! New sub, really enjoyed the content! Thanks! :) You can never be too prepared!

Good to hear someone who, like me, lived in Silicon Valley and worked their way out. Having been with two tech giants and seeing people hire out the basics (and paying more than my current retirement income for all of that) I'm glad I left, but it was not a quick jump, and I had to learn a lot. I had started researching years before I moved (see Les Sher's book, Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country, and books on frugality) and three moves to here. I designed my current house to include a "backup power" panel that would power my well pump, thermostats & hydronic heat pumps, & refrigeration circuits, and my vision is to be able to have a hybrid solar/wind setup that would make all that work in a grid-down situation. There's no way to know what's going to happen in November; but I really believe that the more we plan for what we can do, the less worrisome and difficult our lives will be going into it.

"Doesn't matter how hot it is.." says the man wearing a long sleeve shirt and a vest. Come on down to Louisiana, we will teach you about hot. =D

A brief summary of this excellent video: 1. Leave city 2. Stock water -> ration water -> sustainable + renewable supply. 3. Stock food. Long term, gardening + chicken coop + foraging 4. Exercise + diet (getting off sugar) 5. Reduce grid dependence. (Will Prowse RU-vid channel + "Mobile solar made easy" book for additional info) 6. Communications - Ham radio + studying for amateur radio license. 7. First aid + skills to use it. Fish antibiotics. Survival Medicine Handbook 8. Community 9. Security. Plan for personal/home/vehicle protection. Get training. 10. Skills acquisition + expanding knowledge base. Get a decent survival library. Long term: Renewable energy to run water pumps + skills to maintain. Higher power HF radio + high multi-band antenna

Hi, been a HAM for about 30 years, a General class for about 25 years. My HF rig is a Yaesu FT-840 fed thru a MFJ Versa Tuner II antenna tuner, into a 40meter inverted V at about 30 feet. my grid is EN72jj. I would recommend getting a 6 meter all mode transceiver and hook it up to a ground plane antenna set up at about 15 feet. My qth is set up for survival for at least 1 year. I live in a rural area, so population is not concentrated. Nice video, thanks for the presentation. 73 OM

Good luck with your General exam. I am an Extra and an FCC license examiner. Even with the virus we have many people showing up to get tech and general licenses. A few even passed the Extra license. Nothing like local news from fellow hams when SHTF. I am in the Chicago area myself but a ways west of the city itself.

I am watching this as I get dressed to go to Costco and RE-stock after my move OUT of Kalifornia and to TN! With Tulare Lake flooding/refilling the San Joaquin Valley in Kalifornia, some nuts and fruits and vegetables will cost more. Water needs to be put into my 55 gallon drums. Also have to workout solar panels here. Much different sunlight per day.

Don't buy an inverter driven pump. The whole setup is inefficient. Go with a 12v or(preferably) a 24v one. Good practical video.

I know this video is old, and perhaps you’ve discovered this by now, but the Ecoflow Delta Pro units power my well, freezer, fridges, etc quite well… with some solar panels, can do that for days at a time.

I like the background scenery. When I first saw it I thought it was a painting on a canvas. But after seeing a guy walking and a car passing by a go Wow! It's an actual scenery. The Mountains look just like as if they were painted incredible.

The tech prepper, regarding toilet flushing, a common saying among folks with wells and septic systems is, “ If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.” And, for urine tp, they keep a lined trash can nearby so as to not flush as much tp. Good luck on your new endeavor.

Thanks for sharing! Blessed be!!

You are a great person, thank you for doing this video. Awesome resources!

Instead of trying to run a noisy, high-wattage generator to run the well, I have a 5k watt power inverter from harbor freight connected to a marine deep cycle battery for intermittent use. The battery is on a float charger until I need it.

Bless you. Asymmetrical preparedness covered flares today (community security).

Right there with you on buying a solar controller and inverter to grow into with panels and battery bank scaling over time. :)

if it's yellow, let it mellow

Save all empty bottles and reuse those bottles. Also fill your hose with water and let it lay in the sun all day and u can use that for hot water. Solar works great. If you can do chickens I suggest you get some also hens that are just starting to lay this way you don’t have to wait months for them to lay.

I really recommend adding some sort of IF regimen to your weight management routine. The simple 16/8 split works for a lot of people. Right now I just do a simple skip breakfast (don’t eat until after 12pm) option. It’s a lot less stressful on your body than running in the summer heat and it’s a huge time saver. 🙂

We have been doing the very things you're talking about for the last 15 years. We have used a Berkey water filter for more than 10 years filtering 100% of all water that's consumed. We have a large food supply at two different homes just as a back-up and have added a lot more starting in January. We are now working on getting rid of everything in a unused bedroom just for food storage. If nothing happens we will just stop buying food until it's gone.

Very enlightening and informative. Great view from your RV, too! New subscriber in Northern Florida

I am so glad I am originally from the country in Michigan. In grew up canning, gardening, and picking blueberries. It is time for me to return to my roots with my family.

I'm glad to hear you're "working on it", but you'll need a lot more than 3 months to get a garden going. The first couple years are spent growing the soil, then your harvests will be big enough to make a difference. You cannot expect to live off the food the first season. I'm not trying to be a smart*ss, just warning you so you'll properly stock up on food and not rely on a new garden for SHTF this November.

Windmill for your pump, any water used for cooking can also be used to wash dishes. Looks like your in Arizona or Utah. Hit up food pantry for extra meals....

New subscriber. Great video! We too have been preparing for a while now.

Smart move; God bless you, sir

Thanks again. I recently 'revisited' my #BlackOutBag my #EDCbag and my #BugOutBag - very sobering due to #Covid19 and #Election2020

I have used a berkey for many years. I have terrible water in my well with tanins and silt and slight sulpher smell. The well has sediment filter and tanin filter then another filter on our Place with a filter to ice maker. Our berkey can also filter water from well. Its an amazing filter and we highly recommend it

I bought my Berkey on eBay one of the scratch and dent models and its perfect!!! and I saved 100.00!!!

I am looking for a Doctor and Dentist to sell land to and including them in the family survival group.

By the looks of things where you are - some Moringa trees would do well and would supplement your food supplies.

Very important!!!! Put up beware of dog signs. Put up a nasty looking collar to be seen and a huge water dish. No one comes to my door. Ever

Great plan and information. Hope none of it is necessary in the next few months. But it is a good idea to be prepared, stocked up and ready for whatever may happen. Thank God I am a country boy here in WV and live in a very small town. Being a country boy, and a DIYer, I am sure I can take care of myself and family. Since high school I have always tried to learn to do things for myself rather than pay someone. In my younger days I really couldn’t afford to pay a mechanic, carpenter or whatever so I had to learn to do things myself. I am not a dooms day person or I wouldn’t call myself a prepper, but I believe in common sense and being somewhat ready for anything. Do I have 6 months of water, food, etc stockpiled, no but I could get by for a month, maybe two. Again very good plan you have outlined and a great video!!! Stay safe, healthy and ready for anything! Juddie - WD8WV

Tom tom,if I had the .oney Florida wild like to retire in,nice to have 2 acres or more residential land in fl...

Thank you sir, a great overview.

Thank you!

books I use a hybrid approach keep the critical books on hardback but you can extend your library with electronic storage. I keep my thumb drive in a UST match case, may or may not survive an EMP but pretty tough.

Californians...please stay put! :D lol

Great vid thanks bro! Really aporeciate it. You are a hero and a patriot!

I have 4.63 acres in Sanders az,st.johns I bought since 2005. Wanba build a wooden. House on it soon as cash avail for materials,I can build myself. .. need to locate a surveyor to locate corners or survey

Came across your channel. Been saving for a Berky water system myself.. Grow your own food! Save them seeds, greenhouse, indoor grow lights

Just subbed and glad I found this channel!!!!!

We have a well ...we had a water pump put on our well, yesterday.

The fact we are having this discussion should be a strong indicator that its time to toss out all of the politicians set limits on the new ones and break up the giant media corporations.

The Survival Guide. I have it & read it. Takes a lot of time and 'concentration' to fully digest. I had to REREAD many pages.

Living in western Arizona in a town (pop 2500)- not really worried about our local co op electric, which is far better and dependable than the overloaded SoCal Edison or PG&E grid systems.

You might consider focusing on being water independent rather than storing water in plastic bottles. Consider a rainwater catchment system or gravity surface water system along with filters. And in house RO system that doesn't need electricity will give you potable water for a lot less money than buying water in bottles.

Android device integration would be super cool and really supportable in an off grid scenario.

I wish I had somewhere else to go out of the city.

Living way out in the country sounds amazing until you realize if you're that far out, you'll have an 1 1/2 hour commute to work every day. I'm a nurse, and must be SORT OF near some kind of city/town where there are medical facilities to make a living. I do want to get out of the city, which I'm nearly in the heart of right now renting a room from a friend of our family. But come next month, I'll be hardcore looking to buy. It's like I need to find a happy medium between the city and the country; further out than the suburbs, but NOT in the boonies!

Where can you buy inexpensive land in AZ that allows you to live in an RV if no funds to build a house? We also need to work until circumstances are such that we can't any more.

Great advice. New subscriber.

Good advice

❤❤.........You are ready!

I think this is a great video. Thanks for all the great ideas. Oh yeah and new subscriber.

Yes but most importantly prepare your hearts. God is coming to get His bride soon.

Not one video addresses women alone with homes in the city. Do they “secure” their home and just drive away, that does not seem safe or secure.

@the tech Prepper .. I was feeling the same need to work on commo, and apparently a lot of people are on the same page.

Unless you are near a dry cleaner or industrial site, you have no need to worry about chlorinated solvents.

Buy 4 mature chickens and 8 chicks. You'll have eggs right away until the brood matures. Best thing I did when I built my coop.

How will you self prescribe without open pharmacies? Get stuff before shtf! Or natural remedies. Im sure you've already thought about this. Get out of the CITY is NOT something people can do easily!!

Order your BERKY now ! It took us 2 months to get it. Sight glass is still back ordered for 6 weeks

You aren't country bred that is for sure. Go down into where your well is, check your situation, if it is a "motor" problem fix it and go on. But if it was me I'd be looking for a hand pump. The old fashioned kind with the long handles and buckets to fill. Also before drilling a new well, dig a few feet down and see if the aquifer has dropped a bit then install the hand pump. Pumping water isn't all that hard once you get used to it. No diets needed on a farm usually. Forget electric if you want to stay under the radar. Plus it might not be on for quite some time after bad storms. Cooking on wood is difficult, try to find a store than uses bottle gas and install that. two at the stove connect and when one goes low immediately get another. Actually we kept one just incase delivery got bad. If you can find one that has the small wood store attached those are nice to use occasionally for quick heat and a kettle of oatmeal. They also heat tea/coffee water. The heat the home enough for chilly rooms. Using solar instead of candles or kerosine. Anything but solar or battery, electric will ruin you eyes and lungs. The smoke from kerosine eventually ruins your lungs as do candles, especially with the metal wicks. I have COPD due to years of that with wood heat and kerosine light. Make sure you are heating with dry wood, not green and no pallets that have chemicals etc on them. Make sure your wood heating system is sealed properly so the smoke doesn't come in all the time. If you can, get a brick lined store as they hold heat longer and then don't use as much wood. Garden. Learn to store and can food. See if you can raise chickens or other egg laying birds. I know more than I've written but it will start you down the road you say you are going. Also warm clothing and then more. Did you know your nose freezes together when it is about 20 below F. ? You wear gloves inside mittens and if you can get the leather mitts over that get them.

create a system for distilling water, dig a hole and build an outhouse, prepare to have your sensibilities assaulted.

70380 small city that is 30 mile from the nearest Sam club. We can see trouble but voting here leans right. I pee in a container dump it about every 5 days. I add chemical to kill bacteria that can build up.

Where are you that it looks like fall and you have long sleeves and a vest !? It's still hot at my house in Boise! We had a great cool day Monday. 100* today and likely tomorrow

Which county you're in,very far from st.johns?

I predict that just like March, the panicking people will cause the shortages they fear. I would say avoid big cities (especially very liberal cities) and have at the very least 1 month of food and toiletries. This is for the most likely scenario where you just need to save a trip or something is out of stock for a few weeks. Always keep at least 1/4 tank in your car.

What steps do you recommend for growing a garden in AZ? I’m south of you, in the desert.

If you're in suburbs and you dont have water tanks, fill up your bathtubs during an emergency. There is also water in your hot water tank, and can be used to flush toilets. Yes berkey filters rock.

OMG, 3 gallons per flush? what the heck! time to get a different toilet. it should only use 2 liters for a full flush (max, mine uses less)

All this prep is easy for you and others who have big bucks.

Crazy prepper here. Now my people are looking like Ummmmm? Started 10 years ago and still going. Staying informed of current events and feel for the times is just as important as food storage. Being aware of your surroundings, the mood or temp of people is important. Wish I could have gotten waaaaay out in the boonies long ago, but I'll be fine in the suburbs. Store water right out of the tap....scolding hot into a plastic bottle, will keep for months and or even over a year...never had a problem with this.

When it's yellow, let it mellow.

Paper plates bro

Just remember with solar setup; you cant harden a Lithium/Iron battery setup !

Do you have a generator?

I'm in such bad shape right now bro. If SHTF I am screwed. So friggin scary!

Have you ever thought of composting toilet

U can have a hand pump for well 👍🏻

Congratulations on the move. Definitely get a Berkey while you can. I recommend directive 21.com I've been able to breed a lot easier since I did that. Rain catchment and pool shock have also eased the burden on this vital resource.

Get a bison pump for your well. No electric needed.

Pee outside. Or in a container and mix with 2 parts water and fertilize your plants.

I had an out of body experience in 2014 and saw a vision of cities in destruction and the number "11" in pillars of smoke. I'v known ever since then that another 9/11 was coming and it would be in a November... I have a strong feeling this Nov is it. Definitely would not be living in the cities.. its why i moved to the mountains. Time to prepare.

Rainwater barrels are great to use to flush your toilet if you have a first floor bathroom a solar pond pump works great

P.S. Just subbed to ya.

Charcoal. Lighter fluid . Beans. Uno cards. Protein powder. Dig a hole early before cold. Bible😊

You dont have the water out west that many other parts of the country have. Colorado is basically a desert.

This is great, but this is not going to be everyone's story, at all. We have to face the adversity, be prepared, arm ourselves, stock up on food, water, etc., and just trust in God. Some people cannot Run away, or go to the sticks. But cross my threshold.... that's all I'm going to say. Good luck and thanks for being informative and calm.

Buying water is not a permanent solution, but if you need to ( I did before I got my Burkey going ), get the biggest bang for your buck. Gallon or 5 gallon jugs from the filter at Walmart. ,

So you have a well and a holding tank? Why are you buying bottle water? . Waste of money Buy water storage tanks put rain capture barrels from your gutters and a high quality water filter for the rain and well water? Go to Costco buy canned foods veggies fruits etc. stock long term food #10 can are great grow a garden, raise chickens have fruit trees dig a pond stock with fish and guns and ammo now you’re half way ready design a plan for your family teach your kids how to hunt track and kill if necessary. I learned how to do all these this by 10 years old in West Virginia. I taught all three daughters by 12 years I suggest just running and hiding is only half the way there. Moving from the takes you out of the first battle but wars are seldom one battle. Remember Sherman’s March to the sea eventually the battle comes to thee?

Think EMP protection As it may be the biggest reason you lose your power

An economical telescope is beneficial and entertaining as well.