I really like those water bricks! New to my eyes and make lots of sense. Just had to do 7 days without running water at my place because water well motor went out. Ordered new pump and it got lost in transit. Had ummm... a few 55gal barrels so water was no prob, but getting it where we wanted it kinda sucked a lot.
And if properly located they will add thermal mass to your structure, keeping it warmer or cooler during your event and could also help collect solar heat during the day to provide heat at night.
For those of you that think simple prepping is silly, please note that when my family lost all income, those preps were used and I didn't have to go grocery shopping for quite some time! Preps aren't just for SHTH, it can be a hedge against job loss or downsizing. Been there, done that.
Absolutely true. I was hit by a car and couldn't work for a month or walk well. I used my savings, preps, and several of my first aid items. Just that experience right there taught me alot: keep lots of extra food, money, first aid kits, several caches of water in the home that are easily accesible.
Many people that think prepping is silly aren't going to change their minds until their life is shattered. If all the people that lose everything they have every year isn't enough to convince them, that is the only thing that will, if at all.
why does no prepper videos talk about grey water ??? Never use good potable water for flushing toilets. flushing water should be waste water from after bathing, washing dishes or washing clothes, etc. save the best water for drinking and cooking and washing hands and body. Save the runoff for flushing and if very little chemicals are in it for watering crops in the garden
Any chemicals in water should not be used on food unless you have an earth filter set up. I do use boiled water for corn and eggs without salt, for garden plants and it gives them a boost. I sometimes boil eggs in my pasta water and pour that into the garden also after it cools off or you cook the roots.
If you can switch your types of grey water mild soap could be used for grass and trees but not on leafy greens or root crops. Make sure to use the most safe earth soap then I'd use all grey water.. I wash garden veggies in a basin outside just to remove dirt and that's good for putting back in garden. .
Great vid. Here's one I came up with all by my lonesome: I buy standard toilet paper and remove the cardboard cores, then flatten them out. A dozen pack into a gallon ziplock perfectly. The bags stack flat, and these also make a good camp pillow in a pinch. The poo-pillow...
I just started saving the initial paper wrapping the tp comes in, & stuffing it inside the empty cardboard rolls. I will cut some rolls in half, stuff in some dryer lint, dip them in some wax and they will be used as fire tinder. The unbleached cardboard rolls will also be used in compost.
I like the idea of a practice weekend without electricity. We've done "survival camp outs" where we spend two days and nights with nothing but the clothes on our back and our individual survival kit. The second night really puts things into perspective if you've missed something.
We lose power all of the time where I live, but I have to say it was the hardest when we went 7 days w/out electricity in the summer of 2012 and it was 95 degrees... and my (brand new) whole house generator quit working after the 1st day! I live next to a large creek, but it was piss-warm and there was no relief in sight (we ended up sleeping on the cool floor in my basement)! I have a fireplace and a back-up propane stove (that ties into my 500 gal. propane tank) to heat my house in the winter if needed. But I never imagined the torture we'd endure from a week without A/C in the summer! 🤤
You mentioned the toilet paper. Those who live with women in the household would do well to really stock up on feminine hygiene stuff - pads, tampons, etc.
Most hunters and some EMT's I know travel with tampons for medical emergencies. They claim it's one of the rudimentary best ways to stop blood loss with a gunshot wound.
Tom Sciacca's daughter is studying to be a nurse and they actually learned this is more myth than truth. There are tampon like/shaped wound stoppers that are actually made for bullet wounds, but an ordinary tampon won't do the trick and actually might even be dangerous. It's definitely worth looking into though!
great vid! I immigrated to a 3rd world country where poweroutages in summer are common. and sometime water shortages too. having a good quality fridge/freezer is important too. I reserve 1/3rd of the freezer for icebricks. the freezer will keep things frozen for about 36hours without them, with them that gets doubled (during 35c temperatures) after that the freezer becomes a fridge for 2 days or so. so its 5 to 7 days worth of food you wont be throwing out and have a ration of water for 2 people during that time as well
If you have females in your group you're going to want to stock up on aspirin and tampex for obvious reasons. I'd also advise baby powder or baby wipes because you're not going to be taking daily showers. Stay safe!
luvmyctd Lack of knowledge. Bush allowed the immigration problem to worsen. Obama had a plan for it that allowed people to come here to work and pay taxes, pick our lettuce and go home, and lowered the illegal immigration entry rate by 2/3. The Repub congress blocked the immigration act, they want them here, to replace us. They are easier to control.
Baby wipes also work well for cleanliness if you don't have access to shower or bath utilities including the portable shower. Hand sanatizer and rubbing alcohol are also good for sanitizing hands and surfaces before eating.
Two words, "Luggable Loo". That toilet seat that sits on a 5 gallon bucket. Bought it for camping, but invaluable in an emergency as water is not needed. Trash bag in the bucket, do your business then cover with material. Wood ash works the best but you can use leaves, dirt or kitty litter. No muss, no fuss and no odor. Every house should have one.
my aim is pretty good .. recon large ziplock bags will do just as well and i dont have to worry about the storage space for those, just keep a bunch of packs in my kitchen and regular travel bags for dirty clothes while travelling. Also, they have many other uses
Emergency radio with hand crank power option needs to be mentioned as a primary way to find out what the heck is going on during an emergency. Oh, there are so many more........
@@moondog7694 - Well because somethings are made poorly and there is an energy leak that occurs. Plus most batteries start to leak if not used after a certain amount of time. It's a could idea to run things for a cycle or two every so often and then recharge it. I've done a lot of batteries research even if I don't sound technical here. All the best.
SpectreOZ get some blocks of wood (drill holes for a base), or small containers of sand or stones Put the solar lights in them. Sit them outside each day, bring inside for nightlight, bathroom, etc. Back with mirror to boost light.
i got some i just modified cutting them down so they sit flat on my windowsill... make sure u buy the type with an on/ off switch.( i keep them turned off) Sit at least one in every room on the window sill inside. In a power out its ready to go , just use the on switch when needed. Good if you have kids you dont want to burn your house down. Also i buy decorative candles at dollar stores all the time, can never have too many candles just in case ...
I'd rather die and let me dog eat my body before I'd eat her. People like you dumb shits is why humans dont deserve dogs because they're the ones that give unconditional love. Yall will be my dogs food if shtf and I'll b sitting right next to her with my own plate.
blake102989 Thank you. Ignorant people who have never known the companionship and intelligence of pets are part of the "You can't fix stupid" equation. My dog will be finding me food long after that fool's starved to death.
@@keikoasmommy Right! That dog may end up being the last living thing you're with when you pass and it will miss and morn you until the day it dies. That's y I hate people who are cruel to dogs because they will beat the shit out of it but it will still be the happiest thing in the world to see you when you get home like you never did it. I've lost 2 dogs so far in my life the most recent being last year but got another not long after she went. My last one that passed hurt me so bad I would've gave the rest of my life for 1 more day with her, to just sit there and pet her non stop. I feel bad for people that dont ever get the chance to really feel the love and emotional connection to an animal the way some of us do.
Dawn Elisabeth Yep just got the composting toilet set-up but my wife won't let me test out! Bought buckets with kids and a snap-on seat and am going to try wood-shavings for the filler. I got 100 septic microbe packets too and will maybe use one packet per bucket and see if that speeds the composting up. Then snap on the lid and on to the next bucket. Am still debating stocking tp or washing cloths.
Wood or paperbased litter doubles as tinder/kindling as well, and all litters can be utilised to filter water as part of the purification process, as long as you dont buy perfumed or the ones with little blue granules you're good.
Dawn - I save old plastic water bottles filled with tap water for flushing the toilet in case my pipes freeze during the winter. Come summer, I water my plants with it and then start over in the fall. This water can also supplement my drinking water if properly treated.
I learned a lot when I went thru Hurricane Rita in Texas. Trees hit the house, 100 degree weather, food shortage and no gasoline. I will always be prepared now!
The canteen cup is great, but works far, far better if each person has the complete kit, canteen cover, canteen, canteen cup, cup lid, and cup stove. Put water purification tablets in one pocket, and Esbit fuel tablets in the other. You'll be ready for anything.
Cool stuff. Just a comment about the headlamp....started using one at work, night shift and Late hours working in the oil patch about 20 years ago and got lots of guys bugging me....where's Snow White, what dwarf are you....blah blah. Then I was finished my work with ease and guys where asking to shine my light over here. Flash lights are great but you need two hands and convenience. Best thing ever and always have one (or 10) around. Keep extra batteries and the cold weather sucks the life out of batteries quickly.
We used to have power outage day once a week. It was fun (ok, maybe not for everyone, but for me it was nice) and educational. I left the refrigerator running, but other than that, everything was cut. It was really nice for the whole family to disconnect from the grid and get away from electronics.
One hurricane trick was to just fill your bath tub with water before the storm and keep a pitcher or pot there to add water to your toilet water tank. The problem was that tub stoppers often leaked so you need a way to seal that stopper such as silicone sealant. As to light, those hand crank led flashlights you can buy at Walgreens works great and there's no batteries to worry about.
Several companies now make bags/bladders to store water in your bathtub like this. They're about $30-40, so not a huge investment, and should come with a valve and hand pump/hose attachment. Since they're flexible, they fill out to conform to the shape of the tub, using the space more efficiently than barrels or buckets. They also fold flat, so they take up much less storage space when not in use. Cleaner than letting your water soak in whatever dirt, soap and grime is on your bathtub surface, too. Very handy for apartment dwellers and other folks with limited stage space, short term emergencies where you're essentially camping out at home like with some natural disasters, that sort of thing.
@@FreebooterFox Yes, you can find large water storage bags that fit into bathtubs today, indeed you could buy them fifty years ago too. However, the first time I prepared for a hurricane, I did not have time for one to be delivered so I did use duct tape and glue to seal the bathtub stopper.
I am one of those people that get excited when the power goes out! I always have a package of little light-sticks (dollar store, I admit) and hand one in the bathroom for the family. Love the idea of the camp shower, will be adding that to my kit!
I learned so much in September 2004!! Two hurricanes in one day month!! And each storm I learn more! I have started watching it videos like your for more information. I was an army brat, in Germany in the 60's we had to have things packed and ready to go all the time. I still have the same P38 on my key chain now that I put there in the 60's many, many uses!! Thank You For More Information!!
I'm right outside of Charlotte! I have two young grandchildren and a 19 yr old. All of them with behavioral and other issues. I am aiming at trying to maintain as normal of a life as possible. Though they dont like change the gadgets you have can make the transition different, challenging and fun! When I get everything on my list I think a day or two at a time of practice runs would be great! I can see if my diy solar stove will pop popcorn!. I feel a roadtrip coming on! Hope to see you sometime! Thanks for the valuable information!
Lived in the Philippines for a year when TP was expensive so I reluctantly learned how to clean up the local way. 5 gal bucket full of water and a plastic scoop with some soap nearby. With practice you flush out the rear end with hand and water from scoop and you are good to go. Of coarse wash dirty hand with soap afterwards. After awhile I got used to it and figure this would be a simple way to save $ and not have a fit over running out of TP. Stock and use for barter for those who think they can't live without it.
I have two group 31 Marine Batteries setup in our living room with Solar Piped in from outside. I'm in the process of wiring the house for a 350 lumen 12 Volt L.E.D. light in every room. The grid could go down forever and we'll have lights.
Btw, build a platform for ur water tank just above the height of ur shower head to have shower pressure, (or just kitchen sink high if thats good enough for u), u can use a hand operated pump to transfer water from a spring, well, or creek to fill the tank now and then, and any faucet in the house thats below the height of the tank can be gravity fed. When I was a kid, my grandparents had a hand operated pump with a pipe in the ground that we used to water the flowers and vegetable garden (that was about an acre), one bucket or water container at a time, that was very handy, and required no electricity, it was the only water they had when the house was built, so it had alot of use for many decades
I finally used a head lamp about a month ago i can’t believe i e loves this long without using one holy shit lol i use it almost daily. Cleaning my guns. Working on ANYTHING adds that extra light and exposes detail you wouldn’t see other wise
I like using 5 gal gasoline jugs. I buy them cheap, use nail polish to mark as potable water and boom done. Cheap easy to find and you can tell in an instant if anything else has been put in it. Water jugs can be hard to find and even then they’re not often as heavy duty as a unused gas can
Here in Florida the local news guys will remind you during a hurricane about toilet use without power. This little rhyme helps. "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." I always fill up the tub when a storm threatens and use buckets to flush the toilet. If you missed out on that, you can always fill buckets from rain water under your eves.
Actually, toilet paper is a luxury, not a necessity. Asians and middle easterners don’t use it. Just wash your butthole. I know what your thinking, but get over your revulsion and just do it. Wash your hands afterward any your good to go.
I literally just told my GF as I started this video "if this guy doesn't say toilet paper as #1 I'm out". I'm now listening to everything this man says. Lol.
that's why i save every gallon water bottle i get. i keep closets full of water bottles that are actually filled. when we get a hurricane, we boil the water for dishes and use it to flush toilets.
Some things I do not understand about prepping, is it ties you to a single location. In a SHTF situation you may not be able to stay near your home or in your home, and there is only going to be so much you can pack out. Secondly, often preppers will advertise or boast to their neighbours or online about the stuff they own, guess where your neighbors are going to rob first? Are you going to kill everyone who comes your way? The only thing that cannot be stolen from you, is the knowledge in your head, spend your time learning how to find food in the wild, then just stocking up on it, learn primitive methods of survival so that even if you are robbed of everything even your clothes you will be fine. Getting bogged down in equipment, food storage, and gear will just make you a target and kill you faster then simply starving to begin with.
Fenrir you make some excellent points. But just to clarify some of those ideas, ideally the spot you pick to bunker down should not necessarily be your home. For example, although President Tom Sciacca lives in a suburban neighborhood outside of the state's capital, in a SHTF situation he and his buddies have a cabin retreat in the mountains of North Carolina that is very secluded. That is where he chooses to stock up most of his prepper gear. Secondly, and he made this very clear, in a true SHTF situation, you'll need a group of about 25-50 to stand a chance. No one is pretending they can take on a raid of 10+ people by themselves. However, as a prepper, no one should boast about their knowledge nor their supply for those exact reasons. No one should ever know what you have on you or what you are storing or where you are storing it (I know I just broke some of those rules lol) But your third point really hit home. The more knowledge you carry in your head the less you have to carry on your back and our President is true believer in this. He has studied wild edible plants and other primitive survival techniques for years now. for exactly that reason. That being said, if you have no water, food, or shelter readily available in a SHTF situation you are already behind. Some gear can make life a lot easier while others would definitely slow you down but it's all about finding that personal balance. Thank you for this great comment, you are asking all the right questions!
Nobody is against knowledge, but you can’t eat it or drink it. Another guy had pointed out that we were nine missed meals away from chaos. You need some supplies. As for bugging out, very few people would be better off leaving their home unless there was no option. The relatively small cost of maintaining minimal supplies at least gives you lets you consider all options without panic.
"Nobody is against knowledge, but you can't eat it or drink it" haha absolutely love that! And you make some excellent points Johnny, thank you for your input!
How many people will be heading to those hills in a scenario?? I have seen posts from hundreds of people talking about having a “secluded” place to go when the collapse occurs. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t prepare, but being realistic goes a long way. That cabin that takes TWO HOURS to DRIVE to would probably take more than TEN DAYS to WALK to. I think having some basic supplies(water, food, hygiene, first aid, ammo, comfort items) hidden away in smaller containers in multiple locations that you are familiar with is the way to go. Just my $0.02
From my family to yours, thank you for your service ! An thanks for the video everything bit of information is useful an taking the time to share your knowledge is a great contribution to how much you care for humanity an its success ! You an others like you , well if the world was more populated with people like us , the world would be so much better !!!
Another thing I use year round, not just in hurricane season is a crank radio. I use the 3 AA batteries for everyday camp use, but just knowing I could crank if I needed to is nice. It also has a light on it.
That is an excellent idea. We actually have a video on our KA500 Voyager Survival Radio, check it out if you'd like: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uhEr_0Aj4x4.html
Floridas recent hurrianes made me utilize my pool, 1 gallon into the toilet makes the stink go away. Forget glow sticks to disposable outside solar light taken from the my front yard.
thanks for this video. I hooked up to your store and bought $200 worth of supplies. you are cheaper than the competiton with the sale going on. I am glad I found you.
Saw a video about living in Eastern Europe immediately after the Berlin Wall fell. One of the key things mentioned was how valuable toilet paper was. For a while, it along with things like candy and gum were literally used as money.
I always kept a charcoal grill even though I didnt use it. I'm glad I did! That's may be my Stove, oven, hot water heater, marshmallow roaster, jiffy popcorn popper! the sky is the limit!
I'm from the north, Maine to be specific. We've had almost two weeks of sub zero temperatures. My first thought of survival has to be heat. We have snow for water and I have two additional heaters propane and kerosene which are great temporarily. I'm looking into a wood heater but know a few neighbors who have wood heat if worse came to worse. I'm former Navy which did help a lot and later in life my motto has been ":Always be prepared." I'd rather have and not need than to need and not have. I have most of the skills I think I would need with some medical. firebuliding, gardening, woodworking, sanitation and martial arts. Working my way to more primitive style survival. I'd need to get more camping survival experience though but think I could make do. The good news is that I have a small stream that goes onto my property. I like channels like this, it challenges me to try to think even more outside the box. What have I been complacent in, what are the back up plans, have they been tried or even make sense? What are your thoughts on tent/camp pellet stoves versus wood stoves? New to prepping and this channel also new subscriber.
great video!! I just started doing some serious prepping over the past year! It's kind of fun. I feel like i'm about 75% ready now. I've done a little bit of camping over the past 15 years, so i've kind of got a minor taste of what is needed to be successful off grid. I'm also x-military, so have that experience as well...lol!
We're glad to hear it, McKnight! And that you are having fun with it :) Camping and military experience are extremely useful!! and of course thank you for your service.
Hurricane Matthew hit Savannah GA in October 2016 on a Friday evening. Living on a barrier island, we were without power for 9 weeks. Luckly we had prepared for such an event and did okay. Most of what you have stated we had already prepared for. Oh yeah, I know own a nice Honda generator too. LOL. Love that thing.
We had a regional power outage in my city a while back. I'm prepared with an off grid battery system and thus can keep some lights/radios/computers/etc going. One thing I discovered is that my ISP does NOT provide ANY power backup for its routers, switches, etc. So even though my modem was nicely powered up, I had NO INTERNET access through my normal system. I used one of those cellular Wi-fi "hotspot" deals that I normally use for traveling to access the 'Net during this outage. Likewise, if you have an "IP Phone" as your landline, this will probably FAIL during a power outage - unlike the plain old black phone we all grew up with years ago that the phone company kept going on batteries. FWIW.
Good suggestions. Normal as possible for the first few days. You don't want to have to wash poop off your bandana the first night.😀 I grew up in the Alaskan bush in the 70s where what people call 'prepping' was just every day living.😃
There are good and bad points to Cylume (glow) sticks...but after headache after headache with them in the Marine Corps, I really got burned out on them (the failure rate alone, for what they cost, make them prohibitive). That said, for my own use, I MUCH prefer the 2 AA Maglite flashlight! You can unscrew the light bell, put the remaining light into it backward, and you have a 200 lumen 'electric candle' that now, instead of stocking Cylume sticks, you stock AA batteries (100 for $20 is MUCH cheaper than $2-3 each for 'might work' Cylumes)...plus, you have AA batteries for your transistor radio, your head lamp, etc...as long as you plan forward, and have EVERYTHING functioning on AA batteries, so you don't have to carry 3 different battery sizes.
IWhen the floods came through my area a few years ago. People ran out of milk, bread, yes tolet paper. I was able to barter coffee and decent coffee for anything they my neighbours needed and some one else had.. I got a person to give a nighbour a ride out on a surf ski to the hospital for a really good cup of coffee
chow kit def cool and good for long term personal use. but for more short term disaster situations like a hurricane having some disposable cutlery and dishes is the way to go.
Better than light sticks buy a 4 pack of solar mini lanterns. We bought them For camping , set them Outside during the day and hang up in bathrooms , shower tents etc at night. Our little ones charge right through the tent screen and will last all night in our bathroom/ shower tent !
I have good water access so I'm going to use a garden pesticide sprayer instead of toilet paper. I'm serious - don't laugh. You can fill the tank with water, adjust the spray nozzle to a fan configuration, adjust the pressure, and blast away. They are cheap (about $40) at Lowes or Home Depot and they work great. FYI - It's weird the things that I try in the quest for the perfect SHTF grid down plan.
I use those push button laundry soap containers. Fill with water & you will have soapy water to wash up.When the soap is used up you'll have rinse water. When I have 2 w/o soap I just put a few drops of antibacterial soap in & I'm good to go...peace..
Good Info! When the SHTF one other thing to think about. Most preppers have protection (weapons) to stop home break-in, but with no electricity, no home alarms, no advance warning. So I have a lot of fishing line to set up on the outside of my home to make trip wires to warn me when anyone comes close. My nightmare would be that some low life with a gun get the jump on me and hurts my family.
Empty 5 gallon buckets and bags of kitty litter, because you won't always be able to go outside and dig a hole to poop in. Also baby wipes, anti diarrhea medicine, stool softener, and scented candles.
I live along the texas coast and every few years we have a hurricane or large tropical storm that floods the areas. Sometimes shutting down the roads for days or even weeks. Since my home is built high and dry in most situations I will stay at home. Besides all the normal prep items, food, water, batteries, medicine, tp, to me one important item is being able to have a hot meal. With plenty of trees firewood is readily available so I keep a wood fired smoker around the farm. I can grill, bake and even dehydrate in the event wild game falls into my hands. I think a well is one of the best items to have if you don't have to leave your home. A generator big enough to run it and if you only use the generator for that purpose you can easily store enough fuel to power it for months. Fresh water and even running water in the house can sure make a power outage a lot less trying.
Some other things might be building materials nails, screws, plywood to repair the structural integrity of your home in a disater situation. Just my 2 cents.
Excellent video - thank you. btw, the ladies (Marines or otherwise) have needs they need to anticipate and put aside supplies for as well. They don't need to be disposable, but they do need to be available.
Two-ply toilet paper work best. Can be separated make twice as much. Hand dryer and light drying. Napkins, emergency bandage, Rubberband around your head as sweatband and visor. Just suggestions. Dollar store light sticks and bands. Last for hours but shelf life is not the best. Try and just get white lights. At night best to use different colors for each family member to identify each in dark and in a case out in woods kids wander off.
Keep some kitty litter, a 5 gallon bucket and most important some heavy duty lawn trash bags. Don't go cheap on the bags. What to do with these items is self explanatory
Camp shower: I've used a 2-liter pop bottle. Got lots of those full of water, set back for emergencies. Set them in the sun, they'll warm up. Two of them will wash & rinse my long hair, and give me a full-body "shower". Toilet: have a 5-gallon bucket, a spare toilet ring, and a pile of sawdust. Or a shovel... and a garden. My parents dumped the "night soil" bucket into a trench in the garden. Great-grandpa would use the horses to plow a row open, and they'd throw human poop into that trench and cover it up, working from one end to the other. That row must be allowed to sit unused for a year. but the next year, it's like amazing compost! And the poop bacteria is all dead by then. Light: Not hard to get oil lamps. And they can burn kerosene. Just fill a large kerosene can for that. And headlamps are indeed awesome!
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You all rely on Modern equipment. I'm going to explain this to you what you really are going to need you're going to need a good flintlock rifle at least 25 lb of black powder 2f preferably and at least two cans a 4f black powder for priming your pan on your foot lock rifle at least two black powder Flintlock pistols. 50 caliber preferably on all of them. Antique brass ball mold with sprue cutter. This covers your rifle and hunting gear. If you can still find them I don't know if they still make him to Whitney blankets four point are to Pendleton Blankets four point. A good trail tarp preferably waterproof you could do this with Thompson water sealer. Then your possibles bag this will be your cooking supplies you will need a good butcher knife I carry a good butcher knife and a good boning knife out of England there 5 pin knives. I paid $25 for my to each in 1988 or 1989. A manga which is a waterproof Poncho also can be used for a ground cloth. A Possible's bag in the possibles bag you will have a 1 quart tin cup with a lid and bail one good flint and steel. A tin can with hole punch to the top of it to make Punk wood or charcoal cloth. This is all the Mountain Man carried with him besides two knives and of course a tomahawk. This is all you need to be a prepper and survive. Advice on foods keep forever rice because you can carry rice with you this was a mountain man staple. I know this because I was a buck Skinner and I learned the true way of the American mountain man I learn What They Carried They Carried very little what I listed above was a basic kit that you were sent out with from St.Louis by the fur companies. You can get these items from Dixie Gun Works and you can also order a track of the wolf catalog but my best advice to you is to go to a rendezvous and learn how to really go back and live primitive. When you are relying on matches which can get wet and modern survival gear that you do not need all this camping gear you people use. I do not understand the reason why I say this I have camped out at all four seasons just with the above items I carried I forgot one thing a 10 Skillet with a folding handle on it. This you will have to have done by a blacksmith that knows how to do these things. You can also carry if you want to a backpackin sit a fire irons. But you don't really need to do this as long as you have your two knives you can sharpen a stick and cook anything on a stick. This is the way it was done primitively it has been down this way since since the English first landed here in America in French. This is how our forefathers lived this is how you're going to have to learn to live. What you don't realize it's if there is an electromagnetic pulse you're going to be on foot and you can't carry a lot of ammunition with you. If you have a horse you can carry everything I told you on the horse. Quite a few bags of rice and if you want to carry beans you can carry beans you must look at Dry Goods what you have been around for years. Rice does not go bad and beans do not go bad. You can dry peppers you can dry fruit yourself and you can make your own jerky. Flower is also a thing you can use because you can make hardtack I suggest argue Preppers get the books of buckskinning. They will teach you how to survive. Everyone of you I look at you and thank you're thinking modern you cannot think modern you must think primitive if you want to survive. I'm not worried about it I'm 65 soon will be 66. Listen to Old wisdom and not young wisdom. Yeah that's all fine and good that you have all these MREs. But the best thing you can do is exactly what I told you how to prep for it buy exactly what I tell you if you will survive. You can do it with modern clothing but I advise you to learn how to make your own leather clothing and get books on how the mountain men did it. Like I say go to a mountain man rendezvous. You people have been listening to people like Bear Grylls I get a laugh out of him because if you listen to him he will get you killed in a heartbeat. I'm surprised he's not dead already from some of the stupid things I've seen him do. Another thing all you people are told by these water filters I'm going to give you this much advice if you're anywhere where there running water in the mountains water purifies itself ever 18ft you can drink it right out of the creek bed if it's flowing you never drink still water. If you know where there's a flowing Artesian well you can drink that water without any problems. All this water purification is a modern thing. If you think you need to purify your water a little bit of vodka are plain old corn liquor are wine. That's what your ancestors did when they thought water was bad alcohol purifies the water. It's common sense. But I've noticed people don't have common sense anymore. Listen to an old mountain man. Now if you want to contact me for advice go to my Facebook page and friend me and I will let you know what you need to do. I did this from 1986 to 1993 before I went to work for Walmart and couldn't do it anymore. But I did it for quite a few years so I know what I'm talking about.
Sounds like you know what you are talking about! Never really thought about it that way, but you are right. Learning to do things primitively is best. That way, you'll be light years ahead of most of the population, and ready for whatever comes your way. Primitive, not modern will be my new mantra! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Thats all good but like he said this stuff is for the first week or so of bugging in not long term. Bugging in water ration is 1 gallon water per person per day thats 28 gallons for a week for mom, dad, and 2 kids plus Qt per day for fiddo. So the average family should have about 50-60 gallons of water for the long disaster. Granted most power outages only last a few days but in some areas like Florida its about every few years they go for a week or 2. Not many people will survive the first 90 days of a catastrophic event about 1/2. That leaves 175 million in the US. Out of those only half will survive the first year. SO that leaves 85 million strong resourceful people to rebuild America. Two major groups the takers who thrive on stealing and killing to get what they want and the providers/builders who are the ones to rebuild.
Thats just stupid,, 22 rifle and all the ammo you can carry. A 22 will defend you, and supply you with food (Squirell,rabbit,fish, etc.) A 22 can also bring down a deer with a well placed headshot, and a 22 and ammo is waaay easier to carry than a big bulky flintlock and a bunch of cans of powder (That will most likely get wet and be worthless) Dumbest survival comment Ive seen yet.
@SONGWRITERS COVE I think a .22 rifle is the way to as well. I’ve got Marlins that are 25 and 6-7 years old and I love them. They are all around the best survival guns you can have.
Use fresh water for drinking and cooking, you can use baby powder to cut down on water used to shower. Water used for a shower should be used for toilets. Solar garden lights give enough light to use inside.
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I remember Humco brand Lugol's food grade 500 ml potassium Iodine 10% solution at RX drugs for only $12.95, now you need a prescription and it's not even a drug, probably over $120 or $140, now regulations are getting insane now.
Ammunition (at least 22 long rifle) and painkillers..the more powerful, the better. VITAMI S...think about this one. Could permit you to survive disease a little better than others. Outlasting most others in our over-extended modern world is a primary key to making it through intact.
Top things that disappear first? I guess we all have our own opinions and it depends somewhat on the type of disaster but bottle water, TP, food & medical and fuel will be gone and shortly after rare and expensive. Thanks for the video, you have some cool items.
If you fancy inhaling shit fumes. You could toss it in the fire and go for a short hike. I really wouldn't want to be around it until it's fully consumed.
When SHTF, you probably won't be using a conventional toilet. So stocking rolls of regular paper towels will work fine and also work better for other uses.
1:46 that tree-based product is far better for blowing your nose than your mind. when ya run outta the stuff, use your left hand to swipe up, and the right hand to wash off. go commando style or is it east packy style. whatever works best
here in India we all have butt-washers mounted near the toilet - theyre just like the kitchen sink sprayer, but get aimed ad a different place! I've used mine for 8 years now and would not remotely consider going back to paper. Wet pressure spray directed right at Mr. Stinky, than a dry-off with a face towel. Easy! Add a spot of body wash if you want a fragrant bung-hole. Once I started this method, my toilet paper consumption dropped 90%. The retail name here is "health faucet".
