Urban Prepping

smart people move to another country like sweden/switzerland and get a new house wife and car and a wad of cash monthly for expenses

Nice!

Not everyone is so blessed.

All good suggestions!!

I can only add - keep your tub and sinks clean. You'll want to be able to fill them all up at the first sign of trouble. If you don't have a lot of drinking water stashed - this'll give you a lot....hence keep them clean, so you don't have to rush to do it last minute. This water can also be used to flush the toilet. If you live in a building where a pump is used to get the water to you - it'll stop working when the power goes out. So no toilet and no tap water. And while you may not want to drink tub water, no matter how clean the tub - your pets will happily drink it.

Sidenote: As long as you have water, the toilet tank is actually a good spot to keep things cold. A simple spot for your milk if the power goes and you don't have a cooler yet.

Personally - I used to prep but nowadays, I don't. Every time I think about it - I keep being told that "God will provide". So until that voice changes to "stock up now"...I don't prep. If a blizzard is coming - I do make sure I'm good for a week...but that's it.

Golden advice!

Get a fold up solar panel with usb to charge your electronics.....works great on fire escape or window sill...have a supply of rechargable batteries too....


A large clean tarp on roof can catch rain water funneled into pails....


If your water is cut off, a 5 gal. pail with a toilet seat affixed on top and filled with scoopable cat litter works for indoor toilet.....

Get a cheap sterno stove to heat food, the catering canned heat (sterno) can be found cheaply in 99cent stores....

2 liter soda bottles and bleach to store water...

A small power supply made of deep cycle 12v batteries and an inverter can power a lot of 120v items....the battery is charged by solr panel or a small 12v generator....

If you live in an apartment, you can store a couple of filled gas cans in the trunk of your car for safety....if not needed, the gas can just be put into your tank....the gas can be used for bugging out or running the generator...

I'd rather run for the Hills/woods for several weeks if North Korea was to launch an invasion along with Russia and China. My main mission and assignment for now is to try to awake as much people i can to the danger of a red dawn scenario.

Go here for a free guide in case of an imminent nuke attack....

The site also sells and calibrates geiger counters and dosimeters....they also have KI pills....



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Not everyone what's to be a Muslim and live off the state

Someone just posted a thread called "Alas Babylon" which reminded of the one thing people never remember to put on prep lists. SALT!!

Salt is as important to survival as water is.

Yes! Forgot that!

Also, baking soda. Good to clean your teeth and the tub!

And vinegar. With salt and vinegar - you can preserve all the things. :)

And I've been thinking about Alas, Babylon - there's a bunch of little things in there that would be handy. Simple things, like an old victrola, for a little music. And I don't remember anything else off hand. Just that they found things in the attic that they used. It's also a good book to tell you what NOT to do. I really need to do a reread - it's such a good book.

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How many extra bras and wigs do you have? Enough? Lol.

I'll save you a space in my cabin in alaska
bring bunny boots and ecw bag.

Whether you like Amazon or not, it works.....I just ordered a ton of prep stuff including $100 of batteries....guaranteed delivery to my door by Wed.....not running around looking for stuff that's sold out....

don't forget your car. if your battery is more than 5 years old I'd get a new one. I also change the battery in my key fob when I do the car battery.

buy a blow up kiddie pool, leave it in the box. When the shit hits the fan, blow it up and fill it with water.
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Buy a buncha cheap 5 gallon buckets with lids. They take little space in a closet when you nest them, but you can fill them with water and stack them in a corner if you need to. you can buy food grade plastic liners so that the bucket chemicals don't leach into the water. I think i got a box of $25 for $11?
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Sawyer mini filter. $20 on amazon, will filter 100K gallons. Google tutorials on how to use it. Will not kill virus, so buy a bottle of plain bleach. Replace every 6 months as bleach degrades and will not kill the buggies after a while. You can buy tabs as well.

North america doesn't usually have virus in the water and usually a filter is sufficient, but in a situation where you may have sewage tainted water, or bodies floating, you want the ability to kill virus. you can also get aqua tabs (100 tabs for $10 on amazon) which will kill the virus, but will not kill all the beasties that the filter will remove. Used in conjunction, it's a pretty good system.

You can get chlorine dioxide tablets and they will kill everything. they are spendy. Can take up to 4 hours to work, but very portable. They were hard to get until recently as *the govt was buying massive quantities the past couple years* Micropur and potable aqua are the brands..potable aqua has other products, make sure it is the chlorine dioxide if that is what you want.

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buy the 2400-3600 calorie survival cookies designed to take you through 3 days (or more if you buy more). They are portable, relatively light weight, and filling. You don't want to eat them forever, but it's something to keep you going if you have to abandon all. These, the sawyer mini, and water tablets will sustain you in the worst circumstances and are not a hindrance to carry.