prep advice

At the onset of empty shelves I stocked up on Vit C rich food. I had about $6 of oranges go moldy from about 25 pounds of oranges I bought. My grapefruit all held up OK. I had about 20 pounds. Still have 3 of them. I bought some bleached flour out of desperation when you could not find any...

So seems Japan is distributing info for it's citizens actively encouraging good prepping practices. I tried to attach the pdf i collated, but it's too large. It's available as a download in English here: http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/GUIDE/BOSAI/index.htm Has some good info, but obviously...

http://oregontraininggroup.webs.com/ a group that by a curious set of circumstances Iam now the chairman of; Although members from around the state sign up, the only active members live scattered throughout the Willamette Valley. We are not a militia. Training is every third Saturday of the...

Okay so I was thinking, in a long term shtf situation, its will be very important to make your preps last for as long as possible, until you can replenish your preps. What prep items can be used to extend the life of other prep items or alternatively, what tips do you have that can make a...

the house i just purchased has some alot of glass, large glass doors. besides removing them, what do you think is the best way to defend my house, with taking into consideration, the glass. thanks

A small market/grocery store in my area is going out of business after almost 30 years. It is sad to see it go, but they were having a all-must-go sale this week. I found some great prep items on the cheap. First thing to catch my eye was a commercial grade food shelf. This thing is tough...

Hello all, I've been on this site for a while and never properly introduced myself. I live in Southwestern Michigan and I hope I can meet people to learn and teach as well as give my $.02 where I can to anyone here. A little background on me, I spent 7 years in the military (02-08)...

After reading yet another article on how to fail as a prepper and feeling more than a little depressed over the whole thing, I was lucky enough to run across an article on Organic Prepper that I felt was highly motivational, or it may just be a great wake-up call. So here it is, for those of...

I've recently read an article that I'm sure has already been posted on here before, but had some concerns I wanted addressed personally after reading it: http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/national-guard-whistleblower-doomsday-preppers-will-be-treated-as-terrorists_10252012 What I take from...

http://www.shtfantibiotics.com Saw them at a Gun show, very good Texans. Above and beyond great conversation and advice, even handed out constitutions to everyone as well. The antibiotics they sell are from an American supplier which is worth the money to know they are legitimately...

well folks, it looks as if i will be starting over. ive been divorced over a year now and it seems as if ill be starting from scratch.I found a small house to buy.it is a manufactured home sitting on a crawl space.the house is on 3 acres and surrounded by woods with neighbors not too far...

As the title states, i'm looking to see what the other members here would do in my situation (and probably other peoples aswell). I've been into survival and the outdoors my entire life, and have been a member here for about a year and some, but just recently started REALLY prepping for long...

i have been realizing that shooting the AK74 is quite bit cheaper than shooting the AR 15. Coming from someone who is on a budget who can't afford paying a lot of money stock piling for ammo, I have been seeing some of my friends start to switch platforms on their bug out weapon of choice from...

I have been watching Doomsday preppers and most of them all have different reasons for why for what they call the world is coming to an end. Is there some things that may be more prominent that would cause a SHTF scenario? I seen one guy saying that a super volcano would cause a SHTF scenario...

We are now offering Making the Best of Basics Handbook on CD http://directive21.com/Making-the-Best-of-Basics-book.html The Book has sold over 775,000 copies, but now is in digital form. Making the Best of Basics Family Preparedness Handbook CD-Rom is the bonus-laden PDF version of the...

hey fellow survivalists, Im trying to get a job at REI teaching a prepping class, and I need to get a lesson plan for the job interview. So what i was thinking was to go with a begginers class like this: 1 reasons for prepping 2 what a disaster would look like, from week one to week two to week...

Time to buy your last remaining preps. I just read a USA Today article about rising prices and what they predict will rise rapidly over the next couple of months. Very interesting. We already see it in many things such as rice, wheat, corn, silver, gold and gas The article is called; "That's...

I wonder how many people add clothes to their prep list? I know that some people can sew, but you need raw material for that. I personally would be wearing some funny looking clothes if I had to sew my own.;) I have been adding clothing to the preps, as well as the fact I already had a lot of...

This article was published early last year, with advice for the general population to stock up on food and other essentials based on a pandemic and, experiences both here and the US from natural disasters. In part, the advice is not to depend on government help, 10 weeks supply of essentials (I...