Are you prepared?

Mrs.Shotgunner11

Mrs.Shotgunner11

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If the SHTF tomorrow do YOU have enough food in your house to sustain you and your family?

I went to Sams Club yesterday since I cleaned out our food pantries. The price of rice is decent right now. 12.32 for a 50 lb bag. At one point a little over a year ago I saw it at 21.00 for a 50 lb bag.

We have a nice reserve going and got new airtight containers to store our rice in.

So what are YOU doing to prepare?
 
Yup I have alot more rice than that. And dried food and water. Just because if there a snow storm my town will shut down for a week. That from only 6inches :( of snow. So I can last a few months anyway
 
I have more then 50 lbs. That's just what I bought yesterday. If I had brought someone with me and was able to get a second cart I would have grabbed at least 2 bags of it.
 
I am not nearly as prepared as I know I should be......its my fault that I let me reserves dwindle away......I got to get back on track!!!
 
I don't have a lot of storage space for supplies, but for most of the year I keep at least a week's worth of food on hand. Typically I don't eat a lot of store bought canned food because I try to stay away from the preservatives.

For the winter though, I usually try to keep two weeks or more food on hand. I don't live too far out, but it's a good ten mile drive to the nearest grocery store and there are some bad roads in the winter.

But then the problem of power outages and inability to cook food comes up if there's a lot of snow.

I actually need to do some shopping this weekend.
 
loves me some rice.. wheres the beans??

our reserves have dwindled as well, next sam's trip we'll get some rice.. and beans

as far as prepared, I like to consider my self 'fairly ready' for practically anything short of a global catastrophe..

we have 10 meat chickens (12lbs ea.) in deep freeze, at least a quarter cow, and pig..

also have about 28 layers so eggs are never a problem, and if it all dwindled away, I have a nearby fully (over) stocked pond where you throw your line in and WHAM instant fish..

and if it was life and death for my family there's always neighboring animals I can pilfer:eek:

we processed our chickens at the beginning of the year.. good eaten..
 
yep. i'm good on canned and long term storage foods, water, TP, paper towels, meds, fuel and stoves for alternative cooking, extra cat and dog chow, cash in the safe, ammo, AA batteries, etc.

i need to find brackets to mount solar panels on a spanish tile roof.

i'd probably run out of Diet Coke and pepper jack cheese. more batteries never hurt. i need more AAs and 123As :(

need to do some sorting in the garage. :rolleyes:
 
you are gonna want to keep an eye on the rice. i have some bad memories of discovering a 500 pound, yes 500, sack of fermented rice. it was not fun to throw away :barf:



as to being prepared i think i am fairly set. food, water, protection, etc.
 
At least 4 months food, batteries, medical supplies, and a pile of ammo. Been that way for about 10 years, continually rotating stock. My Mom saw my stash last week while babysitting. She said I was nuts. I said Yeah , but I'm covered and so is my family. As long as nothing goes to waste , it's an investment. Rotating stock is the key. I've had to chuck the occasional item I forgot about that went funky.:eek:

You guys mention rice. I don't eat it , but my wife does. 200 lbs. downstairs right now !
I try to buy mostly devices that run on AA's, especially flashlights. that way I don't need a wack of different sizes. Get yourself a battery tester. I paid $10 for mine at the hardware store. No more guessing about battery status. Tests all types of rechargable and disposable.
 
I have three tasty German Shepherd's a yummy muscle bound Rotty & 55gal drum of powdered water! I'm good!
 
Not nearly as prepared as I wish I was.


Not much room since I live in a 1200 sq ft apartment with my fiancée. When we are out of school and we get our own place I'll start stocking up.
 
I got a loaf of bread, a 6-pack of beer, and dark sunglasses. I'm good to go. :D

But seriously, about 10 days worth of food, maybe more. If it is a situation where the power isn't out for too long, and/or I run the generator judiciously, probably a little over 3 weeks. Then it is going to be fishing and hunting, small and large game. Assuming the game is still alive. If not, well... I don't know how much longer it would be worth stayin'.
 
The fact of that matter is, my father and I have had an apocalypse plan together for quite some time now.

We have tools, reloading supplies, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and enough food supplies and water to last for quite some time. What's more, the Olentangy River runs behind my house, a source of filterable water. I live in rural Ohio - arable land is plentiful and the game population is still up, so once it runs out, we're good to go. I'm made fun of by my friends for being prepared, but it's nice to be ready.

When the SHTF, let's see what they do.

It doesn't have all the bases covered, but it's a good start to adapt to any real natural disaster that might happen.
 
We had a great amount of food stored, but when I left my job (and couldn't find other work for several months) that storage was drained.

We have some now, but it's not what we used to have. But I guess that's what it's for, right? ;)

We still have plenty of water and other supplies though.
 
We've got four 55 gal. drum with water and a collection system for the gutters for refill.

Got 6 months of varied food stuffs, from canned, pails with beans-n-rice, MRE's, and freeze dried for long term.

Make sure your batteries are rechargeable and have a solar-recharger that fits all your battery types.

I tried to get the folks in my neighborhood into a CERT program, not one was interested. If TSHTF, they better not knock on my door. :rolleyes:
Yes, plenty of firearms, knives, axes and ammunition too :D
 
actually right now we're eating our reserve ... being self employed, you need to build up some reserve for when you get your pay late ...
The good thing is: I know the money will come in within the next two weeks, so I can restock our reserve again.
 
I have read several places that the average american has 4 days worth of food on hand--4 days! You're probably going to be the only one in your neighborhood not hungry after a week. Gotta be prepared to keep the friends and neighbors away.

I figure they will eventually get discouraged if they have to climb over the dead bodies on the porch next to the sign that says, "FREE-TAKE ONE".:D

If your neighbors refuse to stock up on food, see if you can convince them to get rid of their guns and ammo, preferably to you.
 
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