Are you a prepper?

beerftw said:

what a prepper should have at minimum

bugout bag-3 days of food,sleep system,personal hygeine and 3 days water.this bag is designed for if you need to leave in a hurry.


inhouse-3 days food minimum,recomended atleat 1 week food and water.never know when mother nature will screw you,and fema takes their sweet ass time.


sleep system,can be anything from a slepping bag to just blankets,remember survival,less you carry the better,you arent planning on a 1 year camping trip,your planning for emergency.


generator-if you can afford one,not essential.


candles-duh!------dot forget matches!!1


plan-most importan-if disaster striukes and you dont have a cellar,where to go and how is essential

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Meh, if you don't have 2 weeks food at home you're not serious. Also, I prefer oil lamps or camp lanterns to candles by about 100 to 1, tried both candles suck.

Goshin said:

Meh, if you don't have 2 weeks food at home you're not serious. Also, I prefer oil lamps or camp lanterns to candles by about 100 to 1, tried both candles suck.

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to eachs own,im focusing on natural disaster preparedness,but i said minimuym on the 1 weeks food,clearly more is better in any situation.atleast with food.

beerftw said:

to eachs own,im focusing on natural disaster preparedness,but i said minimuym on the 1 weeks food,clearly more is better in any situation.atleast with food.

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IMO the kitchen should already be supplied with a week of food, prepping aside.

I personally am a fan of Datrex Emergency Lifeboat Rations:

Taste like coconut cookies, but with ALOT of Calories.

beerftw said:

well if you have a months worth of food,you are a prepper,since you prepared.


as far as backpacking goes,you never know,you might live in a flood plane,with a surprise storm knocking out all roads,but a backpacker might be able to hike to higher ground,and wait out the floods.option b is a super mega 4x4,but for the average person,buying such a vehicle for a once in a lifetime flood is rediculous,they oulkd rather hike towards high ground and camp it out a few days.

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I still don't consider myself a prepper. I just think it is wise not to live from day to day by your shirt tail. I have a well stocked pantry/freezer. We have a medium sized generator that can run the essentials until the gasoline runs out. There's plenty of utility candles, LDS lanterns, and one oil lamp. I always have two full propane tanks on hand for the gas grill. I think canned foods are much better than dried stuff because it naturally comes with a water content if you found yourself really short on water. I have a bro less than 10 minutes away with good well water so I only keep a dozen jugs of drinking/distilled water on hand. I buy bottled water to drink because I don't like all the stuff in our city water. I think the two main things a person could do to be prepared is to keep their gas tanks topped off on FULL and have cash stashed on hand so you can book it. As far as your scenario of a flood. I have a two story. I can walk out to the front porch rooftop from a bedroom window upstairs where the helicopters or boats could rescue me when they had the time. I could even take the generator and place it on the rooftop and through the window run a hotplate/porcelain heater/coffeepot and make myself as comfortable as possible. Cheers!

Del Zeppnile said:

Exactly. Most prepers are more idealistic about what they need than a liberal school teacher from Berkley. Survival skills are about how to GET, food and shelter in many differing scenarios. Prepping should be about acquiring skill sets for survival, not a pallet of dried beans and wheat stored in a buried bus in your backyard.

If you want to survive a sh** hits the fan scenario you had better have the skills of Geronimo and be able to live out on the perimeter where there are no stars....

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I have those skills also! I spend a lot of time hunting, fishing, and enjoying the outdoors.

I agree though. Got to know how to apply skill if your gonna have the tools.

Gardener said:

I am nearly sixty and find myself wondering about all those similarly fearful people who were prepping away like they were when I was a kid.

It seems kind of sad to build your whole life around an event that never materializes.

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Natural Disasters are a real threat in my area. Think Joplin Missouri!. After an event like that you may be on your own for a while. I like the piece of mind that I can take care of myself and the rescuers can help those that are really in need.

I'm not prepping for a zombie apocalypse I am prepping to make sure I am covered in case of a real emergency.

Dirt Racer said:

Natural Disasters are a real threat in my area. Think Joplin Missouri!. After an event like that you may be on your own for a while. I like the piece of mind that I can take care of myself and the rescuers can help those that are really in need.

I'm not prepping for a zombie apocalypse I am prepping to make sure I am covered in case of a real emergency.

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I always found it interesting that during hurricane Katrina the folks in Mississippi took a pretty big punch but fared better and with far fewer deaths than New Orleans did in the aftermath of the hurricane. Probably had to do with the skill sets I was talking about. Good ole' boys in Mississippi knew how to hunt, fish and sanitize their own drinking water--- they've been doing their whole lives. While folks over in New Orleans sat around waiting for someone to come along and give them some help. And since that help needed to be more than a check in the mail; they didn't have the first clue about what to do until the cavalry arrived.

IMO the best weapon for a bug out scenario is a take down 22 caliber rifle. You can carry lots of ammo and kill anything from a mouse to a moose. They are also light weight and easy to put in a backpack.

Wilderness Survival Rifles

Del Zeppnile said:

I always found it interesting that during hurricane Katrina the folks in Mississippi took a pretty big punch but fared better and with far fewer deaths than New Orleans did in the aftermath of the hurricane. Probably had to do with the skill sets I was talking about. Good ole' boys in Mississippi knew how to hunt, fish and sanitize their own drinking water--- they've been doing their whole lives. While folks over in New Orleans sat around waiting for someone to come along and give them some help. And since that help needed to be more than a check in the mail; they didn't have the first clue about what to do until the cavalry arrived.

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Bingo! That entire area was pretty much in shambles, but the only place that had huge issues was New Orleans. I understand they had a particular issue with being built under sea level, but you would think they would have been better prepared considering. I won't beat that dead horse but I hope they are better prepared now than before, which in essence is exactly what we are discussing in this thread Be Prepared!

Dirt Racer said:

Bingo! That entire area was pretty much in shambles, but the only place that had huge issues was New Orleans. I understand they had a particular issue with being built under sea level, but you would think they would have been better prepared considering. I won't beat that dead horse but I hope they are better prepared now than before, which in essence is exactly what we are discussing in this thread Be Prepared!

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Yep, and one part of being prepared is being willing to bug out when you need to. Days of advance notice before a scale 5 hurricane and you live below sea level------ not sure what the hell they were thinking.

Del Zeppnile said:

Yep, and one part of being prepared is being willing to bug out when you need to. Days of advance notice before a scale 5 hurricane and you live below sea level------ not sure what the hell they were thinking.

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I would have been hot footing out of there at cat 1!

sawyerloggingon said:

IMO the best weapon for a bug out scenario is a take down 22 caliber rifle. You can carry lots of ammo and kill anything from a mouse to a moose. They are also light weight and easy to put in a backpack.

Wilderness Survival Rifles

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I agree. If I could have only one rifle it would be a 22. And that includes the 30 30 I just picked up today :lol:
My favorite 22 is a stainless 10 22 carbine in a Blackhawk Axiom stock. It wears a GI loop sling and a Simmons 3x9 scope and comes in at just over 5 pounds. I carry it in the woods often, it fits me like my favorite pair of cargo khakis and I knock over mushrooms by shooting the stems out from under them at 60 yards... standing... offhand (that means not leaning against anything for support for you non shooters). I regularly stalk deer with it (although I don't shoot them), if I can put the scope on an eyeball and hold it long enough take a deep breath and let it out I consider it a "kill". In real life it would be. It's not a takedown rifle but the stock collapses down to be short enough for a child to use it. I originally set it up that way for my son (who was 9 at the time) to use at Appleseed events.