Stocking up on supplies

[Davis378]

My prepping is not really affected by [current event]. I also think civil unrest or natural disasters are way more likely to directly impact me than any war. Outside the off-chance of a nuclear war, and in that case I really don't need to worry about it lol.
That being said, everyone should store at least two weeks of water, food, and fuel/energy per person in their household. Whatever disaster you personally fantasize about to motivate yourself to do so is cool.

Sugar???

Cheap calories that never spoil.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

My grandparents got married during the 1930s Great Depression and then the 1940s had WW2. Between helping to support other family members and WW2 rationing, funds and food could be tight. My grandma told me of local families eating rats. A few generations ago, it was not uncommon to keep staples in the home and can your own food and learn how to stretch what you had. Good lessons can be found from back then if you dig a bit. Some weapons are fine. Food, water, shelter and ability to heat it are likely more pressing issues. Also, maybe even bigger than that is having savings in the bank; of all the things likely to really happen is a period of unemployment. Longest duration i had was 6 months. Very stressful. All bills go paid. Make sure you can really afford your lifestyle - Dave Ramsey has probably the best how to on that and reflects a lot of my grandparents taught me. The second biggest risk is not saving for retirement. I’ve known quite a few folk who have nothing but social security and that is a grim retirement. There is a lot of media designed for you to consume consume consume. Ignore it as much as possible and save save save. The number of firearms I owned were very minimal until in my mid to late 50s and only now am I starting to feel like I can afford to purchase them because of all the other things takign priority that I mentioned above. Still had plenty of fun shootingn what I owned.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

My prepping is not really affected by [current event]. I also think civil unrest or natural disasters are way more likely to directly impact me than any war. Outside the off-chance of a nuclear war, and in that case I really don't need to worry about it lol.
That being said, everyone should store at least two weeks of water, food, and fuel/energy per person in their household. Whatever disaster you personally fantasize about to motivate yourself to do so is cool.

Cheap calories that never spoil.

Actually, nuclear war is quite survivable as long as you aren’t in ground zero. There is a good book called strategic relocation that maps out the hot spots and the safe zones for unclear war, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc in USA. Northern CA and Southern OR is a good safe zone though has liberal politics.

 

[HarleyLowRiderST]

Actually, nuclear war is quite survivable as long as you aren’t in ground zero. There is a good book called strategic relocation that maps out the hot spots and the safe zones for unclear war, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc in USA. Northern CA and Southern OR is a good safe zone though has liberal politics.

Limited strikes maybe . . . Full on escalations by two more Nuclear Powers (Russia, China, North Korea) unlikely or who would want to survive.

 

[Davis378]

as long as you aren’t in ground zero

Limited strikes maybe . . . Full on escalations by two more Nuclear Powers (Russia, China, North Korea) unlikely or who would want to survive.

Yeah unless I get some unique warning, I'm dying in traffic on the 405 trying to get out of LA (oddly poetic) or wishing I had. But there is like a 3% chance of it happening while I'm at a friend's off-the-grid-ready place in the forest (fingers crossed).

And I strongly agree with your prior post, Sheepdog. Having a buffer is invaluable. Obviously for if you ever need to use it, but also for mental/spiritual ease and clarity of not living on the edge. I think people are scared off by the perception of high upfront cost, but if you make it a disciplined habit to save X% and buy Y% extra food, it builds up quickly. And once it's established there is no greater cost to running a FIFO system than what one consumes anyway, in fact less because it is insulated against price spikes.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

Yeah unless I get some unique warning, I'm dying in traffic on the 405 trying to get out of LA (oddly poetic) or wishing I had. But there is like a 3% chance of it happening while I'm at a friend's off-the-grid-ready place in the forest (fingers crossed).

And I strongly agree with your prior post, Sheepdog. Having a buffer is invaluable. Obviously for if you ever need to use it, but also for mental/spiritual ease and clarity of not living on the edge. I think people are scared off by the perception of high upfront cost, but if you make it a disciplined habit to save X% and buy Y% extra food, it builds up quickly. And once it's established there is no greater cost to running a FIFO system than what one consumes anyway, in fact less because it is insulated against price spikes.

During my schooling, money was very tight and it was also tight when I first started working. I hated the malaise I’d feel as I was running out of funds before the next paycheck. I remember thinking that there was no way I wanted to feel like this for the rest of my life. A good book I read in the late 90s was The Millionaire Next Door. I saw many of my friends driving newer cars and fancy watches and I was tempted to follow suit but I didn’t as I couldn’t afford it. Fast forward 5ish + years is when I realize they were living on credit cards. You are correct in that spiritual/mental peace is priceless. Retirement is not far off because I can. I won’t be jet setting across the world but I will not be sweating the end of the month either.

 

[Gawernator]

My grandparents got married during the 1930s Great Depression and then the 1940s had WW2. Between helping to support other family members and WW2 rationing, funds and food could be tight. My grandma told me of local families eating rats. A few generations ago, it was not uncommon to keep staples in the home and can your own food and learn how to stretch what you had. Good lessons can be found from back then if you dig a bit. Some weapons are fine. Food, water, shelter and ability to heat it are likely more pressing issues. Also, maybe even bigger than that is having savings in the bank; of all the things likely to really happen is a period of unemployment. Longest duration i had was 6 months. Very stressful. All bills go paid. Make sure you can really afford your lifestyle - Dave Ramsey has probably the best how to on that and reflects a lot of my grandparents taught me. The second biggest risk is not saving for retirement. I’ve known quite a few folk who have nothing but social security and that is a grim retirement. There is a lot of media designed for you to consume consume consume. Ignore it as much as possible and save save save. The number of firearms I owned were very minimal until in my mid to late 50s and only now am I starting to feel like I can afford to purchase them because of all the other things takign priority that I mentioned above. Still had plenty of fun shootingn what I owned.

Least you won't have to worry about retirement funds anymore if the nukes start hitting

 

[WSS01]

I actually laughed out loud to this in a very “ya got me” kinda way. “Supplement for your phobia” is absolutely right.

There are definitely tiers to prepping for weirdos and non-weirdos alike. Although the weirdos are starting to look more and more sane.

My Mother in law just got moved into memory care, but dammit if she was not 100% right on her theories. We cleaned out her house and she had some impressive stuff. 4Patriots, Jackery stuff, etc.. We used to joke about her rantings until about 5 years ago after we noted how much of her "theories" were true.

 

[WSS01]

Least you won't have to worry about retirement funds anymore if the nukes start hitting

I am going to turn mine into cash on Monday and enjoy it.