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The Prepared & More website and CZcams channel started in 2022, but that was not the beginning our our preparedness experience. We have been preping for over a decade and have taught hundreds of hours in courses around the country. We have a passion to share our experience. Our classes have received high reviews and were in such high demand that we decided to take our training online. Feel free to explore our CZcams channel and our Links and Discount page.
March Meeting of Southwest Missouri Preppernet - Topic of Water Collecting and Storage
This is the regular monthly meeting of Southwest Missouri Preppernet. The topic for March 2024 was Water Collection and Storage. We discussed various ways to collection water, ways to filter or purify water and also various ways to store water.
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February 2024 Meeting for Southwest Missouri Preppernet - Panel Discussion and Electrical Options
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This is our monthly meeting for Southwest Missouri Preppernet. We meet on the second Friday of each month at 6:00pm. This month we began with a panel discussion about steps to preparedness. Following the panel discussion we had three different members present information about electricity alternatives during power outages. We discussed solar generators, fuel generators, solar systems and more. ...
January Meeting for Southwest Missouri Preppernet - Topic: What are Next Steps and Fire Safety
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This is the regular monthly meeting of the Southwest Missouri Preppernet group. At this January 2024 meeting we discussed two main topics. First was Fire Prevention and Safety. Second, we discussed the idea of "What are the Next Steps?" for preppers.
October Meeting for Southwest Missouri Preppernet - Food Preservation by Pressure Canning
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This is the monthly meeting of the Southwest Missouri Preppernet group. We meet on the second Friday of each month in Springfield MO. The October 2023 meeting was about Food Preservation by Pressure Canning. A step-by-step presentation was given for those wanting to learn the basics of pressure canning. If you are wanting to learn Water Bath Canning, then please use this link to our meeting in ...
August Meeting for Southwest Missouri Prepprenet
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Skip to 3:10 mark for the beginning of the meeting. This is the August meeting for our Southwest Missouri Preppernet group. We meet monthly in Springfield, MO to discuss the topic of emergency preparedness. For August 2023 we discussed two main topics. First, we had a presentation by one of our leaders about how to build your own DIY Portable Power Supply. Second, we discussed the TOP Big Ticke...
July Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri
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This is the video from the July 2023 Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri. The topic of the meeting was "Top 100 Items for Preparedness." We must apologize, due to technical difficulties, only the first 45 minutes were successfully recorded. Southwest Missouri Preppernet meets monthly to network, discuss, learn and encourage others on the topic of emergency preparedness. Preppernet has gro...
June Preppernet for Southwest Missouri Meeting - Gold & Silver for Preppers and EMPs & Faraday Cages
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Southwest Missouri Preppernet meets once per month. This is the video from the June 2023 meeting. During the meeting we discussed two main topics: 1) Gold & Silver and its uses for preparedness and 2) EMPs and Faraday cages. We discussed what is an EMP, what is a Faraday Cage, how to build a Faraday Cage and what to put into your Faraday Cage. We also discussed various books, resources, product...
Medical Bag Suggestions from a Licensed EMT!
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In this short video we get input from two nationally registered and state licensed EMTs. What do you need to have in your medical bag. Being prepared is never more important than when you or someone near you are experiencing a medical emergency. Watch this video to learn how you can be prepared and more! Premade Medical Bag: amzn.to/3J0KNer 160 piece First Aid Kit Bag Refill: amzn.to/4265UTk Se...
May Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topic: Fresh Air / Food in the Freezer
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This is the video from our meeting of the Southwest Missouri Preppernet Group. We meet once each month for training and networking. During the May 2023 meeting we discussed two main topics. The first topic was a short discussion on how to keep your refrigerator or freezer cold during a power outage. We discussed various methods of keeping your food cold and also alternatives for power. The seco...
April Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topic Water Bath Canning
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This video is from the April 2023 Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri. The topic for the month was Water Bath Canning. During the meeting we had a hands-on demonstration about water bath canning. Here are some of the links from the meeting: Website: www.Homefoodpreservation.com Book: Everything Worth Preserving - amzn.to/3L40y5W Book: Ball Canning Book 2023 - amzn.to/43BTgx8 Book: The Hom...
March Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Radios & Communications for Preppers
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This video is from our March Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri. The topic for March 2023 was Radios & Communications for Preppers. The instructor discusses various types of radios, antenna and other equipment that could be purchased for communications. Links: Baofeng 5 Watt Radio - amzn.to/3zHvEJK Baofeng 8 Watt Radio - amzn.to/41oEatl 20 - Pack Baofeng Radios - amzn.to/3KG3Qw0 Baofeng ...
February Prepper Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topics: Bug-In or Bug-Out and Property Selection
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February Prepper Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topics: Bug-In or Bug-Out and Property Selection Meeting was held on the second Friday of February 2023. We discussed how to decide whether to Bug-In or Bug-Out and then we also discussed buying or selecting a property for preparedness.
January Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topic: First Aid
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This video is from our January 2023 Preppernet Meeting in Southwest Missouri. Our primary topics for this meeting were about medical preparedness, first aid and supplies. Content was taught by two paramedics and an EMT from our group.
December Preppernet Meeting on Property Security and Hydroponics
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This is the meeting recording for the Southwest Missouri Preppernet group. Topics for the month of December 2022 were Property Security and Hydroponics. Property Security: FithOps: www.fithops.com Wuloo Driveway Alarm: amzn.to/3uC6lqj The Secure Home (book): amzn.to/3Fhyrfp Hydroponics: DIY Hydroponics (book): amzn.to/3VKl0vu Indoor Gardening (book): amzn.to/3YeH8zy Hydroponic Basics (book): am...
November Preppernet Meeting for Southwest Missouri - Topics: Nuclear Preparedness and Bartering
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This is the full length video of our November 2022 Preppernet Meeting in Southwest Missouri. The topics for the meeting were Nuclear Preparedness and Bartering. Here are the links that I mentioned during the meeting tonight. They may not be clickable, so you may need to copy and paste them into your browser. Nuke MAP - nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ Dosimeter Card - amzn.to/3ULWvwY Geiger Counter ...
October Meeting on Solar and Heating Sources
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October Meeting on Solar and Heating Sources
Fastest way to measure water volume from any source!
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Fastest way to measure water volume from any source!
August Fresh Water Prepper Meeting Part2
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August Fresh Water Prepper Meeting Part2
August Fresh Water Prepper Meeting Part1
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August Fresh Water Prepper Meeting Part1
NECESSARY Sewage Knowledge for Preparing!
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NECESSARY Sewage Knowledge for Preparing!
July 8 Prepper Meeting on Food Preparation!
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July 8 Prepper Meeting on Food Preparation!
If you have a well, you NEED this after SHTF!
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If you have a well, you NEED this after SHTF!
I'd be careful dropping any heavy object on a tape measure to make sure it doesn't get caught on anything or damage something on the way down. I am no expert but I think on many wells there is a torque arrester midway down that for one might block anything dropping past it but more troubling the ones that I have seen absolutely look like they could grab something like that dropped down into them and not let it go that easily. I'd be awfully careful as to what I dropped down a well casing. One guy further down the comments was talking about using a cell phone and holding it over the casing and using the distance measuring app...oh good lord... imagine dropping a cell phone with all its toxic parts into a well and aquifer.
In most areas simply call the department of water resources and they will tell you what the static water level is in your area. If they keep the info - which most of them do - they will also have all kinds of other useful info like the well drillers log from when it was drilled/ what the static water level was then/ what the drawdown was like in the testing of the well as well as the original depth. It won't work for everyone but many people it will
Okilydokily neighbor! Thanks for the info
In Oregon you can obtain the well report on line from the state. It reports depth, static water level, GPM, and soil types, as well as screens, holes, casing depth, etc.
Very informative, thank you. Will be using one or possibly two of the methods shown on my well. Preparing to replace the pump, water line and electrical. Have a blessed day 🪶✨ Georgia USA 🪶✨
A fourth way to measure the depth of a well, at least to the surface of the water, is to use your two hands to "bop" the open top end of the casing. You will hear a series of Bop, bop, bops coming back. That is the sound wave going down the pipe, bouncing off the surface of the water and coming back up to the top where it bounces off the top of the casing and goes back down again. I recorded the bop, bop, bop with my laptop, displayed it graphically and determined the travel time precisely. That and the speed of sound led me to the depth of the well, or at least the dept to the surface of the water. I like your tip of measuring to the bottom of the drilled hole as mine might be filling with mud from the bottom up. I gotta check for that. Thanks.
Cant hear well. I hope you can get better sound on the next meetings. Thanks!
Amazing abilities to distinguish sound of whistling unrolling tape , weight hitting wire guards, weight splashing at the bottom at 200', and of course the ambient sounds especially when car goes by, etc. I ENVY THIS GUY ALOT ! 😂
Thanks, I am putting a jump kit together, this information will help.
Glad it helped
Darn. I forgot again.
@neatnateable I don't know where the mygs are either. I remember I watched a few videos awhile back and I think they said in Springfield. Not sure. I just remember it was somewhere close enough I'd drive to and I meant to tey to get more info. I just got busy with life and forgot about these mtgs. Maybe someone will reach out to give us both some information
Where can i get the machine that detects the depth of water
You said you had a video on different hand pumps for well but I can’t find it
Thanks for watching our videos. I am not sure exactly what I said, but the only video that I can think of is the one titled "If you have a well, then you need this..." Find that under our videos for water.
Maybe I'm a simple man, but why not use a fishing rod, you know, lead weight and big floater?
What about the rest of the vehicle? Is it safe now?
The devices is designed to protect the vehicle's electrical system. The EMP should not effect any other part of the vehicle.
Thank you! I was able to understand how and what to do.
Glad it helped!
Or..... You can just get an app found in most smart phones that is a distance measurer. Then, put your phone camera facing into the water well hole and ALSO have a high powered source of light like a high beam flashlight facing into the hole at the same time and aim your camera as centered as possible into the hole and you will see on the phone screen how deep your well is once it has established the bottom part of the well. Your welcome.
I liked the video, exccept that you were contaminating the well by touching everything and putting things on the grass. Hopefully you decontaminated the well afterwards.
Hi unfortunately I missed you at the homestead expo. This was a great discussion. Are your meetings open to the public?
How about a laser measuring device
Not a bad suggestion. However, a laser device must be precisely targeted and it would almost impossible to get it aimed correctly down into the well AND avoid all of the piping, wires and the well pump. Using a laser measuring device could would likely only be accurate if all of those items were first removed from the well.
Please spare me the info on how to take off the cap....jfc!!!!
Not a bad suggestion, however, it would be very difficult to point it down into the well and blindly avoid all of the obstacles. If you have a larger diameter pipe with the well pump already removed, then a laser pointer might be a great option.
You forgot to yell down the pipe and count how long it takes for your voice to return…
Similar idea to dropping the ice or chlorine pellets, but yelling down the pipe is not as accurate.
Some good options there. People must estimate the time they think they'll have to be self supporting. Scale of gear and Redundancy is key.
Thanks!
Is there anyone that can help dispute A price gouging,we built A home ,unfortunately the contractor didn’t line up A well digger ,so my wife hired someone with A awful reputation j thinking we would get in faster , they charged twice as much saying they had to go 500 ft, in November 2022 ,we want to hire someone to check it, Thanks for your Video. ❤
I have rented my campsite for preppercamp. How do I pay you the 20 dollars and if my wife comes is it 20 dollars each? thanks.
We will collect the money when you get there. Yes, it is $20 per person and covers 2 meals. Make sure you send an email to swmoprepper@protonmail.com and let us know how many are coming. Thanks!
Carol did an amazing job on this! Thank you for posting the videos. Miss seeing you all!
Thanks for watching!
I have about 40' of water above my pump. Static water level is about eighty feet below the top of the case. Environmental supply retailers have bailers used for sampling monitoring wells. They're basically a plastic tube with a check ball at the bottom. Common size is one quart. Attach some cord and you can bail five gallons by hand in pretty quick order if power is out or due to a pump malfunction.
Or just read the label on the side
That would be easy IF you have a properly labeled well, but many do not. Also the water level can change based upon drought and other conditions.
Yeah, If people are concerned about the technical aspect, price, setup, voice procedure or training that comes with radios and communications, they should consider CB radio for starters - Doesn't get much more easier to use and cheap.
Tells you nothing about well depth, only static water level. If you really want the depth of your well, go to your state database for wells. Every state has one and all wells are listed in there. Often you can search by location or map and it lists all of the data for your well. States are required to keep track of all of this information. This video itself is fairly useless.
Most experts would say that the static water level is the most important of the two numbers. You use the static well depth to place the well pump. You don't place your well pump on the bottom of the well, but instead place it 30-40 feet below the STATIC WATER LEVEL. For the purposes of this video we are attempting to find the static water level to determine what type of water pumping system could be used to get water out without electricity.
Mine too old for the map.
Ha. Here in Tennessee. depending on the county one is in obsoletely NO RECORDS are kept on anything except maybe your septic. I lived in Florida for many years and my well depth was also irrelevant. If you listened to his video carefully he explains that it is for static water level. 🙄
Ky doesn’t require any registration of any kind.
My state has it , yet well driller did not report it !
Awesome!
Thanks!
Thanks for putting these online.
Where's the meeting on the 18th? How does the public get the schedule?
We meet at the Northview Center in Doling Park in Springfield. We always meet on the second Friday of each month. You can get more information by joining our free online group at www.preppernet.net
the pipe for my well is only maybe 2". it is in the corner of my basement. i don't know that i could use this method
You are correct that this method is for larger diameter well pipes. You could still use this method of getting water, but you will need to us a much smaller pipe. That means more work to get the amount of water you need. You will also to trim down the rubber flush valve or us something else like a piece of leather. Still achievable but you will have to get a little creative.
I think a small plastic ball would work as well.
Can y9u talk about things and ways to plant in sw Missouri plz? I'm new to gardening and have terrible rocky ground. Am in Carthage area.
Where are the meetings held? I’m in Springfield.
We meet on the second Friday of each month at 6:00pm. Meetings are currently held at the Northview Center at Doling Park, 305 E Talmage St in Springfield, MO
Where are your meetings held?
We meet at the Northview Center at Doling Park, 305 E Talmage St in Springfield MO
Where are the meetings held? Do you have a mailing list or website?
We meet the second Friday of each month at 6:00pm. We meet at the Northview Center at Doling Park, 305 E Talmage St Springfield, MO We do not have ha website, nor do we collect information for a mailing list. You can find us on Facebook under "Southwest Missouri Preppernet" or on www.preppernet.net
Also, Carbon Monoxide normally goes down instead of up. So make sure you get your sensors down by an outlet as opposed to being a combo with the smoke detector and having it on the ceiling
I saw a link on Facebook that led me here - then Facebook burped and I can't find the group again????
The tape measure method seems to be the most accurate, but I wonder did you take into account the time it took for the splash to reach you together with your reaction time, as you did with the previous method. 🙂
Great point. No I did not. Probably did make a few feet difference.
Very good info! Nice to be able to measure the frest sources of water around my property
Lol I can't take of my cap it's holding the well pipe from falling.
That's not good. You certainly don't want the pipe to fall but you need to be able to open the cap. Interesting dilemma.
Saffff1000 has an older type cap. Before the type you have was developed the pipe was attached to the cap. Usually, the cap was split the pipe come out the top. Older wells had these. That is why most farms or ranches had well houses everywhere. I have about 10 of them on our different ranches. The pressure tank and plumbing is installed inside the houses. And your trick with the tape measure wouldn't work on most wells. Usually there is a rubber arrestor on the pipe about every 100 feet. It to help reduce torque of the pipe, and reduce wire rub.
Great information. Thanks for the comment.
@@benjaminjohnson5469 Or they just don't live where you live. Well seals are still in common use where weather doesn't dictate a buried well head with a pitless adapter
When I installed my first well pump in a 165' deep well, I didn't know about arrestors and dropped the pipe and wires straight down. 10-15 years later, the wires shorted out and I pulled the pump to find the insulation rubbed off. Replaced the wiring and reinstalled with arrestors, and have had no trouble for 30 years.
Everything you need he says at Eleven minutes into the video. Other wise ho hum !
When you say bottom of your well do you mean like a bottom or like the earth bottom? Thank you for sharing
Bottom refers to the deepest point of the drilled well. There will be rock or dirt below that. The methods discussed here mainly determine the static water level which is the top of the water inside the well. However, the tape measure with a weight method can be used to find the bottom if the weight can be lowered past the well pump. Hope this clarifies.
SAVE MONEY Thanks for sharing
You're welcome! Let us know if you have any other topics we should cover.
Great video bro !!! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Can you make a link so we can print out the hand out for those of us that couldn’t attend?
We got those added for you. Thanks for the feedback!
Timothy, the description above has been updated to include links to the downloadable handouts.
great car edc list. consider adding a recovery/tow rope to your car edc.
Good call! Especially for those vehicles capable of helping tow something
intro has audio but stops afterwards.
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