6 Immutable Prepper Laws
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- 6 foundational prepper laws to keep you and your family safe in the event of a major catastrophe. Items referenced in the video:
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- firearms training: www.rain6.com
- how to build a bug out bag: • How to build a Bug out...
- C.E.R.T. training: www.fema.gov/c...
- Links to the other first aid videos referenced in the video: www.citypreppin...
remember your water heater. when the pressure is shut off. there is usually 40gal of potable water stored in it.
Another neat trick if you have a tub, buy the $20 product that is a heavy plastic flexible bag that assumes the shape of your tub. It can be filled all the way level to top of tub. For longer term storage add preservative of choice.
+joesphx19 Thanks for that info...but where do you buy that bladder for the tub.
WaterBob can be found on Amazon
www.amazon.com/waterBOB-Emergency-Drinking-Storage-Gallons/dp/B001AXLUX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474862497&sr=8-1&keywords=water+bladder+for+bathtub
+Can Sir i dont prep. come to my house or near me in prep time ill make you sing ggggrrrr with my hands. i dont need crap but my hands. sounds odd but true. packing a 45 but i like the thrill of the kill. usmc my corp
Can Sir calm down Bill Cosby
Here in Washington state we go through storms all the time. Wind, rain, ice or snow in the winter. The last really bad one was years ago but I had, after 4 days, more than 20 people stuffed into my little 3 bedroom trailer. We had all lost power and it was 2 weeks before it came back on. Some of these people were just loosing it. Panic was setting in and that can be your worst enemy. You have to know what to do.
You calm someone down and give them a job. A purpose. Find something for them to do. Cooking, cleaning, chopping wood for the fire, watching the kids, anything that takes their mind off what they are afraid of. You have to get them on your side. To band together and commit to keeping everyone safe, healthy, and secure.
Julia
cool story
Julia Campbell Glad everything turned out OK. I worry about a bunch of people showing up and I have enough supplies for myself.
Excellent point, rewatching the vid I decided to spend time listening and reading the comments. I am in a living situation currently involving a 1200 sq. ft. three bedroom house with a finished full basement, and six adults and three children under the age of eight. My wife and I are the only serious prepped, though all male members of the family are prepper minded, I am by far the most active. I often have to see it through a lense of how to be prepped for ALL of us and still make budget lol. Often people who prep are aware of multiple people who may need their help, not all of us really prep in bulk. Thanks for sharing.
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Ted wilson Two big dogs and a fair size Tabby. Thanks for asking LOL
1) Store water [72hr min]
2) Store food [protein, fat & carbs]
3) Medical supplies & skills
4) cash on hand [working electrical?]
5) Security/firearms & Training
6) bugout ready
thank you
If there's no natural disaster id say negative on the bugout, typically if you leave your well known area youll be in more danger, your going out amongst people who will kill you for your stuff, just saying.
@@konnect777hustlaroffaith6 that’s why it says bugout ready. Meaning having your preps set up in a system that is portable and easily transported.
@@konnect777hustlaroffaith6 completely agree about bugging in!
I think something that's often overlooked is hygiene items such as toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, etc. A lot of this stuff is very cheap, doesn't expire, and takes up very little room.
I have a lifetime supply of razor blades. Does that count?
snot paper... commercial rest room suppliers sell giant rolls of paper towel.. a couple of these tucked in the garage can't hurt
@@jamesmoriarty9433
the composting toilet makes say toilet paper is ok...as is dirt...sawdust...chopped coconut husk ...brown leaves...
there is a co that sells coconut coir...the name for cut up husk...as kitty litter...
i'll stockpile some
@@duggydugg3937 This is a really good idea: it will make your water supply last much much longer!
evox786 you were right about the toilet paper lmao
The one thing I didn't hear you mention in your video: Keep your mouth shut about your prepping. Especially if you are in an urban environment.
In the first week of a SHTF scenario, there will undoubtedly be many people who will band together for survival. One of the first things that will come up will be "Does anyone know of any 'preppers' in our area?" What do you think will happen if a large group comes to take what you have if they know about it?
Thats why "Bugging In" I consider to be a pipe dream, especially if you live in a heavily populated area.
- Ice storm? Sure power should be restored with in a week or two.
- Major Earth Quake? Few months tops before law and basic utility are restored to a majority of the area.
- Total Societal Collapse? I'm sorry but I am leaving for the woods asap. People are going to be dying in the streets on a daily basis and I am not going to be around for all that.
"Lets go kids! Were going bird watching for a few months."
Aaron Watkins and Magic Man, I thought of that too. What will thousands of people in a rural area hunting for animals mean to the locals of that area? It will likely be the best option but it's an option thousands upon thousands will also engage in.
he said that in other videos.
charlie99210 they(ALL of them)WILL receive hot lead!
@ Aaron Watkins This idea that going to the woods and living off the land in a SHTF scenario is one of the biggest false hopes a prepper could have. If your in Alaska, sure have at it, but the amount of forest land across the lower 48 is not as high as you would think for 320 million people. Plus we have killed off most big game animals across the nation and poisoned so much water it would not be safe to drink or fish in in many parts of the country. Not to mention you have to get to said forest, which for many people would be a long journey, on crowded, unsafe roads. And once you get to this magical forest you and the thousands of other "woodsman" that had the same idea will be fighting over the same limited resources. Good Luck.
6-10 gallons a week for me and my dog. Just drinking. Water is the single hardest thing to store.
Weighs a shit ton too
Instead of wasting water for a toilet, try using cat litter in one of those portable potties that just has a toilet seat mounted on foldable legs with a large plastic bucket under it. Get the clumping kind of cat litter and a small shovel to scoop the clumps out so you don't waste any of the cat litter.
As for drinking water, why not buy some of those filters (personal size)? You can get clean water out of the murkiest, dirtiest mud puddles with those things, and it doesn't take too long. And here's an important street move: get a bunch of coffee filters and use one as a pre-filter to sift out all the big stuff. It's a cheap way to drastically extend the life of those expensive filters, though it might take longer to filter the water.
And as for rifles, I would vastly prefer a semi-auto .308 like an M&P 10 (Smith and Wesson) with open sights. Good for any game, and will take out a two legged varmint easily, and at a longer range. 9mm is a good practical round for a handgun, and there are many reliable polymer frame striker fired pistols out there now, including the Glock 19. And a 12 gauge shotgun with #4 birdshot and 00 buckshot and slugs would be a good thing to have.
It might be a good idea to have a radio that you can keep in your home. Ideally you could be an amateur radio operator, and these guys practice national emergency scenarios once a year, or at least they used to, using portable power with tents and radios in the mountains, or desert, or forest, etc. This is a 24-hour deal and it works, at least it did when I observed one in the 1960's. HAM radio operators have pre-established networks and comms procedures for national and regional emergencies. These could be a great help in receiving critical, life-saving information. They can even help you to contact loved ones.
"I'll collect wood to burn!" Something I learned recently: for best results, firewood needs to SEASON. I used about three times more kindling materials than twigs to get a fire going under my Kelly Kettle last week. If the twig or branch doesn't snap nicely, you'll be working pretty hard to make it burn.
+justalurkr yup.
justalurkr some can be stripped down to the core to get to the dryer inside. Just something to keep in mind during the winter and if it's still a little damp then walk around with it on the inside of your coat and your body heat should help dry it out a little. :)
@Ralph Goober thats alot of work for a piece of wood... Ripping down drywall, banging the stud off the floor then banging it off the top plate... Atleast it would be dry though
@Ralph Goober definitely not and then the would would not be dry. I would be burning end tables before anything else though
Fire tabs.
for your medical kit: feminine napkins are a great substitute for gauze or bandages. while working as a logger, there was always the risk of severe cuts on the thighs from chainsaws. the feminine napkins are sterile sealed in individual packets normally and they are designed to not stick to the skin upon removal. and they absorb copious amounts of blood.
No they aren’t
@@JoshSmith-mm1fi no they aren't what??
A good substitute. Gauze and bandages are designed for the intent of specifically wound stuffing and stopping bleeding correctly. I assume you also things tampons are good for GSW?
@@JoshSmith-mm1fi no, not tampons. feminine sanitary napkins otherwise known as panty liners. preferably the unscented variety.
i can tell by your tone that you have never cut timber in a commercial setting in remote locations.
granted, my comment above may seem a little unorthodox but it stems from many years of experience. i've had to help pack out enough of my colleagues and patched up a few as well.... the pads do work extremely well. even the EMTs would comment on how well they worked when we would hand off a cut victim or in one case a crashed helicopter pilot who was cut up really bad.
when you're out in the middle of nowhere and you are limited as to how much extra stuff you can carry in your pack due to space or weight constraints you learn how to make other parts of your kit do double duty. a bandana becomes the wrap for the napkin on the cut, your belt a tourniquet. while this sounds horrible, consider that when you're up to a mile or more away from your vehicle, you won't have the luxury of access to a full blown medical kit. often times your sawing partner will be too far away to hear you.
the other interesting thing about panty liners is that they still can absorb a lot of blood even under pressure. that's after all what they were designed to do when they applied for their actual intended use. so when you have to apply digital pressure to a cut would on a thigh, the thing will still do the job it was intended for. very abstract, but very effective
Great video. Most people think more about gear than actual training. Firearms and medical training would be vital for survival.
So true. It's easy to get fixated on what items we should purchase while ignoring the value of skills.
You should also carry Iodine antiseptic as is flows freely into the wound and is more effective immediately than the grease basesd neosporin.
Merthiolate is another Very effective antibiotic.
Bacteria encountered in a disaster situ needs to be treated with more than one antibiotic.
Sometimes it's more effective to use multi leveled approach....such as saline or bath salts irrigation, followed by Iodine saturation.
When the wound is ready for bandaging , an application of merthiolate followed by neosporin flood will most effectively drive out enough bad bacteria to allow for safe transport.
My protocol for bad wounds has always been alcohol for immediate cleansing, and then boricated water or merthiolate thrice a day for 3 days for longer term bacteria supression. Also with a dressing change once every day.
Water can be stored in glass jars. Boil it to hermetically seal it. Adding a tiny amount of Borax (like 1/32 of a tsp per liter) will prevent any fungal contamination. It will keep for a VERY. long time this way, and boron is a necessary micronutrient.
Distilled and hermetically seal water will keep almost forever in a glass jar. Only the seal being broken down by moisture or UV will allow contamination. You can also make activated charcoal filters and boil the filtered water. Making activated charcoal isn't that hard in the north east as there is lots of calcium chloride(road salt). You should be thinking about making activated charcoal before you run out of Distilled water.
Abram Carroll... distilled water isn't really suitable for drinking, unless you replace all the minerals normally found in water that is not distilled.
NO Iron sights on the rifle! Big mistake, optics will always fail when you need them the most
+drew hood yup, had a few other comments on this video about that. I had them removed for a few days building out a new setup. great catch.
Alot of the nicer rifles you get come with really nice iron sights on them.
@@SuperHeatherrussell and for very good reason. I've had even TA31 ACOG RCOs fail on me. IRONS are a nesscsity no matter how good the optic is.
@@lovemym16 how did your acog fail? I broke one before too lol. For my CZ Bren 556 I'll probably never use an optic honestly I'd probably slap one on my 308 when I get it because it's going to be for much farther shots but I'd still have some nice iron sights on that one too. I really don't like any kind of optic that requires a battery when I do have them.
@@SuperHeatherrussell two different examples i had the prism inside come slightly loose and it wouldn't hold zero. It would have 4 to 6 MOA shifts from shot to shot.
You want to add one more "law"
LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR EQUIPMENT.
My mom was a "prepper" back in the 1990s. She spent a couple thousand dollars on cans of things like dried beans, wheat kernels, dried peas, etc. I told her back then, "none of us will eat that stuff."
She brushed me off. "Someday you will be desperate and will need all this food and you will be so grateful you will eat it!"
25 years later my brother and his wife are dumping all of those cans of wheat kernels and dried beans because 1) it is all 25 years old and 2) none of us ever tried eating it.
have you ever TRIED cooking 25 years old dried beans - let alone make them taste edible??
I will, instead, pass on some information from my backpacking teacher, --- yes! Backpacking teacher! Some community colleges offer hiking and backpacking classes as part of their physical education programs! This is a good way to learn actual survival skills but actually practice some of these skills. These are 6-week classes where we meet and plan the backpacking hike, and in those 6 weeks our teacher gave us our "Homework". And I will pass this on here:
1) Don't buy your equipment all at once. Spread the cost over the 6 weeks. Investigate the cost of equipment. AND buy it and TRY IT before you travel 500 miles to the planned hiking trail.
2) Buy your boots and start breaking them in. It is one thing to buy the boots - it is another thing to show up 500 miles away in a brand-new pair of boots and expect a lovely time carrying 50lbs over hill and dale in those boots. At the end of the2 weeks on the actual trip, all 25 people in the group had sore, sore feet, good boots or no. But on day 1 of class meeting, our "Homework" was to buy our boots, and 3 days a week, put them on and walk at least a mile to up to 3 miles in those boots. By getting used to the boots, we then could find the rub spots and adjust the socks or padding or extra padding in some spots on our feet so that when we got to the hiking trail 500 miles away, the last thing we worried about was painful sores on our feet. AND we were in better shape for hiking up to 10 miles a day on the mountaintop.
3) Test your equipment NOW. So, part of our homework was to start buying once a week the prepackaged backpacking foods and get the backpackers' little stove and cookset, pack a smaller backpacker with the food and cooking utensils, put on the boots, pull out a local city map, and 2 times a week hike to a park that allowed BBQ on the premises, and hike to the park, pull out the cookset, pull out the stove, and cook the food according to the directions, and taste-test it all. The idea was that you found out weeks before the official hike what food you could eat and digest without stomach or digestion issues. Also, learn how to use the camp stove and practice cooking on it once a week. The biggest problems 20 miles up the mountain happened with people who opened the package for the very first time on the first night and expected to just "follow the directions" -- with the wrong gas bottle and wrong attachment for the gas bottle to attach to the stove! Test your equipment. Pull out your tents and practice setting them up. Plan a night in your backyard or an overnight at a local campground park and practice setting up the tent and tearing it down and re-packing it tightly into that tiny little bag. So that when the emergency happens, you are practiced instead of flopping around.
4) Get your fishing license and learn to fish. My dad in Los Angeles when I was a kid would take us every other Sunday fishing around Southern California. Can you fish in Los Angeles? Oh yes, yes you can. There were plenty of regional parks in Long Beach, Orange County, and San Bernadino county as well as the San Bernadino mountains that had ponds and lakes for fishing. Get practiced in using lures and jigs and live bait. Get practiced in casting and, yes, learn how to clean the fish and eat it. Even in Los Angeles there are places like --- golf course water hazard ponds where you can get permission to fish out some of the fish they put there for mosquito and insect control.
The biggest mistakes people make is not knowing their equipment. I have been camping pretty much since I was born, and I used to work at a national park, and the biggest mistakes new campers made always started with opening up a brand-new package at the campground and breaking a tent pole the first try, or having the wrong attachment for the stove, or --- the wrong batteries!
And UGH! Freeze-dried food! You have to get your digestion accustomed to eating dried and reconstituted potato flakes and beans! So plan one night a week taste-testing the emergency food, and get your family used to eating imitation mashed potatoes and canned meats.
Also, invest now in a table-top water filter dispenser. A good table-top or counter-top water dispenser with a ceramic gravity-flow filter can help a LOT. I now live 40 miles out of town and the electricity goes out every time it rains, and we can't get filtered water from our refrigerator unit when the power goes out. Our water is very decent where we live, but when they fix yet another break in the water pipes due to very old water pipes, our water incoming can change from week-to-week from very good to, today, strong with chlorine. A good tabletop dispenser with a ceramic filter I bought for half-price at the thrift store has kept us in very good water for a long time.
LEARN TO USE YOUR EQUIPMENT. Really.
I just went through hurricane Irma down here in Naples, FL and City is correct. Water is 100% the utmost single most important item you need. Do not ever think what you have is enough.
and store. I really appreciate these sensible videos you put out. They're not scare tactics just TRUTH! So thank you and God Bless you and yours!
One of the greatest skill sets one can acquire for any SHTF scenario is learning to read people, and the art of diplomacy. Everyone wants something, and many people will opt for the path of least resistance (same with animals). Having a surplus of survival supplies can be more valuable than cash, as well as having a wide array of practical skill sets that make you more valuable alive and as a potential ally (medical training, hunting skills, horticulture skills, craftsmanship/fabrication skills, NAVIGATIONAL skills, etc.).
In SHTF, there are gonna be a lot of desperate people who never thought it important to learn truly useful skills, and these people will be scared, unprepared, and desperate, which is the perfect storm for acting irrationally. It amazes me how so many people don't even know how to swim, much less know the main difference between first aid treatment for shock vs concussion (can be a fatal f***-up).
Heck, you mentioned purification of water. If you have a cotton shirt or handkerchief, a metal container to boil water in, and a means to create fire, you have your water purification system. Don't just rely on iodine tablets and/or a LifeStraw, because what do you do when those run out or break? Gotta have backup skills. If you have a map and compass, be sure you actually know how to use them, including adjusting for azimuth. Also know how to use the stars, sun, and moon for navigation.
There's really about 4 things one must absolutely have in their bug-out bag, and that's a quality knife (I prefer a KA-BAR Becker BK9 with its companion Remora knife), heavy duty cordage (I keep about 50 ft of 500 lb paracord in my bag, along with 100 feet of climbing rope), fire starting equipment (.5"x6" ferro rod, butane lighter, cotton balls, and chapstick stored in a waterproof drybag within my bug-out bag), and a good old fashioned WWII or Vietnam style 2qt metal canteen with its accompanying cup and insulated pouch (canteen fits into cup, and cup's handle folds under, all contained in the rugged insulated pouch). Also be sure to actually test and train with your supplies. My bug-out bag actually doubles as my weekend camping bag. There's a lot more stuff you can put in a bug-out bag, but a cutting tool, cordage, fire starter, and canteen/cup combo is a bare minimum must-have list.
I've always wondered why school prefers teaching us stuff like the cubic root of x to the power of y instead of useful stuff like first aid, conflict resolution, and problem solving.
@@franciscoaraujo6624Because that's knowledge that should be passed from parents to their children. That's why we have so many people who are basically helpless in our cities today. No family.
This is your 1st video I've seen and you have a doctor or attorneys grace of answering every question thoroughly- while realistic but hopeful- just as I thought to ask!
You have a gift, cousin
A GOOD can opener! Get good
Equipment. I spent a year in Africa with little sustenance. Like the Boy Scouts say...be prepared!
A sidewalk is a good can opener...
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I see a lot of preppers favour sturdy shelves for their preps. I prefer the heaviest duty lockable steel stationary cabinets, lined up along a wall and bolted together for extra security. This also has the great benefit of preventing dust buildup and keeps vermin/rodents out of my food supplies. I don't prep to bug out, that's just silly (in Australia) the Police will give you grief, or even arrest you for having common items like shovels, tarps, toilet paper or knives-even bagged-in your car or on your person. (You might be planning to murder someone or take a crap by the side of the road or in a National Park). Most burglars here are opportunists, the first thing they look for is a bag to take away your goodies. Plus bugging out=homelessness. Plan to bug out TO a secondary location. Just keep it all organised and secure, so if you need to pick and choose from your preps, you can.
I'm from Australia as well, yes bugging out I think is no point here, I'm prepping and planning to be a grey person 😩 I think at my age will be my only option
+Horrid4Splendor funny part is "china" has already helped the usa just look for info. I'd say we'll all be fucked if" all the people" of the world don't start helping each other and I'm not talking "government run" that's why where were we are.
Australia and China!!! With all the gold Australia has in the ground and the massive oil they also have found off coasts they will need/want it
+Jen Goods I can't image a world without freedom to defend yourself... look at the tens of thousands of sex assett all over Europe... and the complete ignorance that says Islam is a race... its NOT a race... every kids I know is gun savy... I despise the delicate little buttercups that would rather be raped, robbed and slaughtered than to be called a name.... ohh... don't call me racist ( even tho its not a race) rape my children Instead...I don't see true independent Americans ever being without firearms... their not too difficult to make.
I'd also use seismic bracing on the floor for your shelving.
dont forget a can opener!
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Just because he doesn't mention something, I don't think that means he forgot it. If you buy cans that require a can opener to open (some don't), it's pretty obvious that you'll need a can opener.
I think he didnt mention it because it's a really basic thing, almost every multitool have one
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i just bought 2 of the real ones from walmart lol, i hate walmart but im not trying to use a camp or multitool can opener in a pinch. they are pretty bad. multitools are funny. yes they can do A LOT of stuff, but for example- skeletool with bit kit... you almost have to practice to screw a screw with that thing lol
I'm also C.E.R.T. trained in the Antolope Valley C.a. it was a really good training experience.
+steven Pena yeh i learned quite a lot during the training. Would definitely recommend it to anyone.
Here in the Florida panhandle you would die with only 1 gallon of water per day in the summer. One gallon would be ok for winter.
great point...adjust accordingly to your environment. 1 gallon is a general thumb of rule, but obviously each environment has different requirements.
Florida native here incentral Florida good point but I would say you could survive off a gallon a day you would have to rest and seek shelter from the heat during the afternoon and choose to do anything that requires physical activity for cooler times of day
If your in Florida how far are you from standing water? I would recommend getting a good water filtration device because sourcing water shouldn't be too difficult.
I live in AZ and getting any water would be a all day effort. (And ya 1 gallon for nothing but drinking without AC)
On ammunition, training, and preparations: most people would be better off shooting 20,000 rounds and stockpiling 500, rather than stockpiling 20,000 and only having shot 500.
I can't remember where I read that, but it always really stuck with me.
When I lived in a house, my husband and I had a water storage solution by canning water. I had about 300 canning jars, I would can foods for storage and we would can water with the empty jars and just used jars. Often we would reuse the lids to can water. You can easily can water in a boiling water bath, not only does it keep the jars clean during storage, it also doubled as extra water storage.
Now we live in an RV so we can travel the country, obviously we cannot have 300 canning jars so I kept some jars that I use for food storage, we can carry 100 gal in our fresh water tank and we have an additional 10 gal emergency water. Canning is a helpful skill to have.
Like your video, it is very informative.
My husband and I are both veterans, we are also into sport shooting. While our new traveling lifestyle is awesome, we find ourselves consistently putting our favorite riffles into storage because of unfriendly States we want to visit. This has become so disturbing to us we are considering selling off our semi auto riffles, the 'SACRY' ones, two of our shotguns, and a couple of our sidearms, so we can maintain a 49 state compliance.
Cindy Higgins To make the liberals happy? No way! Please reconsider. I live in Commiefornia where they don't issue conceal carry permits. I'll be damned if I'm going to be a victim to some of the criminals that Obama brought in from Syria or from our open borders or the criminal gangs that they allow to roam the streets. I'll never allow some douchebag liberal to disarm me.
Mrs Cindy,please keep what you have and bear in mind that you can easily add a "sporter" stock for AR and AK type rifles, doesn't affect anything other than the look of a rifle. IMO disarming to appease the libtards is counter to survival, and counter to everything you guys once served for. Stay safe and thank you from concerned citizen.
We would never completely disarm ourselves. I recon my .30-30 Winchester is a pretty effective riffle but does not meet the "scary" level of libtards. We are not sure any additions/subtractions to the FN-FAL would fulfill the unreasonable requirements of places like Commiefornia. We were thinking a good hunting riffle would be a better fit for us as well.
Lol, I don't need a fucking SAW
i live in Scotland and we are known for rain so i am not too scared about running out of water but i will be storing some and i do live withing walking distance of a small river and have a filter i have just started prepping so in future i will be storing more as i go on
I would like to get a regular charcoal grill. Easy to use and doesn’t need special stuff, like going to find propane. It’s just a lot more basic.
You may have covered this, in regards to storing water, be vigilant in regards to freezing. Storing water and having it break the container due to expansion is an unnecessary headache with a little planning.
love your carpet my man, im going to stock up on that carpet, there will be a large demand for your carpet... cheers
Not gonna lie, I kinda want it now.
K Ryuzaki still like it though
I have several rolls of "defective" carpet handy.. my garage 650sqft. , and shop 1440sqft. , are carpeted!!...helps to know the guy that owns the largest carpet store in the area!! Go ask!!
I've used a charcoal grill for 25 years. A small hibachi is also very handy for small things. I also built a small rocket stove in my backyard, you can cook efficiently with twigs...
Love your channel ! You have tons of excellent information. That being said , I would recommend swapping the tourniquet you have here for a CAT tourniquet. As a medic on the ambulance , we use these. In our experience these are by far the best on thee market. They are simple to use and very effective. We also carry these on the Special Operations Team. The military has also adopted the CAT tourniquet for EDC.
Again , excellent channel and tons of useful information on here !
Another vital piece of the puzzle of bug out survival is spending some serious change on a reliable and high gallon life cycle water filter.
Then you must learn how to use it so it lasts for months or years.
... Haven't read all the comments but I will chime in on water. I'm ex-military and also backpacked Australia and Asia for years.. And you can never carry enough water. when you purify water use iodine. Chlorine and the tablets make your hair fall out. Iodine has many uses.. So stock up!.. of course this is if you have no way to boil it
+wicklow abby ditto that. When i used to mount climb years ago we used iodine drops all the time. Thanks for sharing!
how much iodine would you use in a 1 gallon jug of water
The one gallon a day for water should be primarily drinking for most people. I myself drink at least a gallon and a half a day in normal times. Working hard chopping wood and such a Tetra that would easily pump up to 2 gallons a day, and then you still need some for washing and cooking Etc. A person can survive with one gallon a day but for reasonable Comfort I would figure 3 gallons a day per person.
A couple things. Preventing shock and dealing with trauma is important but folks forget what the Army calls DNBI (Disease,Non-Battle Injury. Make sure you pack something for diarrhea, heartburn and vomiting.) Strange food and under/over chlorinated water can wreck your day. Also, a non-catastrophe plus of the bug out bag: anyone who's planned a camping trip with teenagers knows it can take FOREVER to get their gear together and get them out of the house. Having the non-perishables packed all the time saves last minute tantrums. BTDT.
Max McHugh so true, clorine tabs can wreck a week with diarreah and insane itching in the worst areas as a result.
M4 is a select fire carbine with 3rnd burst. And yes, the barrel is shorter @14.5in but a collapsible stock and shorter barrel isn’t the difference between the M4 and AR15
A good source of water in an emergency for several week to a month is from your hot water tank. Just make sure you flush out sediments annually or bi annually depending how soon sediments builds up in your hot water tank.
+Joe Blow great tip...thanks!
When you know in advance a storm is coming, fill up your bathtub too for washing and flushing.
Make sure you have on hand the water bag that lines your tub to keep that water clean because in an emergency keeping everything clean will be difficult.
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yeh, the water BOB...great deal and they hold like 110 gallons or so.
+inarainyplace that's great advice...thanks for sharing.
as for water storage, my family has a previously UNUSED 55 gallon steal barrel. we replace the water every 5 years or so. it could be stored for longer do to it's hermetic seal and a locking lever.
Great tips packed in one stop...thanks for the vid! Take care from Canada!
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+City Prepping hey if you don't already, I noticed you don't have back up sights on your AR. must have. good video
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typically i have iron backups but recently took them off that rifle for a new build. thanks for the reminder to put them back on :)
Nice vid. Very informative and down to basics, well done. Only tip I can give, on your personal rifle, is to have back up iron sights and a sling of your choice. It doesn't have to be anything super fancy, just something you can work with and are self-efficient with. Your electronic sights aren't going to be up 100% of the time whether that's due to batteries, damage to the optic, or whatever random thing may affect it's performance.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos! You remind me of the things I forget, things I don't know about yet, or get me thinking of other bases to cover. Much appreciated!
+lansingtheuber145 you're 100% right about the iron sites...they're on my rifles with optics. the sling is critical as well. so much i wanted to say in this video, but was forced to stick with the basics to keep the time manageable on this video. i'm creating split off videos right now for each of these items. i created a video just last week discussing firearms and gear more in-depth:
czcams.com/video/vHuPZNkvbfw/video.html
thanks for the feedback and glad you're enjoying the videos!
It's probably a good idea to sample your prepped food and see how much water you need. From there, double that amount in case you need to do excessive labour.
yeh, i think people severely underestimate how much water they'll really need.
I calculate it as:
half gallon a day for drinking
quarter gallon a day for cooking
This obviously leaves none for hygiene, so it's a baseline, not an optimal amount.
If something happens to my 'nuke-proof' reservoir, I may have to resort to the baseline allocation.
Just get as much water that you can for drinking , store rain water for other use and take your city water and save some too for showers and cleaning. I use milk jugs as they I emptied them and fill them with city water put them in a corner in basement. Dont have to be good water for the toilet and cleaning.
For cooking food safely without gas or electric, get something like a WinnerWell camping stove.. its an enclosed system, like an in house wood burning stove, complete with a tall sectional chimney. Then you can get water jackets that sit on top or hang off the side where you can simultaneously boil water. Lastly, they have a mini oven that can sit on tip and you can bake. You will see what i mean if you look up this stove and ones like it. Great all around tool for just such occasions.
Good tips on prepping, I have been prepping for around five years. Storing water is probably the most important thing to start with. I have a 55 gallon blue tank in my bedroom closet that I filled with filtered water. I have all sorts of water filtration including a atmospheric water generator. I live in Southern Calif to and I go to Winco and buy bulk dry food. A fifty pound sack of rice will last you for a very long time. I purchase powdered seasoning packs to give it some flavor, and of course the freeze dried food will last for around eighteen years if you store it properly. I must have spent around three thousand dollars on freeze dried food.
I have a couple solar panels to hook up to a battery and dc/ac inverter for some power, and a Yamaha EF2000is generator that I had converted to run off of Gasoline/propane/natural gas, purchased some 40 lb propane tanks from Lowes and some twenty pound tanks that I keep filled in the garage for cooking on the portable camping stove,
I worked part time in a preparedness store for a year or so so I learned some things from the people that went in there to buy equipment.
Always good to be prepared for a earth quake or something.
+wrangler really great info...thanks for sharing.
Those are good preps but having lived in Southern California a long time ago I would be most concerned about a sustainable source of water. Hopefully you live near a fresh water source. If not - you could be in very big trouble depending on the nature of the disaster. An EMP would be the worst case scenario.
+UnknownMessiahGaming just the rice on sale at costco when we were shopping.
It complicates things.
Just a tip, tourniquets should be at least 2 inches wide and placed high on your limbs where there is only one bone. If you use rats put two on or use a rats as a second tq above the original 2" tq if the original doesn't stop the bleeding
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If you have a coffin freezer, or a standing freezer you can store bulk items in do so. Rice and beans, oatmeal and candy bars , butter and dried fruit can be stored indefinitely. What this means is that code dates become irrelevent, so if you store them sealed for years past their code dates they will still be fresh and need no rotation. A coffin freezer is best, you can dump a ton of food in one and simply forget it.
Buy one of those air stones that are used in your fish tank, to keep your cistern water fresh. As air bubbles thru the water it keep it drinkable! It only uses 20 watts of power! Take a 30 watt solar panel to power it during the hours the Sun is up!
Wow. What a sensible, no-nonsense video to introduce the uninitiated, non-paranoid general population to prepping. No tinfoil hat, apocalyptic take on societal collapse or zombie infestations. Just a good, grounded-in-reality discussion of prudent steps any family should take to prepare for natural or manmade disasters. Rational discussion of devoting resources to water storage, first aid certification and firearm proficiency training. So refreshing. You give preppers a good name. Thank you and well done.
thanks for the feedback and kind words. i'm doing my best to make this a level-headed channel to give practical sense and not feeding into fear. i appreciate you checking out the video.
I'm from San Diego too. Keep up the awesome videos.
+Andrés du Monet will do...thanks!
Also, he's going to you're house when SHTF ;)
Good point on the high sodium in canned foods cutting into water supply... Hadn't thought of that, thnx for the reco
I prefer the " matched pair " method of primary and secondary weapons , we keep two 444 Marlins for heavy firepower , dual 12 gauges , and we have several different matched pairs of carbines and pistols , having the same ammo for your carbine and your pistol is a huge benefit , we have 357 , 45 and 9mm matched pairs with dual matched pairs in 357 magnum , all with fmj hardened rounds .
I don't think peppers are putting enough thought into body armor , everybody should have at least level 2 body armor , and have a weapon that can punch thru level 1 body armor , I know the 444 will rip thru level 2 armor at 50 yards that's why I keep 2 of them along with plenty of near military grade loads .
+Michael Ledford i plan on doing a video on body armor down the road. It's definitely one of those items that needs to be in a prepper's inventory once they have the foundations laid (water/food/medical/firearms). I just completed a video on the need to learn firearm proficiency (czcams.com/video/vHuPZNkvbfw/video.html) which I think alongside actually having firearms is a very necessary skill.
Yeh, your point about having the same ammunition for your carbine and pistol is a great point. I've been giving serious consideration lately to building out an AR 9mm pistol for the reasons you mentioned. I just like the range and stopping power the 5.56 offers and the availability of both ammo.
Thanks for the feedback and your insight!
City Prepping Your welcome and keep up the good work , we need more young people like you with video skills , your info about learning how to use firearms is spot on , I'm an ex Marine and I still take a refresher course every winter on situational awareness and rapid response .
Seeing the peanut butter made me laugh , my wife called me into the pantry just yesterday & cussed me out , apparently we have every flavor of peanut butter made , as well as cashew , almond , walnut butter in different flavors lol , I eat the crap out of " Nutella " hazelnut butter , she knows the deal though , if shtf we have no choice but to shelter in place with her being disabled , the fire you mentioned is my obstacle right now .
Have you done any research into what loads or calibers are effective against level 1 body armor ? my combat experience with 3rd forcecon was from 66 to 69 so all we had were Flak jackets , I'm having trouble even getting my local trusted firearm dealer to tell me if the 444 is powerful enough to defeat level 1 armor , I know a 50 cal is capable but at my age its too much weapon for me , the 45 70 & 444 are about at my limit of operation .
+Michael Ledford i enjoy making the videos so hope to continue making them as long as the community enjoys them...thanks for the feedback!
peanut butter definitely seems to be the go-to prepper food. tastes great and packed with calories...can't go wrong having enough of it.
i haven't really researched the types of loads with body armor yet. i think this is an interesting (and hilarious) video regarding the ar500 body armor which is gaining in popularity: czcams.com/video/nlwlKEeJ0vU/video.html
thanks again for providing feedback on the channel!
Thanks for the tips. Yeah, the family lives in a desert too, so not much room for other heavy stuff because we'll all be hauling water. I've added filters, but in grid down there won't be much here.
+Kevin Burgess yup...a lot of special considerations must be made in environments like this. Thanks for the feedback.
First, thank you for your video, I learned some things (considering my age and training that is in itself an accomplishment)!
The next thing that you may want to consider is a firearm for your wife. You may be thinking that she could use the Glock while you have the AR, however it would be far better for each of you to have a rifle and a pistol, or at the very minimum for your wife to have a pistol.
When choosing a pistol for your wife please consider the benefits of a double action revolver. There are many benefits however the major one is this: if the operator ever had a FTF (failure to fire) the remedy with a double action is to simply pull the trigger again! This takes advantage of muscle memory and has the advantage of speed - it is a very fast remedy for what would be a serious (read: time consuming) problem for your Glock. And I believe in quality ammo, however even the best ammo can have a problem.
Don’t get me wrong, autos have their advantages, mainly in capacity of rounds and reloading however considering that most firearm confrontations are over in a matter of seconds or at the most a minute and some seconds, a double action revolver has the overall advantage!
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at a minum a partner should have firearms competence
Agree for the most part on what you had to say with 1 exception....NEVER waste water dumping it down your toilet to flush it.....just go outside somewhere at least away from where your at......
+Jdevilist good point...thanks for the feedback.
Putting iron sights on that AR will undoubtedly save your life one day, guaranteed.
Iron sights a must!
I have a CZ Bren 2 in 556 and the irons it came with are awesome I don't even use an optic on it
Check the 45 Degree ones Very nice. Out of the way of optics.
I think you are exactly right about priorities and the nuances of prepping. I am elderly and the absolute last thing I want to do is bug out! As you say, however, there may not be a choice. For us seniors, if we can build our reserves to allow us to bug in for a few months, I think we will will be ok.
+DCavalcade i agree...bugging out is the final and last option for me and my family. congrats on getting your preps together.
If I can't carry it, it's trash. Buy whatever weapon you want, but when you're on the move a dialed in 22lr pistol is very tough to beat. If you are prepping for a firefight go ahead and carry a heavy rifle, ammo, cleaning kit and spare parts but also be prepared to treat a sucking chest wound. Stay small, employ escape and evasion tactics, get your family to a safe zone.
+jrg10332 +1 for unreliability
So you don't store any more food than what you can carry? Pour out all if the water you can't carry?
If you think anything you can't carry is trash, you aren't prepared for much of anything at all
My last comment may seem like a lot of stuff to learn but you have PLENTY of time to do it, stop watching tv all the time and do with your family after work or on weekends. you could learn at least the basics of all the all the things I mentioned in a year no problem- go to classes, seminars, get books from the library, ask your parents & grandparents or other relatives cause my mom knows how do hell shit i dont but my moms mother new even more and I got an uncle married to my moms youngest sister and I swear that man can do everything and they got kids who I hear the most impressive stories about.
I recommend colloidal silver as a must have. Just about anything that requires antibiotics can be remedied with this awesomeness.
If you can't get your hand on antibiotics, it works great, without wiping out your immune system. Saved my ass a few times. People have been using silver as a curative for thousands of years. As always, do your own research. draxe.com/colloidal-silver-benefits/
Cheapest and easiest to get with basically unlimited shelf life antibiotics is honey. Alcohol is also good for treating wounds.
During the summer here in Florida, we know hurricanes are more likely to knock out electric so we draw down our freezers and refrigerators and try to precook anything that will go bad fast. We buy dehydrated freeze dry.
Hi i have a question. Do you consider buying military food supply do be a good thing? I mean combat MRE's are designed to give the body everything it needs. ( even tho they are not cheap to buy here in germany )
Generally speaking: i think stocking military stuff/gear would be the best solution. Do you agree? :)
Wysey As long as it doesn't waste space with packaging and doesn't use up too much water
Wysey MREs are super salty and could make you thirstier
Wysey g36 and other bundeswehr stuff is always great *hust hust* ^^
Ney. Pls stap writing about this dam gun. xD
i love the g36, german mre's arent that salty
I worked as a field instructor for a company called solo stonehearth open learning opportunities out of North Conway New Hampshire they specialize in Backcountry rescue recovery and Backcountry EMT first responder and first aid classes their top-of-the-line I work for them for over a year-and-a-half is a field instructor took their classes during college work as an EMT worked in an emergency department at a local hospital for three years took classes for nursing I would say out of all of my medical training and knowledge and field experience in both recovery and Rescue the adventure based or Backcountry medicine is by far the most valuable resource for any prepper or any Backcountry Personnel or guide
how about stocking up on garden seeds.
Just make sure they are heirloom seeds and not hybrids, other you will have one crop and thatll be it.
Store bought seeds in the little packets will only be good for a few years. Gardening is not something you can just start doing after the crash happens. It takes years of practice and actually growing stuff to get good at it. You need to work at improving your garden soil over years to get the best results.
Re: food storage and protein/fat: Most bodies of water in the U.S. probably have common carp. They're not super-easy to catch (but they're a lot of fun if you know what you're doing), but they get big, fast. A yearling carp is in the 10-lb range.
Brine it overnight, dry it, and store in the freezer - keeps forever, and it's high in fat.
You should also have plenty of ammo, guns, and silver.
For firearms training.... I learned a lot while on the range. Lots of friendly gun enthusiasts will give help and advice. But I go to the range regularly.. Free outdoor range. Bullets aren't cheap though.
can't wait to move out of the city someday...
Gd vid thx. Water losses from sweat, urination, breathing is constant and affected more or less depending climate. Average human, average conditions will need water intake before 3-5 days lapse. Suggested daily water intake for an average human under average activity levels; 2quarts(1/2 gallon) ...happy prepping
+Freedomring 1775 thanks for sharing that info!
Cash is a good thing to have but I would also include coins in that as well. You may need to use a vending machine if it hasn't already been broken into and still has power. A roll of quarters, dimes and nickels will suffice.
Great Idea. Thanks!
+ Jack Thompson thanks for that idea! I carry coins typically in my vehicles and E.D.C. bags. My hope is that people take away from this video the need to have cash on hand instead of solely relying on Credit/Debit cards since they'll be of no use if the power goes down.
Jack T,
If the vending machine has not been broken into, break into it !
You can purify water with household bleach. Just make sure to look up your ratios before you try it, and check the bleach for additive (don't use jellied or 'cleaning' bleach)
I want a bug out bag. Fill it with Pez. Cherry flavored Pez
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at Leyenda 61 - where in the world are you and where are you thinking of bugging out to ?
@@TheNecropolis20 it's a "child of the 1980's" reference
Nice video! In addition to the tips you have given, it's important to be able to do the following: 1 Be able to keep at least one room in your home at a temperature above freezing during winter and make sure your drinking water and any canned "wet" foods are stored in this room, 2 Have the hand tools and repair materials (plastic sheeting, plywood, nails, bolts, hammer, hand saw, duck/duct tape ...) necessary for making temporary repairs to roof, windows and exterior doors if you want to keep out weather, vermin and criminals following a disaster that has damaged your dwelling, 3 Have the cleansing supplies (soap, detergent, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, Pine Sol, disposable gloves, N95 masks, scrub brushes ...) you need to keep yourself, clothing and dwelling clean enough to limit contact with disease-causing organisms because common illnesses tend to become rampant post-disaster, 4 Have at least one composting toilet (see numerous You Tube videos on making toilets from a food bucket and a bag of peat moss), 5 have a shovel and a burn barrel or fire pit for burying or burning smelly garbage (this will reduce your contact with disease-spreading flies and rodents), 6 Have the ability to recharge batteries during grid-down so you will have at least one functioning battery-powered camp lantern and one functioning emergency radio at all times (numerous brands of small, potable solar panels now available) and 7 Have extra rechargeable batteries for your smoke alarms and a working fire extinguisher at each exit door and in the main room you be living in during grid-down because house fires are a big risk post disaster.
+Linda Wright wow that's all really great advice. Thanks so much for sharing that information...gonna copy that down.
Basil...for water preservation...just sayin' no need for expensive stuff (also water catcher is a good source if bugging out) and as for food rice as from 1 cup you have a few meals ready, dried veggies and learn to forage. Hand-to-hand combat will make you better prepared mentally and physically for a harsh environment than knowing how to shoot and also besides the US not many places have fire arms available to the general public. But this is just my opinion.
thanks for sharing your thoughts...you may great points. if we really do have a catastrophe from which the US doesn't bounce back, we'll probably round out of ammunition eventually so having additional skills will be important.
in case people didn't know basil is still being used as a preservative for home-made tomato sauce, so in cases where water preservation tablets are not available anymore, basil is the way to go, and also garlic is a strong natural antibiotic. We need to figure out what the course of action in a worst case scenario would be.
The Israeli Trauma Bandage, sometimes known as the Emergency Trauma Bandage, is a FANTASTIC medical item to keep around. Don't be afraid to purchase one with an "expired" date as long as it is still sealed.
Great video and a lot of good tips. I especially liked that you suggest having cash because a lot of people forget that at the beginning of a crisis you may still be able to buy things you need. If the power is down your credit cards and debit cards will be useless and cash will be king. The only thing that really bothered me is saying your rifle is your primary weapon and the pistol is secondary. In war I agree that the rifle is a soldiers primary weapon but if in a crisis your pistol will be your most useful tool to defend yourself. Pistols are easy to conceal which means you won't stand out in groups or public. Plus you can do almost any task with your pistol on your hip, and then try doing those same task with your rifle slung to you. I see video's were guys have 30 AR mags and thousands of 223/5.56 rounds stored, and then have like 3 pistol mags and a few hundred rounds. I'm not meaning to rant because I do think you have a lot of useful tips but I'm just trying to point out just how important the pistol would really be in a crisis.
+Tyson Bingham definitely valid points for sure regarding the pistol vs the rifle. depending on the environment you're in, a pistol would definitely make more sense. but again, it depends on your specific environment. thanks for the feedback!
Tyson Bingham
A real desaster is like a warzone. A rifle is usefull because a pistol doesn´t work at 100m
so many of the prepping channels I've watched are done by a bunch of dude's who think the Chinese or zombies are coming, I'm glad to have found this level headed and more realistic viewpoint.
+theomen49 thanks...i appreciate that. I try to be as pragmatic and practical as i can instead of waiting for something that is improbable.
Cash is a good idea but having silver on hand will be a must in my prepping.
birdshit,
Lead will be more valuable than silver ...
Frank Baker Why lead?
Alexsandra Rokas Lead packed on top of combustible powder.
An accurate and concise prepper do / don't do. Well done Sir. Be well.....
There s no such thing as survival in a city.
You people are forgetting one thing. In time of mass chaos, your country becomes a prison and you a prisoner. You don't want to be in your "cell" when the "shake down" comes around.
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Yeah, and when you run out of resources then I have do deal with you.
ArtistOfYeshua why are you dealing with me?
#1 Negan Fan I am the kind of person who thinks ahead, and it is people like me who has to "deal" with those who have no clue.
***** They are for protection of individual freedom.
A 42 gallon water heater in line with your plumbing water supply will give you a good water supply for low cost. No need to hook up electricity or gas to it. Fresh water will flow through it as long as the grid is up. So, if the grid goes down you have a 42 gallon fresh water supply along with the water already in your normal water heater.
Remember you can always pick up road kill boil it for 30 minutes then eat it! that includes Raccoons and Squirrels too!
yum !!! did the crows get mad at you?
Mike Smith I highly doubt that will make it 109 percent sanitary.
Yuk no thanks , I rather eat at taco hell.
Yes hell.
Thanks for the tips, beyond the basics, communications is important in my plan, sending digital documents is challenging without Internet or cell, but possible with in a local city. Communications by voice and text data easier. Ham license and a network of good contacts in emergency management is very good to understand ICS & NIMS organizational structure in emergencies in your local area. 73's
The most popular rifle in North America is the Ruger 10/22.
I don't understand why preppers feel the need to have a full blown battle rifle. The ammunition is very heavy, the rifle is bulky, and the ammunition is not compatible with your pistol. You are not supposed to be getting into full blown firefights in a SHTF scenario. Your main goal is to survive and evade.
My main kit is a 10/22 with a x8 scope, and an SR22 .22lr pistol. This means I can carry 1000+ rounds of ammunition that is compatible with both firearms.
Saeblewood
Ok but if I have an AR, I have a significant advantage over you.
Yes avoid battles, but when it comes down to it, you need to be able to throw down and put some serious firepower down range.
Guys we are trying to predict the future. It just isnt an easy task to accomplish. So take a step back look at the possible scenarios and prepare according. Personally I have a .22lr a .223 wylde a 7.62 and a .308.
The biggest reason for a 5.56 nato chambered rifle is the massive amount of ammunition that can be scavenged from possibly abandoned government stock piles. That's just my opinion.
My orginal idea for the ak was similar. most other countries used the 7.62 at the time.
The emergency cash point os so important, and often overlooked. If an extreme event occurs, you may only have a few hours to purchase additional food or fuel ect before it runs out or your cash becomes obsolete.
Glad you prepped with a CO detector
+jd1tomcat ha! :)
And study up on “ rocket stoves “ the key is the channeling of the heat and how to put one together. Cinder* blocks can be used even to make one , just look them up , very efficient and does not produce a lot of smoke 🇺🇸
Brown rice is healthier but has a shorter shelf life of only 6 months.
Cherrypicker International.
Yup.. I had some brown rice that went rancid. Now I store it in my frig.
For long term I got a pail of white rice. Good for 25 years. It's better than nothing, and I can augment wirh vitamins.
It's barely healthier, and those benefits can easily be supplemented. Brown rice is a white people thing. If that's not what billions of Chinese people are eating, then why are you?
@@azazelRising72 because it's healthier and tastes better
@@Profile.4 Neither of those statements are true.
@@azazelRising72 brown rice has more fiber more fat and more protein. Are you dense in the head?
Good suggestions on the necessities of a bug out bag...
Water ? The Romans put Silver Coins (when coins had real Silver in Silver Coins) in there cisterns to keep the water clean. tjl
You are WRONG the Glock Pistol does have a Safety ! It is built into the trigger and the Glock Pistol will not fire it self.. tjl
Glock is WRONG to advertise that as a "safety". A gun's ability to not fire on its own unless the trigger is pulled is not a "safety", because all guns should have that feature. Would you buy a handgun that just randomly fired on its own every now and then, or fired every time you set it down or dropped it? I don't think so. When you think of a gun, you think of a firearm that absolutely will not fire unless the trigger is being pulled, because that's fundamentally what a gun is. Sure, a Glock won't fire unless the trigger is pulled because it's a well-made gun, but that feature is not a safety, and the gun itself does not actually have a safety. That would be like claiming that my bicycle has a stereo system installed because I sing while I'm riding it.
Good idea.. put silver coins to keep the water clean, and I'm sure some one will clean you out when they find out your wonderful Ideas . Lol
Lots of good suggestions. Instead of a outdoor gas grill, what about a camping stove and 1 lb propane tanks? I had it from when we go tent camping and when we lost power for a week, that's what I used. We also have a Solo stove that uses small fuel like twigs, leaves, etc. I have it for backpacking and it's really great. A mini Sawyer is a good filter and attaches to s Smart water bottle. It is cheap, small and very portable.
I think rather than have cash on you, prepare by going to buy gold bars and shit. If the economy does collapse, people ain't gonna want inked paper but they sure will accept a bar of shiny gold.
+Semper Fortis I am going to research that option for my family here shortly. I will create a video hopefully in the next few months talking about currency in a post shtf scenario.
City Prepping Let me know if you decide to do so! It kinda came to my mind after watching your video. Please let me know if you found it helpful :) Can't wait for the next video.
City Prepping , Bartering is most likely going to be your best bet for acquiring other necessities in a SHTF situation. when I'm forced (by girlfriend) to enter wal-mart, I always pick up a couple of life straws and extra emergency mylar blankets to bartering with, both items are lite weight and worth 10x their weight in gold in a SHTF situation. ie; I'll trade you one unopened life straw and one emergency blanket for 1/2 that deer and two boxes of ammo.
Gold and silver jewelry, like rings, are also easy to carry and can offer the same barter value by weight. And they are often already at hand, no pun intended, or easy to acquire. I keep a jar just for broken jewelry to melt or sell to the coin shop. I can't believe how many people I've seen throw broken gold and silver chains, etc. in the trash. Unbelievable. The weight adds up over time. And nearly everyone breaks jewelry.
Robert Pierce True, by that time the only use for a dollar bills probs gonna be to wipe ur ass after a nice dump with it.
A gas grill! That’s a great idea🙂 We have no medical supplies, except bandaids and Neosporine. I’ll be shopping for a medical kit..This was very helpful, thank you!
multivitamins. scurvy sucks
josef williams I agree.
chewable vital C for all.
I have little kids.
great point...i've got a video in queue (sometime in the distant future) to address this very specific issue. thanks for the feedback.
Boiling green pine needles for a tea gives all the Vit C you need...Vitamins are weighty/storage problems...
a bottle of 30 doesn't take up space and will keep you from feeling like shit. Just getting protein, fat and carbs will only go so far. You can get all of those in the world but without "nutrition" you will not have energy or mental focus. Plus deficiency in vitamins other than C can cause major health probs.
On cooking food, I have a gas grill I have on tank hooked up to it and an extra tank full at all times, I made an outside fire place as well for cooking
WOW... I have to make a video for the poor folks.
With the First Aid topic I highly recomend SOLO Wilderness First Responder courses. It not only covers 99% of all possible injuries in wilderness and urban settings, but also improvising litters, splints, tourniquets, CPR, shock, disease and infection control, and long term care for injuries. It is a long course (8 days) but it is very informative. I also recommend crossbows for hunting reasons. They are nearly silent, ammo is retrievable, and fire very much like a rifle making that training also valuable.
I'll stick to my bow for protection :)
good luck, the brigands will have guns and stupid amounts of skill. They won't be the goofy dumb criminals they smear on the news every afternoon to make you feel safe. They'll have watched you for days before they move in, expect them to be military trained.
Adam Bodford your way of most don't go through boot camp and team skills one well trained man can shutdown 15 sentenced to death are you expecting seal team 6 coming down the road? Just because they go to the range a lot doesn't make them cold blooded killers just my view is all
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You'd be surprised at the amount of criminals that have military training now. The ratio will be even greater in a collapse. Those with training will quickly become leaders of these raiding parties. So yea, you better plan on dealing with some skunky motherfuckers. And for that, you'll need more than a bow, more than firearms really. I speak from both a position of prior military service and more time than I'm proud of in the criminal element. There's enough overlap that it would scare the piss out of you. There's a lot more that goes on out there than the idiots they put on the evening news. They don't show you all the skilled criminals running around out there getting away with stuff. If they did they're would be panic very fast. During a collapse these people won't need to be as gentle as they are now and they'll probably be desperate. You're going to want your bow for sure, but you'll also want rifles and the people to man them. You can take my word for it, or you can roll the dice. It's up to you.
Adam Bodford I feel this is a perspective issue prior military should tell you tactics overwhelm numbers the criminal element would be utterly shutdown with infighting and turf battles examples I reference is Katrina la riots and other disasters they will not run up till last resort by that time lack of food and water lead to sloppy skills just because there criminals with guns does not make them invincible I've seen footage of mujahideen units being picked apart by a 2 man sniper team. My view is the city's provide income for any authority they would not just let it burn maybe a few weeks at most but then the hammer always drops. This is just my view though that and my surrounding neighbors prep as well we have set a great defense and we are in a fairly large city most former military me and my back yard neighbor both active but we have already set overwatch areas this is not to hard and a crossbow does come in hand anything that would project you has a hard target
Adam Bodford what's the main scenario though I don't prep for a full blown collapse
Just for people to remember, a normal person uses about 100-150 gallons a day of water normally, so it is a huge adjustment of your in an emergency situation. Great video!
You might want to avoid tuna unless you have a way to test for radiation! FUKUSHIMA is going to be a factor for hundreds of years!
Water doesn’t go bad unless stored in the wrong container. Those bottles on the stores shelf are not treated and never need to be.. because they are in the proper container. Same thing for 3l soda bottles.