Prepper's Guide to Bugging In After SHTF
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Did you add the 'setting up your own toilet' link? Cheers
Thank you.
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I've been an alarm installer for a few years. I've seen old installed crap, the acceptation wired, and the "wireless" stuff. I'd chuck most of the wireless out the window. Not sure it exists any more. I would hard wire a Moose system. And would not link it to a monitor service. The monitors are only as good as the local services that respond. Because of false alarms... they don't.
During a power outage during the summer last year, we all went outside and were chatting with neighbors. We all had a beer & were discussing the current situation. My subdivision was very quiet. Suddenly, a loud generator came on & one family’s lights were on. The entire neighborhood stopped immediately & looked at that one lit house. Some neighbors started whispering about it. That was the moment I realized that having a generator makes you a HUGE target.
yeh, we almost had a whole house propane generator installed. glad we didn't. we're going solar and going to be careful with our lights.
Having no. Turning it on in such situation yes.
But..i saw a video the other day from a guy in Lebanon, which is going through a collapse right now.
He told how the government was not giving them much electricity, so they had to pay for a generator bill. I guess some people there have those and they are making money by letting others use them. Which of course then can be a big plus if you have one.
I wish they would have used their common sense and blackout everything windows and doors before turning on lights also wish someone would have told them about solar generators this is why we study prep and do our research
I'm going to get a small solar generator that i can run kitchen appliances on if need be. I have an electric grain mill.
I could hear a whole house propane generator from over a mile away & thru the woods. I verified the location to be sure.
The nice thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.
That's so real
I would want to die at my home not in my car on an interstate.
It doesn’t feel good to leave to me. I only leave my farm if I absolutely have to.
ALERT !!!!!!! TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN , 🇨🇳 HAD PLANNED A ( RED DAWN ATTACK 3 MONTHS AGO BUT CHANGED ATTACK TIME AND TACTICS TO A DIFFERENT TIME & DATE !!!!!!!!..FIXIN TO GET ANARQY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a blessing to have a farm, especially in these times…..
5:29 PRO-TIP... If you're trying to stay warm in a house with no power, pitch a tent inside as people's body heat in a confined space will help them to stay warm. Bonus: Kids love the idea of camping indoors. 😁
Good video!
Great tip!!
Just layer blankets and clothes. Also, making frames with insulation in them, and then sliding that onto window sills works.
Have done this. Can confirm. Unfortunately, my gf at the time totally misunderstood what I was doing and called me childish. It was at that point that I kicked her out of my tent/pillow fort.
Look it up on CZcams. Klaus Schwab!! You thought Soros was bad check this evil demon out.
@@jamesalexander6417 , and hopefully moved on and got a better GF...
If you keep your vehicles inside a garage, make sure you can open the garage doors manually when the local power grid is down. Get in the habit of parking the vehicles with the nose facing the garage doors so you do not have to back out. Do any loading and unloading of the vehicles when they are parked inside the garage with the garage doors closed. If you think you may have to evacuate, start loading the vehicles early, with items that are not temperature sensitive instead of waiting to the last minute. Stage the temperature sensitive items inside your home next to the door to the garage so they can be quickly loaded when you decide to evacuate. You can keep a burglar from opening your garage doors if you use padlocks on the rails so the garage doors cannot lift upwards. Keep the padlock keys in the padlocks so you do not have to search for them if you want a quick getaway.
Great tips. Nice insight. 🙌🏼
If you think you may have to use your car to BASH through anything blocking your driveway, park the car with its back to the door. A car can take a lot of damage to it's rear end and continue running, as opposed to driving the front of the car with the windshield, engine, and delicate electronics head first into something.
Very good advice.
@@VKSgtSLaughter I was going to recommend the same exact thing. Several years ago, my neighbors kid backed their Ford Explorer out of the garage. The vehicle rolled through the aluminum garage door like it wasn't even there. Barely any damage to the vehicle.
Very smart ❤️
A smile and a wave can change people’s days. 😊
Nice!☺☺☺
If only it was that simple lol do that to the wrong woman and she'll try to rip your throat out
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If that is you, nice coat
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In a chest freezer you can put cases of bottled water to cover the bottom of the freezer and top that with card board.
Stack your frozen food on top just like you always do and if the power goes out you have a cushion of time before your freezer looses temperature.
If the power stays off you will get some drinking water out of it too.
I put about 6 juice bottles of that frozen water in my refrigerator, too once the power goes off. Good cold drinking water and keeps the inside of fridge colder.
@@ColtWesson Access, you don't want to move 4 cases of frozen water every time you want a bag of frozen peas.
In a chest freezer the cold is trapped inside the walls of the chest and can't flow away like in a upright freezer, so no downside to having it on the bottom.
That's exactly what I do too I even keep extra bags of ice for coolers 👍
@@ratroute8238 j
Also get a chest freezer that is not frost free. That built up frost will buy you time in the event of a temporary power loss
Living rural, I wish all of you city dwellers the best.
Most city dwellers are better off than you, due to thousands of people bugging out to the farms that have gardens and small animals to take. Id be very afraid if I were you.
@@Livetoeat171 That's funny
Cities have a lot of crazy people, but they also have more law enforcement than rural areas. The truth is you can't predict which will be safer. It will depend on a million different factors.
@@automnejoy5308 your just trying to get city dwellers to stay put huh?😉
I live in a rural area BUT a lot of city folks have 2nd homes here. They bugged out during COVID and I am certain they will be back again long term if SHTF!
We always looked at bugging in for as long as possible. One advantage not discussed is neighborhood familiarity. We've lived here for almost 15 years, so we know who should be in the neighborhood, their vehicles, and where they live. Strangers and unknown cars/trucks would be immediate red flags.
Bugging in would be my only option. My dad is now housebound after several strokes. He’s going nowhere, sadly not even in SHTF
I’m in a similar situation so I will probably have to bug-in if I still have that responsibility at shtf. I used to be able to load her into a car and bug-out which we have had to do. Lesson learned: wow it was incredibly draining to deal with a senile, very unhappy person!
Same.. my dad isn’t housebound, but not physically capable as he once was. I’m in a very rural state, but a suburb of the largest city. Bugging in may be a good option depending on the scenario, but any shtf and it wouldn’t be. I’m trying to get a camper and some open land up north, but I picked the worst time to buy anything.
Some people are just elderly and not up to bugging out. But they could be perceived as weak victims. But weapons are the great equalizers.
You should be proud of yourself for having decided to stay with him!
YOU are an inspiration!
Wow, so many comments. Sorry I’ve not been reading them, it was only through an email today. It’s so comforting to know that I’m not the only one with caring responsibilities thinking about SHTF. It is stressful to think about, plan for and manage. But at the end of the day, it might be the case that both of our time is up, it’s in gods hands
Have to agree, bugging in is far preferable to bugging out.
You will not achieve the same degree of safety, security, and utility that you have at home anywhere else.
But you should have a plan for a temporary bug-out should the need arise
False. Since only Christ's elect will survive, because of faith, the faith to accept His invite to His goshens, as found in Rev 12 verses 6 and 14, bugging in is a death sentence.
@@davisstephens8405
You people always take these damn passages out of context and bend it to fit your warped narrative. Goshen is mentioned once, in Genesis. It's some place in the Middle East for Israelites.
Old Testament is simply a prelude to the New Testament. It's no longer valid. It's simply to put the New Testament into perspective. It's why it "borrows" the crap out of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Sumerian King List. Because it IS those things! KJV compiled historical documents relevant to Judea-Christian beliefs and called it the old testament. Then it tried to piece together various bibles and accounts from various apostles and saints, and called it the New Testament.
So, there's nothing about bugging in or bugging out. It essentially just says to place your faith in Christ and to believe in him. He died so that we wouldn't have to do stupid things like sacrifice sheep, or first born sons, or any of that other old testament crap. You don't need to self-flagellate or go to a pagan cube in the Middle East, or anything else. All you have to do is believe in Christ. That's what it says.
@@manictiger hypocrite
@@davisstephens8405
How so? Explain. I'm assuming you do know what that word means and aren't just tossing out meaningless insults as a substitute for a real argument?
@@davisstephens8405 Take your religious topic somewhere else.
We live in FL, before a hurricane I always make beef stew, big big pot. Easy to reheat over grill and covers good nutrition.
During our last power outage I saw something that was worth taking note of. Driving through the local neighborhoods, many houses that had those door bell buttons that are illuminated, or those door bell cam things obviously had an independent source of electricity.
The porch lights can be off. The curtains drawn. The HVACs not running. Just made those door bell lights brighter. Especially the blue ones.
Yup. I spy with my little eye. They are beacons for those on the prowl.
Duck tape covers that nicely.
They have a rechargeable battery and it goes a few days/weeks before you have to take the better out and charge it indoors with an outlet
I’m a single mom w a disabled child. They will have to drag me from my home. We would not make it anywhere else.
Praying for you 🙏. God protects.
I've been through my fair share of hurricanes and, as a kid growing up in PR, I remember filling every bucket, pot, bottle, bowl, etc, with water the moment the electricity went out. It was just routine for us. As an adult, I spent 20 years in Louisiana (yes, for Katrina, TS Lily, Rita, Andrew, etc. The local newspapers would print a hurricane tracking guide at the start of hurricane season and we plotted each depression/TS. Depending on projected landfall - or if Jim Cantore was coming! - we would leave days ahead. You don't want to get caught on the dirty side!
Also had my share of earthquakes in both CA and PR. Plenty of snowstorms in NJ and a particularly bad winter in Great Lakes.
Of all natural events, only tornadoes scare the heck out of me. Unpredictable beasties.
Never get caught in the same location as Jim Cantore. Or so i've heard.
Medical bedside potty chairs are excellent for these situations, and much More comfy. You can buy seats for five gallon buckets as well.
You can buy some liners, like one package every other month. They are pricey but would come in handy if power goes down.
Get them at the thrift store & bleach the daylights out of them. Same with canes & foldable wheelchairs. My dad doesn't need a wc yet,but those travel wc's that fold up into your trunk are handy and light to handle.
I live in country were he power goes off at times and for long times after hurricanes & ice storms at times - I'm guessing people in city's watch this for information I like reading the comments - my dad was born in 1912 even in many parts of city's there was no running water and few had electricity - most homes had large yards to grow vegtaibles - the whole family's slept in one room homes or if it was a 2 family house each family slept in there own family room - at night or on days of bad weather they had a special pot in the room desiegnated to take a dump in or to relieve one's self - with out going out side lol - now they call it a commode chair for those who can't walk to the toilet - or In the past they didn't want to go out side at night or bad weather so it was the better choice to use the Chambers pot - they didn't have bleach but sence wood or coal was used for cooking they covered increments with ashes - there was no toilet paper so they just had to clean a toilet rag out and use it - all the old homes built before WW2 all have the wash basin in the bath room next to the toilet - toilet paper was invented in the 30s but few could afford it - the wash basin was to clean the toilet rag out after use - during WW2 toilet paper was scarce even if you could afford it - I looked at your comment on a dump station you might add wash clothes to your list lol. - they work well I had to work in remote mountain areas at times - most.of the space was used for food storage - the quarters or camps were set up for men - a guy hardly used any toilet paper so we didn't have a lot - in remote mountain sights we didn't get supplies from November to February - when they started sending women up, needless to say we ran out of toilet paper in two weeks and had to cut towels up into toilet rags - the toilet rags don't last as long as when you use them for wash rags - when you use them for toilet rags they won't last a long time they thin out after there used repededly - I thought I would add that to your comments with some history, that older people talked about when I was a kid - when I was a kid my mother made a big deal about not having a hankerchief, when I went some were - when she was growing up public places didn't supply toilet paper as they do today so every one carried a hankirchief - they were made of "linen" that is "flax" it doesn't stain like cotton and is easier to wash out, but is a course fabric - that's what men used - women used "cotton toiletry" as it was called it's softer
@@able880 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING A BIT OF YOUR FAMILIES HISTORY. GREAT INFORMATION I SHALL TRUELY KEEP CLOSE TO MY HEART. GOD BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU ALWAYS AND THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING WISE INFORMATION🙏❤️
@@legionsarecoming4-u371 I guess the Lord gave me favor with you lol glad u took it in - living in the woods is quite different then city life so we don't think much of all those things were close to the dirt lol - I just like reading the comments - ware I live no one is concerned about anything on this channel lol - in the south it just rains and rains & if you live in the woods it's nothing to grow things - even after Katrina it was nothing for my dogs to drag something from the woods after I ran out of dog food lol -
BUGGING OUT makes you an instant "refugee". STAYING PUT in your home is ALWAYS the best option, unless something/ someone is threatening you there (fire, riot, etc.). THAT SAID, if you DO "bug out" - DON'T wait until it's TOO LATE !
How about in flood? Fire? There are ZERO strategies that always work and bugging in is a great strategy but certainly not the best strategy ALWAYS. There are many instances where only running will allow you to survive. Having a static one-strategy plan is a plan waiting for disaster. (Pun intended)
Flexibility and mix of available strategies is always the strongest and safest approach. And if it’s ever too late to bug out then it’s likely way too late to continue to bug in...
How 'bout we just call a level-headed woman like you when it happens?
@@aceshigh235 She mentioned that and you missed it?
I am concerned about the fact that I live alone and am 63 years old. Please do a video on how older Americans can prepare, it would be greatly appreciated. A lot of your prep video talk about families. Thank you & your videos are much appreciated. Also, I never received your newsletter although I have signed up twice?? God Bless
Yurt tent solar guns family and big out spot
You're not alone if you reach out to family, friends, neighbors. Oh--and the Lord!
Gaylene, I'm 65, hear you on that! I started by just adding a little each time i go shopping. I buy a gallon of water, or a box of protein bars, or extra canned chicken, or whatever, a little bit every week. This alone will put you ahead of 90% of the folks out there. My goal is to not be a burden to others for as long as I can manage.
@@kasherquanadlibs6486 Get a few cases of raman noodles. They can be mixed easily with soups or eaten with the flavor packet. Many people in Japan have been saved eating those in a disaster.
@@billbuschgen520 Boxed pasta is better. Healthier, cheaper, and more versatile.
I'm learning so much from this channel and all the comments! It took a pandemic to turn me into a prepper since it hit us hard right in the health, and salaries, and home food supply. I ain't takin' chances no mo. I so appreciate that all this knowledge and different experiences are online for whoever wants to learn. Thanks everyone!
2 years later this one is more important then ever. Stay safe preppers
Having been through many hurricanes resulting in days of power outages at a time, here's a few tips from my experience: 1. Fill all empty spaces in the freezer with block ice. Make the ice yourself by filling bags or plastic totes with water (that you can drink as it thaws). Pack every crevice. 2. Wrap the freezer (all the way around including the back and the top) with a foam bed topper, comforters or sleeping bags, for extra insulation around the freezer. If you sew, buy 'ironing board material' and make a cover to fit your freezer, even put a zipper in for the door. Remember, the mylar layer of the ironing board material goes toward the heat, so you want it facing out away from the freezer. 3. Don't open the door unless absolutely necessary, if you need to get food out for several meals, do it all at once, then shut it up again, and hopefully leave it closed for the next 24 hours. Using these methods, I easily lasted 5 days without power, with my food still frozen solid.
If you have kids don't forget canned fruits and dry (not chewy) granola bars.. popcorn and high quality juice is another trick to keeping them calm. Teach your children about firearms. My 7 year old knows how to operate everything in my inventory, he also knows not to touch one unless I put one in his hands. 🤟
My boy was shooting ar at 5
First deer at 9
160 yds with irons… bolt action 30/30
So necessary to teach safe shooting for all
Kids
@@cbass2755 I was raised the same….
Unfortunately that lead to more curiosity… for
Me Atleast… I wasn’t ever allowed to touch a handgun…. Always hidden…. I’ve carried every day of kids lives… it’s not
Exciting, it’s a tool … a dangerous tool
But like a cell phone or car keys…. Daily life…. My boy could field strip a glock and put it back together in seconds at 7 years old…. Firearms are apart of our lives and man I tell you , it’s a far safer way
Any child not familiar with firearms… first chance they get… run around, squirt gun or
Dart… etc…. Right in the face…
This is the first time I have heard anyone other than me address the potential need to let your dog do it's business in the house because it might not be safe to let it out! Bravo! My solution was to get one of those fake grass puppy pee trays that you put the puppy pads in. Won't be pleasant, but better than getting your dog or yourself shot in a potty break.
If you live in a rural area build an outhouse, even if you make it look like a garden tool shed. Most areas don't have building codes for such small buildings.
I agree.ive said the same thing.
Location is your first prep. Get out of the city when you can. Second prep food and water at least 30 days supply. Third prep security to guard those preps. Fourth prep backup electricity generation. Fifth prep is medical supplies. Find likeminded people and form a support group.
Get out of the city and go where? U drive away from the city 3 hour away u still on someone else land!
@@CTROCK Less hordes out of the city. More resources and chance of survival.
All those steps don't mean squat if you cant protect yourself. If you don't have a gun, and know how to use it you will lose EVERYTHING to the first loser who comes to your house with a 22 six shooter.
@@CTROCK EXACTLY!🙏❤️
@@CTROCK ikr.... So sick of people saying leave the city.... We live here just like they live there. If we leave, we have no where to go.
Besides, in the aftermath, the most ruthless will be heading to suburban and rural areas anyway once the cities have been pillaged
Keep in mind, just because your freezer thaws, and remains cool, {and doesn't get warm for food to spoil} your meat can be refrozen safely. Mr. Birdseye is the person who said 'do not refreeze' on his packaging because he wanted to maintain the quality of his fledgling frozen food empire. This became the 'law' with food; "if thawed you can't refreeze." But you can safely.
Not sure about this.
The prohibition on refrezzing meat (unless you cook it first) has been around for more than a century.
May I ask your source?
I'm a chef, if your meat is frozen and then thaws, it can be refrozen if it wasn't thawed for long. The reason you don't want to do it is because you drastically reduce the food quality, additionally, if it is thawed for a while you increase the risk of foodborne illnesses.
In short, you could re-freeze, but try your hardest to not be in that position.
@@currently7886 yea flash frozen meat refrozen slowly will have a nasty texture
I have a tiny condo freezer, so i put frozen food boxes in the refrig. They thaw, and i cook/eat the food within 5 days. Have never gotten sick or died while doing this for years!
@@currently7886 i used to work as a health inspector and I concur. As long as the meat hasn't risen to an unsafe temp the only issue with refreshing is quality.
I have been an advocate of being prepared for Year's and I have given a reasonable amount of thought to handling possible shtf scenarios, but this post raises an issue that I've never thought of. With regard to generators, many home residences have generators installed that will start automatically within seconds after a power failure. From my perspective (living in the city) if I had such a generator,.. if all of a sudden all the power went out, my first reaction would be to figure out the extent of the outage. I would look outside see if the street lights are on, see if my neighbors have any lights on... and right about then my generator would automatically kick on and all my lights would come on, the TV would come on, the radio... and the whole world would know I have power. And if the power outage was Citywide or Statewide, that would put me in a very vulnerable position. So it seems to be a good idea to take your generators out of automatic start mode and start your generator manually by hand when you feel it is safe to do so. Hats off to this channel for helping bring this never considered subject to light.
There's literally a Twilight Zone episode about this.
"Put yourself on lockdown for a day"
MATE - I live in Melbourne
I also believe power bars, Clif Bars, as well as MRE bars will be excellent for emergency food which doesn't require cooking and is easily portable in case you need to evacuate and bug-out.😉
Those " Life Boat bars " are nutrient dense and have a 5 year shelf life. They're in a foil vacu- seal bag. I keep a pouch in my bugout bag, and my vehicle.
Mayday bars, imo. They last a lot longer and are more compact. I ate all my organic granola bars that were for "shtf neighborhood watch patrols" and replaced them with a 3600 calorie e-ration. Maybe not as tasty or fun to eat, but it's more food for same weight and more resilient against rough handling.
Also, a better source of vitamins than a granola bar.
@@t.trekkeroo2325
Apparently that's the FDA max-allowable shelf life listing. Some of these things can last 30 - 80 years if stored at room temperature or colder.
@@manictiger That would be nice.
I keep large bags of eaa powders they absolutely taste like shit but are necessary when you don't know if you'll get a nutritional full meal. A little sugar protein fat and a few teaspoons down the hatch will keep you going.
in my idea we'll have to bunker in before we can execute any rendezvous plans, and bugging in i think is always better if you don't have any idea where to bug out to.
Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't wither way in my opinion. Even if you have prepared, how many haven't. It will only be a matter of time before people start looking for food and water!! Cities will break down fast!!
@Happy Camper Yeah but zombies aren't real brother.
I remember reading a story online about the most scariest experience in your life on Reddit, and it was about the Hawaii missile thing. The poster said that he filled his bathtub and sinks with water and after it ended he felt kind of stupid that that was the first thing you thought of.
man a genius without even knowing it
Funny thing about that. That very morning it occurred to me that should I find out a nuclear missile was heading my way I would have no idea what to do. So I spent a couple of hours putting together a comfortable spot in my basement with food, water, etc. Probably wouldn't survive, but at least I would know where to go and what to do. Then I came upstairs and found out all those poor people thought their lives were over. Very strange experience.
Good tips and info! People, especially in urban and suburban areas, will definitely need these tips going forward. I've been bugging in anyway. Stay safe and stay prepared guys!
@@creeksidecabin4887 good to know!
@@creeksidecabin4887 didn't know that, good advice. I plan on bugging in since I'm in a suburban area but I do have two bug outs sites that I can get within a day walk in case I'm forced or have leave home but hopefully it won't come to that but then again, it's good to have backup plans just in case.
@@creeksidecabin4887 an old spicing trick people from India used with food. It is not better or worse, just different flavors come out. You have to try it to understand.
Cook all your food without any spicing at all. Prepare a small cast iron or similar frying pan with high temperature oil and heat it nice and hot. When hot (and the food is ready), dump your spices all at once into the hot oil, stir once or twice, then dump the entire spice load into your food (stir it into your food). Minimal cooking spice smell; Maximum Flavour.
Anyone else hungry now? 😋
Battery operated window, door and motion security alarms are better for SHTF because household ac power will probably be down. Nomad solar battery chargers are a must: they can hang in your windows and charge a variety of batteries. Of course, a big dog is your best friend in SHTF!
i hear that pets can spread S/ protein
I don't like the idea of visible portable solar panels. It seems like a burglar magnet. Roof panels are nice because they're not portable. Whomever tries to uninstall them is highly vulnerable for a long period of time, and will very likely not be able to do it quietly.
@@manictiger ...or fall off the roof!
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@@kevinjennex3508 🙄
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In the case of an EMP or CME it’s wise to leave populated areas within 72 hours. Once people realize lights aren’t coming back on and the stores are empty it’ll be chaos very quickly.
Really, where you going to go?
I'm headed back to my home town.
I already have hurricane wood cut and numbered for doors and windows so it can be used if SHTF happens. Living on a corner I can cut part of the fence making the door bigger and bring my truck into the back yard while still have one in the garage making two avenues of escape if needed. I'm going to run Pyracantha thorny bushes all up and down my outer exposed fence line. A few more ideas to add. Good luck all and good prepping.
I was thinking of investing in razor wire.
@@riverstorm8816 my grandfather ran 7 foot high chain link fence with Pyracantha bushes covering and even ran a powered line kinda like the electrified ones they use in cattle. Needless to say no one came over that fence..fried a few squirrels too.
There's a few man eating rose bushes with massive talons. One is Mermaid (think fish hooks) another is Cherokee Rose. There another called New Dawn that climbs. All these roses can be trained along a length of fence and cover a large area. If you are ain a warmer climate, Bougainvillea is pretty evil.
@@riverstorm8816 another good barricade to plant along fences and other approaches is a bush called *trifoliate orange*.
I get planting Pyracantha. I do. But let me suggest an alternative. Blackberry bushes. Not quite on the level of nasty as Pyracanthabut at least you end up with a potential source of nutrition during the summer months when the berries ripen.
Canned food is nice because you don't need to cook it
Read what’s in it, no MSG
All the organic canned food has a shorter shelf life.
I remember working in part of the Katrina effort. One guy we picked up from the upper story of a flooded apartment building said he had plenty of water to last because of the water heater. He said he could have lasted 40 days.
Health officials say it's not safe to drink water thats in a water heater, especially after it sits a day or two.
Have you ever looked inside a water heater? I had to chage my heater coil & using a flashlight saw all kinds of green & orange slime guck. I had to wash it all out if I was ever going to wash my dishes or bathe with water from that tank again.
@@retrotek0409 Thank you for that visual and leaving me with a nagging desire for a tankless water heater system.
I used to think and believe like that Katrina guy. However, life later proved that reality can diverge substantially from expectation.
In the experience that I have gained since, extracting water from a water heater is often much harder than one might expect. In my case, I live in an area with hard water. When you open the valve at the bottom of the water heater, only a tiny amount of water oozes out, and then it pretty much fully clogs up and the flow stops altogether. The hard water contains substances that build up inside the water heater, and especially the lower portion of the water heater, and these substances seem to be white and semi-crystalline, but also semi-gelatinous in nature (not sure what it is, but probably one or more calcium compounds). Even after only a single year of service from the water heater, the gravity fed garden hose spigot at the bottom of the water heater gets totally clogged and is basically useless.
In order to extract the water from the water heater, I've had to either use a big pipe wrench and unscrew the whole spigot on the bottom from the tank (which leaves a 3/4" threaded hole wide open where all the water + crud immediately gushes out uncontrolled), or, unscrew one or both of the top fittings and put a smallish diameter hose down the input or output pipe orifice, and then initiate a siphon on the smallish diameter hose to extract the water from the top of the water heater.
In a real disaster scenario, I suspect a great many people are going to be in for an unpleasant surprise, when they discover they don't have the necessary tools to access the stored water in their water heater. Additionally, if one leaves their whole house mains water feed valve open and the water mains lose pressure, this can sometimes set up a siphon that sucks the stored water from your water heater and sends it out into the public water mains. Consequently, after a water mains pressure failure, some people may not have any water in their water heaters anymore at all.
@@topo7777 i had one in the mid-eighties when I lived in West Germany (military dependent). It was great.
If any of you had ever gone with out water you might look at it differently - weather it was yellow or ugly looking u will drink it if it's your only choise lol - two times in my life I was on a offshore rig that lost the fresh water lol
Another thought on your home security, is to consider putting your firewood under lock and key. During normal times worrying about a few sticks of firewood would seem pretty trivial, but if it makes a difference between you freezing over the course of the winter, it's a life and death issue. My plan is to either move it into my garage or even into the house. This can have a double security benefit, as you could also stack it in such a way to give yourself gunfire protection from outside the house. Hopefully the threat of possible gunfire from outside goes away faster than your firewood, lol.
Be ready for the bugs that will come in on the wood.
@@brosrcool
Yes, I have thought about that. Need a contingency plan like being able to hit it with some bug spray.
Yes if you live in a damp part of the country be ready for bugs crawling out the wood they will come out by the 1000s lol - if you live in a dry part wait till the wood freezes a week before bringing it in the freeze will kill many of the bugs
I like that idea
@@able880
I live in a very cold and dry part of the country. Sub-Zero much of the winter, with only about 12 in of annual precipitation, and very low humidity. Minimal bug populations here compared to Southern States.
I keep all my preps in small totes so they will be easy to pack in the car in a bug out situation. Yet also neat and organized for a bug in situation as well. I don’t necessarily have just one bag for this scenario.
I do too. Grey 5 and 10 gallon totes. Dollar General, paid about $5 and $8 each respectively. Rice, beans, sugar, flour, spices, seeds in the awkward storing 5 gallon buckets though(water resistance hopefully).
I got free 10 gallon buckets from my old job. I have about 10 stocked with all sorts of stuff.
@@flyoverstate6893 when did you get these totes? I def need something like that for the things you just said.
@@shadowfax9177 Dollar General.
I don't know why I thought of this but you might find this of interest - if you look up The Survival Tab on the net -
Those are food pellets origainaly created by NASA for astronauts - I had worked remote oilfields in the mountains at times -
We often ate them I think if I remember right a quart size bottle lasted 2 weeks or so - I liked them I thought they were good -
There only about 250 calories eating 12 of them a day - it's sort of pure concentrated food - out of the 2000+ calories of food the average person eats we only absorb about 200 calories of it -
Security film on any exterior glass can delay entry long enough to allow you to improve your situation. Also, film can mitigate blast effects.
I really appreciate this video. You sound calm, knowledgeable and ready.
You do such a great job with a well rounded approach to being prepared. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information! These are such troubled times and even if nothing ever occurs, it can’t hurt to be ready for any and all eventualities.
Always love your videos! Very informative, calm demeanor, and well thought out! Blessings from Central Iowa 🇺🇸
Thank you very much!
Good info as usual. Sometimes a little reminder is necessary and keeps one continuously prepping.
Thank you CP! 🙂
You always give us something else to consider and think about. 💜
Great reminders. I also enjoyed the comment on how fences make good neighbors. Couldn't be more true!
Absolutely! i've been fortunate that so far, I've had good neighbors and I've tried my best to keep them happy.
It’s always interesting how happy you can make a neighbor by pulling their trash cans to the street when they forgot on pickup day
I am going to build a small shed and insulate it to muffle the generator noise. Double layer of insulation and thick walls or double walls with insulation between them. I have seen where a small vehicle muffler can be adapted to fit on the generator. With this combination it should reduce the noise to be significantly quieter.
Kris, even after one year, I review your video several times and update my list of things to do. I travel and your list helps my family stay safe. Thank you.
I have thought about all these steps years ago when pondering the scenario, spot on! I feel smart now that you think the same way, lol.
I was able to get a great deal on NATO razor wire from wayfar of all places last year. The wife thought I was a little off my rocker but then the social unrest hit....
Now you just need a baseball bat to wrap some of that leftover wire around...
@@AmbuBadgerLucille the Louisville Slugger
@@ColtWesson I imagine that we're waaay past formalities at that point...
Stripping a mattress/bed box springs will have a similar effect. I have several twin beds that placed and secured across windows will at least provide a deterrent. All you have to do is remove the cloth cover and snip a few Springs
I've got a couple rolls from eBay a couple years ago--and havent had cause to deploy it......yet. But it is where I can grab it quickly.
Always great information. Thanks. Looking forward to the next livestream.
Thank you. Some of what you said I already knew.
But you underscored some elements that were quite healthy.
Peace. Great channel.
Great advice. Its smart to get to know your neighbors now. 1 person/family wont stand a chance. Theres power in numbers
except when your neighbors know you have food and they dont
I've put firearms in our walk in closets with ammo in case my wife has to hide in one and she has something to protect herself with and we have plenty of food in our cabinets and have a plan in place to cook in case electricity goes out and have what I need to purify water and rebuilding my mre's stash and I know how to hunt and fish and clean and prepare it.
THANK YOU for this video . Not everyone can bug out we will have to shelter in place especially sr citizens . I am 1 of those people . I ck in on your site on a reg basis because you are so practical & have good info.
Great video as always.
Stay safe and alert.
Just went to the grocery store today, meat has gone up to where it is almost to the point it is too expensive to buy. Rib Eye steaks were about 4.99-5.99 a pound last year, 18 bucks a pound this year. Ground beef is now between 5.99-8.99 per pound, more than double from last year. I live in the metro Atlanta area.
Indeed
Chicken thighs is what I've been buying lately.
Thank a DemocRAT - remember they've told us they want to end our addiction to meat, along with our addiction to oil, and guns, and un-socialized medicine, and free speech. They know what's best.
@@stevekillgore9272 think meat supply chain culling animals because they don't have the staff to handle them.
We bought 13 acres in the country last year that came with a 6000sqft underground bunker and are working on renovating it so we live outside the city.
I’m jealous😫
Thanks for a great video! There are a number of good conversations in the comments too.
Good info. A good plan since most people will not have an option to leave with a specific destination in mind. 🏆
Another option for storing water that people don't often think about but almost everybody has is storage totes. If you happen to have some empty totes, fill them up with water. If your totes aren't empty and you still have the ability to run more water, dump the junk out, and fill them with water. I estimate that I could easily add another thousand gallons of water storage this way.
Another consideration on water, is that in order to kill bacteria you do not need to boil it, simply getting it above 150° Fahrenheit does the job. That said, if you crank up your hot water heater to full temperature, it will likely heat your water above that important 150° mark. Even if your gas or electric water heater stops working, if what was in the tank was up to this temperature, you can shut off the incoming water supply and drain the remaining safe drinking water.
Health officials during Floyd said to not drink from water heater. Especially after it sits a few days.
I had to change my coil once & saw all kinds of orange & green slime guck in there.
@@retrotek0409
Yes, there's a lot of junk in there, but we use that same hot water for cooking etc all the time. I would pull any water you intend to use for drinking out right away, and perhaps strain it to be on the safe side.
Hello, check out bluetti AC30s, I bought one for each person. Runs air purifiers for many hours and it's light to carry. I also have a main unit, an EB150, i run all my livestock needs such as incubator with it, it can run my fridge for more than 24hrs without charging. But I have plenty of solar.
I also have a predator 3500 to supplement.
Remember, quail are opsec, chickens are noisy.
So are guineas!!
Great survival tips! you have mentioned things my family and I haven't thought of yet! They only thing that doesn't make sense is home security systems. We already have them thinking, but if it's any type of disaster, electricity would be an option to use a cell or power to your home..Great video though you have thought of everything! Thank you keep them coming. 😃
Hi Chris. Going back over some of these please videos. Just doing some brush ups. Thanks for keeping them up here to review again and again. Says this is from 3 yrs ago. Still as relevant today 07/14/2024 as back then. Been watched you for so long I feel like you're my adopted grandson.😊 Take care young man💕💕
As someone who personally loves learning from all kinds of quotes, I really appreciate your use of quotes before each of your video!! THANK YOU!!
Happy to hear that!
Thank you. Planning on staying in... but as the song goes:: the devil fools with the best laid plans...🙏🙏🙏
yep. I always figure I'll be looking up to avoid lightning, and fall in a hole. Never comes from where you anticipate
Same. Except that, on the phone, I need my readers to make it out. ☺️
Brilliant and well put together video, thank you
Just recently got to know 2 neighbors in particular, amazing joy, they have the same mindset as me. Even more joy when i got the three os us together. Will definable form security watch if needed, 100 yds apart
We have tons of camping equipment and could technically bug out if the need was there, but even in the desert it gets really cold at night and in the winter. I don't imagine it would be comfortable living in a tent long term, but it's the only bug out plan I have.
There are at least two ways to define “safe”. These are the two we recognize…
#1. The absence of threat or serious risk.
#2. The potential presence of threat or serious risk, but with the confident ability to defend against it.
Now considering that I am on the inside with finite resources and therefore finite time, ...and they are on the outside with near infinite resources and therefore near infinite time,… I am at a serious disadvantage when it comes to “...the confident ability to defend against it”.
With that in mind, I have no choice but to disregard definition #2. There can be no “confidence” there. My responsibility would be to remove my family from harm’s way… not reenact the Alamo.
We have to keep in mind that,… in this scenario,… we are aware that the situation has become dire. We are not being blindsided. We have made a choice to stay or go in light of these circumstances.
What it boils down to is a choice to face the devil you know or the devil you don’t know. Which makes having a safe area to retreat to all that more important.
And sadly, if you don’t have a better and more safe place to go,… you’re not really “bugging in”, ... you are just “staying home and hoping for the best”. And if that final moment ever comes, you will define that “better and more safe place” as being “anywhere but here”. Even standing in the street is better than staying in the house if your house is on fire. It’s the opportunity to exit the house that matters the most. And some people wait just 30 seconds too long.
So don’t be the person who puts your family’s lives at risk just to defend some aspect of comfort and convenience. When it’s time to go,… Go.
The important thing is the ability to recognize when that time is and how long that window of opportunity will remain open. If you were wrong to leave, well, false alarm ...you can just go back home. If you were wrong to stay, ...well, you know how that story ends.
If all we had to worry about as preppers was supplies, there wouldn’t be much to talk about. Don’t get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s up to you to know where/when that is. And history shows that people are notorious for royally screwing up that one...simple...task.
Jamie Hitt Very well said!👍🙂
Jamie Hitt
FACTS! Thanks for posting.
Thanks great advice my power used to go off a lot have a fireplace and put blanket on the door way thanks
We in Oklahoma have always had to deal with preparing for power outages due to frequent tornadoes.
For those persons who have a mobility problem most power lift chairs use a replaceable battery that will bring the chair to a normal sitting position. You may need to call your medical supply store for information and a demonstration so dont put off that call till it's too late.
Re: EMP Buy a metal garbage can, line it, and store a bunch of electronics in it. These will be like gold if there is an EMP. Put a bunch of old iPhones, solar chargers in it!
A freezer of fridge also makes a good emp shelter; make sure you bridge the body and door together and ground it; make sure it has a nonmetal inside body.
EMPs shouldn't be a main concern. The only way to generate one of any real size is with a nuke. If a nuke is going off close enough to your place to kill your electronics you have bigger problems.
@@Falcodrin In theory one high altitude nuke could EMP half the country without creating much radiation.
Line it with what? Thanks
@@leslie3771 probably referring to something to protect from water or other kinds of ingress.
Very well thought out and explained. Thank You!
thank you for the video!!!!! keep the video's coming!!!!
Definitely BUG IN if at all possible.
Unfortunately there is only my daughter and I and in an emergency she is prone to panic attacks.
We also have a family across the road who can not be trusted at all. Hopefully the other neighbors will help us as I am planning on helping them with water filtering
god bless you
Outstanding information. Your best video yet....
Always good writing and editing
Since I have no where to go and I would be homeless should I bug out from my current home, anything short of a nuclear blast, flood, fire, or a massive zombie attack that flattens down my house, I'm staying put.
Trump may run for president in 2024...which means zombies will be running the country if we let them.
@@marktwain368 Lol, they're running it now.
I have a septic system and I'm within short walking distance to a natural water source. I planned on just pouring water into the back of the toilet & flush.
Just pour it into the toilet! Saves water that way!🌝
If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down. The good ole rule applies here.
@@poisonfortheweak Gross but effective. 😂😂😂
I really enjoyed this video, and I learned a lot. Thank you very much!
Great old movie (Panic in the year zero) 1960S BUT ALOT OF STUFF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NOW
" defensive equipment...." well chosen words.
i have to be careful on YT :(
@@CityPrepping eloquent, sir.
If you live on a side street, block off your neighborhood with a car/truck. I live out in the country, but our road has 0nly one entrance at each end. Block one off, and guard the other. Note: do not park the blocking vehicle across the road. It can easily be put in neutral and rolled off to the side. If the blocking vehicles are parked along the road the steering wheel lock will prevent it from being rolled to the side.
I have a full basement mostly inground. It maintains a comfortable temperature year round in case power is out for a prolonged period.
Awesome advice, some I did not realize!
ALERT.....TODAY is the last day of fueling shipment of multiple large chain truck stop gas stations. Cyber Polygon is going live today.
Please Get ready people.
Much love and bless everyone.
ive heard about this.
where did you see info please?
thanks much and best wishes.
I have heard this to
Cyber Polygon?
Where can i find this
Gonna need an update to whatever this is please
Bugging in is great depending on the level of disaster. Grid down for 2 days? Sure, shelter in place. Grid down for 30 days? Run!
Too late then, bro.
Thank you for this very informative video.
I was topping off some preps yesterday and bought a folding camp shovel at Walmart. You have to be over 16 to buy one!! I’m well over that but thought that was pretty weird! Shovels? I also bought 10 canisters of butane with a blink of an eye! 😳
While you are buying those one lb propane bottles look around that area for the adapter to refill the bottles from a fish cooker or gas grill 25 lb tank. The adapter should be under $20
@@williambeasley2582 thank you! Will do
I got one for us to and my teenage boys, been buying them survival gear for last two years I want everyone In my family to be easy
May I suggest... having a dog with a strong bark, like a German Shepherd, just might be enough to cause a potential intruder to look for a softer target. And we need to prep for our pets, too.
Update: I noticed, your video doesmention having a large dog as a deterrent, after I left my comment.
Good information video. In an EMP situation everything depending on computerized systems will stop working. Water, sewer, gas stations, electricity, vehicles, tv, supermarkets and food stores, hospitals, etc are just a few things that will stop working. Have a minimum of 3 months of food, water, toilet paper, medicines and however much funs and ammo you think you need. Family and friends should be involved...you can't stay awake 24/7.
I carry a special bag in my car. When we had a heavy snowfall here in So. Ca, last spring, one poor fella got trapped in his car and it was 2 days before safety officers discovered his car buried in a snowdrift. The old man was in his 70s and when the newspeople asked him how he survived that long he credited the fact that he had a couple bottles of water and about a dozen Slim Jim/Jerky type items. That got me thinking. When SHTF, there are a LOT of things that can close the road home. Civil unrest. The first thing the mob does is block the streets. Heavy rain can do the same. Earthquake can make roads impassable, Fire can do the same. So I put together a bag I call my "Get Home" bag. It doesnt have the same things as a bug out bag cause I'm only trying to survive til I can get home. I"m thinking 2-5 days. Also, I hit the gas station any time the tank gets to half full.
remember if they hear anything/ smell food / see smoke or light etc - - - they will come and take it all
We know all 48 homes by name in our neighborhood. We have a game plan. 2 Navy and 1 Marine we are good and Im preaching to all.
That’s great. Hope also there’s a good “defense system” worked into your game plan. Good luck.
@@gailmiller6333 good luck to you as The SHTF rocks your way of living
@@gailmiller6333 yes we are standing strong
@@gailmiller6333 oh yes
Thank you so much for all this information with the way this world has been going recently I feel like the more knowledge I have the safer I feel God bless you Sir 😘🙏🏻
Fantastic Video, thank you! I've been struggling on whether to head some place more remote, near a lake (water) and bringing all my prep's with me. I guess this might work IF there is no EMP and I CAN travel where I need to go. I've been collecting more and more long term water and food preps and always come back to staying home and using community to buffer whatever comes. I guess both options are viable, it is a matter of whether you CAN get where you want to be (Report of impending catastrophe) as opposed to be trapped where you are (EMP), hope everyone makes it through, see you out there!
I am surprised that you as a prepper recommend outsource your safely to unknown people in a company. That can monitor you 24/7. In a SHTF scenario. You don't think those individuals will use that against you for there own advantage? Build your own surveillance system and only let people you trust access it.
Agreed! The less people “monitoring me” the better!
Obviously he’s willing to “adjust” the advice he gives if the money is there.
Cash is still his king.
You, certainly are not.
Remember that.