How Long Should You Prep For SHTF?
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How Long Should You Prep For SHTF?
72 Hours?
1 Week?
1 Months
3 Months
1 Year
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I started very small as a young Mom. I had 1 small cabinet and a box that I slowly filled with preps. The canned tuna and corned beef and mac and cheese etc in my cabinet. Jesus candles and flashlights in my box. 😊 Then built it up from there. And a battery operated radio. And filled empty milk jugs for water. Till I could afford better. Later my home was the gathering place or safe place for storms. I was able to take care of several families when they had to evacuate from the coast.
"In a fire, the utility companies will shut everything off" Unless you live in Hawaii then they will make sure you cook to death
Great video. One important aspect of prepping is rotating things in and out that are consumable (ie: food/water), susceptible to corrosion (ie: batteries), and susceptible to degradation over time (ie: glow sticks) to name a few.
Glow sticks will surprise you
@@roymcpherson7487 True. I've opened some REALLY old ones (well over a decade old) while cycling out and got a short bit of glow time out of them.
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My biggest concern is an attack on the power grid. Run that through your mind... your entire county is down for a month. The supply chain is broken and will run out in a few days.
Multiple spare propane cylinders are a great things to have. Which size is all about if you are going mobile, shelter in place and space for storage.
I keep at all times 2 forty pound propane tanks and 4 twenty pound propane tanks stored in my garage along with 3 Coleman propane stoves.
One thing I always had in my car while living in Northern California was a police scanner. Wild fires come out of nowhere and take out the cell towers. That is if you have service. It's really important to know where to go. Alot of people die in wild fires because they get stuck suddenly in it because they don't know where to go. Some people mite say they will see it coming, but wild fires are fast moving and unpredictable. Your best bet is a scanner and a good map of the area. The spotter planes and firedept channels give the most Intel. Police often report on there channels to each other and dispatch.
With what is coming, long term is the best, because we do not know when the dust will settle :(
Prepping is a part time job/hobby. It's a big job to manage it well.
While some folks don't believe in prepping, anyone that has something stored away, is a prepper of sorts. For others, you prep within your means and, of course, with some thought. No matter how, you can never be 100%, but it will make your life easier. Thank you all.
I’ve had people ask me how do I prep when I live week to week. I’ve told them you simply start by buying a few extra cans OF WHAT YOU ALREADY EAT. What’s that…2 cans of meat, even now, an extra $1.50 (tuna) to $5-6 (roast beef). 10 cans of veggies…maybe $5-8 extra on your grocery bill. You do that for 2 months every week and you have probably a good weeks plus worth of food. Then you continue to do this, and because youre buying stuff you’d already eat, you buy what you use, and cycle it out, oldest to newest. Extra jug of spring water $1-1.50. One a day for each person in your family for a few days to a week. “Where do I put all this stuff”. Well you go down to a harbor freight or a Walmart and spend $20-30 on one of those cheapy ABS storage racks. Stick that in a closet somewhere, nice dark corner, and your good to go. All of that could cost between $100-150 over the course of a month or two. Cut back on the Starbucks and your good to go.
I remember FEMA initially said to prep for 3 days. Then it was a week…now it’s a few weeks. If you live in an area prone to disaster you should be setting yourself up for at least two weeks to a month. Look back on the last few years and ask yourself how many times you either couldn’t go to a store, or got to a store and could get what you NEEDED. I’ve been a prepper for over 30 years. We were called survivalist, with distain I might add, back then…but I’ll tell you I WAS NOT in line the night before the lock down in Thunderdome trying to get toilet paper. I always kept a minimum of 72 rolls (not equivalent but 72 actual rolls). So there was probably 96 in my linen closet. Plus batteries, candles, flashlights, first aid kit, ect, ect… I just sat back and watched the s#!t show.
@visamedic super. February of last year, in Northern Georgia, camping, we had freeze-dried food for the duration. 4 days, 3 meals a day for 4 people equaled 23 pounds. Pork chops, eggs, Jimmy deans, veggies, Mac and cheese, beef stew, fruit, coffee, and powdered drinks. We also drank from a stream source, filtered of course. All of it was delicious. I make my own. As you mentioned, one or 2 cans per paycheck adds up pretty fast. You won't regret it. And let's say the world decides to turn NICE, you have a stocked pantry. Happy prepping.
My parents and grandparents had some gold and silver to get them out of Laos. Either that or indentured servitude.
That’s what freedom is for…. Bless your family!
Someone made a comment that the CDC is stopping the sale of of berkey filters. Maybe look into that and do a video on it.
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I finally purchased a solar generator with panels. I'm proud of myself for doing and feeling better about our situation and preps. 😊
So did I. Not a large one but one that can handle 35 watts to run an incubator.
Good evening prep family.
I love watching you guys i learn a lot from y’all keep it up
Prep at whatever pace you can. Even if you can only afford one or two canned goods a week, that will still make an impact when SHTF. Start with the little things then move up to the larger items. But make sure you're comfortable with the amount of prepping you're doing. You probably don't need to have an entire bunker full of items but you also don't want to have nothing.
^^ THIS! ^^
Totally agree, anything is better than nothing. If it becomes a major burden or you go bankrupt doing it, you are doing it wrong. Your food, water, and medical are more important than all of the fancy stuff.
dont want to have nothing? bit of a double negative, is it not
@@DrSchor not really. You do not want to have nothing.
Thanks for the info! NW GA
Thanks, fellas. You made me laugh when you said people up north are prepared! I live in west central Ohio, and if people hear we MIGHT get a little snow, they go into panic mode. I take it as it comes, and even though I have a weather app on my phone, I only look when I'm interested, so snow sneaks up on me. But, I'm always prepared. In fact, C-19 snuck up on me! But I had the last laugh,because I had TOILET PAPER!
Baking Breads 🍞🥐🥖 (or a 5 course meal 🥩 🍽 🥧) Is easily done with a Camp Dutch Oven! (Not a stovetop dutch oven!) Camp styles can be used on a open fire, or sitting on hot coals / charcoal with coals more on the lid. They come in a variety of sizes for different needs. But practice and some specific tools & skills are recommended. You can Bake, Fry, Roast, Broil, Simmer, Grill and Smoke with a Camp Dutch Oven.
The exprorers & settlers of the old American frontiers, always carried these cook vessels! This is the ultimate survival kitchen tool... Along with your cast iron skillets. 🍳
P.S. Don't get me started on "Non" rising bread vs. "Naan" indian bread! 🙄
Something new on my list is a battery powered fan. When the power went out this summer no air flow was awful! 🔥🌵🔥
The fans work great. But you can use a sheet. Wring it out well and hang it in front of a doorway or window. With the airflow through the window or door. Will cause the air to be cooler coming through that wet sheet.
@@judiehavard4903 When it’s in the 100 and teens, that just doesn’t work.
At a minimum I say 6 months. If the SHTF in winter, that would get you to spring and growing more food from then on. I have over 7 years worth of hot sauce just because I will always use it and could trade some for something else. I am working on 9 months of food for basic things but have about a year worth of rice. I have some of the rice in 500 ml bottles which works out to a couple of cups of rice in each. That is a trade item.
I don't have city water. Even in a grid down, I have the means to operate the pump. I also have a gas stove. Of course, I have a fire pit in the yard to boot.
A source to try out for fresh foods in your area that is just in the beginning stages is Feed the People By the People
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Great stuff !!!
Being in the "Right" State, County and City is very important to have a buffer from the big cities. Great video as usual!
Grand Dad used to place a wad of unflavored chewing tobacco in a cheese cloth in a gallon of water and he would spray his plants - cucumbers, squash, zucchini....nicotine is a natural insecticide and washes off the veggies. I have a package stored with my seeds. I also have some nicotine tablets that I use to make small batches to spray my garden.
I have a pantry of canned goods stocked up in my basement on shelves.. I recently went to Bass pro and bought a cabela 60 day supply.. of MREs Cabela's brand made by wise company long shelf life in addition to my cans goods
For bread, a Dutch oven is an option. Also, city prepping has a video just on stove top breads
Hey Don how about a link to where we can purchase the different shirts you and Robbie wear. Like the Sootch Nation shirt for one. It would boost sales for sure.
I have one counter top oven that was expensive about 300 on sale but it actually bakes like an oven. Am also able to use it on a power cord
Dutch ovens are a great way to cook bread or anything.
Also if you own a house have tools to run off gas, water main line etc. fire extinguisher
When I took a Master Gardener’s class in Missouri last year, some of the employees of the University Extension were being sent to an island in the Caribbean, Bermuda I think, to teach them about farming because their country has focused so much on tourism that they have lost their agricultural knowledge. Also, the hurricanes have washed away all their top soil so they are now trying to learn how to grow on rock.
Stupid topic: prep until it happens, if it never does, your children’s children’s children will have a good stockpile of supplies and equipment. Eventually, it will happen, whatever “it” ends up being.
Yes. I agree. I hope and pray my preps are never needed. I pray I'm proven wrong
I learned during ice storm how to cook on top of a wood stove
SHTF has different definitions for different people. Do what feels right without going insane, if it causes undue stress back it off. Does 3 days, 3 months, or 3 years feel right? If you have the means to do it then do it. I cannot fathom why anyone could not do at least a 3 day. 3 years is going to be hard to do for most and may take years to get there. Just keep it sane. If help will eventually come I feel a 90-day prep covers many major SHTF events. Good luck everybody!
Agreed. I think real situations in the US show that 7 days should be enough in 99.5% of cases. 30 days would be amazing.
Your exactly right!! My husband got injured on the job. And fortunately I had enough stuck back in our freezers and home canned goods and pantry items. I didn't have to buy much at all for groceries. Everything was homemade. That really saved us. So we didn't get behind on our bills on top of his being out of work. But we did pinch those pennies as well. But we made it till he was able to go back to work. And we had 2 kids ages 10 and 14.😊
Three months is the long term goal. Get to that point then slow and steady work to a year
My dogs drink massive amounts of water. I have a Belgian malinois fully trained in protection, two of them and one German Shepherd they will drink a solid 2 gallons of water and most likely three per day? And if we're all in the storm seller, that's a whole another problem
Sometimes we spend 40 bucks a week on preps and sometimes we will spend 1000.00 just depending on which items we feel the need for but we do prep daily and will continue to do so until prepping isnt an option anymore
Fellow South Carolinians!
What is you opinion on water Jerry Jugs as opposed to Fuel Jerry Jugs.
I see the necessity to speak the basics. Most people have short term memory, do not commit to what is vital, and retain about 30% of what they learn. Thank you for dedication and heart and effort to helping as many as you can. Though Christ all things are possible, then I think of the parable of the bridesmaids. Then I think about junkies and criminals and worse. To live without fear is to be able to depend upon God, family, friend, like minded peeps, tools, and education we chose to attain. It's amazing how oblivious most are. China just made a suitcase emp able to reach 25 mile radius. North Korea just loaded navy with tactical nukes.
What would you do if you were away from children and near where a bomb goes off? I know I need a Get Home bag, but assuming you have to walk home do you go inside and then head home after 24-72 hrs? Or do you head home right away? If the later how do you protect from exposure?
In a grid down situation i would rather have things that people cant live without to barter with other than gold or silver like antibiotics , food , ammo , and stuff like that.
As Hurricane Hillary was bearing down on California I looked over my preparations and went to Trader Joe's for a couple bottles of Scotch and Brandy. Don't forget to stash away a box of IRON RATIONS.
Prepping for one year plus of food
Food and water-most important things in SHTF
How do you feed dogs/pets/large livestock during SHTF in the desert, with no neighbors/town to trade with for 100 miles? Some say feed chickens/rabbits.....but if they were not protected won't meat/eggs be contaminated?
Permanent!
When I saw people panic buying in 2020, I started prepping after that
Till death comes!! SHALOM
Its according to how long you want to live.
To bake on a fire Corporals Corner has a good video on it.
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Because of legality in Germany I don't have a gun but my trench shovels are sharpened. There is a selvedefense Guide by the french army i guess for how to kill with a trench shovel.
Many have watched Walking Dead movies or Zombie movies to have homemade weapons or traps.😊
Forever...
Declaring a “State of Emergency” gives emergency powers to a local municipality, county, state. They can then deploy local or state national guard units (which report to the local or finally the governor not the President) to enforce order, curfews and so on. NO ONE at the local or state level have the authority to declare martial law. Martial law is a federal emergency tool that gives the President emergency powers, suspends the constitution, suspends the powers of congress and the Supreme Court. Martial Law essentially gives the President “CEASER” Emperor powers. It can’t be taken away he must lay it down freely by law. So we NEVER want this to happen!
Somewhere over 4,000 feet, higher would be best
Bread & Milk a South Carolina staple!!!!😂😂😂 no winter is winter without bread and milk! I don’t understand it I never have and I probably never will. The fridge is going out why buy MILK?!
@@tomhorn2937 a can or 2 is in the cabinets! 😂☝️
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Are yall together?
After 3 months, the unprepared will be gone.
30 days of preps would be optimal. In reality, about 7 days should suffice for 99.5% of all SHTF situations. After that, there are MUCH bigger problems you need to be solving.
Half an hour, because that's all the time I have right now.
It’s a-shame that we would reference FEMA in today’s society for how much food and supplies we Should have in our homes …. Just sayin
The answer is, however long your budget will allow.
Realistically, after 2 1/2 years of prepping I can sustain my family for the worst storm damage we've ever had a couple of times over, and yet I continue to add supplies every week. My weakness is cooling the house during the summer.
No one should look to FEMA FOR ANYTHING!! STAY AWAY FROM THEM. Look what they are doing to the people in Maui. Do you think they wouldn't pull those same tactics on people here.
@@judiehavard4903 Nuff said you got it
Fellas, when the crap really hits the fan, there will be chaos. All the organized planning and prepping and storing and collecting all the ammo and guns and such will be zilch. The amount of all that stuff to collect "before" such an event is mind boggling, mind boggling. Don't even homogenize the quantity of stuff to stock up on. I got news for you, you can't have enough...
Four Years.
An Air riffle is best, with a .25 cal on up
I strongly disagree. Deploying the national guard is sometimes necessary, but martial law is federal and automatically suspends the constitution. Once martial law is declared you no longer have the legal protection to own let alone use that gun.
The 2nd amendment does not give us the right to keep & bear arms, it legally PROTECTS that right! And that right PROTECTS the REST of the amendments (all the other rights) in the bill of rights!!!
Great video overall. A lot of great information and I'm a fan of Sootch. Thank you! HOWEVER, be cautious of stepping in the mud when you make statements like "Anyone who is SEROUS about prepping will have one year worth of supply". Statements of this kind fall under the umbrella of judging. Perhaps make the recommendation but please don't judge.
Hank Hill will not be pleased.
You guys should support an Urban Sprawl Moratorium. Those short-sighted developers will DESTROY your survivability chances.
Water water water, very well !
Salt, salt, salt ! Nobody talks about salt, try to survive out of sea, whithout salt. And it's realy cool to conserve meat, fish.
Also, the démon Can not pass a barrier of salt.
Man, the salt!
French Prepper, over and out.
I wish I could've been watching when this streamed, might've mentioned a few questions.
One thing I can say for sure, folks are in no way really prepared for a major situation, like an EMP, HEMP or nuke attack. Those are long term and unless people get real on what they need to do, they will massively suffer, before someone takes what they have and they expire rather painfully. If you are sim ply preparing for an electric outage for a few days, fine, anyone can do that, with their eyes closed, but the real threats now, will be sudden, maybe within minutes, with no real warning, so there will be no doing anything at that point. And if you think a nice little solar generator and a few panels will do the job, well unless you have a faraday cage, kiss them goodbye.
Announced today, iran may have 10 operational nukes in 4 months, NK has hyper, china is preparing to take Taiwan, which could result in WW3, russia has threatened almost to the point of no return. We are closer on the doomsday clock than ever in my lifetime.
Folks had better really step it up on their preps, I fear the need will be very soon.
"folks are in no way really prepared for a major situation, like an EMP, HEMP or nuke attack"
Who really is?
Bake bread in a dutch oven over a fire worse case scenario
2 lt. soda bottles, scatter them around.
YES! I use them to store non-potable water (to fill toilets, etc).
8 drops of bleach per gallon
the more we let them do with their evil siffeeing of giving the more we are going to live that evil suffer take xontrol and things will change the evil thinks we are weak we need to prove who can give hell at any momment in their time of needing fact