it doesn't take society long to break
down most people are not prepared to
back to the pilot Patriots channel this
is going to be our second video in our
series about preparing for pandemics
we've already talked about the things
you can do to help avoid the virus and
to keep yourself healthy but the second
thing you have to prepare for in any
situation like this is the panic the
societal breakdown that's gonna happen
once store shelves start getting ND
businesses start closing and all the
things that we're starting to see in the
days to come now if you find this
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to prepare for with any situation like
this is the aftermath of a pandemic
outbreak when panic sets in when your
life is put on hold and society starts
to break down
now hopefully many of you are already of
a preparedness mindset and you have some
items already stocked up for times like
this but maybe some of you are new to
prepping on any scale it doesn't take
society long to break down most people
are not prepared to sustain themselves
for more than even a couple days
so when supplies start running out and
restaurants and businesses start
shutting down people can't get the food
medicines they need they're out of work
and they're not making any money now
your way of living can deteriorate very
quickly add on top of that the potential
of contracting a deadly virus and it's
only a matter of time before there's
chaos no government organizations like
FEMA and the CDC recommend being
prepared to sustain yourself for two
weeks to 30 days now that's a great
starting point we're really three to six
months is more like it but like I said
most people aren't prepared for more
than a couple days and that includes
stores like Walmart most of these types
of stores and grocery stores operate on
a just-in-time delivery system so that
means once shelves start running out and
those deliveries aren't coming in they
don't have the means to restock now
we're seeing this already but when
you're preparing for something like this
you need to assume that the stores are
gonna be shut down that you're out of
work and you have to live off of what
you already
store it up no do you have enough you
should always look at the essentials
first do you have enough food and water
for your family the first things that
always get gone is gonna be bread milk
and water now obviously it's hard to
stock up on too much bread and milk
because those types of things go bad
quickly your 30-day supply could be made
up of things like canned food keeping
your freezer stocked with frozen meats
frozen vegetables it'll be great if you
could keep a rotating stock of the foods
that you normally eat and it's important
that if you don't have them that you get
those things while things are still
relatively normal and they are still
available make sure you pay close
attention to expiration dates and rotate
your stock it's good to stock up on
things that have long shelf lives like
rice beans noodles and dehydrated and
freeze-dried foods I have done a video
on the long-term food storage that I use
is called legacy foods if you haven't
seen that video you're going to want to
check that out I'll put a link to that
at the top of the screen and in the
description but these are freeze-dried
meals that have a shelf life of 30 years
so you're always prepared when something
like this happens you know that you and
your family are gonna have some food
when everything else runs out now with
water as long as essential services are
still running you should have a good
supply of water either from your will or
from your city water but just in case it
is important that you have enough water
for drinking cooking and cleaning a good
rule of thumb is to have one gallon per
person per day you could stock up on
cases of bottled water you can feel
water jugs I have also done a video on
long-term water storage so you might
want to check that out but something
else that's important is if that clean
water supply does run out you also want
to have a way to filter out and create
clean water so something like the murky
water filter would be a great option for
something like that know one thing I
don't think most people even thought
about before this coronavirus panic
started is paper products like toilet
paper and paper towels once people start
realizing that these things may not be
available they go out and they buy up
five times what they actually need and
before you know it there's not enough
left over for anybody else and you end
up like situations we've seen with Lou
ladies fighting over the last roll the
toilet paper in the walmart aisle so I
would recommend that you have at least a
month's worth of toilet paper and paper
products stored up for emergencies
because once that starts to run out and
you have to start looking towards less
desirable options that's not going to be
any fun now cleaning products is another
big one that's what we talked about in
our last video while you're in the midst
of a virus outbreak it's going to be
extra important that you keep yourself
healthy keep surfaces around you clean
so make sure you have a good stock of
gloves and masks and disinfectants and
things like that we did go more in depth
in those kind of things in the last
video so if you haven't seen that make
sure you check that out now if you're
going to be quarantined or if supplies
are limited you're also going to want to
make sure you have plenty of any
medications that you may need not only
medicines to fight the virus but also
your regular prescriptions because once
pharmacies start shutting down and these
things get balled up your supply is
going to be very limited on those things
if they run out in doctors offices and
hospitals are overwhelmed it could be
days or even weeks before you can get
your hands on those prescriptions that
you need so having backups for those is
key other medicines that are nice to
have are things like anti diarrheal
antihistamines and a meiotic ten minutes
and daily vitamins these are all
important to have around because if you
don't have a way to treat these things
common illnesses can end up being a very
serious especially when the healthcare
system is overwhelmed you need to make
sure you have extra fuel on hand in case
those types of things start to run out
as well I know right now gas prices are
actually very low but they could also go
the other way as well so I have done a
video on long-term fuel storage you can
want to make sure you check that out to
make sure you're doing everything right
as far as making sure that fuel last
year as long as possible another thing
we've seen this panic effect is the
firearms and ammo industry now if you've
been paying attention lately you've
noticed that the prices of ammo is
starting to skyrocket and anywhere you
look it's out of stock it's similar to
the toilet paper situation once panic
sets in it's not necessarily the virus
that you have to worry about anymore is
how society is react
into it so right now you're seeing some
states that are actually trying to ban
the sale of firearms and MO so right now
people that are worried about not being
able to have access to those things are
buying it all up so on it's nice to have
a good stock of that already
if you don't announce the time to get
those things and finally something else
that a lot of people don't think about
is money when businesses are closing and
people are out of work for an indefinite
amount of time like what we're seeing
right now it could be a huge strain on
people financially most people are
already living day to day or week to
week and when you have to go a month
without any income that can be
devastating not only from workers but
also for small businesses that are
having to shut down and they don't have
any income coming in now Dave Ramsey
recommends having an emergency fund of
three to six months of expenses and I
think that's a great thing especially
for emergencies just like this pandemic
that we're seeing right now you still
have to pay bills
you still have to provide for your
family and keep the power on and you may
even have to deal with some price
gouging for those essential things and
if you don't have an emergency supply
cash to fund those things you're going
to find yourself in a really bad
situation so in this type of situation
having an emergency fund is going to be
a big deal not only to get you through
the pandemic but also to get you back on
your feet once things start getting back
to normal now guys we are now in what
could still be the beginning stages of
this coronavirus pandemic and if you're
not already prepared now is the time now
these are just a few things that come to
mind when I think about preparing for
the aftermath and how society is going
to react to a pandemic situation like
this I'm sure there's things that I've
left out so if you guys had any other
advice or other things that you need to
consider please leave that in the
comments below we can all help each
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