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emergency stockpile hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper it's been so windy lately I decided to
go to town and stock up on some prepping supplies the first thing I did as usual think about food I
bought another 20 pounds of rice and I needed to go to Home Depot to pick up a 5 gallon bucket I
was able to get a bucket and a lid for six dollars and six cents I can use the bucket to store
20 pounds of rice you can just put the rice into the bucket put on the lid will help seal rice
it's better if you can put it into something like a mylar bag and seal that up if you can
also use an oxygen absorber that helps your food last even longer there are good ways
and better ways to store your food store food the best that you're able to sometimes we can't
get all of the things that we want to store food perfectly but it's better that we have the food
and we store it the best we can and then if you have the opportunity to store food better later
go ahead and do that I also like to use the one gallon mylar bags that have a zip top
and that allows me to put several of the bags of rice into the bucket then I can open food storage
bucket and take out one bag of rice at a time I don't have to open the bucket and
use all of the rice at once the rest of it is going to still be sealed up and stay perfectly
fine for 30 years or even more stockpiling rice is something that I have tons lots of it so I
decided it was a great time to get my own rice cooker yes you can cook rice in a pot it's easy
my daughter has one of these rice cookers when I used it at her house I thought you know that's
really handy I don't have to think about it at all you rinse your rice fill rice cooker set it to go
and then you can be busy doing other things it's nice because rice ooker automatically shuts off
when it's done you can use rice cooker to cook food like brown rice quinoa lentils that are easy
to prepare but require longer time then you don't have to think about the time rice cooker come with
directions how to cook all different kinds of grains and have them turn out just fine and good
canning season is here it was actually difficult to find plain white vinegar so look around make
sure that if you're going to be canning and you can use white vinegar for all kinds of cleaning
also make sure that you have enough vinegar in your stockpile so that you'll have what you need
for your upcoming tasks make sure you have canning salt if you're planning on doing any canning
canning salt is different from just regular salt because it's finer and it doesn't have any
impurities in it no anti-caking compounds never use iodized salt in canning because it changes
the color of your home canned foods I suppose because it's the time of year when lots of people
are home canning canning salt has been harder to find I was able to get this box canning salt for
a dollar eighty-four it was great to add canning salt to my stockpile if you can't find the canning
salt and you want to home can your foods look for kosher salt read the ingredients to make sure that
it's a hundred percent kosher salt that it doesn't have any other ingredients in it and then it'll
be pure salt it'll be fine to use the mosquitoes have just been awful in Alaska this summer I got
another citronella candle this citronella candle from walmart has three wicks it has little cutouts
so if it's a little bit dusky evening time and even night then citronella candle provide a
little light be a little flickering lantern I stocked up on after bite sticks these can
sometimes be hard to get they are exactly the right thing to have if you get a mosquito bite
unscrew the lid dab afterbite on it helps your mosquito bite feel better
it's the time of year camping it's also a good time to think about prepping needs
if you have a butane stove stock up on the butane fuel canisters while you can find it because once
people really get in to camping hunting fishing butane fuel canisters are not available they're
just sold out you can't get them that was a problem last year so when i saw them this year
i got a bunch of them to go with my butane stove that i have for emergencies i also got a four
pack of propane cylinders because i do have an old coleman stove that i can use these on i also have
a mr buddy propane heater so when the winter time does roll around again propane cylinders bottles
are going to be great to have if i need emergency power heat you need to have the fuel
for your emergency appliances heater stove lantern make sure you're stocking fuels you need for the
gizmos and gadgets that you have that you're planning on cooking staying warm and lighting
the way make sure that you have those fuels i got a couple bags of epsom salt epsom salt is awesome
it has so many different uses everything from first aid to gardening to even beauty
i'll put a link to a video i made about epsom salt in case you're wondering what are some of the
other uses for epsom salt that you may not know about we know the most important prepping item is
water and when i went to the store here in Alaska the aisle that holds the stored water bottles the
pre-filled bottles was nearly empty i think it's because people are getting ready to go fishing
people are camping tourists are back they're renting motorhomes and so
it's so important that you make sure you have enough water and if you look at all the droughts
going on in the western united states having more water on hand can only serve to help your family
have a better outcome in an emergency situation so i bought this seven gallon aquatainer it's by
reliance and it was about 17 dollars was a little more than 17 dollars they are going up in price
these water storage containers are super sturdy i take them out to my Granny Camp i bring them back
they get dragged around stored in the garage over the winter i always keep them
full of water because you never know when there might be an emergency you're going to need extra
water aquatainer water storage containers have a nice handle but they're heavy because water
weighs a little over eight pounds per gallon so when you fill aquatainer water storage container
it's going to weigh almost 60 pounds so you want to make sure that you either fill it where you're
going to store it or have someone big and strong help you carry it around it comes with a cap that
you can have a pour spout spigot on it that helps you be able to pour water out where you need it
so you can turn aquatainer on its side put the spigot pointing down then use the spigot to get
the water out that you need then you don't have to be tipping aquatainer water storage container over
trying to pour water out of your seven gallon container these are super sturdy i've got
several of them and if you don't have one and you're looking for a big water storage container
check them out you do need to sanitize your water storage containers before you fill them up
i'll put a link to a video i made on how to sanitize your water storage container
and it's allergy season so stocking up on kleenex is always a good idea at my house
while i was at the hardware store i decided to get a few of the cans of GreatStuff spray foam
insulation it's expanding foam you can use to fill in cracks around your house help make
house airtight if you're suffering because things are extremely hot you may want to
weather strip and close in the gaps in your house but when winter comes that's when we
definitely like to use Great Stuff spray foam insulation we want to make sure that
cold air is not blowing in oh god that was an earthquake whoa whoa okay see you never know
okay it's all good
okay that's the scary thing about earthquakes you just never know when they're going to happen
anyway make sure that you're prepping for whatever the things are that might happen to you
be ready for the unexpected that's what life is thrown at so many of us lately if
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