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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper today I wanted to share with you some survival items emergency gear items you want to
make sure that you stockpile you may have forgotten a lot of these prepping supplies items or
not thought about them or realized that you even need them for everyday emergencies have you ever been
out for the day and you wish you had something you went on a trip you were
missing something an important item or supply you took your kids out in a crowd and maybe you had a hard time
keeping your eye on them things fall apart things get lost things get broken
and there are all kinds of situations when small prepping survival unusual gear and items can really save the day
it doesn't have to be an apocalypse for you to want to stockpile some of these
items and supplies with your prepping gear emergency stockpile it can just be a minor inconvenience that sets your day off
wrong at the beginning or something that you wish you had would change completely
the outcome of a trip or a day when maybe the power goes out so the first
thing you want to think about to stockpile for emergencies are small kits for repairing things we always have
things fall apart break get lost when we need to fix it and get about our
business correct emergency situations so think about small repair kits I can
find a lot of these at the Dollar Tree sewing kits dental repair kits for loose
fillings eyeglass repair kits
manicure kits a hangnail or a torn fingernail can seem like an emergency in
some situations and a little kit like this from the Dollar Tree can solve your
problem right away there are also little tool kits you can look for small kinds
of wrenches little screwdriver sets I picked almost all of these items up
for a dollar and you can get them for a few dollars other places as well or make your own survival kits
put together some gear items things on your own think about small kits they can solve
problems and those are the type of items you want to make sure that you have with
your emergency prepping survival supplies next think about some unusual items that can help smooth
your life for an outdoor setting make sure you have several pairs of
sturdy work gloves good quality they don't have to be expensive but I picked
up gloves at the Dollar Tree before and they were totally worthless the plastic
part on them completely disintegrated and they weren't worth the dollar so
some items you need to spend a little more to make sure you get the prepping items that
you want get some gloves that are sturdy flexible and I like the gloves ones with the
coated palms they last longer the fingers are stronger they help protect
you from all kinds of stickers thorns rocks and dirt have a few hand tools so
that you can take care of any little business you need including business if
the water goes out and maybe you need to dig a little hole behind a bush you
can never have too much duct tape I like to stock up on a hose repair kit if your
host springs a leak or the end comes off the hose repair kits that you can cut off
the end of your hose or cut off the middle where there's a leak push in a
connector and then screw down clamps that hold that connector together on your hose can
give you a new hose end or fix a hole in your hose hoses get leaks and breaks in the
most inopportune time so keeping a few of these inexpensive hose repair kits items on hand can
really make your day be better clothesline and some clothes pins if
your power goes out or your clothes are wet you can hang them up dry them out
and then you solve that problem zip ties cable ties are a great item to stockpile they come
in all kinds of colors all kinds of sizes they can fix all kinds of things
some of them are sturdier than others but you can always use a couple of the zip ties cable ties to hold things together
if you don't have the strongest one that you need stock up on cable ties and zip ties for the
Handy solutions they can be for a lot of problems whether it's warm weather
there's too much moisture in the ground after a storm there might be problems
with bugs and rodents stockpile repellents traps poisons with your emergency survival gear with something as simple as a flyswatter a few
cans of the bug killer one of the problems with stockpiling is I bought a few
extra cans of roach and ant killer and I have them in the garage and didn't use them for a few years and some
of them are just fine but other cans of bug spray seem like they're empty and I
haven't used them yet so don't stockpile so many things that you wouldn't reasonably be
able to use them you want to make sure that
you're getting the most for your money for your emergency supplies when there's
things like storms forest fires even a turn of cold weather rats and mice can
be a problem getting into your house into your sheds garage things like that get
some traps there's a whole variety of rat and mouse traps you can pick them up at the hardware store
and even at the Dollar Tree rat and mouse traps they're simple to use they're very effective and
it just depends on the type of trap that you want to use if you do decide to use a
poison bait make sure it's in some kind of a container only the rodents could get
in to so that you don't end up accidentally poisoning children or pets
put rat or mouse poison it in a safe place so that you're just targeting the critters that you're
trying to get rid of along with bug repellent stock up on some sunscreen even in the
wintertime if we end up spending more times out of doors when the sun is shining
even in the snow it can reflect and give you a sunburn have sunscreen to protect
you and your family from burns stock up on manual can openers I usually pick up manual can
openers at thrift stores and yard sales for less than a dollar you can find all
different kinds some of them some are really interesting and they can be a big help opening canned food storage
manual can openers go a long way in helping you open your canned and package
stored foods stock up on matches and lighters I just
got one of these free plastic buckets from the grocery store from the bakery department to store boxes of matches keep your
matches dry and they're going to last and last in a prolonged emergency being
able to start a fire light a candle or heat something up on a stove can be
essential and you might have a lot of problems trying to do that if you don't
have a good supply of matches or lighters have a sturdy pot or pan for
cooking outside on a fire or even your barbeque grill
most of the pots and pans we have in our kitchen are not designed
for outdoor cooking over an open flame get a sturdy stainless steel or cast iron pot something sturdy and store it with your
emergency supplies an unusual item to stockpile is flagging tape this stuff is
great if you are out hiking around you can mark a trail so you're not lost I've
used it in crowds I take a piece tie it on my kids backpack on the little straps
so I can spot them I put it through the ponytail on girls and then I could go
out even with ten kids and a few adults and we could easily keep track of each
other in a crowd just by a little piece of flagging you can also put it on your suitcase
when you travel so you can spot your luggage when it's going around on the luggage
carousel I found some mirrors ten times magnifying mirrors at the Dollar Tree
for a dollar of course and they're great mirrors to put away in your camping gear your
emergency gear you can check out how you look if you care and they're also great
for signaling when I travel places like Africa where they people don't really
have anything I take a pile of these pass them out to the girls and they love
them so if you ever going to find yourself living without very many things
a mirror might be something extra you'd like to have too go over a list of
unusual items to stockpile for emergency situations and add them to your prepping supplies make sure that you're stockpiling the things that you need for
any situation
there's a lot of things that can happen stockpile some items and emergency supplies
think creatively on how you could use things and then when you find yourself
with a challenge look over the things emergency supplies you have and probably you'll be able to
come up with a solution to anything that comes your way
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