5 things preppers can do now coming crisis uncertain future covid19 coronavirus pandemic second wave election unrest protests
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I'm out at Granny Camp which is my
Alaska off-grid cabin today I wanted to discuss five things
that preppers can do to get ready for what's coming next prepping for what is next
crisis pandemic covid19 coronavirus pandemic second wave election protests unrest
there's been a lot of changes in our world in the last year
starting with the coronavirus covid19 pandemic shutdown economic crisis
which has shut down our economy it's stopped people from going to school
many people have lost their jobs we've had all kinds of changes in the last
year which no one would have predicted that our world could change so quickly
there's also an election coming up and the rhetoric
is extremely negative people have been talking negatively
about our leaders the police our school systems the post office
and just about every level of our daily lives
what's the future going to hold we don't know you combine
the current politics and coronavirus pandemic
with the natural occurrences of things like
hurricanes tornadoes floods crop failures
earthquakes there are all kinds of natural disasters that occur all over
the world every single year and maybe some of
those have affected your community this year there are still
things we can do ways we can prepare to have the best
possible outcome prepping for emergencies in our lives going forward the first
emergency solution prepping prepper readiness thing you can do is stock up on food you need to have a
stockpile of short-term and long-term foods short-term food stockpile would be
foods that you have in your pantry canned goods packaged goods things that
you eat on a normal everyday basis have several months worth of that food then
you should stock up on some long-term food storage foods things like rice beans
oatmeal foods that are designed and packaged to put away and last
for decades think about if there's a secondary location when you could also
stash some food for emergencies so that if for some reason you had to
bug out and leave your home evacuate you'll still have a stash of food
somewhere and should you need to bug out make sure you have a Bug Out Bag a
Bug Out Bag is also called a 72 hour kit it includes all of the prepping gear
emergency supplies you would need to survive and take care of yourself for 72
hours or three days or several days until either you can
figure out what to do next or help can come and help you you need a
variety of emergency prepping survival supplies in your Bug Out Bag just like you do in your home what goes in a bug out bag
you need some food water some first aid gear a few hygiene supplies
tools maybe a way to start a fire a warm change of clothing
and other essentials without going overboard so that your Bug Out Bag is
too heavy for you to grab and go I'll put a link to a video I made about
how to update your Bug Out Bag and it'll go through each of the areas of critical must have emergency prepping survival supplies
and the types of things that you want to include in your emergency stash stockpile Bug Out Bag
next you need to make sure that
you have some water no matter the emergency people need
water in every emergency situation how much water should you store
you need at least one gallon of water per person
per day for as many days as possible you can buy bottled water at the store
you can fill up clean empty containers you can buy jugs and even water barrels
whether you're purchasing water or filling up your own water storage containers
if you're filling them up from a source of water that's already safe to drink
you don't need to worry about doing anything else
fill up your container put on the lid and put it away store the water in a cool
dark dry place should the water in your home become contaminated
or stop running and you've used up all your bottled water
you need to have a way to filter and purify water that you
might get from another source don't just get a water filter like a brita
that's meant for just removing chlorinated smells
you need something that actually purifies your water something like a
berkey water filter or a life straw that actually removes all of the
contaminants the viruses the bacterias that make water unsafe to drink learn
ways to purify water from boiling it to adding water purification
tablets learn some of those skills how to purify water and store water filter water
and ideas so that you know what to do
should you face that situation the next topic of things preppers can do now is
shelter safety ways that you can harden your home make your home as safe as possible
that you can make your home as safe as possible your
locks your windows your security safer and better
you can do things like add deadbolts but then be sure you use them
you can add long screws into the door jambs so that people can't just kick in
your door there are also plates that you can get
where the doorknob is that make the door jam stronger
and more secure you can get security systems
you can even get little gadgets from the Dollar Tree but for one dollar from Dollar Tree prepping ideas
you can put a simple alarm on your windows and doors turn them on and the Dollar Tree door and window alarms
emit a loud sound if someone should try to enter your home
try making your home safer and more secure something as simple as adding a stick in the track of a
sliding window and if your windows can be lifted out
you can also place a dowel or a stick across the top of the window track
inserted into the top frame of the window you'll know it's there and you
can remove it but somebody else can't lift it out to try to get into your home
put up some outside lights keep your bushes trimmed away from your windows
make sure you have smoke alarms and fire extinguishers that are up to
date and ready to use what if you needed to leave your home do
you have a tent a tarp even black plastic bags and some
paracord so that you could rig up some sort of an emergency shelter maybe
you want to consider a Life Tent Life Tent from Go Time Gear Life Tent and a Life Bivy Life Bivvy from Go Time Gear
they're lightweight and sturdy emergency shelters that can go easily into your
car your Bug Out Bag and can be a part of
your emergency survival stockpile survival gear
in a lot of emergencies first aid is
critical make sure you have a well-stocked first aid kit
first aid kit you can buy one that's ready made you
can go even to the Dollar Tree and buy all the different kind of components for first aid kits
just make sure that you have a wide variety
of all of the different categories of a great first aid kit
I'll put a link to a video I made about all of the different categories and the
things that you want to include in a top notch first aid kit
first aid kit lights out kit power outage load shedding what if your lights go out your power is
out what are you going to do now do you have flashlights do you have
emergency lanterns do you have some candles and if so do
you have matches maybe you have oil lamps do you have the
fuel for the oil lamps the wicks and a way to light the oil lamps candles do you
have some kind of a camping stove so that you can heat up your food
there are a lot of different items that you can have in your lights out kit
power outage no electricity emergency gear kit stockpile
everything from flashlights with extra batteries glow sticks
head lamps oil lamps candles there are a wide variety of supplies
that should be in your lights out and your emergency cooking kit so that
you can provide those things for your family
in times of need you want to diversify your prepping supplies into many
different areas categories of prepping supplies you need food you need water you need
tools you need security you need all kinds of different
categories of items to make sure that you have the best
outcome no matter the emergency situation
so look over your prepping supplies and ask yourself
do i have the things I need what do I do
to protect myself who could I call in times of need as
our world becomes more dangerous it's all the more critical
that you keep your prepping supplies and your movements your
plans to yourself we don't know who's listening we don't know what they want
we don't know who they're talking to or how we're being judged
it's time for operational security we're living in dangerous times and people are
being judged for having prepping supplies
they're being called hoarders they're being judged as selfish
when all we're trying to do is ensure that
we have the things we need to provide for our families
just as we choose to prepare people choose
not to and we don't vilify those who don't in fact we usually try to
encourage others so that the more of us who prepare the
better off we all will be but that response is not being returned
in kind pay attention to the events that are unfolding in the news
especially the area around where you live
we need to pay attention to what's going on so we can do the best we can
to take care of ourselves and our families
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