So what do you think of Nat Geo's guide to surviving doomsday?
Do you think there is a market for a male mid sixty number 8? Asking for a friend.
That's not enough.Back to your OP, on the plus side, it is a positive thing that prepping is being discussed.
Among the many misleading items (such as 200 gallons of water per person per year), is the notion that if you spends some money to buy things you can survive what is coming.
Borrowing from a recent post I made:
What you have is all you'll have, if you can keep it. Most of us won't survive SHTF. History has shown everything can collapse really fast. For those not already well situated it's probably too late, the learning curve is steep and the consequences of failure are final. The important decisions have already been made. Stay away from crowds.
Back to lists, there was an interesting blog back in 2009 that discussed items a Alaskan trapper would consume over a trapping season. This would be for about half a year. Posting to compare with what the Nat Geo document list for a year.
https://survivalblog.com/2009/09/22/letter-re-grub-and-gearlessons/
- 90 lbs bisquick
- 50 lbs Beans
- 50 lbs Rice
- 25 lbs Salt
- 25 lbs Lentils
- 20 lbs oatmeal
- 10 lbs Sugar
- 10 lbs lard
- 10 lbs powdered milk
- 10 lbs split peas
- 10 lbs Tang [freeze-dried orange juice powder]
- 10 lbs coffee
- 10 lbs noodles
- 1 case tomato paste
- 5 lbs strawberry Jam
- 4 lbs honey
- 2 lbs pepper
- 5 gal White gasoline
- 4 large boxes wood matches
- 24 large Plumber’s Candles
- 8 rolls toilet paper
- 6 lantern mantels
- 7 Lbs Trapping wire
- Gun oil
- Trapping lures and scents
I assume from the absence of game meat and fish, that the list assumes you will be using the food on the list to supplement fresh foods that are locally procured.I say, more!, too!
No seriously, that doesn't look like much.
I agree, that the diagram has plenty of big technical holes in it.Two-hundred gallons of water might get you through half a year, if you are careful. Since when are guns, medicine, and salt luxuries? All three keep you alive. I doubt that the person that drew this knew much about survival.
Ah, hell.this whole prepper thing might get a litte more real no matter who is talking about it.....
https://halturnerradioshow.com/inde...ision-declares-will-take-taiwan-in-early-june
Even though their industrial/manufacturing output has been falling, China has been building big stockpiles of strategic resources/minerals.this whole prepper thing might get a litte more real no matter who is talking about it.....
https://halturnerradioshow.com/inde...ision-declares-will-take-taiwan-in-early-june
Yep, but I prefer to take my advice from someone that has scraped a few road apples off their boots.I agree, that the diagram has plenty of big technical holes in it.
But sadly, I assess that many who frequent prepping forums are not even that prepared.
There are plenty who are "All hat.....No Cattle"
road apples are mostly self cleaning, its the meadow muffins that take some scrappingYep, but I prefer to take my advice from someone that has scraped a few road apples off their boots.
So is America, preparing for "Something".They are preparing for something.
I was a prepper back east, snow and ice storms. My ex used to complain about things we had until we had a 2 week ice storm. My family was fedSo you were a covid prepper?
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