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Pour stored water back and forth between two containers a few times to introduce more oxygen again. -GrammAA WAWY

I like how the hammer in your pic is $5.56.

I'm going to add something often overlooked in these posts. HAM RADIO. Ham operates on MANY frequencies (bands) and even a low power radio can bail you out ESPECIALLY if repeaters are still up and may very well be. You can buy a VERY cheap Baofeng hand held 2 meter 70cm radio with a simplex range of between 5-10 miles. Hit a repeater and the range goes WAY up. Screw worrying about a license. You dont need one to BUY and OWN it only to broadcast. And lets be honest, in a SHTF period The FCC will have far more to do than chase down unlicensed Elmers. I HAVE my General ticket But Im sure not going to be turning anyone in.

I'd say fill a memory card with lots of TV shows & movies in case you don't have power or internet, unless you want to be bored.

Do I believe we could have Martial Law in the US any day now? Yes. First of all, Obama was actually prepping for that. One intel guy told me the brouhaha at the southern Cal border (remember the people who were being bussed in and the community stopped it?) was actually designed by BO to create a reason for martial law. Didn't work.

Now - with a new sheriff in town, and with several more EO's designed to make it possible to a) take assets away from child sex traffickers, b) arrest people in high political places, and c) use a military tribunal instead of regular judiciary - I would say we are headed in that direction. It may be the only way to enable those arrests and quell the crowds.

This zero hedge article from Obama days outlines some things to think about https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-02/what-would-happen-if-martial-law-was-declared-america

Now, let's get real. I love GEOTUS and am amazed at what he has accomplished. At this point I still trust that what he's doing is supporting the country and the Constitution. I would hope that Martial Law - if it is declared - will be for a short period of time. 3 months, maybe 6? Because I can't see the US surviving much longer. Far too much disruption in the markets, communities, and small businesses.

So, let's say he does declare Martial Law and he means well. Let's say he has his MI guys in place who are supposedly on our side. Hmmmm - great! Unless you live in a Democrat controlled state. Or Broward County. Or Mexifornia. I would hope the "resisters" are the ones arrested and not us. I would hope we get to keep our 2A rights. I would hope we could put a Q on our door and show whose side we are on. But that's a fantasy. We saw what happened in New Orleans after Katrina. People who weren't even in the flood zones, who lived high and dry in relatively solid neighborhoods, had their doors kicked in by the local gendarmes and all their guns confiscated. We only need to look at the old movie about Athens, Tennessee http://constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm to understand how people with a little power will act when given more than their integrity - or lack thereof - can contain.

Think long and hard about this. What will really happen? How will we survive. How will we identify trusted allies? We can't go it alone. But as Ann Landers used to say, "Better to be alone than wish you were."

This is real and there are many on here who don't have a huge community to support them. Think about that. We also have the enemy looking over our shoulders here. Realize that what Obama put in place puts every single item you prep with at risk of being confiscated. To those Obama shills on here who think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, I hope you realize that his 8 years nearly pushed this country into the crapper. In case you need a refresher - http://freedomoutpost.com/1063-documented-examples-of-barack-obamas-lying-lawbreaking-corruption-cronyism-hypocrisy-waste-etc/ And the laws he put on the books will come back and bite all of us. I hope for Karma's sake that they bite his ass and all those smug members of the Clinton Criminal Cartel first.

I'm not a concernfag, nor am I negative about this movement. It's a matter of understanding human nature. I trust Q and Q+ ... most local law enforcement? Meh, not so much, smaller towns can be the worst. Sheriffs? Probably (I would take Sheriff Joe back in a heartbeat. I wish we could raise Sheriff Dever from the dead. - he was murdered prolly by O'bots ppl.) Ex military - hopefully. Regular anons on here? Mostly.

The point is - dig your well before you are thirsty. You can plant small indoor gardens with greens and some medicinal plants. You can reach out to others who share our views and make some pacts. You can plan for the worst and hope for the best. An old neighbor (thankfully now gone) laughed at me when I bought some portable solar kits. Low and behold, we had a power outage and I was running a small refrigerator and a fan when the entire neighborhood was sweltering.

So here's advice from someone who has been through 2 hurricanes and one SHTF scenario: Buy less and learn how to use it before buying more. Taste any of the food you get before stocking up on a years worth of high-sodium cardboard. Date everything you buy so you know when you got it and how old it is. Some food will kill you if it is expired. Some not so much. Know which is which. Honey (if it's real honey and not the cheap Walmart brand) will last forever.

If you want to really get into this, the LDS church is certainly good for one thing - those ppl know how to prep. Here ya go, free - https://survivalcache.com/book-review-lds-preparedness-manual/

Know your limitations. Know how to keep what you bought fresh. Know how to use every self-defense tool at your disposal. Never let your car get below half tank. Keep your wits about you and your powder dry. Call your mom.

that is all

I stored about three terabytes of porn on some thumb drives I had sitting around not in use. That should hold me over in case of apocalypse... I think.

Not much to add other than plenty of ammo and it is pretty cheap right now. I like the Berkley water filters alot and if you have the money the Goal zero solar generators with the lithium batteries are fantastic and built well. I use them for my Refrigerator if the power goes out and with solar panels you can run them indefinitely but they are expensive.

Delusional deranged nonsense. It's actually quite sad to see what the Q cult does to people, preparing for an era of martial law which will never happen.

Please get psychiatric help. Q isn't real and you're basically just in a cult now.

I have been a "preper" for a couple years now (leading up to the 2016 election) and I know it seems daunting to start... but start with the basics and build from there. I look at prepping as an insurance policy I hold from myself & my family... we spend hundreds every month on car / home/ health insurance... why not put some of your cash towards preparing your home for uncertain times. Decide what is best for you, do a little each week, each month, each trip to the grocery store... whatever fits your lifestyle & budget best.

1) clean water should be your #1 priority. Try and prepare for 1 gallon of water per person per day. This will include drinking water, food prep, and cleaning yourself. If the water is shut off for more than a few days, do you have a way to get clean water? Can you collect rain water or river/spring water, do you have a way to filter it? If you have a well, can you get water without power (hand pump)?

2) food - canned goods are great, especially for short term disturbances. They don't have to be heated, and if you eat right out of the can there is very little cleanup. But for longer term, what do you have stored? Although it is not ideal, you can buy a lot of rice and dried beans very cheaply and if you store them correctly, they will last a long time. Our local Sams Club sells 50 lbs of rice for $16 and 12lb bags of dried beans for $8...so for under $50 you can get nearly 100 lbs of shelf stable food... BUT.... you will need water and a way to cook! There are also some really great freeze dried meals you can buy too, but they are much more costly. We now have a year+ for 2 people of the freeze dried meals, as well as a bunch of rice & beans.

3) weapons - can you protect your family? Do you have plenty of fire arms & ammo? Also think about rifles for hunting (small and larger game). You can have all the guns and ammo you want, but you really, really need to know how to shoot them. You need to practice, you need to feel comfortable with them. You need to teach your family gun safety. You need to be able to protect your family without even thinking about it.

4) medical - as OP stated, you really need to have extra medicine that you depend on. Also think about food/water borne illnesses that will be prevalent in a SHTF scenario. We have stocked up on Imodium, pepto, antacids, etc. As well as a lot of trauma supplies.... sutures & injectable lidocane, bandages, stuff to treat wounds (small & large). Vitamins are good to have, I know we would not be getting enough fruit or dairy, so I have a lot of calcium, Vitamin C, etc. We also purchased antibiotics for fish & birds. This is not something we will take unless we need to, but they come in human dosages, and are made in the same factories as human medicines. I have purchased several doses of several different types that can treat a wide variety of ailments. I have also printed out a sheet that shows what antibiotics to take for what illness, how much to take and for how long... I keep this with the pills.

5) Hygiene - how will you keep clean? Where will you dispose of garbage & waste? Women - do you have feminine hygiene items stocked up? If you have babies - do you have diapers & formula? We keep a ton of extra toilet paper, paper towels, paper plates / plastic ware, plastic bags, garbage bags... We also keep bleach crystals, since liquid bleach has a shelf life! We keep lots of soap, tooth pasts, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc.

6) Long term prepping - we have a large variety of seeds. I have also stocked up on canning supplies (jars, lids, pectin for jellies, etc.) If you grow your own food (or hunt for meat), do you have a way to store it? We live on over 100 acres, so we have plenty of room to grow stuff... if you live on a small lot, can you plant a garden? Do you have any skills that you can use to barter for stuff you need? Can you make soap, or make liquor? Can you sew? Can you can meat or veggie? Make jellies? Can you fix stuff? Do you have farm animals that produce milk or eggs? Think about your special skills and what people might need... stock up on items that you can use to get stuff that you can't get on your own. Also think about entertainment... a deck of cards, some books, something the kids play.

7) communication - this is the next item that we will be working on. I have started looking into getting my Ham radio license... and this is something that would be important if social media / cell phones etc were taken out. How will you talk with friends and family?

8) Alternative energy - We live in hurricane country, so we are used to losing power for long periods of time, just last year we were out for 6 days. During this time, fuel was really hard to find, so running the generator was scary, because we didn't know if we could keep it going. Since then, I have purchased a solar generator (basically battery packs with solar panels and an invertor). This will not run a whole lot, but I can run my well (long enough to fill up our 200 gallon tank with water) and then hook up the fridge for 8 hours or so. We get a lot of sun, so solar is a good option for us. Best part is, it is silent, unlike the very loud gasoline generator, this won't alert the neighbors! If the grid goes down, can you power anything? recharge batteries for flashlights? How will you cook? How will you bathe? How will you use the bathroom? These are all things you need to think about now, and stock up on items that will help you survive.

9) Neighbors - this might be the most important - get to know your neighbors if you don't already. You can not survive alone, you have to have a team. no matter where you live, you need to get to know the people around you. Are they going to be part of your survival team or will they be trouble... all good to know BEFORE shtf. For us, we have some great neighbors and a few that will be a problem, I have bought extra supplies knowing that the people we will need help from are not as prepared as we are. In my experience, most people are thinking about the uncertain future. Even people I didn't' expect to, do. Do not tell all your neighbors about your preps! But once you find out who is trustworthy and who is on the same page, work with them to come up with a plan. It is good to have people with different skills, maybe a neighbor is a nurse, or a mechanic, or has military training. Maybe they can be a great asset to have but they don't have the funds to fully prep.... keep this in mind when you are buying your supplies!

I know this is a lot to consider if you are just starting out... but we all started somewhere. Come up with a list of items that you must have day 1, how much will this cost? Work your budget around it. Put aside $20 a week (or $50 or $100) and start a small prepper pantry. Start out slow, buy some bottled water (or refill old bottles with tap water), buy some canned goods, some extra batteries, some extra medicine. In a couple months you will be surprises how much you have!

Martial law will not cause power failures. Mind your own business and don't be an anarchist radical and you will be left alone.

And PAIN KILLERS! At some point in a SHTF scenario, there will be pain... a fall from a ladder, a broken bone, maybe even a gunshot wound. Whatever pain killers you can put back FOR LIMITED USE (you don't want to create drug addicts) as a stopgap measure, these can help in a time of need until medical help can be arranged. They can range from simple powdered aspirin up to the more powerful prescription stuff; if you or someone you know has such things and will share, put them back for future needs.

Also, in hostile confrontations (there will be LOTS of angry, hungry, and impatient people who have relied on the government for so long they will have forgotten how to fend for themselves... they will think that you owe them something), the two best partners of being armed are COVER and CONCEALMENT. If you have to choose one, concealment is usually better than cover. Prepare your mind to know that you may have to shoot someone. Get your head around it, when they come to your house for supplies, they won't be gentle about it.

Finally, all the preparations in the world are good, but basically use your head, trust no one that you haven't known a LONG time, prepare for the worst and pray for the best.

Got all the supplies...now I need a gun for defense. I never thought our nation would come to this. I'm full of sorrow over it...but not paralyzed by it either. We have been squirreling away supplies for months now. Most Floridians who prepare for hurricanes know how to survive for weeks on their own. Good luck to all of you when the SHTF. God bless.

Where do I get the iodine to treat a water tank that is around 2000 gallons? all I can find is tiny quantities for treating a little water bottle for camping or whatever. I have a large rainwater collection system and would happily treat it with Iodine, since we apparently are all deficient anyway, but I can't find the stuff in bulk that is configured to treat a large tank like I have. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

I have a whole house generator that kicks on when power goes down including the grid. I need more supplies though

Stock up on ammo. Without ammo, your gun is just a fancy stick.

Re: Tea Light Candles & 0-60MPH Prepping

I've never gotten close to 8 hours from one, maybe 5 and the last 30 minutes were pretty dim.

If you have an IKEA close by they sell 100 for ~$4 under the Glimma name. (Amazon though is 3X that.)

(3) tea lights will boil ~2 cups of water eventually.

(3) tuna cans in triangle will hold a pan over a tea light to warm water but there will be a lot of soot on the bottom of it.

Put (3) tea lights in-between tuna cans to boil (with even more soot).

Tuna is a good prep food, nutritious and can be eaten right from the can.

Couscous is cheap & super easy w/ hot water as is plain oatmeal. They both pair well w/ beans (from dried) or raisins (really).

Real salty but Spam can be eaten as it or added to beans, couscous, etc. Get individual slices, more $ but no fridge needed after opening.

If you like coffee, get some instant. Much easier to boil small amounts of water than enough to run through the grinds.

Most instant coffee tastes like hotel room coffee but some are better than others (Bustelo, Medaglia, Starbucks not terrible).

Try craigslist for used camping gear especially UCO Minis 1 tea light and protected from wind or knockover fire.

Coghlan's camp store brand sells a tea light lantern that is pretty good.

Make sure you have a few BIC lighters around.

With all the above, some cook pans/pots, vit-C drink mix, & seasoning (Old Bay great combo spice) and very little else you can store ~2 weeks of hot meals for 1 in a small duffel bag. Make sure you have water available. You won't gain weight but you definitely won't starve.

We have an oven/hob that runs on Propane gas and one bottle lasts for 6 months. We have 2 x 325 Watt photovoltaic panels charging 200AH batteries that power a 220 volt inverter. Enough to keep our laptops, phones, radios and a few lights running indefinitely. We have a 1000 litre reserve water tank on the roof that provides a gravity feed to all taps. Enough for several days. We have a wood stove and a ton of wood - enough for several weeks. (Not required in summer.) We have 400 litres of heating oil and 500 to be delivered next week. The one thing we are lacking is enough elecricity to keep the boiler fan spinning. I need to figure out its rating and sort out a separate power supply for that. We live in a village of smallholdings, which is pretty much self-sufficient for food. But a sack of rice, a sack of dried beans, boiling water and a few greens will keep us fed for months. We live on a large Greek island. Our neighbors have guns and we are on very friendly terms with them! I have a small motorbike that will do 100 miles on a tank of gasoline and I have two full cans of gas as well.

Awesome post - one of the reasons why my wife and I just bought a house on a lake feed by a fresh water spring. We have been discussing how to use the DAM to create clean electricity. A real possibility with the water flow.It has a food closet in the basement that needs some wrk and I will be taking on that task.

Thanks for this.

I've been thinking it's all too appropriate given the President's emergency system test and dedication of emergency preparedness month a bit ago. The signs are there.

Check! Got it all. Started in 2012 after obumer won his second term. I guess I can thank him for something.

I can vegetable soup and bought bullion enough to have soup everyday for six months just change it from chicken to beef bullion freeze corn meal and flour now to kill out bugs but sugar in store in 5 gallon buckets also dry beans

Good man

Women using birth control pills need to stock up enough for a month, or have other means to prevent pregnancy. I would keep a birthing kit in a sealed bag just in case.

Go solar. Can everything. Stockpile guns and ammo because your neighbors and people from cities will be trying to take what you have.

I don't tell ANYONE how I prep or what I've prepped. OpSec is #1.

Bottled water lasts foreverJPG and large water containersJPG can be filled from the river or rainwater.JPG Treat river and rainwater with pure iodine - just enough so you can start to taste it and leave it to work for an hour. Add food coloring to your iodine so you can easily see what water has already been treated. Iodine is far superior to chlorine water purification tablets.

Keep it away from light or else youll get algea growin.

Aaaand here we go with the doomsday prepping...

Also, get some H2O2 (food grade hydrogen peroxide). Works wonders on many levels including treating water, cleaning, and even consumption. BE SURE TO STUDY ON DILUTIONS, and don't use undiluted.

You forgot popping-corn. It lasts forever.

This is a good list for things to have on hand if the grid goes down due to earthquake, tsunami, solar flares etc. Martial law isn't so serious. Many countries have been under martial law, even peaceful friendly Canada in 1970. You just go about your business while the police use expanded powers to arrest people and the army guards critical infrastructure. Don't eat all your popcorn when it happens. You might need it for a real emergency.

A few additions:

Coleman butane stoves are ~$25 @ Target & Wal-Mart.

Get as much gas as you can afford, they last ~2H; 6 cans, 12H, a lot of cooking time. Gas can be had at above or restaurant supply co.

Alternative is a used Coleman propane stove. Check local craigslist, usually cheap, they use disposable cylinders. Get as many as you can.

A USB powerbank of good capacity (5000mAH+) is handy. It can keep your phone charged up and can be recharged in your car.

Even without gas to recharge it, your car battery will recharge one ~100X or more. Just be sure you have a USB car charger too.

Bubblewrap your single or double paned windows. Bubbles to the glass and cut to fit glass only. Use plain or slightly soapy water to stick. WWG1WGA -GrammAA

Your needs are food, water, shelter, arms, and a community. If you can solve communication and transportation, all the better.

Understand that all money is a medium of exchange. You can barter with anything anyone is willing to accept. I'm guessing tools and ammo are superior currencies to anything else if you have none. Otherwise, ammo, tools, numismatic silver coins (& some gold).

Understand that it's almost a certainty that community is a requirement! If the people around you are not an asset, you stand almost not chance. If the people around you are adversarial, you stand no chance. Therefore, first order of business is not to be in an area that will immediately become ground zero for zombies.

Also, until you have taken care of the essentials, it is a waste of your time, energy, and resources, to acquire anything else.

Once you are where you should be, and have everything you can think of, focus on skills!!! Real tangible producing skills! Think medic, trades, security, hunting, foraging, farming, etc.. stuff that will benefit you when you have access to nothing you didn't bring with you. Ask yourself, if the last transport to a well prepped island community is looking for one more person, why should they pick you among the countless others to come contribute to their survival?

Marshall law in no way means there will be no power or water. Stop just stop this is fear porn and pushes the prepper sales which have been down since TD got elected.

How much iodine per gallon is at the near taste level?

lol I love reading these sorts of posts because they are so vague and yet people find them informative. Chances are if you find something like this actually helping you then it is a certainty you will make it about 36hrs.

What you are not taking into effect is the human element. None of these posts recommend a place to bunker down and ride it out for at least 2 weeks. Most people will vanish for 72hrs and then venture out to take stock.

That is the point at which opportunity will become law of land.

Another thing is that if shit hits the fan how will you traverse the country side? You going to walk? Lol you will die and it will likely be from the elements. Know what was one of the most dangerous things in Afghanistan?

Wasn’t the people. It was the fucking dogs! They are cunning and far superior at hunting then you ever will be, and that is because they can form a pack without problem.

So how will you get fuel? Going to steal it from other cars and leave yourself in the open?

I suggest you research it because I won’t tell you my method as it is my exit and I spent time to find it. Plus if shit does go downhill I recommend you do what I will. Kill everyone you see.

You are not Rick from walking dead and people will always fuck you to serve their own interests. So don’t allow them and kill them all so you can get their supplies and survive longer.

Learn how to blend in with the undergrowth and become invisible so you have the advantage. Buy a ghille suit or make one.

Get what is called a trauma kit for yourself. Learn how to stitch a wound and be sure you have coagulation substrate. It won’t be like you see on the movies because that never shows the absolute truth of what man can become.

Daniel 12

Thank you for posting this! Good info!

Thank you :)

Excellent post. Great work anon!!

The purpose of martial law is to protect the infrastructure and minimize disruption and destruction. It's to force order into chaos. Structure where it has broken down.

While I take no issue with the contents of your post, the simple fact is that you're far more likely to need that during social breakdown and rioting than if martial law were to be declared.

There will be no civil war.

If one genuinely thinks there will be martial law declared for the duration described, one seems to be misunderstanding what exactly might happen...

Save your life --- buy a bunch of these and keep them handy: https://www.lifestraw.com/

Treat river and rainwater with pure iodine - just enough so you can start to taste it

FATAL ERROR!!!!!

If you "taste" the water before the bacteria are dead then you will be dead too.

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I'm so fucked. My family owns a few guns. But the problem is I live right in the middle of downtown Houston.

My car was just broken into last week, who tf knows what kinda chaos is gonna happen when the shtf. I'm trying to start store up on food and other survival items. Buut I played a lot of dayz and other survival games to know that my unlucky ass is gonna get fuckin looted anyway.

I hope everything goes by fast enough were there's not too many casualties. I'll be ready though. Talking about this kinda shit makes me paranoid. I might just climb a skyscraper and live there for a while or some shit Idk. I don't have many options really.

/v/preppers is another resource.

Keep up the good work.

Fucking amazing post, this is exactly what I've been needing. Thank you!

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst!

LOL at Doctor Who. Fantasy land is real for you buddy.

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