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Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Apr 16, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021

@Stephanie Arnold thank you for the links and resources. I’m sold and would like to get it, but after showing all this evidence to a member of my family they still aren’t convinced and think that the vaccines are dangerous and need to be studied for over 20 years before they will feel safe using them. Now I need to figure out how to keep myself safe vs keeping the peace in my family.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Apr 16, 2021 Posted April 18, 2021

Thank you for the weekly news roundups and for educating me about things to watch out for and be aware of. Sure is a crazy time we live in. Can I ask a question here for anyone to answer? I’m really wanting to get the Covid-19 vaccine, but my family members have their concerns about the long term side effects of it and are discouraging me from getting it. How do I lovingly tell them that it is safe and fine? I think it will be 5-10 years before they get it because they want to see that it’s been tested and no weird side effects happen.

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 12, 2021

@Redneck thank you so much for the pictures. I’m a visual learning and understand now. That seems pretty easy to do, especially with that neat tool you have.

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 12, 2021

@LNMOt wonderful idea of storing other things besides food. Just the other day I ran out of laundry detergent and I had to put our dirty clothes on hold until I could get at the store. If I had some stored, I could have gotten them out of the way right then and there. How do you make your eggs and bread last so long? If I don’t eat a loaf a bread a week then it starts to mold!

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 12, 2021

@Pops you have a great way of explaining things and making them super simple to understand. Buying an extra $5 of canned green beans when I go to the store is totally doable! I also like your last paragraph how I won’t have to run to the store if I run out of something in the kitchen.

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 10, 2021

@Ubique you are right on with the Chicago and power outages. I think I can definitely stock up on some cans and that would be an easy way to get started. I like what you said about having different forms of food, canned, freeze dried, and frozen. Kind of like what the financial planner at my work says that I should do about diversifying my portfolio. But how do I know that I have enough food to live off of if I couldn’t get to the grocery store? I don’t want to be in the situation where I am trying to make a casserole and I am missing one ingredient. I guess I’m going to have to just plan out my meals and list all the ingredients they all take and make sure I have some of each of all of those.

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 10, 2021

@Redneck are mylar bags like Ziploc bags but made of mylar like mylar balloons? Can you go over the process of storing food that way a bit more? I don’t have a big freezer, so that might be something I’m interested in. Thank you for your comment.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 10, 2021

@Pops thanks for the link to the Azure Standard. I am going to check that out because I want to buy bulk organic foods, but not spend my entire paycheck on them like Whole Foods is making me do right now.

How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of?

Posted March 10, 2021

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 10, 2021

@Michelle thank you for sharing your inspirational story. It helped convince me even further to build up my food storage and have some extra money set aside. Job security has always been a huge stress for me. At any time my company might go out of business, I could get fired, I could get injured and no longer be able to work there, or various other factors. And then pretty much your life is set back to zero, no income and no way to pay for things like food or utilities. Ugh…. just talking about it is working me up and stressing me out! And when I’ve tried to find a new job, it always takes months. I wish things weren’t so hand-to-mouth. But I’m trying to build up my food and financial reserves so that I can make it through hard times when they come.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

What are some long term food sources that can live on a shelf for a long time (no refrigeration) and don’t require being heated up on a stove or microwave?

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

@Robert Larson you are right, I never want my girls to go hungry. Hence, one of the reasons i’m getting into this lifestyle.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

@Redneck I like that idea of thinking about being prepared as a form of insurance policy.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

@Pops what you have described is the kind of prepping that i’m interested in. I don’t think i’ll be able to survive long camping in the woods, so i’m not even going to get near that end of preparedness. I’m more of the save money, store up some food, and be able to safely evacuate to a shelter somewhere. Thanks for bringing this up.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 2, 2021

@Robert Larson Thank you for making this. I am very new to all this, but feel some responsibility to be more prepared and be able to take care of my daughters no matter what happens. One question I have is how likely is it for a disaster to happen to me? I see the occasional earthquake in california on the news, or a hurricane in florida every year, but here in Chicago we only really get the occasional cold spell and some snow. I haven’t had any real disasters happen to me in my lifetime, won’t say how old I am…, but it’s been a few years.

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

@Ubique it’s sad that we live in a world where we have to worry about things like this huh? Martial arts sounds like a fun sport that can help my girls build their self confidence and hopefully protect us someday if we needed to use it. I’ll have to look around and see what’s open with COVID and all, but that’s something i’m going to want to get them into. I’ll have to teach them not to pound on each other though when they are having a fight. hahaha I also like what you said about teaching them just to run at the sight of danger. My mom always taught me to scratch, punch, kick, and scream like h*** if I was ever in a situation like that.

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

@Bob thank you for the great idea of lookup up our official evacuation route. That will bring comfort as I know where we will be going and what road we will take.

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

@Bill Mason I like your idea of stashing some stuff at a family members house. That will greatly improve our response time because we won’t have to pack as much and can move faster because we will be carrying less. That’s also smart to look ‘frumpy’ and as unattractive as possible. If I ever get around to making a 72 hour kit, i’ll be sure to put some unflattering clothes in there. Maybe go get some baggy genderless clothes from the 90’s at the thrift store.

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

As a mother of two young girls, evacuating scares me. We already try and stay cautious and stay away from putting ourselves in compromising situations, but if we ever had to do a forced evacuation it could get scary. Do you all have any tips on how we can stay safe if we were trying to evacuate from a major city of millions of people?

Reply to: What is your favorite prepping tool? Posted March 2, 2021

@Ubique and @Robert Larson thank you for the links and advice!

How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of?

Posted March 10, 2021

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Apr 16, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Apr 16, 2021 Posted April 18, 2021

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 12, 2021

@Redneck thank you so much for the pictures. I’m a visual learning and understand now. That seems pretty easy to do, especially with that neat tool you have.

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 12, 2021

Reply to: How to you start building up a food storage that you could eventually live off of? Posted March 10, 2021

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 10, 2021

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

What are some long term food sources that can live on a shelf for a long time (no refrigeration) and don’t require being heated up on a stove or microwave?

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

@Robert Larson you are right, I never want my girls to go hungry. Hence, one of the reasons i’m getting into this lifestyle.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

@Redneck I like that idea of thinking about being prepared as a form of insurance policy.

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 4, 2021

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 2, 2021

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

@Bob thank you for the great idea of lookup up our official evacuation route. That will bring comfort as I know where we will be going and what road we will take.

Reply to: Which roads are safest for travel? Posted March 2, 2021

Reply to: What is your favorite prepping tool? Posted March 2, 2021

@Ubique and @Robert Larson thank you for the links and advice!

Reply to: Practice, simulations and drills Posted February 28, 2021

@Ubique I’m glad I am getting into preparedness as well. I have about two weeks worth of food in my house now and it is such a comfort. I’ve never had that much food before! And thanks for the link to the Start Prepping tab above. I’ve read a few articles here and there, but that looks like a good section to start on. I appreciate the warm welcome.