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Subject: Preparedness Checklist (v 1)
Prescriptions
90-180 day supply of needed prescriptions
Medicine
Antibiotics
Pain medication
Specialized medicines you regularly take 90-180 day supply
Food
Dry goods 6 months to 1 year supply
Salt
Sugar
Flour
Other??
Canned vegetables, fruits, meats, sauces, etc.
Cooking oils
Rice (50) lbs
Shelter
Heat source
Emergency food
Generous water supply
Water filter
Bedding
Additional clothing
Secure location
Personal protection clothing, personal items, toilet, Bags of Lime
Pioneering equipment such as an axe, shovel, hoe, rake
Emergency use toilet
Communications equipment such as a radio, short wave unit. Older is better.
Batteries and or solar power source
Weapon: long gun with enough ammunition
Other_______________________
Go Bag
Per packing list
Contingency Fuel
For cooking and heating. Kerosene, diesel, or heating oil
For vehicle. Shelf life of gas is 6 months, diesel is years
Water
You will need quite a bit of water. Even if you do not anticipate washing regularly. If you can locate near a well or cistern, or create a cistern from your rain spout system this can keep you in survival water most times.
Portable filter for travelling
Water purification tablets
Survival site
Secure
Outside an urban area near a rural community where farming is the primary activity
Realistic. You will not make it to Wyoming from Kentucky if a sudden collapse occurs. You can walk perhaps 30-30 miles a day if you are in shape. Considering how much water you need to travel that distance, think about how far you can reasonably walk. Remember after a couple days you will not be able to walk on roads, you will be travelling overland.
Evacuation Plan
Who?
How many?
How are you moving travelling. Think about plan A being vehicle borne, Plan B being on foot.
Where? How far?
What are you taking?
Who is carrying what?
Rally points/ safe areas to meet if separated
How long will you wait there for family members? Then what?
Evacuation route: Roads good initially, but will soon turn to traps used by criminals and gangs.
Weapon
Home defense and survival site will center on a more powerful long gun such as a pump shotgun or rifle. Movement needs to be fast, thus implying light weight. Carry a pistol, automatics are best with high capacity magazines.
Caliber: Following an emergency and in the months to years afterward ammunition will become scarce. Stick to a few calipers which should always be present. For pistol, use a 9mm, .45 Auto, or .40. 9mm is best since used by everyone including the military.
For shotgun use 12 gage
Rifle, use 5.56 Nato, 7.62 X 39 (AK-47 and SKS), 7.62 X 51 or .308 which is a popular hard hitting military round, and avoid the rest.
Additionally buy a .22 rifle and pistol which you can use to hunt with and kill pests which will begin to show up such as packs of dogs.
Communications
Although an EMP effect will render radios useless, consider a GRMS hand held and settle on a primary and alternate frequency for your group/family. Figure out a regular communications time in case you become separated such as 30 min after noon and midnight.
Find a short wave radio, wrap itin aluminum foil and store it. Get a battery or two with perhaps a small generator to power it.
Networking
Who else is nearby who is also preparing? Can you coordinate your plans to save money? Can you plan to use a shelter with other like minded people?
Security
Most people have their heads in the sand and are not prepared. Unfortunately we cannot help all of them if any at all. If they know about your preparedness, then their survival plan will be to seek you out to help. Unfortunately a survival situation is just that. If they eat half your food, then you survive half as long. If you treat their wounds with your supplies then run out, will you be prepared to treat your family members later? This is a hard area to deal with. The psychology of the typical American does not allow or make decisions like these easy. The time will come following a disaster, after we become acquainted with crime, violence, death and suffering that the decisions we need to make will become easier. I’d suggest you announce the subject, then set a time and sit down with your family or survival group and talk about this subject. Be open, painfully honest and make some decisions. Based on those decisions you can move forward with your personal plans. If you elect to feed and treat the masses, then fine, continue to save to eventually purchase a Super Wal-Mart which you will need to meet their needs. If not, then construct your plan and physical needs based on those decisions and keep them. Revisit this subject from time to time.
