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sellersm
11-13-2014, 13:40
Slightly different view of items for preparedness "lists": http://www.prepperfortress.com/55-preparedness-items/

Snippet:

This list of 55 preparedness items (http://private99.sodisaster.hop.clickbank.net/?p=sac27new&tid=fortressw13k) (or categories) purposely avoids some of the preps that you might expect to see and is not intended to be a list of essentials or to be all-inclusive in any way. In fact, the list is intended to get you thinking ‘outside-the-box’ about your own needs for preps – to think of things beyond that of just rice-and-beans, bullets and band-aids.
TheGrey
11-13-2014, 20:53
This is a good list- I hadn't thought about some of the items they had listed on here.
Irving
11-13-2014, 22:12
What's up with this bullshit spam link? Don't click on it.
rbeau30
11-13-2014, 22:24
I consider many of the items listed a "must-have" and not "out of the box". Preppers unfortunately are considered by "normal" folks that think out of the box, and that is the norm. Some are "unitaskers" though. Overall, a good list and if you don't have this stuff, you would better you situation to have some extra of it.
Brian
11-13-2014, 23:04
I'm scared to read any list of additional items. Don't I have enough crap already!?!


Kidding of course, but I know you guys are thinking of it too, when you look at your stash.
Great-Kazoo
11-13-2014, 23:26
I'm scared to read any list of additional items. Don't I have enough crap already!?!


Kidding of course, but I know you guys are thinking of it too, when you look at your stash.

I can't locate ours, it's buried under other crap. We do have full tanks of gas in all our vehicles, guns in reach with multiple mags, flashlights AND Clean underwear.
HoneyBadger
11-13-2014, 23:30
I can't locate ours, it's buried under other crap. We do have full tanks of gas in all our vehicles, guns in reach with multiple mags, flashlights AND Clean underwear.

This is very valuable.

in all seriousness, that list is right up my alley. There were only a few things on there that i don't have at home. Mrs. HB thinks I'm weird for having so much TP and trash bags in storage... [Neene3]
rbeau30
11-14-2014, 07:28
This is very valuable.

in all seriousness, that list is right up my alley. There were only a few things on there that i don't have at home. Mrs. HB thinks I'm weird for having so much TP and trash bags in storage... [Neene3]

Until it becomes unobtanium, then she will love you for it.
HoneyBadger
11-14-2014, 09:35
Until it becomes unobtanium, then she will love you for it.
That's exactly my thinking... :D

Charmin Ultra is way better than phone book pages!
rbeau30
11-14-2014, 09:41
That's exactly my thinking... :D

Charmin Ultra is way better than phone book pages!

I saw an interesting video on how a guy stores it. He takes the huge commercial rolls, and coincidentally, they fit snugly into the cardboard concrete foundations form tubes. He then stores them in the rafters of his garage.

Out of the way of moisture, and out of sight. I thought it was a good idea.
Wulf202
11-14-2014, 10:39
I waited a day to decide if I was just being mean. Ive read the article 3 times.

The author is not prepared. He just wants to sit on a mountain of stuff and think "I'm fine, look at all this stuff"

Several of the statements made make me face palm
HoneyBadger
11-14-2014, 10:42
I waited a day to decide if I was just being mean. Ive read the article 3 times.

The author is not prepared. He just wants to sit on a mountain of stuff and think "I'm fine, look at all this stuff"

Several of the statements made make me face palm
haha yep. I thought we were just going to ignore that silliness. [Dunno]
Wulf202
11-14-2014, 10:56
haha yep. I thought we were just going to ignore that silliness. [Dunno]

Must resist....

Where's stu with an ill timed chainsaw joke?
sellersm
11-14-2014, 11:53
I do think this is pretty fundamental, but what I liked was the idea of thinking about "categories" (using the author's term). It presents a slightly different way of thinking of how to prepare, at least for some people. I know many here are way beyond this level of preparedness, and I knew it when I posted this...

Here's what the author says towards the end, and I thought it was a good idea for getting a different view on how to prepare:

When doing your own list, one way to think about it is by categories. That’s mostly how I do it. For example, think of a general area such as ‘kitchen’ and then list priorities in that category. Other general categories included shelter, clothing, food and water, tools, sanitation, security, transportation, etc… think ‘categories’ and then narrow it down within each category. If you are just starting – then start with food and water (http://0dfc2d071xxdm259zdiaq2ao3g.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=fortressw13k)!

To each his own, but for many people, this may be their first introduction to thinking about preparedness...