Good question. I couldn't answer as agreed with all of the above. I think a little of everything as you find sales and save money. Don't go into debt preparing and that being debt free is an important prep. Maybe start for a week or two Power, lighting, first aid, tools, defense are generally one time purchases. Food and water think calories, proteins, simple to prepare, for a certain number of days. 1.5 gal of potable water per person per day and a method to boil. Water is a cheap prep. Storing it for many is the issue. Learn to use the items you have. You don't want to read the instruction manual when a crisis occurs. Train well with certain "implements of defense" if you chose that route. Know that you may need make a fire (backyard pit) in the rain to boil if you run out of propane for the grill. Start small and work up. Don't feel you need to be as prepared as you want to be in one day. Don't try to keep up with the Jones', go at your pace and budget. Anything you stock as a prep is a positive. For most of us, bugging out to the wilderness is not anywhere near reality. Most of us will be bugging in, but you should be prepared to leave home quickly with basic preps. Stay organized and realize you will make mistakes and upgrade as you go along. Yes, it would be nice to thrive and be comfortable, but it's about surviving an SHTF event, local disaster, or personal SHTF crisis.
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Skills and knowledge always, give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry. One week or even a few days of food in the house can be stretched out for weeks. Flour water and salt makes hardtack and you can survive for months off of it. Knowing how to save water the moment disaster strikes is crucial. Why didn't I switch to a tankless water heater? Because I want that extra 30 gallons in an emergency. Why do I have an old style tub instead of a sleek shower? I want my bath Bob bladder to hold 50 gallons. Why not switch from a top load to a side load washing machine? Well I want another container for water. Got some of those plastic big storage bins from home Depot? Dump what's in them, line it with a garbage bag (clean preferably) and fill that sucker up with water. I'm not worried about a 2 week supply of food and water because I have the skills to gather at least 100 gallons in under 10 minutes. I can stretch 1 week of food into 2 months by understanding the micro and maco nutrients the body needs for survival. For 30-50 bucks you can build a some water distiller. With a limited budget, a lot of knowledge is free if you put the time into learning
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Start with 2 weeks’ worth of food and water. Water can be just about free. Save and clean food-safe jars and bottles (juice, soda, seltzer) and fill them with tap water, seal them with tape or cling wrap. Or buy bottled water. Canned soups, stews, and pasta meals are good as they can be eaten straight from the can and without refrigeration or cooking. Be sure to include comfort foods, peanut butter and jam, cookies, crackers, cocoa, cereals, treats. Shelf stable milk is great to have when electricity is down, and if you add it to a batch of instant milk, kids might like it better. A generous 2-week supply for each member of the household - pets too! - is a great start, and you can build on that. Another thing I think is essential but budget friendly - put together a duffel or bag for each person, with stuff you already have. A clean set of comfortable clothes and shoes, extra socks and underwear, toothbrush, other hygiene needs, and something to do - crossword puzzles, coloring book, etc. A jacket, gloves, hat, scarf. Flashlight. Revise each season - or growth spurt! Best wishes, everyone 🙏❤
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All emergencies which last more than a few hours require food and we all already know how to eat, so food and water are priority number one.
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Definitely can foods you like and store water in any glass jars you collect and plastic jugs.
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Food - Start shopping in the center aisles at the grocery store 👍🥫👍 (Figure out what you like and stock up, Store what you eat and eat what you store) Peanut Butter, Noodles, pasta sauce, Oatmeal, rice, canned goods, Pancake mix. Trust me on this one canned fruit is a huge morale boost when your pantry is all you have 👍🍐🍍🍇🍑🍊🍒👍 Water - 💧 drinking, cooking and sanitation. You can reduce your water consumption by finding alternatives for sanitation (Body Wipes, hand wipes / sanitizer, toilet options that don’t require you to dump 3-5 gallons of water down the drain. One trick I learned from a car camper was just go on the ground and pick it up with a dogie bag, If you have a dog this is something you already do for them really it’s not any different) As for drinking and cooking If you have more money than time Consider a water delivery service with a “gravity” fed water cooler. This will allow you to keep 25+ gallons of drinking water on Hand and if you are between deliveries the empties still function as Water storage containers. Finally knowledge, Drinking Water Procurement, filtration and Disinfection. (I’m a fan of both Sawyer and Grail + I have a DIY ceramic Carbon counter top gravity filter) note Carbon improves taste and removes some additional contaminants but carbon filters have a shorter life span once opened were a filter like Sawyer when properly maintained will function for years. It’s much easier to store food than water but the good news is water exists nearly everywhere you just have to seek the Knowledge on how to make i
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Normal Prepping
If someone is just starting prepping with a limited budget, what should they focus on first(We would love to read your comments)?
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