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Perhaps I'm not understanding what "initiative" could mean, but there is a website: https://www.ready.gov/ https://www.ready.gov/ and as a "prepper" I find it t

Perhaps I'm not understanding what "initiative" could mean, but there is a website: https://www.ready.gov/ https://www.ready.gov/ and as a "prepper" I find it to be very realistic and helpful. Though I agree that self-sufficiency and disaster preparedness is lacking in the USA. The infrastructure of our cities is such that self-sufficiency and community preparedness are the best paths towards surviving a disaster. For example, Houston (my home city) can't have an effective hurricane evacuation. There's simply too many people with too few paths out, and this a city that if you zoom out looks like a spider's web of freeways.

6DM 6y ago
Is there somewhere on the site that has something of a supplies list to build a kit? Water, first aid and food is all I know, are there other things I should think about? Are there foods that work best for stock piling up to a year?
- C4K3 6y ago
  https://www.ready.gov/kit https://www.ready.gov/kit
  - 6DM 6y ago
    Ah, somehow I overlooked that side link. Thanks for that :)
- komali2 6y ago
  Someone else linked the actual kit, but specifically this is what they recommend regarding food: Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables and a can opener Protein or fruit bars Dry cereal or granola Peanut butter Dried fruit Canned juices Non-perishable pasteurized milk High-energy foods Food for infants Comfort/stress foods There's high crossover between foods good for backpacking, and foods good for prepping. If you have hella money laying around, you could blitz out on some dehydrated meals, I think those are delicious. But they can come out to like, 9$ a serving or more. Packaged ramen is great for carbs and stores relatively compactly. Protein powder keeps well, but is only a supplement, not a meal. On a budget, or if you just don't want to splurge thousands on your food prep that should be recycled usually yearly, I'd say stash dried rice, dried beans, maybe some bagged tuna (I like it more than canned for storage reasons), and some dried fruit so ya don't get scurvy.
- hundreddaysoff 6y ago
  Here's a great discussion of that: https://johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-hyperinflation-deflation-blog/63532035-you-should-have-about-three-years-worth-of-food-stored-how-much-does-that-cost-not-much https://johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-hyperinflation-def... Great info that stands independent of the author's politics and book-shilling.

6DM 6y ago

Is there somewhere on the site that has something of a supplies list to build a kit? Water, first aid and food is all I know, are there other things I should think about? Are there foods that work best for stock piling up to a year?

C4K3 6y ago
https://www.ready.gov/kit https://www.ready.gov/kit
- 6DM 6y ago
  Ah, somehow I overlooked that side link. Thanks for that :)
komali2 6y ago
Someone else linked the actual kit, but specifically this is what they recommend regarding food: Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables and a can opener Protein or fruit bars Dry cereal or granola Peanut butter Dried fruit Canned juices Non-perishable pasteurized milk High-energy foods Food for infants Comfort/stress foods There's high crossover between foods good for backpacking, and foods good for prepping. If you have hella money laying around, you could blitz out on some dehydrated meals, I think those are delicious. But they can come out to like, 9$ a serving or more. Packaged ramen is great for carbs and stores relatively compactly. Protein powder keeps well, but is only a supplement, not a meal. On a budget, or if you just don't want to splurge thousands on your food prep that should be recycled usually yearly, I'd say stash dried rice, dried beans, maybe some bagged tuna (I like it more than canned for storage reasons), and some dried fruit so ya don't get scurvy.
hundreddaysoff 6y ago
Here's a great discussion of that: https://johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-hyperinflation-deflation-blog/63532035-you-should-have-about-three-years-worth-of-food-stored-how-much-does-that-cost-not-much https://johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-hyperinflation-def... Great info that stands independent of the author's politics and book-shilling.