Morale items for a longer hike is a good idea. In cold weather I’m sure you’d have extra warmth items such as clothing and such. Good vid, as usual. Very professional. Thanks.

Thanks. The wrench is called a silcot key. Available at hardware stores, in case anyone needs to know.

Great video!

Like you said to many water filters. I have seen life straws break when people fall and the Saywer mini does nothing but plug up. Thousands of people hike the Appalachian Trail every year where you pack light and walk 2,190+ miles. Which takes 5 to 7 months depending how fast you walk. These people will tell you the mini is complete garbage. I suggest you follow some of these people on KZbin and see what they carry. You have people who carry 10lbs to 30lbs packs and that is without food and water. That is how you always weigh your pack. Now at the same time having prepared your pack is completely useless unless you get out from that desk and test it out and learn how to use items. So get rid of all those water filters and get a full-size sawyer. I myself use a first need purifier which cost more and is a bit heavier. Big different between a filter and a purifier. That MSR stove is not super popular in the backpack community because its to heavy. They all use a small 1 burner screw on to the propane bottle. Many are now using cold soaking where they take no stove and let it sit with the water in it. Then eat it 2 hours or so later. Any how go get a roll of Leukotape P tape used for blisters and a whole lot more. Any how I wish I was 3 hours from my bunker but we can wish. I am min 5 days walking home which means I need to be light and move quick. I run and actual 2 pound tent by dan durston so I can sleep without bugs on me. Any how get out and test that so called bag in this heat and lets see how you do LOL

All bags are a personal thing. BOB'S have a real use. They for in an extreme situation where you have to leave you home in a hurry. Ie: home invasion. Love your ideas!

I have bug out bags ready to go for the collapse of civilization. Har-Dee-Har-Har!! That's just a joke. I "do" have bug out bags packed but in the case of a relocation due to natural disaster (wildfire, epic storm, prolonged power outage, etc), not the end of the world as we know it. Think about what happened in New Orleans in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina and the folks who were ordered to shelter in the Superdome (which is just too large to be truly effective). If I have to move out for a brief period, I want to have food, water, rough use clothing, "family security gear", something to create a sleeping area and shelter, meds & medical supplies (I have the necessary training), and personal hygiene items. More like a camping trip than what is described in "prepper novels". None of this equipment is stored in a backpack, but in labeled small-ish totes that can be quickly loaded into my vehicle or trailer and could be transferred to a pack if really needed. As much as possible, the items I have prepared are multi-use (like a single wall steel water bottle in case I need to purify water by boiling). If there is a true emergency, I plan to shelter in place as long as possible rather than a bug out scenario.

I have packed a get home bag and keep it in my Jeep. I set it up for 3 days worth of travel. I can go further depending on the water situation. Water would be my biggest concern.

Ironically, most of the items you listed are in most of the typical "get home" bags.

61 years of life & I have evacuated a total of one time (Calif fire), and had plenty of time to load a vehicle & leave. I cannot come up with a situation where I would grab a bag & head out on foot. I do have a very well stocked vehicle that I could be in and departing in a moments notice.

The easiest way to check out your survival plan and supplies, is to shut off most breakers (not freezer or fridge don't lose your food!) for a night or two and camp in the house. Shows you real quick where the holes in your plan are.

Oh man, if I had the cash, I'd pay you to organize my apt. I have Asperger's and do no thave he neural mapping for organization. I always end up with more organizers than actually being organized. I've tried hiring people to help but I live in a blue state and don't want towork for $20-$30 hr. So my apt is a storage unit. :( I have all the stuff for shtf but only have a rough idea of where stuff is. lol

Thanks for the tips

Inventory. A simple inventory template in Excel will save you a headache! And you can keep track of where you have stores everything.

I try to keep most of my various layers of equipment, food, supplies, etc in bins that are the same size. That way they stack conveniently. Everything is labeled on the front outside of the bins. I have a spare room where most of my supplies are stored, although I do have "prep stuff" in every room. A friend uses boxes of #10 cans to build tables in various rooms with a piece of plywood as the top and they are covered with a cloth. Use all of the available space.

I live in a tiny house in the UK and I am slowly reducing those "I'll hang on to that just in case" mostly at the prompting of my son. He and his wife tell me they are not looking forward to having to sort it out afrer the inevitable end for me! Not helped by the fact that my late wife was the "family archivist" and we collected all the old photo albums and such as people passed on. This, along with our own albums, takes up over 14 feet of shelf space, there is more stored electronically. My son will be the "last in the line" for both sides as there is nobody to follow on. Closest I get to being a prepper is in my caravan along with a bail out bag that I carry in the car.

Hello Lora ❤ listening especially here 5:25 Yes the grouping helps. Adds in box to the basket and bin :)

A twin bed will hold 90 single layer #10 cans. I can’t stand the weird top shelves of closets, so that’s probably my favorite place to put longer-term prep supplies. When people say they have no room, my opinion is that what they really mean is that preparedness is not currently on their priority list. Because many of us would rather have it in every corner than not have it at all. (Clearly I’m not an interior designer 😄) It’s a mindset shift for sure.

I'm in a studio apartment with an open floor plan and large closets. My storage is simply having more and extra of what I use on a day to day basis. My food is organized by best by date with the closest date being the most accessible and in my working pantry. My longer term pantry is on the upper shelves. I have a closet by my "safe area" which has 2 weeks worth of food, my long term 30 day food bucket, my covid era panic shtf bucket (in a kitty litter pail), all my bed linens and toilet paper. I could get my 2 minute bug out bag, the cat and his bag, and my teotwawki bag in that small room in 5 minutes. In another 5 minutes I could fit more water and my working pantry in along with some of the contents of my fridge and freezer. I'd be ok if I had 15 minutes to shelter in place. I've timed it. I have also timed (kind of) getting the cat into his bag, grabbing my purse, coat and shoes and getting out of the apartment with the numerous fire alarms in my apartment building. I haven't gotten my mini bug out bag with me yet, but I know that unless the door is hot, it's a false alarm. My order is to get the cat into the bathroom first if I can't get him in his bag. Then I get the bag, my purse, and my clothes on. Go into the bathroom, grab the cat and put him in the bag. Grab the rest of the stuff and go outside. If it was a shelter in place not active shooter the whole thing is the same at the beginning with more added. If it's an active shooter I have a different place to be which is safer. TMI, sorry. My under the bed is blocked off with a trundle unit and mattress for guest usage and to keep kitty out, no room for anything under there. I did however, get two rolling shelves from IKEA to use as nightstands which double as extra pantry/kitchen appliance storage. It is so easy, I just roll them out to get at the tins of flour or noodles, to sweep and mop or make the bed, then I just roll them back. I still need to de-clutter and organize. I have come to the conclusion that my emergency preps, first aid kit, bug out bag, kitty bag etc., need to be really accessible. The long term storage of food doesn't...unless I want some canned black olives. I also recommend having a can opener in every area where you store your cans. I have two plastic stackable bins (on the floor, not stacked) under my china cabinet filled with my working pantry. Cans, pasta, rice mixes and whatever is not opened yet in those. I just slide them out to get what I need and slide them back. Easy. If I had a ride to long term evacuate, I could just load them in a car as they are with my other bags and the cat. Thanks for the labeling reminder, my cat can't read that I know of, but if I had a guest and there was a situation where no one could leave the apartment, labels might be handy. I just labeled some buckets. I'll stop now.

Excellent points! You should have more subs. These videos’ contents are so much more useful than many other like channels who seem only to rehash from each other.

Thank you so much! Great ideas that will help me get more organized.

The other advantage of organizing supplies, is if you need batteries, they are in the battery bin, the candles are in the candle bin, the first aid is in the first aid bin, handy and organized for every day life. Closets that have that end that is hard to get at for clothes, put in shevles. Easy peesy, hardware stores sell the brackets and will cut the shelving to size. Thank you, always excellent and practical.

Cool, dark, & dry. I am fortunate to have a basement that meets all 3 requirements.

The Fox Fire book series is an invaluable resource. It is centered on the Southern Appalachia region, but much information is adaptable to other regions.

The LDS guide is definitely a great resource. One thing to remember about it though, is that the writers "assumed" that many, if not most, of the readers are LDS members. There are many survival advantages to LDS membership that are not usually second nature to the rest of us but that anyone who was raised LDS will understand and will not see it as "daunting" but will be relatively easy for them. First, you have a built-in community of other LDS members. They support each other, help each other, and sometimes try to live near each other. Second, LDS families are often large with many children. This gives them access to child care assistance, additional help for light duty tasks, and other aspects of survival. The downside of that is that in a true SHTF situation there are more people who will need care and protection. Third, the LDS Church helps their members through making commercial canneries available for individual or small group use and having extra commercially canned food available for purchase. This gives them a huge advantage in that they usually know how the food was grown (organically or not), how it was handled during processing (potential contaminants), and how to use large quantities quickly. And if you’re anything like me (reading pdf’s on a computer or tablet is no fun), find a local industrial printer. They can print any pdf, no matter how long, and attach some kind of binding. Or the printer can punch holes in the paper so you can put it into your own 3 ring binder. This can usually be done for less money than buying a similar length book and is often cheaper than full DIY. It helps keep the pdf in better condition than if you printed it yourself, and you still get the paper copy for making notes. PrepHERedness, thanks for all you’re doing on this channel. And thanks for putting up with my long-winded comments.

As always, another sound recommendation to assist preparedness's-minded folks in planning. I appreciate your focus on critical thinking in asking questions and assessing a family’s specific needs and capabilities. Thanks.

❤Excelllent❤ Beginners in self reliance remember, that most likely you already own many supplies and equipment you need. Hammer✔️Blankets✔️Pots & pans✔️Garbage bags ✔️Fashlights ✔️Coats, gloves✔️ Tick off what you own first, it's less daunting. Most supplies apply to just average adulting. Again, great advice, thanks.😊

Great video Lora! Thanks for the checklist - that is super helpful! I'd love to see a video specifically on what to do to prepare for or manage a cyber attack - like what's happening today with Windows... :( If you've hidden this info in one I haven't watched yet, please let me know

Holy moly, that national defence class sounds simultaneously fascinating and horrifying!! … like thinking about how big the ocean is and what all wild things live in it while trying to enjoy a nice swim at the beach… 😂. For me, the area I live in has pretty regular weather events that cause disruption to power. Typically they aren’t dangerous, but it dawned on me how impractical it would be for people in my area not to have preparations to be without power for at least a few days. In the vast majority of cases even totally unprepared people would be able to find a way through it, but why put yourself through that uncertainty, discomfort, and hassle when experience has shown us these will keep happening every now and then! 🤷

I am making my way through your wonderful videos, and if you haven’t yet made one about those solar power units I would love to learn more! Particularly, things like how to actually wire them up? I’m sure that part may not be as simple as with some of the other technology we’re more used to. Also, a frame of reference for how long they typically take to charge, and conversely how long they can typically power different types of things for.

My favourite go-to entertainment during power outages has always been books! So long as you have a flashlight they won’t let you down, and I often find with short power cuts that it’s a welcome nudge to stop watching tv and dust off my reading pile.

This channel is a breath of fresh air! I am making my way through your videos, and one question I am personally seeking an answer for is about car preparedness in very hot or very cold weather. Specifically, what food is safe to keep on hand in a car when temperatures may fluctuate frequently and widely (e.g. in cold climates, people may park in a heated garage at home but outdoors at work, etc.). It’s hard to think of what foods or food storage would be safe to keep in the car, yet still convenient or appealing in an emergency. The summer heat is another challenge, and I don’t yet know enough about food safety to know whether even sealed foods like granola bars may become risky with such frequent and wide ranging temperature fluctuations. 🤔

Wills and powers of attorney, etc., come to mind too. Hopefully won’t need them, but may as well keep copies of them alongside the other important things

At last! Some sane, reasonable preparedness advice!!! I’m so glad I found this channel

Well done list, logical explanations. You need more subscribers. You consistently offer solid content without the blathering so common on many preparedness channels. Thanks.

I suppose in a really dire situation a twice used water Bob could be boiled or treated to make potable.

Is that compressible toilet paper or just towels? There's a difference. Toilet paper easily dissolves in water - that compressed towels in tablet form however are made from cotton, not wood and don't dissolve and may lead to clogged outlets

I lived below my means for over 40 years so that when I retired I could live within my means. No debt and mortgage and plenty in savings reduced my stress and now lets me enjoy my remaining years. Preparing for shtf events is the same. Prepare below or within your means so that when it happens you’re less stressed.

Great video! I never NOT have cash on me. I keep a 20 in my phone case, a few hundred hidden in each of our cars, and some hidden around the house that me and my spouse know about. I’d love to hear more in future videos about preps for the workplace. I am a high school teacher so we often worry about earthquakes, shooters, etc

Thanks 👍

Amount of times a BOB used - 0 , amount of times cash has been useful in an emergency - multiple All preps are good, some preps are gooder😊 Excellent video, thanks

Thank you. I wish my wife thought more like you. I appreciate your work on KZbin.

I really appreciate your point-style briefings. Succinct. Solid information. Thanks.

💯 excellent

Great summary of all the skills we need to brush up on! Time for me to get busy.