Staying Prepared In an Unpredictable World

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

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[@mannyfragoza9652]

my kitchen table is about 3 feet from the floor so instead of a tent i can throw a TARP over the top and use it as a tent.Just idea for those who dont have a tent of cant afford one

[@terrym5786]

Had some health issues recently. I learned that you need supplies like a cane, a shower chair, heating pads, sturdy stepladders, and extension cords to keep your heating pad and phone plugged in right next to your bed. Need these things before you get old, injured or sick because you will not want to be in the store shopping when you are injured. If you have steps into your home, at doors or in the garage, you need handrails. You need grab bars in your bathroom, both inside the tub and out. You will be so grateful for everything you have if you are injured. With all the focus on solar, may I remind you that large wildfired block the sun. What then? Also, my water heater died suddenly. Took over a week to replace. Your backup power will not help if the appliance itself dies. Are yours on their last legs? Should you replace them a little earlier, especially if they are manufacturered outside the country?

[@Fannieannie2024]

I just purchased a grabber arm to reach things up on shelves. Also a jar opener as my strength is slipping and a device to help me get in tall vehicles easier.

[@donnabartley2246]

A year ago I had to replace my hot water heater with a 50 gal $1,000, including service call and labor, hot water heater. Thankful I had savings .

[@SasssyPie]

@@terrym5786 great reminder re: appliances!

[@tammypelletier3195]

​@@SasssyPieMy stove and refrigerator were both on their last legs, 25 years old. I'm happy they lived that long. I know the new ones do not but since it was time to replace them better now than next year I'm assuming. Got the same. Normal rates prior to any tariffs or shortages

[@ericarnaud7983]

Evening, these drones do not bother me, worrying never changed anything. I am just going to continue with what I'm doing, wait and see, then act on actual circumstances and situations instead of wild guesses and fear.

[@Louise-m1s]

Yeah they like keeping us in fear

[@keyfitter]

Good attitude Eric! It’s the same one I have. It’s’ probably one of two things and since no one gets out of life alive anyway, I’m not going to worry about it.

[@philw7174]

I sure do enjoy your channel. Thank you Jonathan and Kylene. You have motivated me to continue preparing and strengthen my weaknesses. Recently I have been continuing to fix my late model Ford pickup to handle anything I want it to do. It reminds me of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang now. Happy trails!

[@SasssyPie]

Chitty chitty bang bang! You are my hero!

[@lindarich7346]

Thank you for this as well as your other videos. A couple things. I purchased some 5 gallon water containers which I try to rotate the water through. I tagged them to know when I last refreshed each one. In addition, I do wash and sanitize used plastic milk containers and date them. This water isn't necessarily for drinking, but we need water to wash so many things. I keep them for about 1 year then replace that one with a newer one as I am aware that this is not the best plastic. I have several in my extra bathroom tub. If any of us were willing to experiment with one week without fresh running water, I think we would understand how fragile life as we know it is.

[@devinhinkson3798]

In answer to the question of the day… Recently, I took inventory of food storage and stocked up on a few more things at the home storage center before they raise prices on January 1. Most things are going up 10 to 20%. I also bought more water storage Which brought me up more to date since having more children. I gift to my parents this year is taking an emergency preparedness inventory for them and quality testing their food storage which has been stored in hot sheds, etc. throughout the year so may not live up to it's rated Lifetime. Just wanna make sure everything is good with them.

[@tooshieg2059]

I feel badly that so many are suffering right now and I wish that people would not be fearful. But if seeing, up close and personal, these tragic events happen to others wakes more people up to become more resilient then I am happy about that. I tried to have a get together of my neighbors to discuss a loosely defined neighborhood watch and mutual support group. Unfortunately most did not want to discuss anything unpleasant. They felt the drones were overly politicized and the hurricane was a 1 in 1,000 year storm so we shouldn't bother. I'm not sure where to turn next as I don't want to be "that" person who is always talking about it so everyone assumes I'm well prepped and they'll come to my house. Got a similar reaction at church. I am blessed, however with likeminded family ad friends so I'll have to make do with that. Thanks for an important video.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

It's kind of crazy that more people aren't interested in preparing. We get a similar reaction from some.

[@hecatesdaughter2207]

I have given up on trying to tell my children that they need to be prepared. I live alone on the west coast while my family: son, his wife, and 5 of their kids live on the east coast. My oldest grandson lives in Chicago. I worry about all of them and tell them that if I pass before anything happens, please don’t let my food and water go to waste: Take it all back with you. I can only hope that they do. I have told them this, and only hope that they will do it. All alone Grammy⚠️

[@SasssyPie]

Blessed with like minded friends and family! Good enough!

[@tonyb.5768]

​@hecatesdaughter2207 my family won't listen to me either so I'm putting away for all of us but plan to move next year so they will on there own.

[@Utah_Mike]

I continue the slow and steady path. Wife and I just updated estates planning. I needed to replace water heater & I took the time to greatly upgrade the system. Best item was celebrating daughter’s graduation from university (with a great job offer)!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Congrats!! That's awesome :)

[@ernest9606]

New to channel and hello from west Kentucky. Back in 2009 Kentucky was hit by a massive ice storm. Power was out for 15 days. Everyone in my neighborhood had to go stay with family members or hotels. My family was eating hot food and watching DVD movies in our PJs. My son and I was taking turns watching over our preps. We was the only ones that stayed home. Every sense we up graded our preps. We had so much fun i can't wait till the next power outage 😊 we was apsalutly off the grid and we didn't call the government to save our Azz

[@erwin643]

I could care less about reports of drones. Even if I was, that's what .12 gauge Birdshot is for. The big takeaway for me here was the two weeks of stored water. What I started doing years ago was saving two-liter pop bottles, cleaning them out then using 4-5 drops of bleach with each water filled pop bottle. I've tested these at least 5 years after storing water like this, and the taste is perfect. The bleach does its job, then basically goes away.

[@roncameron7461]

We have been following you guys for a couple years now, we really enjoy the content of your channel. As I'm still here watching, I realized I would love to talk to Jonathan about a few things associated with your solar generator/EMP shielding. We took your advice and got the home & car shielding systems.. they just came in the mail last week. Anyway, I'm not sure how people like us can get together with people like you if that's even acceptable... please let me know.

[@MarineMark]

God bless you all. Thank you for this advice. Stay prepared all ✝️

[@heidicook2395]

Thank you for all the resources you provide!

[@SasssyPie]

You are so comforting!

[@jillhull7358]

AMEN big TIME to that lesson

[@OvcharkaShepherd]

I miss the holiday seasons where we baked, sent cards, had parties, were carefree and focussed on the reason for the season. We lost so much when saying Merry Christmas offended people.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

We are still baking, sending cards, and having parties! Definitely focusing on Christ!

[@susanschneider-baker49]

Merry Christmas

[@isatq2133]

Merry Christmas!

[@juliabrown5948]

I still say it everywhere i go! 😊 Merry Christmas to you!

[@stay-salty43]

GREAT content y’all! Yes, Kylene, knowledge is priceless! 🙌🏻❤️🇺🇸 Merry Christmas to y’all and your family!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family too!

[@dellcooper2796]

I realized that my pantry shelves were not sturdy enough to with stand an earthquake with up tp 55 quarts of food on each shelf.. I had one of my grown sons come and rebuild them for me. We live in the pacific north west where the experts say we could have the "Big one" anytime. I'm constantly adding a can of something that's on sale to my pretty full pantry. Thank you you for all you do to help us prepare! one of my dream goals is to make our orchard into the chicken coop. inspired by you. It isn't predator proof though. Maybe next year.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

We have to lock the chickens in every night but it is worth it. It feels so good to have a full pantry. Keep up the great work!

[@k.p.1139]

WOW, do you really want me to leave my tips? 😆Kylene, I spoke with you after hurricane Milton. It hit Oct 9th thru the 10th. Today is Dec 21st. I have a very hard question for all of you to consider. What would I do, if I lost the use of my kitchen? And by that, it's barricaded, and you cannot get in there? We had food ready, my freezer was stocked with ready made meals, and so we were ok for a few days. What we were NOT prepared for was the coming days, when the walls had to be gutted, and we lost total access and use of the kitchen for 9 full days- INCLUDING the fridge and freezer, We had no idea that was going to happen, and no where to move them so we could have use of them. When it was opened back up. We had plastic walls, no stove, and most of the cabinets had to be removed. ONE TREE was all it took. ONE tree that took out the roof, in 3 rooms of the house and the rain came in and flooded the place. The kitchen, the laundry and the garage. As I said, today it Dec 21st. I still have plastic for walls, I still don't have a stove, and I still have plastic ceilings...And Johnathon... It's 40 here in Florida. Ya know that cold seems to creep in when all you have are plastic walls between the garage and the kitchen and laundry! What people should really prepare for is the 'you have no idea, until you have to walk that mile." I have learned to cook on a hotplate, and a air-fryer. Oh yeah..DON'T get a induction heating hotplate, unless you have a full set of pots that will work on it. 🤔 We were told 2 weeks, 4 at most. A couple of days ago, we were told could be another 30 days until the restoration can begin WHY? STRESS makes you go into fix it mode. And, there are people out there that pour in with their kind hearts, and even, "we are a Christian company"...just to get you to sign on the dotted line. ASK, NO- DEMAND from anyone, a reasonable written out time-line, before you sign on that line. Make SURE they tell you, this job will be pending this person, or that company, and LEAVE yourself a clause that YOU can get your own contractor for each job, should theirs be unavailable for FOUR MONTHS!!! Had to come back: Did you know Squirrels play all day and night? I asked the structural engineer ( broken truss) how they were getting inside, because they are waking us up at night. He laughed and said, the question is how are they NOT getting in. You have a roof full of holes, and even though it's tarped, they have no trouble find a way in the the 10, 13, 20 holes in the roof! 😏😏🤣

[@tammypelletier3195]

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry for what you're going through. Something worse at every turn. I hope things turn around for you and get better It must be so difficult 💔

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

That is so incredibly frustrating! I'm so very sorry! Our basement flooded during COVID. The guy the insurance company sent out said that we had to sign on his cell phone for a report for the insurance company. I was very clear with him and said we aren't having them do any of the work. He assured me it was just for the insurance company but we weren't able to see any of the document. Looking back I never should have signed. They started pulling stuff apart and then just disappeared. We constantly called the insurance company and they were no help at all. We ended up pulling up all the old stuff and hauling it ourselves because we needed the living space. Our house is small and our family is big. When I contacted the insurance company they said that they had already cut the check to this company for all of the repairs because Jonathan had signed for it. NEVER sign anything! It was a nightmare for our family.

[@beachseeker634]

Chase Hughes, on his channel, has a very interesting take on the drones One worth listening to and considering.

[@dianehansen7640]

It’s been an eye-opener to hear about devastating disasters around the world and the fighting between countries. Remembering the Signs of the Times reassures me that God is in control and all the preparations are worth the effort.

[@Frances-e7x]

True turning all news off and brothy check news and listen to musis prayreby and enjoy the day

[@ParttimePilgrim]

Fortuneatly God provides! Whatever you do, our reliance is on him! You cannot prep enough for whats coming.

[@Cássia2025]

Hello from Belo Horizonte - Brazil.💞

[@CharlieB_P2ST]

Do you have any ideas of how to test a radiation detector?

[@karinhart489]

Hmm, the only drones we’ve had around here lately were from real estate agents that were not properly licensed by FAA to fly/film commercially. Got that kaboshed! Let’s see, in one week+ we had a tsunami warning, a NWS tornado warning (don’t live in tornado zone), NWS dense fog warning, NWS Freeze/frost warning, several spare-the-air days (bad air quality), building fire in my immediate neighborhood, a street light blow over near by in the winds almost high enough to be a tornado, and the usual stuff going on in the world. As they say, hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Oh, I did restock the chocolate 🍫 supply because the kind I like was on sale this week. PS: working on our 2025 goals for our neighborhood CERT group so we can discuss & adoption in our January meeting.

[@meghanschwanke1133]

How did you get rid of rogue drones?

[@marygallagher3428]

Great reminders!

[@joebachmeier6747]

What will you do if it really is E.T's. That's going to be a hard pill to swallow for some people

[@br2080]

The government doesn’t know what the drones are but they know they aren’t a threat. Ok. Makes sense to me! Lol

[@michaeldunwoody3629]

Yeah. Right? 😅

[@meghanschwanke1133]

They will be annoying...

[@susanschneider-baker49]

Obviously, the drones haven't found what they are looking for otherwise they would be home in bed. The reportings/sightings seem to concentrated them in specific areas or environmental features. Watch, Observe & Disseminate information intelligently before responding.

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

It isn’t the drones that bother me. It’s what they are looking for that bother me.

[@cindyayers2]

What did you hear? Looking for what?

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

@@cindyayers2 radioactive materials. Either for a dirty nuke or an actual military grade bomb. One reported missing out of Ukraine months ago, I think back in March. The story about medical equipment being damaged by Fedex releasing nuclear material is nonsense to muddy the water. I work with med grade nuclear equipment. All of the nuclear doses for patients have very short lives and has to be administered by the clock, or it degrades and is useless. Nuc Med doses are delivered by a driver regularly because they have a window in time to be used. They are looking for the real deal. They aren't flying in daylight because they can be seen and ID as drones for radioactive materials. These radiation scanning drones have a particular shape. Also, the SUN bombards our planet with radiation, which would cut down on the accuracy of the drones search in daylight. This is why the drones are flying at night. Canadian Prepper was asked by the US gov to supply 220,000 doses of thyroid meds by 12/21. Seems like something is planned around/for Christmas here? IDK

[@sharonkenney5608]

Drones not bothering me, not looking for them either.

[@rodrigogin735]

What happen with the spanish audio,...please..❤❤🎄🇦🇷

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

I don't have any control over that. KZbin does it automatically ... sorry!

[@rodrigogin735]

@TheProvidentPrepper no hay problema seguiremos con los sub en español, saludos desde Argentina y feliz navidad!!

[@nspowers7130]

Have you seen the dragon drones used by Ukraine.

[@susiea1419]

Think the are British renamed to save us being bombed

[@susanschneider-baker49]

Learning to connect the Dots is an important part of Preparedness. The second the Alphabet Soup News Channels start parroting each other, I resort to: ☝️ 👈 Look Here, Not There 👉 👇 If, my search for the distraction leads to Fear, I then turn to my source of Peace.

[@davidschreiber4677]

There are no grid down episodes. The drones are both government owned or private hobby idiots. Every day thousands of drones are out there

[@nspowers7130]

Take away from Ukraine drone night vision. If you are under water the drone cant see you