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I agree. Having a plan, and storing up food preps that you eat and rotate is more important than having fancy survival gear. Store what you eat, eat what you store and inventory your preps often so you don’t miss expiration dates. Thanks for your videos. Good content and straight forward. 😊👍😎

@p2snetwork

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Have a great weekend 👍

This was full of good points. Living in the South Eastern United States we've always been plagued by hurricanes and though we don't flood here, in other areas people do. So as far back as memory goes we've "prepped" for those buggers. Unfortunately though... so many people don't. The federal & local government tells the citizenry to prep for 3 days... no... more like 2 weeks to 1 month. After Hurricane Katrina we were out of electricity and safe water for 6 weeks. A couple of small stores re-opened after 2-3 weeks but there was a 3 hour wait in 90° + Temps. And unless you were bleeding to death, or having a heart attack or stroke, or a significant fracture FORGET about the hospital ER/A&E ! Besides keeping drinking water, have other water for flushing the toilet/loo. Also recommend to keep a good supply of high quality Vitamins to make up for your not eating healthy enough. And if you are taking prescription medications, find out from your doctor or pharmacy how long you can "stretch a dose" or do "half a dose" in a significant emergency. Think about what items can be substituted... e.g. no toilet paper ? Paper towels, newspaper, phone book pages, baby wipes... No dish soap ? Regular bar soap and a plastic scrubber works just fine. And if you have pets Don't forget about them. I also recommend getting basic First Aid training. Its usually free from the American Red Cross or St. Johns Ambulance in the UK. Another very important video !

@p2snetwork

7 ай бұрын

Lots of good advice and info. Thanks for watching, enjoy your weekend and stay safe 👍

Good to see this talked about, it's rarely addressed by most "out there" preppers. The tin opener point is one I'm keen on - at £1 each I add a couple to the shopping order every few months, and have the basic military style ones with no moving parts as well for back-up or barter. Another thing to think about that goes hand in hand with the topic is portion control, to eke out supplies if required; you probably won't know how long an emergency will last, so food and other preps are best rationed from the start.

@p2snetwork

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely, cheers for watching and +10 on the extra tin openers.

I had food insecurity when I was young so i always had a week or two of extra food. But an area I used to live in had a flood that was pretty severe and it wiped out the roads in the area. The very next day people had to be airlifted out of there because they had run out of food. One day!! The roads up there were not fixed for awhile and it got me thinking. I also didn't have a lot of money, which is a problem for people. To start, I bought extra cans each time I went to the grocery store: 1 vegetable, 1 protein, 1 fruit, 1 carb (like ramen or pasta). It cost me very little money, but it added up over time. I now have 6 months worth. I have food sensitivities due to a medical reason and most of those things I don't eat now, as I eat fresh food. But I chose foods I can better tolerate if there was an emergency. I have felt guilty about that but I loved your insurance analogy, so I feel much better about it, thank you!. Storage has also been a consideration because I haven't always had a garage and had a small apartment. I stored food in ottomans, in under the bed plastic containers, my linen closet, my coat closet. The only food I rotate through is my dog food and cat food. A tip for if you run out of toilet paper is to buy a squeeze bottle, such as is used for ketchup or mustard, and use that as a portable bidet. As a special education teacher, I have used that quite a bit with my students that needed assistance with toileting and it works great. Great video as always, thank you.

@p2snetwork

7 ай бұрын

No, thank you. Have a great day and the squeezy bottle is a fantastic idea. Thank you

My sort of preparedness moto is "gracefull degredation". The emergency you have experienced is never exactly the same as any emergency you will experience in the future. So instead of just preparing for what you have seen previously, I find it better to take stock of all the mandatory functions of the house and find solutions to gracefully degrade that service from current level to what it would be without. For example: if municiple water were to go from fully functional to completely offline how much time and what resources would you need to re-establish a water system. I keep 2x 350 gallon IBC totes that I regularly cycle for greenhouse watering, an MSR community chlorinator, and puribag kits in each family members bugout bags. By no means would this restore the level of service and availability that municiple water service does but It should allow me to keep the family and close neighbors hydrated for a week+_ while we work up a longer term solution.

@p2snetwork

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely, my prepping is all to deal with a loss of mains services, be it water, gas or electric. Sounds like you have a good plan in place. Thanks for watching and enjoy your day.

Lot of important information to think about there. Yeah, it’s not as sexy as firearms and gear, but it’s way more important and practical. Yeah, doing the rotation thing is difficult and for me, not practical. I do prefer canned things over dry stuff, but have pasta, but not much rice because we don’t eat a lot of that. Here in the states, FEMA has a book you can get going over all kinds of scenarios, etc. I think it recommends 2 weeks, but I prefer 4 weeks. My reasoning is that if something lasts longer than 4 weeks, we have bigger problems to worry about.

@p2snetwork

6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the UK has little interest in disaster preparedness and whenever it's mentioned the general population just ignore or ridicule it. In the UK if there is a disaster and help hasn't arrived within 12 hours then it may never arrive at all. Stay safe!

@michaelnasser8697

6 ай бұрын

@@p2snetwork Wow, that’s kinda sad and frightening actually. You all are really on your own then.