For WHAT Are We Preparing?

For which contingencies are we getting ready?

Is it for a natural disaster (Hurricane Katrina;  major crop failure or drought)?

Will it be as simple (heh) as living in a Soviet-style socialist world, where bread lines are hours long, surgeries are scheduled years in advance, every item produced (except for life numbing alcohol and drugs) are shoddily made?

Will it be a world where the dollar has lost buying power: any everyday item which CANNOT be produced or grown in the U.S.  (coffee, spices, out of season foods) will be prohibitively expensive, and will have to be done without, retooled to be built in the U.S., or alternatives found?

Will it be an attack by foreign powers, i.e. an EMP which will destroy electronics- communications, vehicles, fuel pumps FOR the vehicles; a threat of attack or actual attack?

Will it be a social breakdown due to anarchy or union strikes where warehouses are robbed clean, police cannot protect, businesses are shut down, communications and food supplies are broken?

Will the Government turn on us "for our own protection" due to a real or invented crisis?

Will I stay in my own home, move in with others, or bug out at a minute's notice?

Will the effects of the event be temporary (say, a week) or will it require a complete change of lifestyle?

I'm not being conspiratorial or trying to raise fears; I want to think things out, so I can make hierarchies of lists:  short-term vs. long term supplies; what things I can (do, make, raise) vs. what are dependent on others; what is needed for one event (tornado, temporary power outage) vs. another (dirty bomb attack).  What is the likelihood of one event happening before another?

edit:  Rereading this, it sounds insane.  However:  after losing power for a week due to Hurricane Ike, it isn't. And it is no less insane than the current events which are motivating it.

Fishing

About two years ago, I wanted to take up fly fishing instead of casting (an excuse to have fly-tying as a hobby), but didn't want to spend a lot of money on equipment. Then I found Tenkara: looks like a cane pole, but is used like short-cast fly fishing. Ultra compact, loads of fun. And I can now spend cold winter hours, playing with fur, feathers and hooks.


Learn about Tenkara fishing here.  Start with the bottom video.

I bought my 11' medium action rod from All Fishing Buy

Blog Makeover

Eliminating some old posts; will try to update any broken links.
Also: working on adding printable or downloadable techniques/ uses of suggested supplies, etc.

Will allow posts, unless spamming begins. Any suggestions from Feeders are welcome.

Feeder's Feed (Oct. 13-14.2011) Tips

Glenn's Prep List

9/12 Project

Books:
How To Survive TEOTWAWKI
The Backyard Homestead
Country Wisdom and Know-How
Surviving the Apocalypse In The Suburbs
*Source of used / out of print books: abebooks (Blewits)

Tan Your Hide!
Deerskins to Buckskins
Primitive Skills and Crafts
Wildwood Wisdom
Native American Crafts and Skills
Jerky
Naturopathic Handbook of Herbal Formulas
Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning (flo)

Worst Case Survival Handbook
Survive!
Emergency
Collins GEM SAS Survival Guide (BenInNY)

Kill It & Grill It (TruthBeagle)

Not Your Mother's Food Storage (LaurenNC)

Films:
Land of the Free (Mac In WV)

Info Links:

EMP Bomb Protection (TLan80)

Suggested Sources:

Tattler Reusable Canning Lids
Survival Acres
Honevville Freeze Dried Foods
Cheaper Than Dirt
Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog

Recommended Supplies:

Duct Tape
Toilet paper
Bleach
Salt
Rice
Toilet paper
Baking Soda
Alcohol (Pure Grain, Vodka)
Hydrogen Peroxide
Toilet Paper
Dryer Lint & candle stubs for making fire starters
Steel wool & 9v. batteries for fire starters
Maps & compass

Oh, and Toilet paper.

U.S. Military Manuals, Free to Download

Survival Books

Cheap Clothes

Plato's Closet
Not only used clothing; ours also has new clothes which may have blemishes, are poor sellers, or leftover stock.

KMart & Walmart have Hanes t shirts in 6packs cheap; good for stretching out the life of your overshirts.

If you have hard winters, Vintage Trends has older Military overcoats pretty cheap. The older, the better. The weight of the wool is incredible, and they're sharp.

It's coming, folks. Cotton & fabric prices have just gone up 30%; it has yet to hit the stores. Be prepared.

Lords of Finance

epub file as a RAR file to be extracted; not mine