Reading Dave's post, Prepare (opens successful a caller tab), has maine reasoning astir my ain preps, truthful I wanted to constitute down a fewer things astir our ain plans and approaches.
Threat exemplary #
In bid to scheme properly, I took the clip to deliberation astir the things I felt could impact us. I spot a adjacent magnitude of group connected the preppers subreddit readying for the Shit Hits the Fan type scenarios. That is, societal illness and zombie apocalypse type events. That's not what we scheme for. We scheme for things that we consciousness are apt to hap to us.
We person a beardown penchant for sheltering successful place, truthful we do not person a spell container aliases thing for illustration that. We'd shelter successful spot because that's wherever each our preps are!
Water outages #
Since moving to Richmond, VA we've had much h2o outages than powerfulness outages, which is backwards from what I'd expect. Since January 2025, Richmond has issued 2 boil h2o advisories for us. The first 1 lasted five days (opens successful a caller tab) and the different 1 lasted two (opens successful a caller tab). During 1 of them, the h2o wasn't moving astatine all. Turning connected the faucet did nothing. Drinking h2o wasn't a problem for us, but flushing the toilets was.
Then successful July 2026, a 36 inch transmission main broke (opens successful a caller tab) adjacent the curen works and unit dropped successful parts of the metropolis for much than a day. The metropolis chose not to rumor an advisory astatine all (opens successful a caller tab).
To hole for h2o outages, we support the pursuing connected hand:
- 35 gallons of potable h2o stored successful 7 gallon Aqua-Tainer jugs (opens successful a caller tab), which gives america 2 weeks of drinking water.
- 25 gallons of non-potable h2o stored successful 5 gallon buckets. This is for flushing and lasts astir 3 days. After that, we'd commencement utilizing the campy toilet.
- Camp toilet. This is fundamentally a trash container lined bucket pinch a toilet seat. We do our business and adhd litter complete the apical for illustration a cat.
Power outages #
We've only had 1 sustained powerfulness outage since we've lived successful Richmond. A character crossed the thoroughfare fell down during a large wind and knocked immoderate of the powerfulness lines down. This is simply a problem for maine specifically because I slumber pinch a CPAP instrumentality truthful I request to beryllium capable to tally it.
Our main solution is the DJI Power 1000 Portable Power Station (opens successful a caller tab). I purchased this 1 mostly because 1 of my in installments cards earns REI credits and I had built up capable to person a bully discount. Upon researching, I spot these are modular and I tin adhd further capacity and I tin complaint it via solar.
General preps #
I person a database of wide preps.
- Mr. Heater Big Buddy (opens successful a caller tab) - This is simply a propane heater. I person the hose that allows maine to usage the 20 lb propane tanks. Some heat, if needed during wintertime powerfulness outages.
- Coleman Classic Camping Stove (opens successful a caller tab) - This is simply a propane stove and I person the adapter to usage 20 lb propane tanks.
- 20 lb propane tanks - I've collected a number of these. Our state grill besides uses this type of vessel truthful having 3-4 on-hand allows america headroom.
Deep pantry #
To woody pinch proviso concatenation type issues, either from pandemics aliases from idiotic tariffs from the government, we usage the heavy pantry strategy. We effort to support capable nutrient successful our pantry, fridges and freezers truthful that we could enactment successful our location for 1 period and person everything we need.
Many preppers for illustration to acquisition frost dried camping meals, aliases 5 gallon buckets afloat of atom pinch mylar bags and oxygen absorbers and they're readying for for illustration aggregate years. That is not our strategy. Instead, we banal up capable of our staples that we could make each the normal worldly we regularly eat for astatine slightest a period and we rotate done them truthful we usage up the oldest worldly first.
We usage this strategy for non-food items arsenic well, for illustration over-the-counter medication, toilet paper, insubstantial towels, family supplies, feline supplies, batteries, and conscionable everything. If we bargain it astatine the store, we support 1 retired that we're using, and past the backup is successful the pantry. Two is one, and 1 is none.
So that's fundamentally our plan. How prepared are you? Does your area person unsocial threats that you must hole for? I'm thankful that present successful Richmond, we do not person to scheme for things that would origin an removal for illustration wildfires aliases hurricanes.
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