How much supplies do you have?

RE dried eggs -- you can mail order them. Here are two sites. I'm sure there are more.

www.survivalacres.com

www.beprepared.com

 

Hello Everyone!!!

Regarding the dried foods, what type of dried meats are you all purchasing?  I would really like to know about the dried eggs and if they taste ok also. 

I have hopefully 3 months of stock now and am getting more each day.  I also have a lot of food in my cubboard.  I'm lean on the flour, cornmeal, salt and sugar.  I'm not much of a cook when it comes to stuff like that.  I'm really concentrating on the canned and now the dried stuff.

I have one 10-day TamiFlu and am picking up one more tomorrow.  I have tried to get 3 out of my doctor but I think that 2 is all she will do.  She really hesitated about the 2 as it was.  I have 3 in my immediate family but will have lots more when the XXXX hits the fan.  Anyone else get their TamiFlu?

Also, thanks for all the info about the storage tips, they will come in handy.

I bought more T.P today. 

Boy how I would love to introduce you to my son Bahamut!

BTW: For the benefit of someone who is totally clueless...what does Bahamut mean/signify/communicate?

does that make me a geek?

MM,

I have spent over 10 grand... it's truly hard to believe.  My wife thinks I've lost my mind.

I still have more to buy, hence the signature.

I got to the "party" late and so have needed to play catchup. I have done nothing the last 4 days except prep. I have also seen the money flow out like a great river. I will continue to shop, but I have managed to get meds, been to the BIG STORE enough times for at least 6 months of supplies, got the camping list from the outdoor store and bought that stuff. And while getting pistol ammo, I learned that the clerk at the outdoor store is a certified gun instructor, so tomorrow I start learning about rifles. 

I am relieved that I stumbled upon this how-to site and woke up (Oprah helped, too). Prepping is a time-consuming money-draining surreal expenditure of energy, but this is a one shot pony. Money....use your credit cards, borrow it, just get your preps done! GIT ER DONE! The information from this site has allowed me to figure out what I need, and I thank all of you who post survival info. Prepping is achievable - you can do it.

Next I need to consider the details of how to be safe from looters.

 

 

I quit keeping track when I passed $5,000, but I think it's under 9,000.  I wiped out our savings account.  It just never seems to be done.  Always something else to get.

Hello The power will most definitly go out within a few days of a pandemic. There will not be enough workers to keep it running, and fix normal,everyday grid problems. I am only keeping normal amounts of freezer food in my freezer. If you have too much you will not be able to cook it in time.

I've been concetrating on the following items:

  - instant rice, canned vegies and fruits

  -canned beef stew, ready to serve soups, beefaroni, ravioli

  - canned beef, ham, tuna

  - instant mashed potatoes, and canned potatoes

  - ready made pudding cups, jello cups, applesauce (kids like them)

  - instant oatmeal, water only needed pancake mix and syrup

  - crackers, cookies, dried cereals  (mostly for snacks)

  - popcorn and oil (recently bought a popcorn maker for campfires/fireplaces. $8.99 at Meijer easy snacks)

 

BMW,

Yeah, I lost some cred from Y2K too.

So far, I've purchased:

• 6000w Diesel Generator (actually purchased for Y2K)
• Regency Wood Stove Insert, Kerosene Heater
• Lots O' N95/N100 Masks, Gloves, Goggles
• 4 - 55 Gallon, Food Grade, Water Barrels (I also have 17,000 Gallons of Water in My Pool for Washing, Flushing)
• 123w Solar Panel and Multiple Portable Battery Backup/Inverters
• Food; All the Basics from Dozens of Trips to Costco and BJs, Bulk Dehydrated, Freeze-Dried Emergency Cans
• Fuel; 25 gals/Gas, 20 gals/Kerosene, 500 gals/Diesel, Three Bottles of Propane (Grill Size), Wood including Emergency Cases of Wax Logs in the Basement
• First Aid Kit - My Wife is an RN - Big Help!
• Lights; Rechargeable Flashlights and Floods, Oil Lamps, Solar Lights (I also Converted My House and Home Office to High-Efficient Flourescent Bulbs)
• Caframo Ecofan 802 (fan sits on wood stove and generates DC current from heat)
• Tamiflu, Monolauren, and Probenecid
• Weapons; Shotgun, Handguns, Ammo
• Basic Camping Supplies; Sleeping Bags, Stove, Tons of Emergency Blankets, Lanterns, Bug Out Backpack
• Alarms; Battery-Powered Motion Detectors, Door and Window Alarms
• Dog Food, Snacks and Toys... Even a Dog Foul Weather Outfit
• Siphons, Hoses, Spare Parts, Tarps, Misc. Stuff
• Four Emergency Radios (Rechargeable, Crank, Solar) and TV, Scanner, Walkie-Talkies

Near Future Purchases; Rifle, Food, CB Base Station, Food, Second Caframo Ecofan, Vacuum Food Sealer and Dehydrator, and Oh Yeah, More Food

Wish List; Body Armour, Taser, Night Scope/Goggles, Navistar CXT

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Spoon,

My big, bad 100 lb boy Chewy has a foul weather outfit too...thought I was the only crazy!  Thinking about galoshes as well.

If the rain usually is accompanied with lightening and THUNDER, dogs make the association and KNOW that rain is BAD.


Here in San Diego we almost never see an actual thunder and lightening show with rain fall.  (I'm talkin' 'bout a Midwest style rain storm.)

Hi Mississippi Mama,
I guess Spoon is the best person to answer your question about the exact benefits of Monolauren. From what i've heard about it, it's a safe, natural  remedy to help fight colds. I know that I've posted about Probenecid before, but I really do think it's important for people to be aware of the possible benefits of drugs like Probenecid used in combination with Tamiflu (especailly considering that some people may not be able to obtain a sufficient amount of Tamiflu).
Probenecid is a prescription medicine that is used to treat gout. It decreases the amount of certain drugs (such as Tamiflu, penicillin, and several others) that are excreted in the kidneys, and as a result, the levels of the drugs will be increased in the body.  Make sure you talk to your doctor about this drug, ESP if you are taking other mediciations (i  know, for example, that it can increase the levels of methotrexate, a drug used to treat certain cancers and rheutmatic diseases in the body-- and that could  be potentially dangerous).

However, I think that Probenecid can be valuable to those of use who either can't obtain or can't afford the new recommended dosage of Tamiflu (150mg).   I know it was used in the past to increase the level of Penicillins in the body, and it may be of great use to us today in the event of a pandemic.

MM,

I purchased my goggles at Professional Equipment and my TVP at BulkFoods.

Jackson's correct... I'm hoping to stretch out my Tamiflu in a pinch.

Monolaurin is more of an unknown.  A close and credible friend of mine swears by this stuff.  She uses it yearly to combat flu.  Will it work against the great H5N1???  I posted a topic under Medical Intervention/monolaurin?  SophiaZoe added some good info.

Started last week with rations and I am already up to several hundred dollars. Don't care how much it cost the supplies will eventually get used if the BF disappears tomorrow.

I didn't know where to start so I just started adding additional amounts to my normal shopping list (buy 2 instead of 1).

I have a family of 4 with 2 having an alergy to wheat, rye, barley & oats so you can imagine the challenge. I guess rice, beans, canned meats, canned veggies and canned fruit will have to do.

I will feel comfortable with 3 months of supplies.

I for sure don't have enough TP or chocolate yet.

 

I actually think things like chocolate and candy will be important items in a prep kit. Stuff like that is comfort food! Imagine how dull and boring it would be if you only had a small variety of foods to eat every day.  Jumbo Hershey bars will definately be in my kit!!

If you do only one thing to prepare for a pandemic,
get N -95 Surgical Masks. You can't eat any of the extra provisions you
stocked-up on if you are dead. Masks first, food second. This is your first
line of defense.

The companies that make the masks are running flat out. There is no
capacity to make more. Especially in a pandemic. The mask is your first line
of defence in light of the questionable ability of Tamiflu, to deal with some
mutated Andromeda strain virus - unless you plan to move into a cave.

About 80% of medical supplies and drugs are produce offshore. How
available do you think these items will be to import, during a world-wide
pandemic lasting over a year?

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I'm looking at thngs in terms of supply and demand.

First I ask myself, what do I need the most and how quickly will supplies
last. Once word spreads & panic sets - in will beyone anything Stephen
King could imagine. (I've read most of his stuff). Trust me, I have a
difficult time wrapping my head around this. I'm doing this for the people
I love.

I concluded that the following will be the first to evaporate once WHO
increases their Pandemic Alert. These are my immediatae priorties.

1. Masks (N-95)

2.Generatror

I had a tough time finding additonal masks and generators. I still have
not quit my day job. Next....

3. Food - I alreay have a full pantry.... additional stores.

4. Medications - prescription drugs.

5. Read this group for information about theraputic agents that
    dampen the Cytokine storm - the agent of death with H5N today
    and during the Spanish Flu in 1918.




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Aside from food we are stocked up on Tamiflu, Cumcurin, Sarbitol (sp?), every OTC medicine under the sun, gauze, first aid kits, Masks, gloves, googles, some other hopefully good herbal medications, pet supplies, etc. 

This weekend my project is to stock up on food & water mainly. I have an entire list that needs to be tended to.

We had a family meeting and our plan is once H2H is confirmed, everybody has 48 hours to gather their belongings and meet at my mom's house.  For what I've bought, I'd say we have a good 2 months for everybody.  I'm still working on supplies, but feel like we are running out of time.  Everybody is to bring what they have been stockpiling, and each family member is to focus on certain foods.  We will be sealing beef jerky, chocolate and mixed nuts this weekend.  I found a store, American Foods, that sells huge cans of goods that have been slightly dented for 2.00.  Try to find something like that in your area if you are just starting out.  I also bought chaffing dish flames as a heating source if we can't leave the house for a few months (to heat food).  Found an anti-viral cleaner used in hospitals.  I think with one person assgined to clean with that daily, our chances for health will be greater.  I've postponed masks, but know I need to get them for when trash, etc needs to be burned, somebody will have to leave the house once a week to do this.  our plan is: Frozen foods, canned food, garden foods.  With that we should be able to live for over a year.  Who says not to plan????  Only the foolish. 

Also a request for all of us to pray for each other, God's grace will really be our true protection from any and everything out there in that crazy world.  You all have helped me prepare, this is where I learned about a Pnumonia vaccine, and even though I don't know any of you, you've helped me immensly.  I would appreciate your prayers too, and I'll return the kindness