What preps do you have and why?

yes very true cuz ppl keep arguing and digressing from the true severity of keeping things like preps up.

heather0927 wrote: Oh my gosh this forum is amazing! Hey everyone, I'm 24 and just learned about the bird flu in one of my Biology classes last fall. I've done my own research and I can't believe (well I can believe) we haven't been warned more about this. Or maybe I just wasn't noticing enough news until now. Now I have a daughter of my own and our safety is my utmost concern! Anyway these prepping tools are such a life saver. I'm grateful to any advice. Thanks in advance, Heather

Welcome Heather. A child sure does give one a different look at the world.

I hope this fourm can help you start prepping. The Mormons have just started selling a "Starter Pack" of food for about 27.00. In this pack it also has information on what you need to store.

The web site is www.ldscatalog.com.

I am not Mormon but I watch their site because they sell everthing at their cost.

If you have any questions please post them here because there are many people here that want to help others get prepared.

Good luck.

Hey the Mormons are a little strange but they have been storing food since they arrived in Utah and almost starved over 100 years ago.

They have this storing food down. How do I know because a friend of ours is Mormon and they asked to use our dock at our business to distribute 10,000 5 gallon food buckets to one chuch. Guess what the buckets were unloaded and distributed in one afternoon. Four hours and not one bucket was left. These families store 1 years worth of food and many of them have 5-9 kids.

So no Albert I am not trying to link Heather to a religious fanatic site I am trying to get her to a place that might give her some information.

Check out Johnyray1's post about how much rice and beans to store. People are struggling out there as to how much to store for specific amounts of time.

I always use information of people who have been doing something for much longer than I have and the Mormons are the ones that have been there and continue to do food storage in a huge number and quantity.

Albert, there used to be alot of info on storage, storage amount calculators, etc. on the provident living lds site. It is not there any more. I got alot of info from there when i was first starting to prep. Too bad they changed it. I don't see alot of useful info on there now.

Ok Albert maybe you can answer this question. I purchased some of the meat from MEdepot and why does this can meat last longer than the can chicken or roast beef I purchase from Sams Club?

The cans look the same and the cans I purchase from Sams Club have a two year use by date.

I asked Albert but anyone can answer. Albert just jogged my memory about MEdepot and the can meat I purchased.

That lds mormon website is selling 6 cans of canned white rice for $30.00 with shipping.  Now, why anyone would want "canned" rice, I have no idea.   Since you can also buy 50lb bags of rice and beans at Costco for only $5.00, it seems like just another typical way for the church to try and raise money.    Canned wheat? 

Great idea Tadeo. I am going to check my supplies on the bikes too. I have been looking for a cart for the garden it can double for this also so I will now look with this in mind.

Great ideas people I just love AFT!

Albert I can tell you why they use canned wheat and rice. These people relly keep lots of food for a very long time for very large families.

Therefore, they keep everything in cans and even have shelving designed specially for these cans. It is amazing!

The Mormons symbol is a bee hive and they are organized as such and keep their food just like bees do in case times get bad.

Mormon beliefs are a little different but so are the Catholics and I was raised as a Catholic. We could all learn from these people they know how to prep.

Thanks for the heads up I will be buying a couple of these too. I have a child and they can get hurt real fast.

I have worried about bleeding and this seems to fill the bill.