Random Quotes from Wise Mamas |
br>
02-27-2009, 10:40 AM | #1 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
What are you preparing for?
I'm really quite impressed with what many of you have posted recently about preparing your families, so I wondered if I could pick your brains about it & a few questions come to mind...
* What exactly are you preparing for? Economic troubles, natural disasters...? * What do you put in a 72-hour kit (links maybe?) * How do you decide what foods to buy & do you expect to have any utilities available for preparing the foods? * What about other issues like local transportation or self-defense? * If you have any debt, how do your prioritized preparedness in your budget? |
02-27-2009, 10:43 AM | #2 |
Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 16,668
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
__________________
CHARLA Married to Nick, 31 yrs Mom to Nathan and his wife Abby, and Hope Elizabeth, dancing for eternity with babies: Micah Noel, Grace Anna, Andrew David Save Save Save Save Save
|
02-27-2009, 10:47 AM | #3 |
Deactivated
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 11,249
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
|
02-27-2009, 11:03 AM | #4 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 79,607
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Well, I'm preparing because I see signs that things are going somewhere I do not want to be a part of. Whether it be needing to scrimping to pay our gas bill or our air conditioner or, especially, food. Dh and I believe we are too interdependant on the infrastructure of this country and are realizing how easily we can be failed by it. We are extracting ourselves from it
Mostly we're storing food--though we are expecting some money that will allow us to get a trailer to live in on some property friends have if we need to actually get out of the city Otherwise tents will do
__________________
|
02-27-2009, 11:12 AM | #5 |
Deactivated
dd running through the sprinkler last summer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,345
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
I'm preparing because it's something I've thought for a long time I needed to do, but I just never got around to it.
Now, I'm preparing specifically for the unexpected. Like, a car kit in case the car dies and it's really cold out, or a power outage like what happened in the midwest a month or so ago- lots of people without power for weeks. Or any other natural disaster. Garden variety or otherwise. I'm also preparing because the economy is terrible right now, and it's just prudent to store extra while we can in case something unexpected happens. I'm also preparing for spiritual reasons, but honestly and truly, this is something I strongly believe I should be doing *anyway*. You know? Prov 31:21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. One of my spiritual gifts is also hospitality, and I feel strongly about sharing with the needy in the most grass-roots kind of way, from my hand to theirs. So, I'm preparing for that too, if I have enough time. First, enough for our family, and then, enough to share. I just realized I didn't answer all your questions: * What do you put in a 72-hour kit (links maybe?) I followed this basically to the letter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8zrk...e=channel_page * How do you decide what foods to buy & do you expect to have any utilities available for preparing the foods?I am preparing to be completely independent of the power grid and pretty much everything else. For numerous reasons, but basically because I want to be ready for anything. I plan on buying the basic ingredients for all the foods we regularly enjoy- bread is high on the list, and other bread products like flatbreads and cookies, and such. And also for maximum nutrition and storability- so, wheat, barley, quinoa, but not rice because white rice isn't that nutritious and brown rice goes rancid too fast. And legumes to make a complete protein- lentils, black white pinto beans... And I'd like to can some meat too because we do best with some animal protein. And fat- coconut oil and butter can be stored for a long time (butter can be canned), and I'd like to start a garden and save seeds, but anything I've grown has never produced enough for us to be subsistent on. And if we had the space I'd like to have chickens and goats for eggs and milk. And I could probably live without ever butchering them, but I'd like to know how just in case. (Like if we had extra boy goats and chickens we couldnt' get rid of, we could have meat.) And heck, while I'm dreaming, I'd like a root cellar to store stuff in and an extra space in there for us all to live for a minimum of a month if we had to protect ourselves from a nuclear attack. * What about other issues like local transportation or self-defense? I don't plan on needing transportation when it's all said and done, and as for defense- well, that's a tough issue- guns scare me. But I do think it's important to be able to defend ourselves. But I'm taking care of survival first, and dealing with self defense second. * If you have any debt, how do your prioritized preparedness in your budget? We are in a small amount of credit card debt, but we've decided to bite the bullet and use our savings to pay it off. I admit, with the 72 hour kits, I said, "we don't have enough budgeted but I'm doing them anyway"- but we did have enough in savings to cover it. And I asked for money for my own spending this Xmas, and decided to use it on EP supplies. And I think I posted a link in the most recent EP thread that shows a simple plan to store stuff that doesn't bust your budget. |
02-27-2009, 11:24 AM | #6 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
* What exactly are you preparing for? Economic troubles, natural disasters...?
Personally, economic troubles. I'm "betting" that well packed food will be a good long-term investment. * What do you put in a 72-hour kit (links maybe?) We don't have those. * How do you decide what foods to buy & do you expect to have any utilities available for preparing the foods? We're going with foods that store easily and that we eat regularly -- rice, beans, lentils, corn, etc. We've got chickens for eggs. A neighbor lady has a grove of orange trees and she already gives us her papayas, 'cause she doesn't like them. Yes, we would anticipate having utilities for cooking -- we have enough solar power to run the crock pot and we have trees that we already routinely use to trim branches for cooking. * What about other issues like local transportation or self-defense? We have discussed a couple horses. I've wanted a horse since I was a little girl. As for self-defense, my situation probably doesn't apply. * If you have any debt, how do your prioritized preparedness in your budget? N/A |
02-27-2009, 12:02 PM | #7 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
|
02-27-2009, 12:15 PM | #8 | |||||
Rose Garden
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,570
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Self defense, that's the part I really don't like to think about. Quote:
__________________
. Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page
|
|||||
02-27-2009, 01:17 PM | #9 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
I understand what you all are saying about not wanting to think about the self-defense thing. But, in a dire situation, if you have food & your neighbor doesn't... So being prepared with supplies like that sort of makes you a bigger target & it's something that comes into my mind... like, if we ARE prepared, we need to keep it a secret
|
02-27-2009, 01:20 PM | #10 |
Deactivated
dd running through the sprinkler last summer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,345
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Yeah, that's something I"ve been thinking about. It IS important. And it's why I'm not really discussing EP with anyone outside of the internet. (I wonder how many people I know are preparing and not discussing it with me? )- I do talk to my parents about it, but I wouldn't turn them away anyway. These are hard questions I don't have answers to. I mean, even if you do want to help others, you can't help EVERYONE. :/ |
02-27-2009, 01:24 PM | #11 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,570
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
I also wanted to add that one of the reasons I want to be strong and knowledgable in preparedness now, is because in the past, we have had to live off of our stores and supply others with the extra of what we had. I cannot even begin to praise our Lord enough for the provision during those times
__________________
. Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page
|
02-27-2009, 01:26 PM | #12 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,570
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
I also am interested in how others are planning on self defense. I feel horrible about looking at it as hiding food. At the same time, geesh, I just don't know how to tackle that aspect of it. There are a lot of issues that could come up...
__________________
. Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page
|
02-27-2009, 01:42 PM | #13 |
Deactivated
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,362
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Well we fully expect to open our food stores to anybody that may come to us hungry. And we fully believe that in our faithfulness God will do a miracle and increase our supply. I think scripture is clear that when someone comes to us and asks us for food we feed them.
|
02-27-2009, 01:44 PM | #14 | |
Deactivated
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 11,249
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Quote:
I |
|
02-27-2009, 01:59 PM | #15 | |
Deactivated
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,362
|
Re: What are you preparing for?
Quote:
Why on earth was that the first thing that popped into my head. Gah |
|
Bookmarks |
|
|
X vBulletin 3.8.3 Debug Information | |
---|---|
|
|
More Information | |
Template Usage:
Phrase Groups Available:
|
Included Files:
Hooks Called:
|