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    The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without
    The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without
    The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without
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    The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without

    By Patty Hahne

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    You will need more than just food and water when the grid goes down.

    Many people know what they need to survive a doomsday scenario. They stock high-calorie foods and clean water, they find their own sources of power and heat, and they prepare to defend themselves, if need be. With all they have stored, they have the ability to survive for days, even months at a time.

    You may think you have finished preparing once you have accumulated these basic necessities, but there is always more that can be done. In The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies, Patty Hahne offers up two hundred and thirty-five oft-forgotten items that may prove to be indispensable for surviving the apocalypseshould it happen. From the mundane, like quality shelving and needle and thread, to more specialized tools, such as a closet auger and jumper cables, Hahne describes how each one can prove to be a vital addition to the prepper’s cache. You may be surprised to see what common household items can do when used creatively, and Hahne is here to help inspire you.

    Presented in a compact design, The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies is an important addition to any prepper’s book collection, one that can be carried in a purse or pocket, stored in the car, or slipped into that carefully prepared bug-out bag.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateApr 19, 2016
    ISBN9781510705432
    The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without
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    Patty Hahne

    Patty Hahne writes for the blog PreppersIllustrated.com. Nine years ago, she decided she had endured her fill of city life. She packed her family into a van, moved them into a cabin in southern Oregon, and embraced alternative energy. She has been completely off the grid, with no electricity or running water, ever since. The author of:The Pocket Guide to Prepper Knots and The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies, she lives in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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      The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies - Patty Hahne

      Introduction

      One thing all preppers have in common is that they feel a deep sense of urgency when it comes to preparing for emergencies. Most preppers go to great lengths to stockpile everything they think they might possibly need in a doomsday scenario, but preppers are only human. This means it is entirely possible, and even likely, that there may be some items they have overlooked and/or neglected to store with their emergency preparedness supplies.

      This book contains 235 items preppers might not have thought about storing. If you’re already a prepper, it’s highly likely that many of the items in this book are already stored safely away at your home, but some items mentioned in this book might not be in your stockpile yet. Keep in mind that every prepper is different, which means that one prepper’s emergency preparedness needs might be completely different than another’s.

      You might have already taken steps to store many of the items mentioned in this book while another prepper, who is just beginning to prep, might find several items they hadn’t even considered storing.

      If you find items mentioned in this book you have already stored, great! Simply skip those items and move along to the next one in the list. Please don’t be offended if this book lists items you have already stockpiled. Just pat yourself on the back because you’ve already taken the steps to store items that someone else may have overlooked. Hopefully, while reading this book, you’ll discover several items you will decide to add to your stockpile of emergency supplies.

      You’ll notice that some items on the list in this book will have detailed explanations about why I believe it is important to include them in a prepper’s emergency preparedness planning. Others won’t, because no explanation is really necessary.

      What This Book is Not About

      There have been many books written about preparing for doomsday or other natural disasters we might face at some point in the future. Most of these books contain the basic items preppers usually store, such as food, water, and medical supplies.

      This book will not cover all the items you should have in your food storage or medical supply kit, but it will hopefully cover some things you might not have considered when it comes to storing emergency preparedness supplies.

      If you’re looking for a book that will hold your hand and tell you exactly how many pounds of rice and beans you should be storing, this book probably isn’t for you. If, on the other hand, you’re looking for a book that might help make you aware of certain items you may have overlooked in your emergency preparedness planning, it should be right up your alley.

      My goal with this book is to get you thinking and to stimulate your creative juices. By reading it, you’ll hopefully think of other items you would like to store, many of which may not even be listed in this book. I hope that reading this book will be an exercise in brainstorming for you, and that you’ll be able to take what you read in it and become an even more prepared prepper.

      Don’t Let This Book Overwhelm You

      As you can tell by the title of this book, this list is pretty extensive. Keep in mind that prepping is a process. No one goes to the store one time and purchases everything they will need to survive during a natural disaster or a doomsday scenario.

      As you read through this list, you will see plenty of items you may want to include with your stockpile of emergency supplies. It’s important not to let yourself become overwhelmed if you realize that you don’t have some of these items already stored.

      Think of this list as sort of a checklist of supplies you may want to accumulate over time. It stands to reason that some items, such as food, water, and shelter, are essential for survival so you will have to prioritize which items you want to store first. After all, it won’t do you much good to have a sewing kit if you don’t have anything stored to eat or drink.

      Once you have the essentials stored, you can start working your way through this list and begin storing additional items you think will help you survive during a natural disaster or major emergency.

      An Important Note about Acquiring Knowledge and Skills

      You’ll notice as you read through this book that many of the items listed will require specialized skills and/or knowledge in order to be able to use them properly. For example, this book will contain suggestions about certain tools you might want to have on hand.

      Sure, it’s not very difficult to cook a pot of rice and beans for dinner, but when equipment you are counting on to survive with during a crisis breaks down, you’ll need to know how to do the repairs yourself. In addition to tools, this will require knowledge and skills.

      Of course, we hope that a doomsday scenario that lasts for an extended period of time never occurs, but as preppers, most of us prepare as if that day will in fact come at some point in time. When, and if this happens, the knowledge and skills you have acquired or developed prior to the catastrophe that causes the doomsday scenario will become invaluable to you.

      In a real survival situation, it’s very possible that the best gear you can have is right between your ears—your brain! The more knowledge you have, the better your chances of surviving will be. It’s extremely important to understand and embrace the concept that developing knowledge and skills is just as important as stockpiling supplies.

      Many situations you might find yourself in will require you to improvise and draw upon skills you have acquired prior to the emergency. Being able to think on your feet and utilize the knowledge and skills you have, should make the process of surviving easier.

      A Very Important Aspect of Your Emergency Preparedness Planning

      The first thing I suggest you do won’t cost you a single penny, but it will be invaluable to you when it comes to planning your emergency preparedness strategies and organizing your stockpile of supplies.

      If you haven’t already done so, and before you acquire any more supplies, I highly recommend you make the time to take a thorough inventory of any and all emergency supplies you already have. If you’ve been prepping for quite some time, there’s a very high likelihood you have supplies you may have forgotten all about.

      Along with taking an inventory of the supplies you already have, you should make detailed notes about exactly where they are stored. I suggest you establish some sort of categorizing and mapping system so you can easily find items when you need them.

      You should also include the date you purchased each particular item on your inventory list. Some items you store won’t have expiration dates, but a lot of them will. Having a well-organized inventory of your supplies will not only make it easier to find particular items during an emergency, it will also help you evaluate exactly how close you are toward achieving your prepping goals.

      As you take this inventory, you may find items you’ll have to dispose of and replace because they’ve passed their expiration dates. One of the biggest mistakes preppers can make is to assume that they are prepared for emergencies because they remember stockpiling something at one point in time.

      If you stored a particular perishable item ten years ago, there is a very high likelihood that it needs to be disposed of and replaced. You may have a false sense of security because you remember storing a particular item that won’t be of any use to you in a survival situation because it’s so old now.

      Once you’ve taken an accurate inventory and categorized everything in your emergency stockpile, you’ll be in a much better position to decide what you should purchase and/or store next. Your inventory list will also help as you read through this book to decide which items you may want to add to your emergency stockpile and which items you can skip over because you already have them.

      For those of you who would like to keep an inventory on your computer, creating a simple spreadsheet can really help to organize your inventory list. This option is my personal favorite because by having it stored in a spreadsheet, I can easily add to, or remove from it, as I need to. I can also easily sort the perishable items by the dates that they were stored or by their expiration dates.

      This is really helpful when it comes to knowing which items need to be used and replaced before they expire and are no longer of any use to my family. In addition to being able to edit the spreadsheet, I can print it so I can have a hard copy in the event of a prolonged power outage.

      Location, Location, Location!

      When it comes to buying a home or starting a business, you’ve probably heard the age-old expression location, location, location. This is also very true when it comes to storing emergency preparedness supplies.

      For example, if you live in a flood zone and you have a basement in your home, it probably wouldn’t be very wise to store your food storage and other emergency preparedness supplies there. A natural disaster that results in a major flood could wipe out your entire stockpile of supplies in a matter of minutes.

      Many people keep their emergency supplies

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