What have you done this week to prep? PART II

[gagesmamaw]

Husband and neighbor are building a smoke house. Does that count?

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

Added to fuel stores.

Added to Emergency Medical Bag, better scissors, instant cold packs and splinting materials. Pretty contented so far, really want to add a CAT 4.

Reviewed and added to food stores. Done some rotation and working on more storage space.

Cold weather coming again...

 

[churchmouse]

Rotated stored fuel. Used the oldest in the truck and replenished. StayBil added.
Food stores look good for now. No more room.
Water stores are being rotated and replenished.
Been doing the maint on the guns in the safes.

 

[jsharmon7]

Does anyone stock alcohol or cigarettes? It seems like those would be the most valuable barter items if stores shut down for some reason.

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

I've always thought that it might be worthwhile to be able to rent some friends for a while. They can have the bottle...after the work is done.

 

[teddy12b]

Does anyone stock alcohol or cigarettes? It seems like those would be the most valuable barter items if stores shut down for some reason.

My wife seems to think that every time we have people over we need several new bottles of booze. We're not drinkers by any stretch of the imagination, so every time we host we end up with bottles that are mostly full or unopened. I have a full shelf of nothing but booze that for some reason she won't let me get rid of. The only purpose that shelf serves in my mind is for barter post SHTF. I used to smoke, but I don't store anything tobacco related. That stuff gets stale with time and I'm not going to rotate it out.

 

[Snapdragon]

My wife seems to think that every time we have people over we need several new bottles of booze. We're not drinkers by any stretch of the imagination, so every time we host we end up with bottles that are mostly full or unopened. I have a full shelf of nothing but booze that for some reason she won't let me get rid of. The only purpose that shelf serves in my mind is for barter post SHTF. I used to smoke, but I don't store anything tobacco related. That stuff gets stale with time and I'm not going to rotate it out.

People come to my house, they can drink water, pop, coffee, tea, or they can suck it. Friends who don't come to my house because there is nothing to drink are not friends.

 

[bwframe]

I don't care for the idea of stocking addictive items for barter.

Never know when an addict could decide that their habit could be more important than your life.

 

[Phase2]

I don't care for the idea of stocking addictive items for barter.

Never know when an addict could decide that their habit could be more important than your life.

I'm not big on those kind of items either, but mostly because I barely use alcohol (mostly for herbal tinctures) and don't use and don't often see others smoke anymore. I have a couple of bottles of vodka, but those will most likely end up in future herbal remedies.

 

[teddy12b]

People come to my house, they can drink water, pop, coffee, tea, or they can suck it. Friends who don't come to my house because there is nothing to drink are not friends.

That's just the thing. She usually buys the booze before a family get together on her side which is definitely the drinking side and they always show up with too much booze of their own. It's not people showing up looking for a free hand out.

My only point in saying that, is that I'm not intentionally going out to buy booze, but I have some on hand. I don't have any addiction to it, and I know if it ever gets to that mad max / red dawn period of time where people are trading for booze then I'll be able to hook someone up.

 

[vermilionbird]

A few years ago when I made my own hard cider, I also tried my hand at making applejack by "distilling" through leaving it out to freeze and straining out the ice. Some of you DIYers might enjoy trying that this winter!

 

[2in1evtime]

Ran out of ammo cans for reloads saturday, have been rotating canned goods from store and also home canned meats and veggies. Hearing stories of a rush on TP again so bought some extra last week , My wife is going thru all the medical supplies, and meds. All propane tanks are full, gas has been rotated, i only store the gas with no alcohol it cost more but it also keeps longer too. checked generators out and serviced they both run on gas or propane, propane heaters checked out and working great. Still adding to water storage, would love to find some 6" or larger drain pipe in plastic makes for great water storage in a crawl space!!

 

[Snapdragon]

That's just the thing. She usually buys the booze before a family get together on her side which is definitely the drinking side and they always show up with too much booze of their own. It's not people showing up looking for a free hand out.

I get it.

 

[dudley0]

Finished landing all the wires in the main at the new place. Decided to organize the mechanical room and found 2k of wolf brass .223 and 500 rounds of .22 lr that I forgot I had.

Once I got rid of the stuff not needed in there I added a sleeping bag set, couple gallons of water, and a case of MRE's. It will be my go to area if anything happens while I am working there.

I need to clean out the 275 gallon tank I put in there and get it filled but I just keep working on the list.

 

[churchmouse]

Finished landing all the wires in the main at the new place. Decided to organize the mechanical room and found 2k of wolf brass .223 and 500 rounds of .22 lr that I forgot I had.

Once I got rid of the stuff not needed in there I added a sleeping bag set, couple gallons of water, and a case of MRE's. It will be my go to area if anything happens while I am working there.

I need to clean out the 275 gallon tank I put in there and get it filled but I just keep working on the list.

Ah yes....the "LIST"

 

[Old Bear]

You guys have a list????? I have an entire book of things to do

 

[kaveman]

Finished landing all the wires in the main at the new place. Decided to organize the mechanical room and found 2k of wolf brass .223 and 500 rounds of .22 lr that I forgot I had
.

I love finding ammo I didn't know I had. It's one of my favorite things to do. Yesterday was three battle packs of Swedish 9mm. Last week it was four of the same in a different part of the shop and a full case(5000rds)of .22 sub-sonic. I didn't think I had a single round of s-s and this is the second case I've found this month.

 

[dudley0]

My list is mainly composed of things to do so I can move into the new house.

To move I have to complete the house, per the bosses rule, and I have to downsize a lot of stores. I wish it was just a honey-do list. I faintly remember those days.

 

[Lex Concord]

You guys have a list????? I have an entire book of things to do

Same.

 

[freekforge]

I bought a couple more water filters and some dry foods. Also picked up 2 more baofeng radios. After the wedding I'm going to pick up a gmrs base station to go with my cb base station. I'm slowly building up comms.