PREPARING against a financial/catastrophic crisis - SURVIVAL TIPS

[tygerkittn]

I freeze cheese all the time, the dehydrated cheese is expensive but I have a couple of cans of it. Try www.honeyvillegrain.com Their prices just went up but they're still cheaper than most places. They have a powdered milk substitute that lasts five years or more, unlike powdered milk. One can makes 6 gallons, it costs $11.99. Their TVP (fake meat) is still a good deal, too. I get wheat from www.beprepared.com because I like the superpails, their margarine powder is pretty cheap, and their shortening powder. Freeze dried fruits and veggies, and powdered eggs are cheaper at honeyville grain.
If you freeze bar cheese, it becomes crumbly. I like it that way. Freezing has no effect on grated cheese.

[RRuth]

Reports from the media, when the banks go under they take your loan and sell it to another company. The debt will still be expected to be paid on time or one will loss their home, farm, cars, etc.


Hmmm... we're headed for a one world religion, a one world government, and (due to the collapse of our economy (how convenient) a one world bank! (Thus, they own us.)

My HATS OFF to all of you who are debt free and clear on your notes. Many of us (yours truly) has waited virtually till the last minute. Although my cabinets are stocked, and my spiritual bank account is FULL and SECURE, we will probably suffer to a degree for our lack of diligence in other areas. We truly REAP WHAT WE SOW.

Someone mentioned a bike for transportation. Somehow this escaped my mind, and it's a great idea.

Another thing to keep in mind (for those on medication) are extra prescriptions.

Now of course, this isn't all about, "The sky is falling"... If the economy holds, we'll at least have provisions for a natural disaster or massive power failure. I think we all sense that something BIG is going to happen.


Ruth, check out this website written by Christians on about how to get prepared: http://home.comcast.net/%7Eedithaz/

Thank you for this link.

[CelticMist]

Hmmm... we're headed for a one world religion, a one world government, and (due to the collapse of our economy (how convenient) a one world bank! (Thus, they own us.)

My HATS OFF to all of you who are debt free and clear on your notes. Many of us (yours truly) has waited virtually till the last minute. Although my cabinets are stocked, and my spiritual bank account is FULL and SECURE, we will probably suffer to a degree for our lack of diligence in other areas. We truly REAP WHAT WE SOW.

Someone mentioned a bike for transportation. Somehow this escaped my mind, and it's a great idea.

Another thing to keep in mind (for those on medication) are extra prescriptions.

Now of course, this isn't all about, "The sky is falling"... If the economy holds, we'll at least have provisions for a natural disaster or massive power failure. I think we all sense that something BIG is going to happen.



Thank you for this link.

:( I was debt free until I moved. I've got a house mortgage, possible medical bill that Tricare has not paid yet...but, I will not allow that to get me down... I know I will get it paid for one way or the other. Some medical plan we get from serving a career for this nation. :(

God on my side.. no weapon formed against me shall prosper. God will provide for us... if He can do so for the sparrow, how much more will He do for His own children. Amen!!!

My bike needs new tires, which I hope to get within the month.

[mikalikat]

I've not stockpiled gasoline, living in the city I think that would cause alarms to ring and not sure of the "city code" on that. Transportation will be resorting back to riding a bike.

I've been saving cash, got food that has a long shelf life. Gallons of water, in case the water source is cut off from us.

Are we headed for another "great depression"? :idunno


My husband is a gearhead and I asked him last night about stockpiling gas. He said that gas nowadays is so crappy and watered down that it will last in a can for a short while at best before becoming unusable.

Something I have not seen here is making sure that your propane tanks are filled for gas barbeques and such. Having several little ones on hand for smaller barbeques are easy to store, but having the big tanks on hand is prudent, too.

That said, the Bible forewarned that we would enter a dire economic time, but I myself don't think it will happen until after we are raptured. I do, however, think it is highly probable and quite possible that an attack could render us weakened or a natural disaster could occur.

It is always prudent to be prepared, but we may also think about the people left behind fending for themselves. Every act of preparation I make is made with a prayer to the Lord that whoever finds our home will be of a spirit seeking the truth, open to salvation, and will be able to use the provisions in the home for their survival. I have compiled over the years many articles and reports, many of which I have found on boards, about the end times, rapture, anti-christ, etc., and I have assembled a notebook that is easy to find and has the left behind letter on top.

I do appreciate the links to the preparedness websites! There are some awesome companies out there.

[CelticMist]

As much as I didn't like eating MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), if you can stockpile those.. one MRE a day will do you just fine. They have like 2500 calaries in one bag, reason I got so used to eating one meal a day.... MREs will put weight on you if you eat them along with two other meals.

But, they have come out with some really tasty ones... like noodles and tuna, chicken and tuna.... and a few others. I'm going to stockpile about a 3 months worth of those. The only thing... do NOT throw the boxes... it could cause the MRE bag to bust and it turns bad fast. You will know if they are good or not to eat.

Plus the candy in them are good... LOL

[RRuth]

You can buy MRE's in your local sporting goods store (I've spotted them at Academy.) They are high in protein and nutrition, and best of all, they don't take up space!

Good point on gasoline going bad. I have stock piled on propane (bought cases from Academy.) and we own a campers stove. This is handy for power shortages. My family camps, so they come in handy anways.

Oil lamps are handy as well. During the holidays, you can find these VERY cheap. I've also seen these in the dollar stores as well.

In case there's no running water, hand wipes are good. I buy them in the bottles (Or use diaper wipes.) Bacteria runs rampant from unwashed hands.

[Joseph The Carpenter]

If you want to store gas you can use stabilizer, I store gas in a 55 gal vented drum. I store it because I have a generator and I use it in the summer in my garden tractor and fill it up in the fall. I have been told that gas that has sat for many years was brought back to life useing stabilizer. For propane they make burner you can connect to a tank and just use a pot or pan and it burns less than your gas grill, check out sportsman guide.

[CelticMist]

http://www.mreinfo.com/buying-other-mres.html
A site to get MREs from... or at least what's in them.

I'm lucky, I will be able to get the military MREs...but the civilian ones look like they have some good main courses.

I'm getting tons of pork and beans... pinto beans (20 pound bag), rice (20 pound bag), cup of soup... just add water and bring to a boil. Lots of rubbage food.... or what I call rubbish food.

I don't use propane, but I've got bags of charcoal... plus... instead of letting them burn completely down to ashes... as soon as your food is prepared... take a pair of prongs.. remove the coal and place in a can of water... then just reuse the coal.... sure might take a bit longer to lite... but... you can save.

[No2Flesh]

Wow, I see from the Waltons website that the food we have stored is probably good for another decade or 2.
We were about to eat it to keep from wasting it, but not now.


"Five years ago Walton Feed obtained several 28 year old cans of dehydrated food that had been stored unusually cool. Then we ask the Benson Institute at BYU to test them. The results of the test were most positive for such old food. These cans have been sitting in our manager, Mr. Portela's basement since that time. Having had the opportunity to taste them myself recently, even after 5 years of being stored in open cans covered with plastic lids, these foods are still maintaining their quality. I find this remarkable - even amazing. What makes this all the more interesting is that none of these cans in Mr. Portela's basement or my food storage room were stored with oxygen absorbers. Things like this make me think we've under-rated the storage life of many of our dry-pack canned foods on our "Storage Life Of Foods Page." This is now especially true considering our cans contain only minimal oxygen. For those of you new to this concept, removing the oxidizing oxygen is one of the key factors in extending the life of dehydrated foods."

[tygerkittn]

They've found wheat in the pyramids that was still edible! I keep my basement cool and hang those moisture absorbers meant for closets, everywhere. I also blocked out all the light from the exposed side.
Speaking of propane, have you seen the prices??? Last time we bought one for the grill, (we don't grill a lot) it was $22 for one of those chubby keg-like tanks, and now they're $50! I was going to buy a few but I got sticker shock.
I don't want to defend Honeyville grain, I'm still mad that they raised their prices, I hadn't really noticed how heavy the cans are, I buy those monthly specials from beprepared too, but honeyville does list the weight on most things, 2.5 lbs for a lot of the freeze dried fruits and veggies, and 4.5 for most of the powders, on beprepared, I have to put a superpail in my cart so it will keep telling me how much weight I've added and still need for a superpail order, I didn't see the weight for their cans listed anywhere. Honeyville does say the cans are light because they remove almost all the moisture, so weight wise it's less than 10% of what it would be rehydrated, as I understand it. I don't know how much moisture beprepared removes, I assume it's similar?