IT NEVER HURTS TO PREPARE, WHETHER FOR EVENTS THAT OCCUR AS REGULAR ACTS OF NATURE OR TRULY RARE ONES

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By Michael H. Brown

IT NEVER HURTS TO PREPARE, WHETHER FOR EVENTS THAT OCCUR AS REGULAR ACTS OF NATURE OR TRULY RARE ONES

We’re opening a new category in our bookstore that includes an affiliate program with a supplier of emergency items — from food and water (or purification tools) to lights, cooking utensils, and means of starting a (cooking/warming) fire.

Don’t interpret this as some kind of omen from here that we are facing imminent disaster.

We do think the future and even near future will involve major events. But we’re not indicating anything other than a feeling that it’s always good to be “ready” — to be prepared — whether for something unusual and perhaps even without precedent (at least in our lives) or simply having what you need when, as periodically happens, the power goes out during regular if intense winter storms.

Look at what an ice storm can do. And a hurricane. Or tornado. Or quake. Or flood. Or economic crisis.

In 1998, for example, eastern Ontario and western Quebec in Canada were hit by three clashing storm fronts that some have described as the worst natural disaster in that nation’s recorded history — 1,000 electrical pylons (towers) and 35,000 wooden power poles collapsed.

At one point the entire city of Montreal was tethered to the power grid by a single remaining line. After days without power, residents began to burn wood decks and even furniture for warmth. One-fifth of Canada’s work force was out for the better part of a week.

It never hurts to be prepared whether for something entirely unusual or for those events that simply come in the natural course of — well, of nature.

The new store is here.

Use your own discernment. We ourselves recommend always having batteries, several flashlights, empty jugs for water, some big bags of rice and pasta (see Sam’s Club and Costco), canned foods, and especially freeze-dried food, Chlorox, peroxide, medications, a means of purifying water, and if you can afford it, “meals-ready-to-eat.”

It doesn’t hurt to have several weeks’ worth, or whatever you decide in the realm of periodicity (along with some cash). Peanut butter is great to have on hand. Honey lasts forever. (And remember aspirin.) Meanwhile, we saved this list below from the internet — a list that was compiled of what one person considers essentials. It may be worth perusing (and discerning).

[resources: Spirit Daily’s affiliate emergency supply company, It’s a Disaster!, and Sent To Earth]

  1. Generators
    2. Water Containers (we ourselves have a well and hand pump)
    3. Water filters, purifiers, water tablets, and water testing kits
    4. Portable toilets, wood shavings & plastic bags
    5. Seasoned firewood
    6. Coleman fuel
    7.  Lamp oil, wicks, mantles, oil lamps
    8. Charcoal, lighter fluid
    9. Gasoline containers
    10. Propane cylinders
    11. Lanterns with batteries that are rechargeable and a solar powered battery charger.
    12. Solar thermal water heater13. Survival Guide Book, The Boy Scout Manual
    14. Fire Extinguishers
    15. Batteries
    16. Matches
    17. Flashlights
    18. Fishing supplies/tools
    19. Mosquito coils/repellent, sprays/creams
    20. Mousetraps, ant traps & cockroach magnets21. Duct tape
    22. Super glue
    23. Tools – hammer, allen wrenches, files etc. propane soldering iron, solder
    24. Candles
    25. Garden tools & supplies
    26. Garden Seeds (Non-Hybrid)
    27. Washboards, Mop Bucket with wringer for Laundry
    28. Cook Stoves (Propane, Coleman & Kerosene)

    29. Cast iron cookware – Dutch ovens
    30. Insulated ice chests
    31. Can openers, & hand egg beaters, whisks, kitchen utensils.
    32. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugar
    33. Rice – beans – wheat
    34. Garlic, spices & vinegar, baking supplies
    35. Flour, yeast & salt

    36. Vegetable oil
    37. Tuna fish
    38. Canned fruits, vegetables, soups, stews, etc.
    39. Crackers, pretzels, trail mix, jerky
    40. Popcorn, peanut butter, nuts
    41. Milk – powdered & condensed
    42. Paper plates, cups, utensils
    43. Canning supplies

    44. Feminine Hygiene
    45. Haircare, mouthcare, skincare products – including bars of soap
    46. Shaving supplies
    47. Toilet paper, kleenex, paper towels
    48. Baby wipes, oils, waterless & antibacterial soap
    49. Baby supplies (if needed): Diapers, formula, ointments, aspirin, etc.

    50. First aid kits
    51. Chapstick
    52. Vitamins
    53. Prescription medications, antibiotics, pain meds, Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) tablets.
    54. VINEGAR, food preservation, flavoring, tenderizing, antibacterial, cleaning and MANY other uses!

    55. Bow saws, axes and hatchets
    56. Garbage cans
    57. Garbage bags
    58. Clothesline, clothespins
    59. Aluminum foil
    60. Writing paper, pencils, solar calculators

    61. Heavy duty work boots, belts, jeans & work shirts
    62. Shoe laces
    63. Rain gear, rubberized boots, etc.
    64. Woolen clothing: socks, scarves, ear-muffs, mittens
    65. Socks, underwear, t-shirts, etc.
    66. Hats & bandanas
    67. Thermal underwear

    68. Gloves – work/warming/gardening, etc
    69. Scissors, fabrics & sewing supplies
    70. Reading glasses
    71. Laundry detergent
    72. Bleach
    73. Knives & sharpening tools: files, stones, steel

    74. Sleeping bags & blankets/pillows/mats
    75. Backpacks, duffel bags
    76. Cots & inflatable mattresses
    77. Tarps, stakes, twine, nails, rope, spikes
    78. Hand pumps & siphons (for water and for fuels)
    79. Wagons & utility carts (for transport to and from)

    And last but not least….
    80. KNOWLEDGE and TRAINING can’t be over-estimated

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