A Preppers Guide – Things You Need To Do Now

Are You Prepared – Read and Decide

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing something today.

When we’ll have no running water, no extra food, no electricity… then we’ll truly understand this old saying… the hard way. Or we can make sure that our houses offer a decent level of protection.

Install a Rain Water Collector or a Rain Filter Barrel

You may choose to store water for gardening or for drinking. For gardening, rainwater is, naturally, best unfiltered. But, for household use, you can make an easy auto-filter using a barrel. ………..

Build a Can Storage Rotation System

Verify the self-life of your canned goods on a regular basis and learn how to tell when your canned goods become spoiled.

You can verify your canned goods even easier with a can rotator and you’ll always make sure you’re opening the first one to expire (first can in the column – easy).

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Start a Home Defense Plan Including Some Smart Protection Systems

It is generally believed that a good defense position can hold against an enemy with 10 times the numbers of the defender. (same guns)

Being a single person defending a house, you should have this goal in mind: to withstand the attack of 10 armed street-smart looters. I’m saying “street-smart” because they’ll probably also have a plan… they may surround your house… or maybe they’ll attack at night or when you least expect it… or maybe they’ll set your house on fire, etc.

Without a good defense plan, you’re doomed! …………..

Get Seeds From Your Plants

This is a very important technique that needs to be honed and is essential to the continued survival of your plants and garden.  Seed collection varies from plant to plant and type of edible vegetable.  For example there will be differences in how you preserve and collect seeds from tomatoes, sweet pepper or wheat.

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Get to Know Your Neighbors

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Drill a Well or Install a Water Storage Tank

A “prepper house” should draw water from its own well rather than relying on a city water system.

You should make sure to fill up empty clear containers with drinkable water by whichever filtration or purification system works for you (including the barrel filter).  For example something like a Brita system or boiling/distilling.  In essence he water ready at any time as it is singularly the most important resource that is necessary to promote survival.

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Read the full article with all 17 items in Ask A Prepper

Source: Ask A Prepper
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