Our Prep Failures?

[Thogey]

OK so now we all probably have a better picture of where we stand.

My failures.
Never saw the toilet paper thing coming, but am fortunate to have a jumbo pack that normally lasts months. It's a low priority comfort item anyway. A small sliver of humanity has actually felt they need a roll of toilet paper.

The real gooey thing for us as a family is a plan to separate if need be. I'm thinking of a containment plan for the months ahead.

Masks? I totally fell short. I have 5 cheap dust masks.

More hand sanitizer, the good stuff, would be nice. But we're ok.

Hopefully the silver and guns will stay a low priority, in the safe unused.

How bout you?

[justoneguy]

Canned vegetables is where I'm short


Our pantry is actually really good.
In Feb I stocked up on a bunch of seasonings,
Salt, red & black pepper, Tony's, Frank's Salsa Soy sauce etc.
If we wind up having to eat beans & rice, it'll be tasty at least.
My wife just asked for garlic, and Yeah, We got that.
The kids [and community] have all been asking, Where can I get yeast?
I had two brick size packages in the freezer 8 years old, still activates fine!

Also, I had just added 7 liters of 95% alcohol like Everclear diff brand,
that could make hand sanitizer if needed

[coppernickel]

So far we have been ok. I have some minor preps and a fairly deep larder. The only thing we really needed to keep normal was a dozen eggs. The store was all sold out Thursday, but a grocery run earlier on Friday landed what we needed.

A case lot sale at the beginning of March helped us stock up on pasta, flour, 25 pounds of rice, and canned fruit.

[justoneguy]

Maybe, I should have gotten a military uniform??
It might be useful to blend in later??

[68Camaro]

If respiratory viruses start rotating around the world on a regular basis (as they seem to have the last 20 years) I'm thinking an O2 monitor and an O2 concentrator (mentioned by someone else in another thread) would be good to have if someone is having trouble but the hospitals are over run.

I am sure we wouldn't pass any future triage decision matrix and if I couldn't get a respirator in a hospital and O2 supplement wasn't enough I would rather die at home. Supplemental O2 might be enough to get you over the crisis in many cases.

[68Camaro]

The OP is a great question - thanks for bringing it up. Depending on how long this lasts we may find other unanticipated needs showing up later so keep this thread in mind.

[IdahoCopper]

I failed to buy an oxygen concentrator.

Instead I went to Big Five and bought four bottles of O2 for intense sports recovery. They are ~150 breaths each. With four, its hopefully enough to keep mom alive until the ambulance comes for her.

[Recyclersteve]

I agree that this is a good topic for a post. Keep in mind that some items may be very important to you, but not to the Average Joe. Also, some items can be used WELL PAST the expiration dates. An example of both is aspirin. We bought a bottle of something like 500 tablets way back. Still taking from the same container and using more than 15 years after expiration. It still seems to do the trick.

And then there are condoms. I have ZERO on hand. So I guess that’s a lifetime supply!

[Tourney64]

Before the pandemic and shortages started, I was in pretty good shape. I am in pretty good shape on all paper products, hand sanitizer, but canned foods are in somewhat shorter supply than what I would have liked. We have lots of frozen foods on hand. Almost zero beef in our food supply and have been unable to get any with multiple trips to grocery and Sam’s Club. I have zero amp for my guns except some ammo I can’t legally use.

[IdahoCopper]

Tourney, check craigslist, especially for more rural communities around 100 mi away from Indy.

Beef, pork, lamb, goat, can be posted on CL by farmers & ranchers. Sometimes you can make a deal for a 1/2 carcass of beef or pork. They will deliver the critter to their local butcher, you pick it up there after its been frozen solid for a couple days.

[Thogey]

Do you still sell jerky? That sounds like a real goldmine.

[pitw]

Tourney, check craigslist, especially for more rural communities around 100 mi away from Indy.

Beef, pork, lamb, goat, can be posted on CL by farmers & ranchers. Sometimes you can make a deal for a 1/2 carcass of beef or pork. They will deliver the critter to their local butcher, you pick it up there after its been frozen solid for a couple days.

You are right to a point. Some farmers would welcome some new business and others not so much as they are geared to the supply chain of the big processors. I'd also advise you cut your own meat up so as to get what ya paid for.

[IdahoCopper]

Do you still sell jerky? That sounds like a real goldmine.

I sold Beefjerky.com about 3 years ago, with a non-compete clause that recently expired.

I have been thinking of starting up again, I have Meatjerky.com and Beefjerky.co, which are just sitting unused.

[IdahoCopper]

Some people work on their car in various ways to incrementally increase the MPG.

You can do the same to incrementally increase your viral security.

The flatware you use to eat with should not be stainless. You should be eating with forks and spoons that are sterling or silverplate.

Silver kills bacteria and virii. You put those tools in your mouth, they should be silver.

[blackrabbit]

I failed.

I did not move to Canada to live next to pitw.

[pitw]

I failed.

I did not move to Canada to live next to pitw.

Thanks for the chuckle.

[Changechecker]

Cashed out my copper cents. Seeing lots of articles how the virus wont last long on copper.