Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunkering down

Re:Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunk... by t1540825608 on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:12AM (#18328124)

Stack your pantry deeper than average -- buy the same food you always buy, but keep 2-3x as much shelf-stable food on hand. Pasta, rice, flour, peanut butter, tuna, shortening, etc. all keep for long enough without any serious degradation in quality. Fill a water barrel[0] and put it in the back of a storage closet. Grab a Sawyer filter[1] in case that's not enough. Get a simple pump shotgun[2] and a 100 rounds; practice with 50 and save the other 50 in case you need to defend your home.

Congratulations, you've bought insurance for the medium-term societal collapse for about $600 or so.

[0] http://a.co/d/cT00rup [1] http://a.co/d/eroGWNy [2] https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/Mossberg-Maverick-88-Securit...

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Re:Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunk... by jdmichal on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:20AM (#18328204)

Biggest addition I can make, as someone who has to prep for hurricane season every year:

If you don't have a filter -- and even if you do, depending on what your water sources are -- be aware of how much water your planned foodstuffs will consume. Stuff like dried pasta and flour holds very well, but also consumes a pretty large amount of water to get to a usable state. Canned beans and vegetables and such come with their own water in the package, so they don't use your stores.

EDIT: Don't forget that energy will also be constrained, not just water! Presoak your dried beans and pasta to drastically reduce the amount of energy necessary to cook them.

https://www.seriouseats.com/2013/05/ask-the-food-lab-can-i-s...

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Re:Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunk... by t1540825608 on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:25AM (#18328250)

That's a great point, thanks!

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