I’m not gonna say too much because the last time I did one of your subscribers said I should go somewhere else because I was rich. My wife and I worked our asses off all our life always had a homestead all the things you brought up. we are prepared for, we are getting older now 66 years old and 67 for me. The way we look at it if we don’t benefit from it, our children will people need to hear this thanks MR
You have done things the right way.👍 Sorry you got some rude posts. 😞😞 I'm not rich but got us prepped over 13 years by doing things like; skipping expensive vacations, only eating out on special occasions, buying needs not wants, and driving the same vehicle for 20 years. You have to set your priorities and stick to it. Best of luck to you.
That was an ignorant comment. Even if you are rich so what you still need to prepare. Rich is a matter of perspective. Some guys I went to school with thought that I was rich because we always had food. I thought the kid with colour tv was rich. Building and maintaining a homestead is a lot of hard work . Be proud of that and the wisdom you show to have done this for your family.
That was an ignorant comment. Even if you are rich so what you still need to prepare. Rich is a matter of perspective. Some guys I went to school with thought that I was rich because we always had food. I thought the kid with colour tv was rich. Building and maintaining a homestead is a lot of hard work . Be proud of that and the wisdom you show to have done this for your family.
I got attached on another channel for mentioning being in the Brownies decades ago. Apparently, that was a political statement. There are trolls and bots galore these days.
Car batteries . . . going to have to bring the battery into the house in the winter to keep battery warm like my Dad's Dad had to do in the old days. It's a hassle, but it really works. My Dad used to talk about that a lot.
During a long outage I learned right away to cook while the sun is out. Trying to do anything but heat up a can of soup is a real pain by the light of a lantern. Do as much as you can when the sun is out. Maybe have your big meal at noon.
If i have electricity but need water, my ac produces about 10 gallons a day. This has to be treated because it may be a source of legionaires disease and other microorganisms, but when treated, is a good resource.
Growing up in the south you see a lot of Runs on stores for decades ever since just in time was implemented . Now that it’s broken lots of mini runs on all kinds of things
Female hygiene products, diapers, wipes and formula, child otc medications will be important. Nobody mentions pyridium, but if we are in a bad situation where hygiene is compromised, pyridium will be good to have in order to provide comfort from UTIs in women and girls. Yeast infections will also be a problem.
We did civil war reenactments as Blacksmiths, LOL. All Our Gear from that is def SHTF stuff and I kept it all. I even have about four canvas tents and all our hiking gear, wood stoves and lanterns the run on simple fuels.
I even have a toilet for out in the plant nursery so we got that covered too, LOL. Batteries check and a windmill for the well. also freeze dried food we made ourselves. Powdered eggs. We also lived for over a year without water other than rain water because a drought ran the water table so low we had to pound down the well another 20 foot so now I actually have 2 wells. onw wind one electric.
Propane stores forever, so it is the best fuel for heat, cooking and generators. I like to collect 20 lb. grill tanks. No cost advantage with the larger ones and easier to handle.
Similar experience as well,the outdoors lifestyle had become a quiet paradise for over a decade around here,then coof was set in motion.Population has more than quadrupled,forget about that quiet paradise,affordability,and peacefulness 👍
Thank you for sharing your experiences. When Covid hit I stopped at the grocery store because I needed a few things like bread. I got in there and it was packed with frantic people. I was not expecting that at all. One guy in the produce department filled his cart with all of the blueberries. They actually had 3 carts filled with various items. As I walked through the store to get the bread, the shelves were completely empty except for one or two loaves. One of those loaves was the bread I came for. The meats were completely gone except for some hamburger patties. I got in a very long line and waited to check out my bread and yogurt that I came for. Many carts were filled with medications. That was really an eye-opening experience. You are right. Prepare now or never.
We (the readiest community) were blame for it but it was the unprepared that caused the problem and once the manufacturers could see more profit then guess what..?
Some retailers may also be part of the reason. A local supermarket chain (Bravo) had employees go down every aisle at the very beginning of the Big Freakout and mark up almost everything, a lot.
I'm a truck driver and during the pandemic people couldn't get enough bottled water. The company I worked for at the time was constantly picking up and delivering truck tomorrow loads of bottled water (mostly Ice Mountain brand) to Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis etc. As far as I know in most areas the municipal water systems were fine, but people couldn't get enough of the bottled stuff. I guess it's in the same category as toilet paper, when things get bad people go into hoarding mode and buy up whatever they can.
I remember as a kid in the mid-1970s, sitting in the car in line at the gas station for literally 2 hours, due to the gasoline shortages. It’s one of the reasons I’ve always resonated with the advice to keep your gas tank as full as possible. With the political situation these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see something like that again before November. Also when I was a kid, just after my parents divorce and my mom was always struggling financially, I found her sitting on the floor sobbing because payday was a week away & we’d run out of toilet paper. My grandma rescued us that time, but my mom never had less than 20 rolls of toilet paper in the house after that. Talk about “generational trauma”, all the way into middle age I’ve always kept 30 or 40 rolls in the house, despite my kids teasing me about it. When 2020 hit and the shelves were completely bare of toilet paper, the one store in my tiny town started only selling 2 rolls at a time, and carding people buying toilet paper for out-of-town addresses, because people from 40 and 50 miles away were coming in to buy it all up! But due to my experience, the first toilet paper I bought in 2020 was in October - because I had enough put back when the pandemic hit not to need to buy any for 8+ months. Your mention of lights reminded me that I should get some more lamp oil. For years now I’ve picked up old-fashioned oil lamps at yard sales & flea markets, and now have about a dozen. And candles! My husband (jokingly) forbade me from buying any more candle sconces after counting 27 in the house. But I definitely need more lamp oil. Luckily it’s usually available at Hobby Lobby and even Amazon. At least for the moment!
The basic hygiene products are so often overlooked. 100 bucks at Sam’s club is almost all it takes to cover basic soap, toothpaste, deodorant, paper products, dish liquid for a long time.
Remember when the couf-couf19 hit, some big stores blocked isles with tape that contained "Nonessential" items? For some reason, I thought that was ridiculous.
Use your insurances, right quick and get on top of stuff before it gets bad. Eyeglasses/contacts up to date. Dental all squared away, Hearing checked. Dr's checkups done. In another plandemic all those services are slow walked to "those that need it it the most.…" Hope all your viewers are just putting frills on the plans stuff put back….great vid MR.
I recommended junk yard parts to those who couldn’t get new car parts back in 2020. Biggest problem here was dairy, baking aisle items and sanitizing/PPE items. Gas sure was cheap! If only we could keep that part…thanks, MR!
There are a lot of things that have the potential to hurt you. Think about creating a "strong room" in some place in your house (if that's where you are likely to be) .. there are many things you can do to create a safe space. One thing is to stack books and other things inside of windows .. something that might absorb a stray bullet. Also think about getting some cattle panels and cut them to fit over your windows so it limits access. Get a good "catch'em alive" trap and learn how to use it. It will work while you are sleeping. If you are going to grow something .. grow sweet potatoes, winter squash, turnips, etc. Tomatoes won't last long. At this time .. if you are living in the city .. stay where you are and find ways to strengthen your position. If you are leaving the city .. leave your city mind there too!
Yours is the best list I have heard. In 2020 suddenly there were no canning jars or lids anywhere. I had jars and vegetables to can so I started reusing my good lids. Hey, nobody got sick!
Thank you sir. Agree with y'all 100%. Never was going to rely on hunting as if everything goes to hell everyone is going to be out trying to take an animal. Great information as always. Have a blessed day.
My wife witnessed several local grocery stores get cleaned out of stock within 24 hours back in the 1967 winter storms. It is a false sense of security to think that the grocery stores will have products available in crazy times. In fact, those locations will likely be the deadliest places to be near. If food becomes an issue, one of the most important tools to have besides self-defense related, will be good, soild hand shovels....
Bought some cheap solar lights from The Dollar Tree, we tested them to make sure they all worked and stored them away for later if needed. I also have an emergency hand crank radio that has a couple of really bright LED lights on it. We have a couple of battery run head lamps in case we need our hands free.
Hey MR…always a good day to see your videos pop up. Hope your Sunday is going well. I see you don’t have an email? I’m in Michigan too, lower. So much darn rain…everyday here except one, and it rained at night. Idk if my garden will produce? My phone says going down to 48 on Tuesday night! 😱 Time will tell. Terrible start going into summer. Sister and I are driving up to check out some of those Amish stores soon. I’m looking forward to that. Stay safe dear…
MR et al. I recall my Grandmother (Whose Family were Subsistence Farmers/trappers/fishermen in Moullie Marsh SE Michigan.) Saying that during The Great Depression that wild game availability declined substantially due to hunting pressure from folk trying to put food on the table. I am trying to convince my prescription insurance company to allow me 90 days or more life support medications. Good video. From the 👍. Best
During the aftermath of Hurricane Maria 🌀 you couldn't find a chainsaw chain if your life depended on it, gas lines were 6 hours long,and supermarkets had nothing, nobody had batteries or mini propane cylinders, banks, supermarkets, gas stations were all closed for the first month of the event, it was bad.
Yep we have got to be diligent and keep our eyes open I know it’s hard these days to prep but some can food and rice/ beans are still fairly cheap one item a week is better than nothing
This is such a good look at what's needed by the modern person. Luckily, we live on the edge of modernity and much more like the old folks you talk about in your stories. There's a freedom in needing much less modern comfort and appliances and knowing it will make not much difference if it all goes anyway. Another thing no one else talks about is death. Be ready for dying. We're all headed that way and all this stuff about survival makes a lot of people really grasp in an unhealthy way - beyond being prepared for hard times or natural disaster - grasping to living as if preparing will forestall death like a shield. Be ready for someone to get sick or be injured or waste away in the heat or succumb to the cold. That fear of death is how 2020 even happened and how we lost privacy in 2001. People afraid of dying just made themselves sponges for any old propaganda (on both sides) wanting to believe in something to save them. Maybe you have faith and maybe you just have common sense, but either one is enough. Someone needs to talk about being ready for dying because it's the fear of it that is ruining this world. The politics, corporate brain-washing, everything is just taking advantage of that one thing - and getting away with it.
Since 1971 when I started tracking shortages, I have noticed that with any emergency (earthquakes, tornados, flood, haz-mat incidents, winter storms etc.) the first thing that disappeared was TP. Hands down always TP. followed by food items; specifically milk, then meat, then fresh fruit, then frozen foods. After food, goes fuel. Pre 2000 it was primarily gasoline. After diesel pickups became so popular, diesel fuel started being a major target.
2020 my little resort town had the same thing happen. People from Boise drive 100 miles to us to strip our stores. Canning jars are big sellers at yard sales and thrift stores. We can find them now in 24 unlike 21,22,23 but new ones are almost double the cost now. My next project is to get some concrete blocks so I can make a rocket stove.
In that B-Movie I mentioned before called "Panic in the year zero" the main character goes to a small town where he thinks no one has heard about the nuke attack. He gets the hardware store and grocery store owners out of bed because he knows he has to act fast before the mobs hit the stores. One fuel run we had was in around 2010 or so and the local tv station caused it. There was a hurricane and they had a commercial that basically said "Will the hurricane cause a gas shortage in our area? Find out at 5!" But it panicked people and there was a big run and within two days all the stations were dry.
Good stuff, thanks Modern. Here in Charleston, when we get hurricanes, gasoline is the first thing to run out, followed by bottled water. Then it’s kind of random… sometimes have seen the alcohol aisles WIPED out. ATMs run out of cash prior to the storm too (sometimes)
Since 2012 I'd been getting concerned. And started collecting nonperishables like soap, shampoo and other supplies. When I moved to my current place my son railed on me saying I was hording. I said I'm not I just got the things on sale and I was using it. 'Round came the panic of 2020.... 'nough said. He's stocking up now.
Addressing fuel specifically, don't bother. Fuel because of processing is difficult to store for long periods of time, 6 months + most fuels are losing their "goody". Prepare yourself mentally and physically for manual tools, remembering that many of these tools have a learning curve.
@@TUKByV the thought is mostly gasoline. Diesel will denature at a slower rate and I am not well versed with kerosene. The issue with kerosene would be availability in large volumes for operating equipment aka 10's of gallons plus.
Backups for backups and alternative substitutes are some things I work on. Before I got a water filter, I bought water by the gallon and filled them with tap water... There's a lot to consider! Thanks MR👍
One thing many people don’t think enough about is birth control. While I personally never refer to any unplanned child as a mistake or accident (they are surprises) you want to careful to have those when you are “ready”.
BC can and does ruin women's bodies. Much better off either simply not "doing it" or learn to read your cycle and "do it" accordingly. It's free. Nothing to stock up on.
@@katie7748 you know what you call a woman who uses the rhythm method? mom And not every woman has the same problem with birth control - it helped my wife to manage her endometriosis.
good observations and comments.. ohhhhhhh and don't forget the toilet paper ...I also see lots of canned stuff sit and the fresh sit in different areas...
4patriots has a new solar a/c. I'm a caregiver, I'm always saving extra stuff. Made my first tincture, mullen, going to dry leaves next ,wild in backyard first year. Just switched out canned stuff, got old. Rebuilding camp stuff hubby disappeared it all. Emptied a 30 gallon Faraday can....violated.
I think a good stable job for the future will be...tow truck driver. My Nostradamus sees cars lining the highways from lack of maintenance and scarcity of parts.
A run on toilet paper and being wiped out can be its own emergency. 😂😂😂. Seriously when using propane order the O rings that are for the end of the piece that goes into the tank. They are special O rings. Do not use any old O ring you can make fit.
Great video as always! Thank you. Question regarding water storage: Thoughts on the 5 gallon water bottles used in water dispensers. Is that a viable option for stockpiling water? With or without the dispenser.
Yes. I buy the 4 gallon size ar Sam's. They are about $6 full. I just refill them with reverse osmosis water. Not too heavy and stackable if not opened yet. There are even racks that you can buy for stacking.
As someone who sells those five gallon bottles for water coolers, yes they are viable. You do need to keep them in the dark, though, as sunlight causes algae growth in the spring water especially. You can get spring, reverse osmosis or distilled water from local water services. Spring has minerals, RO is heavily filtered and distilled the most pure, but does not have things your body needs and I think can even leach minerals out of your body. More acidic, too. Gives me heartburn. Spring is healthy and RO would store better. Hope this helps. Oh, and you can get a pump that sits on top if you don’t have a cooler.
I suggest buying zeolite sand for a diy water filtration unit. It is very proud, unlike silica sand and is used in 3rd world countries for water filtration. It is very good at pulling out chemicals. Water pretreated with bleach for microorganisms can then be run through a filter of charcoal and zeolite is a very good way to remove contaminates. 2 bags is about $35 at Walmart.
Exellent Points/ add after the great depression 70% of Wild life was gone/ bring examples of african & middle eastern countries with conflicts. Copy paste that on a Broader Scale..thanks
@@ModernRefugee Some up here on farms had their own large tanks that they could fuel up on. The great thing about propane is long term storage much longer than gasoline or diesel.
I’d like to hear more on your opinion about hunting. We’ve experienced similar demographic changes as those you mentioned in our area. Hunting is a significant part of our plan. What do you think?
I believe everyone should have the skills to hunt, fish and forage. Hunting was a big part of my plan too years ago. I used to have no problems getting a deer or two all fall. Even with archery equipment. The thing is the land and the people are not what they were years ago. Even five years ago. Land has changed hands by us, poaching has increased and my land has become an island surrounded. It has affected my harvest much in recent years. So the ability to hunt for food will depend on many changing variables. Have the skill and the equipment, but do not depend on it. It ebbs and flows.
@@ModernRefugee Thank you. I can see exactly what you mean. The people moving into our region are typically urbanites or suburbanites and most (though not all) either don’t have the skills or outright oppose hunting. However, we are blessed to live in an area in which over 90% of the land is publicly owned-mostly national forest, so that influx of people hasn’t affected us in terms of land to hunt on to the extent it has you. We found your channel yesterday from Evolutionary Energy and we immediately subscribed. We will anxiously await your new videos and binge on your previous ones. Thank you.
I'll toss one out there to ramp up the fear a bit...increased solar radiation is going to be a thing as our magnetosphere is diminishing in strength (related to the ongoing pole shift). Specialized sun protective clothing, sunscreen, and shade cloth for plants. No, I'm not joking. You will feel it soon (if you don't already).
I have noticed it being a lot hotter over the past 2-years. I mentioned this to my husband and brother but didn’t notice it but then again they both work where they aren’t in the sun all day long.
@@zippy2641 the clouds, the winds, the positioning of the sun are all different then when I was a kid. The clouds now always look like boiling pots. Things are changing.
@@Fritz0616 it’s both hotter & colder. I have watched this for years. It comes from the Old Timers. They always watched the weather and kept records. I learned from them.
I remember the great toilet paper apocalypse of 2020 🧻🧻🧻🧻 when the normies were buying up cases of toilet paper. I thought to myself that would make a great basic barter item so I keep a few dollar store packs of toilet paper with some other basic items that I use on a regular basis that are also good for barter.
Propane stores forever, so it is the best fuel for heat, cooking and generators. I like to collect 20 lb. grill tanks. No cost advantage with the larger ones and easier to handle.
Yep we have got to be diligent and keep our eyes open I know it’s hard these days to prep but some can food and rice/ beans are still fairly cheap one item a week is better than nothing
I’m not gonna say too much because the last time I did one of your subscribers said I should go somewhere else because I was rich. My wife and I worked our asses off all our life always had a homestead all the things you brought up. we are prepared for, we are getting older now 66 years old and 67 for me. The way we look at it if we don’t benefit from it, our children will people need to hear this thanks MR
You are rich 😂...just kidding, anyone homesteading has busted their butts off to get there.
You have done things the right way.👍 Sorry you got some rude posts. 😞😞
I'm not rich but got us prepped over 13 years by doing things like; skipping expensive vacations, only eating out on special occasions, buying needs not wants, and driving the same vehicle for 20 years. You have to set your priorities and stick to it. Best of luck to you.
That was an ignorant comment. Even if you are rich so what you still need to prepare. Rich is a matter of perspective. Some guys I went to school with thought that I was rich because we always had food. I thought the kid with colour tv was rich. Building and maintaining a homestead is a lot of hard work . Be proud of that and the wisdom you show to have done this for your family.
That was an ignorant comment. Even if you are rich so what you still need to prepare. Rich is a matter of perspective. Some guys I went to school with thought that I was rich because we always had food. I thought the kid with colour tv was rich. Building and maintaining a homestead is a lot of hard work . Be proud of that and the wisdom you show to have done this for your family.
I got attached on another channel for mentioning being in the Brownies decades ago. Apparently, that was a political statement. There are trolls and bots galore these days.
Car batteries . . . going to have to bring the battery into the house in the winter to keep battery warm like my Dad's Dad had to do in the old days. It's a hassle, but it really works. My Dad used to talk about that a lot.
During a long outage I learned right away to cook while the sun is out. Trying to do anything but heat up a can of soup is a real pain by the light of a lantern. Do as much as you can when the sun is out. Maybe have your big meal at noon.
If i have electricity but need water, my ac produces about 10 gallons a day. This has to be treated because it may be a source of legionaires disease and other microorganisms, but when treated, is a good resource.
Growing up in the south you see a lot of Runs on stores for decades ever since just in time was implemented . Now that it’s broken lots of mini runs on all kinds of things
Female hygiene products, diapers, wipes and formula, child otc medications will be important. Nobody mentions pyridium, but if we are in a bad situation where hygiene is compromised, pyridium will be good to have in order to provide comfort from UTIs in women and girls. Yeast infections will also be a problem.
Look up "Minstrel Cup" .. can be used many times.
We did civil war reenactments as Blacksmiths, LOL. All Our Gear from that is def SHTF stuff and I kept it all. I even have about four canvas tents and all our hiking gear, wood stoves and lanterns the run on simple fuels.
I even have a toilet for out in the plant nursery so we got that covered too, LOL. Batteries check and a windmill for the well.
also freeze dried food we made ourselves. Powdered eggs. We also lived for over a year without water other than rain water because a drought ran the water table so low we had to pound down the well another 20 foot so now I actually have 2 wells. onw wind one electric.
Propane stores forever, so it is the best fuel for heat, cooking and generators. I like to collect 20 lb. grill tanks. No cost advantage with the larger ones and easier to handle.
That are the universal size. You can get bigger capacity, but the weight does go up exponentially.
Every item we prep is a blessing.
Similar experience as well,the outdoors lifestyle had become a quiet paradise for over a decade around here,then coof was set in motion.Population has more than quadrupled,forget about that quiet paradise,affordability,and peacefulness 👍
Thank you for sharing your experiences. When Covid hit I stopped at the grocery store because I needed a few things like bread. I got in there and it was packed with frantic people. I was not expecting that at all. One guy in the produce department filled his cart with all of the blueberries. They actually had 3 carts filled with various items. As I walked through the store to get the bread, the shelves were completely empty except for one or two loaves. One of those loaves was the bread I came for. The meats were completely gone except for some hamburger patties. I got in a very long line and waited to check out my bread and yogurt that I came for. Many carts were filled with medications. That was really an eye-opening experience. You are right. Prepare now or never.
I think the media triggered the 2020 toilet paper and food run. I was watching and saw the hype. I never needed anything 🙃
We (the readiest community) were blame for it but it was the unprepared that caused the problem and once the manufacturers could see more profit then guess what..?
Some retailers may also be part of the reason. A local supermarket chain (Bravo) had employees go down every aisle at the very beginning of the Big Freakout and mark up almost everything, a lot.
I'm a truck driver and during the pandemic people couldn't get enough bottled water. The company I worked for at the time was constantly picking up and delivering truck tomorrow loads of bottled water (mostly Ice Mountain brand) to Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis etc. As far as I know in most areas the municipal water systems were fine, but people couldn't get enough of the bottled stuff. I guess it's in the same category as toilet paper, when things get bad people go into hoarding mode and buy up whatever they can.
My husband is an OTR trucker and he hauled a ridiculous amount of Ice Mountain back then too.
Thank you for this Reality Check. Thank you for this Reminder.
I remember as a kid in the mid-1970s, sitting in the car in line at the gas station for literally 2 hours, due to the gasoline shortages. It’s one of the reasons I’ve always resonated with the advice to keep your gas tank as full as possible. With the political situation these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see something like that again before November.
Also when I was a kid, just after my parents divorce and my mom was always struggling financially, I found her sitting on the floor sobbing because payday was a week away & we’d run out of toilet paper. My grandma rescued us that time, but my mom never had less than 20 rolls of toilet paper in the house after that. Talk about “generational trauma”, all the way into middle age I’ve always kept 30 or 40 rolls in the house, despite my kids teasing me about it.
When 2020 hit and the shelves were completely bare of toilet paper, the one store in my tiny town started only selling 2 rolls at a time, and carding people buying toilet paper for out-of-town addresses, because people from 40 and 50 miles away were coming in to buy it all up! But due to my experience, the first toilet paper I bought in 2020 was in October - because I had enough put back when the pandemic hit not to need to buy any for 8+ months.
Your mention of lights reminded me that I should get some more lamp oil. For years now I’ve picked up old-fashioned oil lamps at yard sales & flea markets, and now have about a dozen. And candles! My husband (jokingly) forbade me from buying any more candle sconces after counting 27 in the house. But I definitely need more lamp oil. Luckily it’s usually available at Hobby Lobby and even Amazon. At least for the moment!
The basic hygiene products are so often overlooked. 100 bucks at Sam’s club is almost all it takes to cover basic soap, toothpaste, deodorant, paper products, dish liquid for a long time.
Remember when the couf-couf19 hit, some big stores blocked isles with tape that contained "Nonessential" items? For some reason, I thought that was ridiculous.
Seeds apparently nonessential, along with clothing, blankets, and appliances. It was crazy here.
Because it WAS ridiculous. That sht had me so ticked 🤬
Use your insurances, right quick and get on top of stuff before it gets bad. Eyeglasses/contacts up to date. Dental all squared away, Hearing checked. Dr's checkups done. In another plandemic all those services are slow walked to "those that need it it the most.…" Hope all your viewers are just putting frills on the plans stuff put back….great vid MR.
Excellent video! The best video I have ever seen on this particular topic. Thanks for sharing the wisdom
I recommended junk yard parts to those who couldn’t get new car parts back in 2020. Biggest problem here was dairy, baking aisle items and sanitizing/PPE items. Gas sure was cheap! If only we could keep that part…thanks, MR!
There are a lot of things that have the potential to hurt you. Think about creating a "strong room" in some place in your house (if that's where you are likely to be) .. there are many things you can do to create a safe space. One thing is to stack books and other things inside of windows .. something that might absorb a stray bullet. Also think about getting some cattle panels and cut them to fit over your windows so it limits access. Get a good "catch'em alive" trap and learn how to use it. It will work while you are sleeping. If you are going to grow something .. grow sweet potatoes, winter squash, turnips, etc. Tomatoes won't last long. At this time .. if you are living in the city .. stay where you are and find ways to strengthen your position. If you are leaving the city .. leave your city mind there too!
Yours is the best list I have heard. In 2020 suddenly there were no canning jars or lids anywhere. I had jars and vegetables to can so I started reusing my good lids. Hey, nobody got sick!
Thank you!
Yes....good lids can be reused!
Thank you sir. Agree with y'all 100%. Never was going to rely on hunting as if everything goes to hell everyone is going to be out trying to take an animal. Great information as always. Have a blessed day.
My wife witnessed several local grocery stores get cleaned out of stock within 24 hours back in the 1967 winter storms. It is a false sense of security to think that the grocery stores will have products available in crazy times. In fact, those locations will likely be the deadliest places to be near. If food becomes an issue, one of the most important tools to have besides self-defense related, will be good, soild hand shovels....
Bought some cheap solar lights from The Dollar Tree, we tested them to make sure they all worked and stored them away for later if needed. I also have an emergency hand crank radio that has a couple of really bright LED lights on it. We have a couple of battery run head lamps in case we need our hands free.
I’ve put aside 10lb. Of iodized salt as a backup for hot weather or SHF, as you need water but you must also have salt.
Hey MR…always a good day to see your videos pop up. Hope your Sunday is going well. I see you don’t have an email? I’m in Michigan too, lower. So much darn rain…everyday here except one, and it rained at night. Idk if my garden will produce? My phone says going down to 48 on Tuesday night! 😱 Time will tell. Terrible start going into summer. Sister and I are driving up to check out some of those Amish stores soon. I’m looking forward to that. Stay safe dear…
MR et al. I recall my Grandmother (Whose Family were Subsistence Farmers/trappers/fishermen in Moullie Marsh SE Michigan.) Saying that during The Great Depression that wild game availability declined substantially due to hunting pressure from folk trying to put food on the table. I am trying to convince my prescription insurance company to allow me 90 days or more life support medications. Good video. From the 👍. Best
During the aftermath of Hurricane Maria 🌀 you couldn't find a chainsaw chain if your life depended on it, gas lines were 6 hours long,and supermarkets had nothing, nobody had batteries or mini propane cylinders, banks, supermarkets, gas stations were all closed for the first month of the event, it was bad.
Yep we have got to be diligent and keep our eyes open I know it’s hard these days to prep but some can food and rice/ beans are still fairly cheap one item a week is better than nothing
This is such a good look at what's needed by the modern person. Luckily, we live on the edge of modernity and much more like the old folks you talk about in your stories. There's a freedom in needing much less modern comfort and appliances and knowing it will make not much difference if it all goes anyway.
Another thing no one else talks about is death. Be ready for dying. We're all headed that way and all this stuff about survival makes a lot of people really grasp in an unhealthy way - beyond being prepared for hard times or natural disaster - grasping to living as if preparing will forestall death like a shield. Be ready for someone to get sick or be injured or waste away in the heat or succumb to the cold.
That fear of death is how 2020 even happened and how we lost privacy in 2001. People afraid of dying just made themselves sponges for any old propaganda (on both sides) wanting to believe in something to save them.
Maybe you have faith and maybe you just have common sense, but either one is enough. Someone needs to talk about being ready for dying because it's the fear of it that is ruining this world. The politics, corporate brain-washing, everything is just taking advantage of that one thing - and getting away with it.
Since 1971 when I started tracking shortages, I have noticed that with any emergency (earthquakes, tornados, flood, haz-mat incidents, winter storms etc.) the first thing that disappeared was TP. Hands down always TP. followed by food items; specifically milk, then meat, then fresh fruit, then frozen foods. After food, goes fuel. Pre 2000 it was primarily gasoline. After diesel pickups became so popular, diesel fuel started being a major target.
2020 my little resort town had the same thing happen. People from Boise drive 100 miles to us to strip our stores.
Canning jars are big sellers at yard sales and thrift stores. We can find them now in 24 unlike 21,22,23 but new ones are almost double the cost now.
My next project is to get some concrete blocks so I can make a rocket stove.
Great talk, M.R. Always find your discussions extremely interesting. Thanks. 👍😀
Thanks for your commentary and observations.
In that B-Movie I mentioned before called "Panic in the year zero" the main character goes to a small town where he thinks no one has heard about the nuke attack. He gets the hardware store and grocery store owners out of bed because he knows he has to act fast before the mobs hit the stores.
One fuel run we had was in around 2010 or so and the local tv station caused it. There was a hurricane and they had a commercial that basically said "Will the hurricane cause a gas shortage in our area? Find out at 5!" But it panicked people and there was a big run and within two days all the stations were dry.
Good stuff, thanks Modern. Here in Charleston, when we get hurricanes, gasoline is the first thing to run out, followed by bottled water. Then it’s kind of random… sometimes have seen the alcohol aisles WIPED out. ATMs run out of cash prior to the storm too (sometimes)
Sounds familiar.
Great things to think about! Thank you!
Since 2012 I'd been getting concerned. And started collecting nonperishables like soap, shampoo and other supplies. When I moved to my current place my son railed on me saying I was hording. I said I'm not I just got the things on sale and I was using it.
'Round came the panic of 2020.... 'nough said. He's stocking up now.
Addressing fuel specifically, don't bother. Fuel because of processing is difficult to store for long periods of time, 6 months + most fuels are losing their "goody". Prepare yourself mentally and physically for manual tools, remembering that many of these tools have a learning curve.
By fuel, do you mean gasoline, diesel, kerosene?
@@TUKByV the thought is mostly gasoline. Diesel will denature at a slower rate and I am not well versed with kerosene. The issue with kerosene would be availability in large volumes for operating equipment aka 10's of gallons plus.
Backups for backups and alternative substitutes are some things I work on. Before I got a water filter, I bought water by the gallon and filled them with tap water...
There's a lot to consider! Thanks MR👍
Yup, I still do that now.
Very much needed items! All of them!
One thing many people don’t think enough about is birth control. While I personally never refer to any unplanned child as a mistake or accident (they are surprises) you want to careful to have those when you are “ready”.
BC can and does ruin women's bodies. Much better off either simply not "doing it" or learn to read your cycle and "do it" accordingly. It's free. Nothing to stock up on.
@@katie7748 you know what you call a woman who uses the rhythm method?
mom
And not every woman has the same problem with birth control - it helped my wife to manage her endometriosis.
We have a tote of 1lb cylinders, but they aren't cost-effective for our purposes, especially since the price jump.
Great vid. Tires are hard to get during starts of wars.
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Yeah this winter will wipe out batteries
good observations and comments.. ohhhhhhh and don't forget the toilet paper ...I also see lots of canned stuff sit and the fresh sit in different areas...
4patriots has a new solar a/c. I'm a caregiver, I'm always saving extra stuff. Made my first tincture, mullen, going to dry leaves next ,wild in backyard first year. Just switched out canned stuff, got old. Rebuilding camp stuff hubby disappeared it all. Emptied a 30 gallon Faraday can....violated.
Right now seems like the time to bolster the preps as things are reasonabley plentiful.
Yes. I agree.
Gasoline.
Propane.
Butane.
White gas.
Diesel.
Wood.
These fuel sources will vanish when the real panic sets in. Put some back tomorrow.
Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !
I think a good stable job for the future will be...tow truck driver. My Nostradamus sees cars lining the highways from lack of maintenance and scarcity of parts.
I agree
But they will only have worthless dollars.
Thanks MR
Very good list! Ive seen the ai lists lately too and thought they were crap!
Great video! Great topic
A run on toilet paper and being wiped out can be its own emergency. 😂😂😂.
Seriously when using propane order the O rings that are for the end of the piece that goes into the tank. They are special O rings. Do not use any old O ring you can make fit.
Thank you.
Great video as always! Thank you. Question regarding water storage:
Thoughts on the 5 gallon water bottles used in water dispensers. Is that a viable option for stockpiling water? With or without the dispenser.
Yes. I buy the 4 gallon size ar Sam's. They are about $6 full. I just refill them with reverse osmosis water. Not too heavy and stackable if not opened yet. There are even racks that you can buy for stacking.
As someone who sells those five gallon bottles for water coolers, yes they are viable. You do need to keep them in the dark, though, as sunlight causes algae growth in the spring water especially. You can get spring, reverse osmosis or distilled water from local water services. Spring has minerals, RO is heavily filtered and distilled the most pure, but does not have things your body needs and I think can even leach minerals out of your body. More acidic, too. Gives me heartburn. Spring is healthy and RO would store better. Hope this helps. Oh, and you can get a pump that sits on top if you don’t have a cooler.
I suggest buying zeolite sand for a diy water filtration unit. It is very proud, unlike silica sand and is used in 3rd world countries for water filtration. It is very good at pulling out chemicals. Water pretreated with bleach for microorganisms can then be run through a filter of charcoal and zeolite is a very good way to remove contaminates. 2 bags is about $35 at Walmart.
@@megandonahue9220 I like the 4 gallon idea. Easier to use. For long term storage would you treat the water?
Solar run pool filters will also make for good potable water.
stock food, waterpurification, wool, ammo
Thank you.
Good list Refugee!
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True, Modern Refugee
Exellent Points/ add after the great depression 70% of Wild life was gone/ bring examples of african & middle eastern countries with conflicts. Copy paste that on a Broader Scale..thanks
Car parts !!! Good 👍
Very good video. Speaking of fuel do you remember when there was people converting their trucks to propane?
Yes, we had a couple people around here that did that.
@@ModernRefugee Some up here on farms had their own large tanks that they could fuel up on. The great thing about propane is long term storage much longer than gasoline or diesel.
I’d like to hear more on your opinion about hunting. We’ve experienced similar demographic changes as those you mentioned in our area. Hunting is a significant part of our plan. What do you think?
I believe everyone should have the skills to hunt, fish and forage. Hunting was a big part of my plan too years ago. I used to have no problems getting a deer or two all fall. Even with archery equipment. The thing is the land and the people are not what they were years ago. Even five years ago. Land has changed hands by us, poaching has increased and my land has become an island surrounded. It has affected my harvest much in recent years. So the ability to hunt for food will depend on many changing variables. Have the skill and the equipment, but do not depend on it. It ebbs and flows.
@@ModernRefugee Thank you. I can see exactly what you mean. The people moving into our region are typically urbanites or suburbanites and most (though not all) either don’t have the skills or outright oppose hunting. However, we are blessed to live in an area in which over 90% of the land is publicly owned-mostly national forest, so that influx of people hasn’t affected us in terms of land to hunt on to the extent it has you.
We found your channel yesterday from Evolutionary Energy and we immediately subscribed. We will anxiously await your new videos and binge on your previous ones. Thank you.
@@robbicampbell7890 thank you and welcome. If you have any other questions and I can answer them I will.
I'll toss one out there to ramp up the fear a bit...increased solar radiation is going to be a thing as our magnetosphere is diminishing in strength (related to the ongoing pole shift). Specialized sun protective clothing, sunscreen, and shade cloth for plants. No, I'm not joking.
You will feel it soon (if you don't already).
I see the changes in the clouds.
@@ModernRefugee Not aware of that...(?)
I have noticed it being a lot hotter over the past 2-years. I mentioned this to my husband and brother but didn’t notice it but then again they both work where they aren’t in the sun all day long.
@@zippy2641 the clouds, the winds, the positioning of the sun are all different then when I was a kid. The clouds now always look like boiling pots. Things are changing.
@@Fritz0616 it’s both hotter & colder. I have watched this for years. It comes from the Old Timers. They always watched the weather and kept records. I learned from them.
What’s your number on the amount of Freedom seeds? Citizen should have on hand at all times?
I don’t know if I’m qualified to answer, but I will say all of your seed holders should be full.
Had a gas line leak on my plow truck , I’ll fix it right this summer , but Seal All stopped the leak for now , got Seal All ?
Definitely!
Tile tape & epoxy putty too.
@@ModernRefugee a vast collection of of everything , and bring it inside in the winter , so nothing freezes ,
Hello !
Hey there!
I remember the great toilet paper apocalypse of 2020 🧻🧻🧻🧻 when the normies were buying up cases of toilet paper. I thought to myself that would make a great basic barter item so I keep a few dollar store packs of toilet paper with some other basic items that I use on a regular basis that are also good for barter.
I call it the Poo-pocalypse, What people grabbed seemed like a sociology experiment in some areas.
@@nancywest1926Poo-pocalypse! i like it. I called it The Great TP Freakout.
Propane stores forever, so it is the best fuel for heat, cooking and generators. I like to collect 20 lb. grill tanks. No cost advantage with the larger ones and easier to handle.
Yep we have got to be diligent and keep our eyes open I know it’s hard these days to prep but some can food and rice/ beans are still fairly cheap one item a week is better than nothing