The dollar tree offers some nice buy. They added fresh bread hotdog & hamburger buns. there hanover soup are good as chunky. But it best to rise your own. as now we add a dehydrator .
What are you preppeing for ?
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As previously to what i replied about prepping for a megafire which is a once in a century or 30 year catastrophic fire which wipes out infrastructure in the blink of an eye whilst also causing mass carnage and mayhem at the same time... this kind of situation is very hard to predict or even prep for at that matter due to many things that have to be considered
#1 Power supply fails
As with any major fire situation in a rural area the first thing to go will be power with the power company turning off supplies to highest risk areas until danger has subsided, i've planned for this in the event of stay behind to defend instead of responding with my brigade i have got a custom special power supply for the scanner enabling it to run via car lighter plug
3 of my communications packs have the same system in which if i have to say for example run UHF CB from a field command post radio can be powered via the lighter plug, everything else will be operated via AA or AAA batteries (handheld portables and AM/FM radio
#2 Water supply is cut off
Whilst this is unlikely to happen due to town water facilities having better infrastructure and backup power supplies in comparison to 30 or 50 years ago it is still very much a real threat cause once water is shut off theres no way to defend the house or put out spot fires, my pop and great grand pop on mums side of the family fought the Rendelsham fires in early 1950's using wet hessian bags and green tree branches so i have a contingency plan of in the event STHF resulting in loss of water supply to combat spot fires and mopping up using a rakehoke which is similar to the pulaski tool over in USA along with a simple shovel that can help dig a break or throw dirt on hot spots
#3 Communication issues
Radio communications is essential when it comes to coordinating fire fighting or even getting the word out to neighbours but as seen during Black Saturday 2009 and Ash Wednesday 1983 even the most organised of communications systems can go belly up causing mass panic and break downs
As mentioned above in #1 i have my 3 communications packs that can be rapidly deployed and utilised on the Citizens Band to communicate with bulk water tankers and farm units as well as getting the message out to general radio users/listeners about any warnings or messages
#4 Bug out location or assembly point
This is the most essential thing to consider should evacuation become mandatory due to sudden changes in fire behaviour making it more volatile and defending your homestead being suicidal instead of routine, living in Kalangadoo we have 4 locations that can be used as an assembly point/ evacuation centre (bug out location) these can also double as a communication command post
Having pointed out in all 4 the best method of approach to prepping for all 4 situations so as to no freak out anyone is to visualise what and how you are going to prepare should STHF
#1 Power supply fails
As with any major fire situation in a rural area the first thing to go will be power with the power company turning off supplies to highest risk areas until danger has subsided, i've planned for this in the event of stay behind to defend instead of responding with my brigade i have got a custom special power supply for the scanner enabling it to run via car lighter plug
3 of my communications packs have the same system in which if i have to say for example run UHF CB from a field command post radio can be powered via the lighter plug, everything else will be operated via AA or AAA batteries (handheld portables and AM/FM radio
#2 Water supply is cut off
Whilst this is unlikely to happen due to town water facilities having better infrastructure and backup power supplies in comparison to 30 or 50 years ago it is still very much a real threat cause once water is shut off theres no way to defend the house or put out spot fires, my pop and great grand pop on mums side of the family fought the Rendelsham fires in early 1950's using wet hessian bags and green tree branches so i have a contingency plan of in the event STHF resulting in loss of water supply to combat spot fires and mopping up using a rakehoke which is similar to the pulaski tool over in USA along with a simple shovel that can help dig a break or throw dirt on hot spots
#3 Communication issues
Radio communications is essential when it comes to coordinating fire fighting or even getting the word out to neighbours but as seen during Black Saturday 2009 and Ash Wednesday 1983 even the most organised of communications systems can go belly up causing mass panic and break downs
As mentioned above in #1 i have my 3 communications packs that can be rapidly deployed and utilised on the Citizens Band to communicate with bulk water tankers and farm units as well as getting the message out to general radio users/listeners about any warnings or messages
#4 Bug out location or assembly point
This is the most essential thing to consider should evacuation become mandatory due to sudden changes in fire behaviour making it more volatile and defending your homestead being suicidal instead of routine, living in Kalangadoo we have 4 locations that can be used as an assembly point/ evacuation centre (bug out location) these can also double as a communication command post
Having pointed out in all 4 the best method of approach to prepping for all 4 situations so as to no freak out anyone is to visualise what and how you are going to prepare should STHF
Prep for pretty much anything, I have two volcanoes in my back yard sort of speak, Mount St. Helens and Mt Adams, Earthquake prone, Fires, Floods, Sever winters, Power loss and Slides, we have dealt with a great deal on a natural level, developers have taken note of our area and it looks as if I'm going to add people to our disasters list. City folk moving out in the country here have done no good for security since most if not all are not like minded people.
