What Will Disappear First

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Thought this list would be a helpful reminder to long term Preppers and a learning tool for new ones.


THE “NEW” FIRST 100 THINGS TO DISAPPEAR AFTER THE SHTF
1. Generators
Prices can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands. Lots of fuel must be stored(away from home).

2. Water Filters/Purifiers
The Sawyer Mini Water Filter is highly recommended and widely available. For higher usage volume check out the Sawyer Bucket Kit.

3. Zippo Lighters, butane, Bic lighters

4. Seasoned Firewood
(About $100 per cord; wood takes 6 – 12 mos. to become dried, for home uses.)

5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps
(First choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)

6. Tents

7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats and Slingshots
Any means of defense will be highly sought after.

8. Manual Can Openers
These can be picked up for as little as $1.00 each.

9. Sweeteners such as sugar and honey.

10. Rice – Beans – Wheat
(White rice is now around $20.oo – 50# bag @ Sam’s Club, pack in Mylar with oxygen absorbers)

11. Vegetable oil (for cooking)
(Without it food burns/must be boiled, etc.)

12. Charcoal and Lighter fluid
These will disappear QUICKLY post-event.

13. Water containers
Any container that can hold water. Water will need to be stored AND transported.

14. Propane Heaters
This includes the larger Mr. Heater models and smaller versions.

15. Grain Grinder (Non-electric)

16. Propane Cylinders

17. Silver/Gold

18. Buckets

19. Baby Supplies: Diapers/formula/ointments/aspirin, etc

20. Laundry Supplies for Manual Use
Washboards, plungers, and also compact washer machines

21. Cookstoves
(Propane, Coleman, and Kerosene

the rest of the list here: The "NEW" First 100 Things To Disappear After The SHTF - 1776PatriotUSA.com

 

[Illini Warrior]

problem with a list like that? - if a prepper is affected by those items being not available for very long << if at all >>> at the beginning of a SHTF - you aren't prepping at all - much less poorly ....

same same actually for a newbie prepper >> shouldn't need to be told or reminded what he/she needs to be stocking & stocking heavy ...

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

It will help new Preppers and I actually enjoyed going through it because it made me realize how many things I do have.

The list is 100 items long. I only copied 21 of them.

 

[Jayson]

Some other items that will vanish when the SHTF....

101. Law and order
102. Sanity
103. Dancing with the Stars
104. Dominos pizza delivery
105. Nancy Pelosi’s hair salon

 

[TexasFreedom]

Jayson... 105??? Wanna bet? She'll have everything she wants.

 

[Jayson]

This is for Nancy’s face.

 

[Morgan101]

I have seen the list but from the last go around (March/April) not much of it seemed to hold true. Toilet Paper, Hand Sanitizer, and bottled water were the first things to go.

Acquiring many of the things on the list would be a good idea, but I don't think anybody knows what will go and what will stay. Much will depend on the reason for the SHTF event.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

The list was compiled from the Bosnian war.

 

[Acdoctor]

This is for Nancy’s face.

You need the lightweight bondo or she wont be able to hold her head up. old mad Maxine would turn into a boat anchor. Lol

 

[MNwr786]

In a doomsday scenario, I think most things will disappear equally fast. As soon as shipping comes to a stop, studies have shown that in 2 weeks many honest people are willing to steal and at 3 weeks law abiding citizens are willing to kill for food. After all, it is common for the average American household to only have 3 days of food in their house. If anything were to happen such that we are worried about everything becoming unavailable, you better have it on hand ahead of time.

 

[Oddcaliber]

I've read the whole list. Already have 90%. Just have to fill in the gaps. If you don't have what's there than your not ready.

 

[Jayson]

#40 cracks me up....women’s makeup!

When the SHTF and there’s anarchy in the streets, the last thing I can imagine the rampaging hordes doing is pillaging the local beauty salon.

 

[Proud Prepper]

The only thing I don't have is rain barrel kits.

 

[Proud Prepper]

#40 cracks me up....women’s makeup!

When the SHTF and there’s anarchy in the streets, the last thing I can imagine the rampaging hordes doing is pillaging the local beauty salon.

That's to make the ladies happy and the men happier when looking at them.

 

[tmttactical]

GP. Thanks for the link and post. It is a great way to help point new preppers in the right direction. No list is an end all, for all people, but there has to be a starting point. The list should help new preppers get into a proper mind set. Not take things for granted. I copied the list and created a paper copy. Thanks again.

 

[Jayson]

That's to make the ladies happy and the men happier when looking at them.

Now camouflage makeup... that I can understand.

 

[GaRp58]

My wife does not even HAVE any makeup or jewelry...I am so lucky. But I already gave away half of my 400 BIC lighters and 1000 candles to the family when I moved to my BOL.
Does anybody miss the paperclips, fingernail files and kitestring on the list? I was really shocked also to not see any tarpaper, bags of cement, sheetrock, buckets of nails and screws, hand saws and drills, extra parts for my chainsaw and lawnmower too. Am I getting tooo candid? Just joking, good list for starters and newbies tho.
PEOPLE, we just wanna survive and not try to rebuild the world after the SHTF. Don't know about you but I have a limited budget and space for my stuff...Gary

 

[Morgan101]

I went through the entire list, and I have 95% of what is on it. The other 5% I really don't think I need. Goats/Chickens? Seriously? Cigarettes? O.K. if you smoke or want to barter. Saline solution for contacts? Again, O.K. if you use it. Nobody in my household wears contacts. Certainly, your resources would be better spent elsewhere.

I am in no way being noble. IMHO even if you live in an apartment you probably have 90% of this stuff already. My recommendation would be to go through your house room by room, and see where your supplies might be lacking. If everything went to hell in a hand basket which items would be the most difficult to replicate from natural resources? These are the items I would want to stock up on. Another point of view might be "doing things like Grandma and Grandpa used to do." No modern conveniences. Good old fashioned hand tools and elbow grease. If the power grid went down what would be the most significant impact.?

 

[DrHenley]

Saline solution for contacts? Again, O.K. if you use it. Nobody in my household wears contacts. Certainly, your resources would be better spent elsewhere.

LOL! Good luck getting new contacts made!

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

I went through the entire list, and I have 95% of what is on it. The other 5% I really don't think I need. Goats/Chickens? Seriously? Cigarettes? O.K. if you smoke or want to barter. Saline solution for contacts? Again, O.K. if you use it. Nobody in my household wears contacts. Certainly, your resources would be better spent elsewhere.

I am in no way being noble. IMHO even if you live in an apartment you probably have 90% of this stuff already. My recommendation would be to go through your house room by room, and see where your supplies might be lacking. If everything went to hell in a hand basket which items would be the most difficult to replicate from natural resources? These are the items I would want to stock up on. Another point of view might be "doing things like Grandma and Grandpa used to do." No modern conveniences. Good old fashioned hand tools and elbow grease. If the power grid went down what would be the most significant impact.?

There has been a misconception regarding this list. I didn’t make it clear. It is not your typical “ what will you need list“...it is an actual list of WHAT disappeared first from being Available in Bosnia during the war.

We girls do love our makeup, even in hard times! LOL

Thank you all for your input so far! It makes for a good conversation where we all gain knowledge IMHO.

 

[Caribou]

Knowing where that list came from makes it more credible. It also makes it more regional. In Alaska we'll be able to get salmon but probably not bananas. We should be able to get lumber but nails? Could be a problem.

I did very well. I didn't count things that I don't use against me. With that in mind I was in the high 90's. She things I might have in barterable quantities but mostly just what I want for myself. I like lists as a pop quiz on my preps.

 

[tmttactical]

Welcome aboard Caribou. I think you will like this site. I like the OP as a good way to get our thinking / focus pointed in a positive direction.

 

[Gracieboo]

I enjoy lists, this is a good one because as a previous poster said it’s compiled from a disaster that has already happened. The things that it made me think about are hand grinder, rice and whole grains. I don’t have a hand grinder, as with canners they are not widely available here at an affordable cost and I’m currently saving for a home filtration system. My daughter hates rice and I usually store food we eat but I’ve just read that white rice has an indefinite shelf life so it’s going in my stores.

 

[Ranger72VH]

It’s a slow boil.... keep prepping!

 

[Nomad13]

Good list! Always nice to double check what you have on hand, and what you need.

 

[TexasFreedom]

Read through the list again. Got a chuckle (again). Some things like 'saline solution for contacts' have multiple purposes, like cleaning a wound. So don't write off some of the odd things like that. The gold/silver, they are not really a consumable, but they hold their value better than a collapsing currency. But it's a better list than 'toilet paper'.

 

[SawyerProducts]

Thought this list would be a helpful reminder to long term Preppers and a learning tool for new ones.


THE “NEW” FIRST 100 THINGS TO DISAPPEAR AFTER THE SHTF
1. Generators
Prices can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands. Lots of fuel must be stored(away from home).

2. Water Filters/Purifiers
The Sawyer Mini Water Filter is highly recommended and widely available. For higher usage volume check out the Sawyer Bucket Kit.

Thanks guys for supporting our brand. Just wanted to let you know that we are here to answer any technical questions you might have.

 

[LiveTrap]

First on my list would be my eye glasses and several spares. My company covers half for eye glasses, so I try to get a new pair every year and stockpile. Same with work boots. Dentures? Things like this that are personal to you, and you only will be unobtainable. Recent picture of my wife. Ever see the walls of photos in the movies of people trying to find their loved ones? Copy to deed to my house is something that I don't have at home, but should get. If things got bad and you bugged out, when you come back, you might have to prove that your home was yours, and not the squatters living in it. This is already happening in California. Also, latest paper copies to all your bank accounts and your 401k and IRA. Chances are just as likely that things would get back to normal as not, and if the corporate bank computers go down, it would give you some legal recourse. Also, would give you a source of funds in some other country, if it came to that, assuming they had a branch of your bank there. I think it is more likely to expect a partial collapse of society, than going all the way back to the stone age, and access to your money can put a roof over your head and food in your mouth in that scenario.

 

[Oddcaliber]

A list is a good starting point. General items to have on hand. Specific items only you can fine tune to suit your needs, the example of eyeglasses. That's your need so plan accordingly. I'll always be acquiring things that I think I need.

 

[lonewolf]

The trouble with lists is that people think they need all this stuff to survive, whilst a lot of it may be useful in a minor or short term event, what is needed in a long term/permanent situation is skills and the knowledge to use those skills, our ancestors survived without 99.9% of the stuff on those lists. all these things on the lists are finite, when their gone their gone and no more will be produced once the supply chain collapses.
if you have to bug out for any reason you'll be leaving half of this stuff behind.
sometimes I think Prepping was invented just to keep the "Consumer Society" consuming!!!