The Doomsday Prepper thread

[oldangelmidnight]

Who needs toilet paper if you've got toes like that.

[Dowi]

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/ ... rnography/

didn't know this

[John]

Who needs toilet paper if you've got toes like that.

[coldbrightsunlight]

It occurs to me now that maybe preppers have something of a point. We're not there yet by any stretch but the need for it looks slightly more credible to me now than it did a few months ago.

[$harkToootth]

It occurs to me now that maybe preppers have something of a point. We're not there yet by any stretch but the need for it looks slightly more credible to me now than it did a few months ago.

Yes, you probably don't need a bomb shelter in your bomb shelter... but all the stuff I learned from Hurricane Sandy (8 years ago) that I did not apply... I'm really kicking myself right now.
(I'm healthy and safe for the record. Really no business complaining.)

[cosmicevan]

It occurs to me now that maybe preppers have something of a point. We're not there yet by any stretch but the need for it looks slightly more credible to me now than it did a few months ago.

Yes, you probably don't need a bomb shelter in your bomb shelter... but all the stuff I learned from Hurricane Sandy (8 years ago) that I did not apply... I'm really kicking myself right now.
(I'm healthy and safe for the record. Really no business complaining.)

The main lesson from sandy was get a generator...this thing is a whole new beast. I was ecstatic though to find an N95 mask I had bought when I thought I was going to be sanding wood and building guitars. Whilst that plan never panned out, the supplies from that venture proved to be valuable.

[fcknoise]

I have actually making a documentary about doomsday preppers for the last... 2? 3? years or so. Hopefully it will be out around summertime. Maybe by then everyone is so finished with prep that it is a total flop.

This is me on the left in the bunker we built in my parents basement, before the shelves were fully stocked with food for circa 3 months

[oldangelmidnight]

Is it a thing in the prepper movement that you always have to be consuming and replenishing the stuff? We bought the extra couple weeks of stuff, as recommended, but we're still eating as normal so we're going through it and replacing it. We're shopping less frequently but every time is a weird stressful thing where we don't know what we should be stocking up on.

[coupleonapkins]

Went out for groceries to find that most places have adjusted for the 6-foot rule, with markers on the floor, signs everywhere, and most people obeying the rules!

I did see a fellow in a tank top, shorts & flip flops with an entire headgear ensemble (mask, goggles, helmet(?) & iPhone buds), but he seemed to know where he was going (the frozen food section).

This has been my facebook update for the week

[01010111]

Is it a thing in the prepper movement that you always have to be consuming and replenishing the stuff? We bought the extra couple weeks of stuff, as recommended, but we're still eating as normal so we're going through it and replacing it. We're shopping less frequently but every time is a weird stressful thing where we don't know what we should be stocking up on.

I think that’s the right thing to do. Back when I was still mormon, the church would release guidelines on how to be prepared for stuff like that. They recommended having six months of salary in your bank account, and a years worth of food. In order for the food in your pantry to stay good, you have to keep eating it. Either that or you have to keep throwing out the old stuff and replacing it with new stuff. The truth is it was always a little of both, and no money.

There was one family in my community that was pretty extreme about it. On top of all the normal guidelines they also hoarded guns, and had all their kids get ham radio certified. They assumed that in the apocalypse all the normal communication lines would go down and they’d be able to use ham radios for long distance communication.

[jrfox92]

The irony being that we know all the pigs are gonna be dead during the apocalypse so ham radios will be worthless.

[cosmicevan]

Is it a thing in the prepper movement that you always have to be consuming and replenishing the stuff? We bought the extra couple weeks of stuff, as recommended, but we're still eating as normal so we're going through it and replacing it. We're shopping less frequently but every time is a weird stressful thing where we don't know what we should be stocking up on.

I know what you mean. The other day I ventured to a lesser shopped grocery store near my home in the middle of the day when it was virtually empty. I bought a ton of cheese and breads since we ran out of all of that stuff. Delivery was cool until everyone else figured out delivery and it became impossible to get anything. Weird times indeed...I'm mostly curious/terrified of what it's going to look like when we come out of this.

[Dowi]

Is it a thing in the prepper movement that you always have to be consuming and replenishing the stuff? We bought the extra couple weeks of stuff, as recommended, but we're still eating as normal so we're going through it and replacing it. We're shopping less frequently but every time is a weird stressful thing where we don't know what we should be stocking up on.

I know what you mean. The other day I ventured to a lesser shopped grocery store near my home in the middle of the day when it was virtually empty. I bought a ton of cheese and breads since we ran out of all of that stuff. Delivery was cool until everyone else figured out delivery and it became impossible to get anything. Weird times indeed...I'm mostly curious/terrified of what it's going to look like when we come out of this.

Delivery is impossible here too, been trying it for 3 weeks without succeeding. All of the grocery stores in our area don't have free slots for 2weeks from now, so i've been going out once a week and do the 45min-1h line outside the grocery store as they let only a limited amount of people in, and then grabbed what remained because half of the shelves were empty. I guess the only way to buy things like eggs or milk is to be there in the morning when the store opens.
Also to be there 7/7 days made me notice how much food we (as a family) eat. It's impressive, cause usually we're all away for lunch. I'm starting to lack of ideas on what to cook for the next meal.

[fcknoise]

Is it a thing in the prepper movement that you always have to be consuming and replenishing the stuff? We bought the extra couple weeks of stuff, as recommended, but we're still eating as normal so we're going through it and replacing it. We're shopping less frequently but every time is a weird stressful thing where we don't know what we should be stocking up on.

It is a bit different depending on the level of prep. Canned goods last pretty much forever so you can keep a stash at home. Water is good for a long time, you refill the things of water you have like.... every 6 months maybe?

Most people who prep are prepping for like a power outage of a few days, so being able to not buy anything and get by on whatever you have at home is their point. People who prep for the end of the world are a bit.. different. I met some guys with supplies for about a year, but they mostly aint right in the head