Are you getting prepared? Right now, millions of Americans are stockpiling food and supplies in anticipation of what they believe is coming. People are on edge due to the approaching election, the rapidly escalating war in the Middle East, the alarming natural disasters that we have been witnessing all around the world, and the potential for another great global pandemic.
In all my years, I have never seen more concern about the next 12 months as I am seeing at this moment. There is a growing consensus that major history changing events are about to happen, and there are lots and lots of people that want to be well prepared. In fact, Newsweek has reported that “doomsday prepping” has become a $2.46 billion industry.
These days, many local supermarkets carry emergency food right on their store shelves, and I think that is a great thing.
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But for what we are eventually going to be going through, you are going to need a whole lot more than just food.
If you really want to be well prepared, you should consider everything that you will need if there is no power and you can no longer get anything from the stores because supply chains have completely broken down.
I have shared a list of 50 basic things that I believe that everyone should be stockpiling in a couple of my books, and today I would like to share that list with all of you:
#1 A Conventional Generator and a Solar Generator
#2 A Berkey Water Filter
#3 A Rainwater Collection System If You Do Not Have a Natural Supply of Water Near Your Home
#4 A Large Emergency Medical Kit
#5 Rice
#6 Pasta
#7 Canned Soup
#8 Canned Vegetables
#9 Canned Fruit
#10 Canned Chicken
#11 Jars of Peanut Butter
#12 Salt
#13 Sugar
#14 Powdered Milk
#15 Bags of Flour
#16 Yeast
#17 Lots of Extra Coffee
#18 Buckets of Long-Term Storable Food
#19 Lots of Extra Vitamins
#20 Lighters or Matches
#21 Candles
#22 Flashlights or Lanterns
#23 Plenty of Wood to Burn
#24 Extra Blankets
#25 Extra Sleeping Bags
#26 Ammunition
#27 Extra Fans if You Live In a Hot Climate
#28 Hand Sanitizer
#29 Toilet Paper
#30 Extra Soap and Shampoo
#31 Extra Toothpaste
#32 Extra Razors
#33 Bottles of Bleach
#34 A Battery-Powered Radio
#35 Extra Batteries
#36 Solar Chargers
#37 Trash Bags
#38 Tarps
#39 Pocket Knife
#40 Hammer
#41 Axe
#42 Shovel
#43 Work Gloves
#44 Lots of Warm Socks
#45 Seeds for a Garden
#46 Canning Jars
#47 Extra Supplies for Your Pets
#48 Substantial Emergency Supply of Cash
#49 Bibles for Every Member of Your Family
#50 “Bug Out Bag” for Every Member of Your Family
There are some important points that I want to make about this list.
First of all, this is not a comprehensive list. It is simply a starting point. Secondly, preparation is going to look different for everyone. Your unique circumstances will dictate what “getting prepared” looks like for you. Thirdly, you will not need your emergency food and supplies yet.
You will not need them tomorrow. You will not need them next week. You will not need them next month.
But the day is most certainly coming when you will need them. If you wait until then to get prepared, you will be out of luck.
Getting sufficiently prepared for what is approaching takes an enormous amount of time, effort and energy, but it will be worth it.
We are moving into times of immense societal chaos. This election is going to tear our country apart, vast numbers of people will die during the wars and famines that are ahead of us, it is just a matter of time before the next global pandemic strikes, and if you live long enough you are going to get to witness cataclysmic natural disasters that are beyond anything that Hollywood has ever dreamed up.
Right now, we are still only in the very early stages of this “perfect storm,” but I fully expect global events to start moving very, very rapidly in the coming months.
Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
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