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You are welcome, HollyJo. Good luck. I hope you will share your experiences and discoveries with us here. Clary.HollyJo wrote:Clary, I would like to start, but am not sure where to start... I am a firm believer, that we need to be prepared.
Welcome! A quote I like: "We all need to begin to improve starting from where we are..." Fortunately, HollyJo, it is so much easier today to find support, resources, charts, preparedness websites, etc. than it used to be.
When you say "gamma seal lid"....? Are the containers themselves expensive?
There are many places to buy containers and lids. I've even noticed the food grade containers in such unexpected places as Wal-Mart and sporting good stores. Some people re-cycle them from businesses that have the 5 or 6 gal. buckets that had foods or liquids shipped in them (bakeries, fast food places, etc). A google search, or any of the comparison shopper websites, will probably have prices and shipping to compare. I do most all my shopping on line, so I don't have storefront suggestions.
I haven't reviewed this long thread on "Emergency & Long-Term Preparedness" lately, but perhaps the gamma lids were discussed in the thread. I remember that we discussed "containers" on the "discussion board", also. You can also do a "search" here on this McDougall board page, for "gamma lids". I remember that we have had discussions on the board about the lids and containers.
Is it normal to get with a group and purchase things by the bulk? Sorry for all the questions, but I would like to at least get started..
There are probably as many different ways to approach short term and long-term preparedness as there are people!
One of our long-time Board members, Chile (and others), has posted information in the past about group buying, CSAs, and co-op buying, etc. and she also has her own blog on the web. Really great stuff. You can find a list of her posts here with a search for "author".
One suggestion is to go back to the very beginning of this thread and-as you have time, regularly read a few posts . It is filled with a variety of ideas, LINKS to a variety of related subjects to do with preparedness, and suggestions how to prepare, resources, foods, storage ideas, etc.; experiences, reports after disasters (lessons learned, warnings, observations, etc.) We have board members who have reported on their personal experiences during and after weather disasters--floods, power outages, tornadoes, and so forth.
I do some of my on line preparedness shopping at http://www.beprepared.com , at http://www.shelfreliance.com ,at http://www.vitacost.com , at http://www.Costco.com ; and locally at Wal-Mart (7 gal. water storage containers/lanterns/some camping things, shot gun shells, etc).
I subscribe to SEVERAL blogs and newsletters, such as:
http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/
I learned a lot of basics at this website:
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/ ... -1,00.html scroll down to LINKS on the page).
I think you can probably find discussions w/in *this* thread about those websites and what they offer.
...and I understand that Glenn Beck recently posted a "Beginner's" list at his website home page, http://www.glennbeck.com w/ suggestions for those wanting to begin to prepare for emergencies and long-term food storage.
Thanks,
HollyJo wrote:Thanks Clary! That is a great website! I think I will order the book, "When Technology Fails".
The Self Reliance website has alot of great products, that are inexpensive to get a good start.
I think because we Backpack in the Back Country, we have some things that would be very useful.
Holly
HollyJo wrote:Thanks Clary! That is a great website! I think I will order the book, "When Technology Fails".
The Self Reliance website has alot of great products, that are inexpensive to get a good start.
I think because we Backpack in the Back Country, we have some things that would be very useful.
Holly
HollyJo wrote:Thanks for the update on the book..I will make sure it is the 2008 version.
I found the "Apocalypse Chow" on amazon, and am ordering it later tonight as I have more shopping to do anyways.
Is your last post from recent weather, or the "big" flood this past year? We are 3-4 from Nashville, and it's snowing!
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