In emergency preparedness, we often focus on short-term responses to temporary disasters, for example, surviving a tornado. This makes sense because short-term disasters are much more prevalent. But we cannot forget about apocalypse prep.
Knowing how to desalinate water is not a useless survival trick. On the contrary, it’s an important skill that should be a part of your survival preparedness repertoire, along with your knowledge and ability to purify water in survival scenarios.
Learning how to store flour long term is a key skill for long-term survival. If you’ve existed on planet Earth for more than a few years, then you know exactly how important flour is. Flour plays an irreplaceable role in the human diet. This is even true for gluten-free people, because of the variety of non-wheat flour substitutes available.
In a survival SHTF scenario, you must simplify your lifestyle and focus on survival priorities. Finding a safe shelter should be your number one priority. After securing a safe shelter, locating a reliable and potable water source is next, even before feeding yourself.
Natural disasters and other SHTF scenarios can lead to injury and disease, and have massive negative impacts on your local medical system. In severe scenarios, access to professional medical attention may be completely wiped out.
The need to prepare for food shortages is as important as ever. According to the United Nations, over 800 million people were malnourished and affected by hunger in 2021, and that number is still growing.
BOBs should include everything you need to survive a minimum of 72 hours after a disaster. After that, hopefully, you can return to “normal life.” However, if society doesn’t stabilize, your BOBs should also have essential survival equipment to help you secure shelter, water, and food.
If you are passionate about emergency preparedness, then you know how important long shelf life foods can be. You understand that when all other short-term food spoils, and when the grocery stores’ shelves are empty, you will need to rely solely on the food with the longest shelf life.
The long-term shelf life of food relies directly upon where the food is kept, and the storage containers responsible for protecting the food. Therefore, long-term food storage containers and a location that remains cool, dry, and dark are essential for adequate long-term food storage. You simply cannot have one without the other.
There are many reasons you might need to rely on a stockpile of MREs to feed yourself and your family. Perhaps the grocery store shelves are empty after looting and panic-buying due to the economic depression; or you may have evacuated from your home and must stay fed until you reach your stockpile at your bug-out location; or maybe it’s just a family camping trip.
Storing seeds so that you’re ready to grow your own food is a popular and effective strategy that many preppers incorporate into their SHTF (sh•t hits the fan) preparedness plans. By saving seeds and growing your food, you can mitigate the negative impacts that natural disasters, societal upheavals, and economic depressions can have on your family’s food security.
