Store up things you consume

Store food

• Do what the Mormons do: store a year’s supply of food.
• Rotate food supplies.
• Can garden vegetables and fruit.
• Learn how to sun dry your fruit.
• Keep extra glass jars on hand and lots of lids.
• Buy extra canned food at the store, on sale.
• Buy food in cases of #10 cans.
• Example - Mountain House products.
• Buy vaccuum sealed, nitrogen packed food with oxygen absorbers in the cans.

Store water

• Store drinking water (potable water).
• Can you store rainwater ?
• Learn what greywater is safe.
• Plan how to use grey water from showers, sinks, and washer.
• Use garden soaking systems to conserve water.
• Mulch.
• Learn how to store rooftop rainwater in tanks.
• Take a class to learn all this low tech water info above.
• Or store plastic pipe, tanks, and fittings to build a system when you need it.

Store fuels

• Store firewood if you have a way to burn it.
• Have fire starters and wood cutting tools.
• Keep newspaper and matches; also use newspaper to kill your lawn.
• Do you have a barbecue? Get more propane tanks.
• Store some extra gasoline; keep your car’s gas tank full.

Store materials to build with.

• Store building supplies.
• Store hardware supplies.
• Have good hand tools.
• Store insulation, pipe, tanks, extension cords, wood.
• Know how to repair and sharpen tools.

Communication equipment

• Don’t give up your telephone land line; batteries could be gone fast.
• Get a hand crank radio and flashlight.
• Consider CBs and short wave.
• How can you contact your family without electricity?

Other consumables

• Have animal feeds and medicines, fencing and wire.
• Store cleaning supplies, paper products, TP, candles, batteries, and cosmetics.
• Have extra medical supplies, medical books, and drugs.
• Store computer ink and paper.
• Consider getting a supply of rechargeable batteries and a charger.