apocalypse/crisis/survival/preparation Options

[FORSAKENR320]

i am curious, how many of you share some level of paranoia about anything? doesn't matter what it might be that you fear, but what steps have you taken to protect yourself in the event of your fear happening? i'm not talking about zombies, or something laughable, i mean something real. tornado plan? those near the south, hurricanes, floods, etc?


(i ask because i saw a news article on yahoo, that was talking about how people are "preparing" more, as a whole, globally)

[FORSAKENR320]

i completely agree with you impala, on the ammo thing. it's very strange to me that there is no ammo available, but then again, why try to fight the system and remove peoples guns, when you can just render them all useless? i know that they say it's because of lead prices, but it's just lasted too long for this to be realistic. i haven't even been going to the range, just to conserve what ammo i do have, even thouigh it's not as much as you seem to have.

i need to take more current pictures, as soon as i get organized again, i will do so. but in addition to everything below, there is quite a few new things i haven't bothered to photograph. among these, is a 65 gallon waterproof bin that i store all of my non-essential survival gear, as well as all my food and other such things. it's strapped to a movers dolley for ease of transport, so that it can be tossed into a trunk or some such. inside, i have everything from my 2 million watt search light (i recently found out there is a hand crank version of this, so i plan to upgrade soon) to my spare medical supplies. i have 12 bottles of iodine prep solution. as long as no one is allergic to iodine, it's good. there is a month and a half supply of non-perishable food inside that bin. as long as i have access to water. spare rope, tools and a few other things are in there, and alot of homemade things (for some things, there really is no need to purchase them, when you can make your own, such as a complete fishing kit from PVC pipe with end caps) in prep my own cleaning solution, and have a few bottles in there as well. (take a water bottle, add 2 teaspoons of iodine salt. screw the cap tightly, shake, and let sit. you'll know that the iodine is killing all organisms in the water, because bubbles will form on the sides. dress all your wounds with this instead of tap water, that will cause infection)

i've also printed out a few PDF files of books, and sealed these up and put them in there. usually it's survival guides, but i am planning to expanmdn to other areas. i need help with medical and agriculture, so i will prolly get both of those. (i am also including burned disc's with the pdf's.)

the things that aren't listed in the photos are prolly the most important, such as a breakdown of whats in my survival kit, medical kit, backpack, messkit, and pockets, etc. but, i currently got all that stuff prepacked in my gear, ready to just be put on in a moments notice, and i'm lazy.

i am always upgrading my own equipment, but what that leaves me with is alot of spare things, so i have decided that i no longer just prepare myself for those situations, i have spare gear for several people. (survival in groups is much more likely than survival solo)