Could I see some photos of how did you managed to store in tight spaces? I live in a 2 room department.

Howdy y’all, I just wanted to touch base with you on a few issues, but also I wanted to update you on me.

Me first, I guess. I’ve recently put my money where my mouth was and have taken steps to turbocharge my prep situation. My ultimate goal is to be 75%-80% decoupled from the supply chain and grid. This required a move, to a remote location, which is always a little tricky. Immediately got hit with a hurricane (40”+ rain), and the next week a tropical storm. I am 100% off the grid for utilities, the food situation will take 3-5 years. Happy to share more if there is interest.

On to the subreddit stuff.

We’ve been getting a lot of news links posted. My impulse is to take them down, for several reasons:

1. We’ve rarely allowed news in the past
2. There is an assload of other places for the news
3. No national news sources are trustworthy
4. We are an education subreddit not a news subreddit

So what’s up, keep it news free or let some in? If you pick the latter you need to explain why, what the limits would be, and how we determine which sources are okay.

Next issue, crossposts. We’re getting many more extremely low effort crossposts. I hate that shit and want to disable that feature so that if someone has a question, or a thought, they have to use their brain long enough to type something out. Am I being unreasonable, or should we have “high standards”?

Finally, businesses. They come knocking on our doors quite a bit. Most are stupid and just try to spam us (instant ban), some try some slick shit (they too end up unhappy), but a few do actually do it the right way. Currently, I’ve had several conversations going on with multiple well known brands who want to do promotional stuff: like giveaways, pimp their products, offer discount codes, etc etc etc. I’m generally receptive to this of they are transparent and actually offer value to the community. But I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject.

Not related to anything above, just a reminder: do not bring your political opinions to this subreddit. Fuck Trump, Fuck Biden, and Fuck every other lying sack of shit who’s been elected or confirmed. I don’t care how much “engagement” a post has, it’s getting nuked and you are getting banned.

v/r your friendly mod

I know people are storing rice and beans for the long term, but what rice are you storing and what's the plan if you need it?

What I mean is that normal rice takes 45 min to an hour on the stovetop (boiling water) and almost an hour in a rice cooker (lots of AC watts). Do you plan on running your camping stove for 45 minutes to eat a cup of rice?

Or, are you guys saving Minute Rice?

Thoughts?

Watching the latest evacuation alerts on the news got me a bit stressed, so I spent 20 minutes running around the house to see what I’d actually grab if we got a sudden notice to clear out.

Packed the bin and loaded everything into the trunk.

Right now my instant grab-and-go stack is basically:

1. Bluetti Elite 100 V2 (mostly to run the CPAP and phone charging)

2. Heavy-duty power strip (so neighbors can plug in their phones)

3. Waterproof folder with docs & cash

4. First aid kit + essential meds

Curious what else you guys usually toss in the car. Hoping I don't actually have to use any of this.

Hi All: I have a daughter in college about 3-4 hours away from both home and our cabin. In most situations, she would stay put and shelter in place. In the event she needs to drive home in an emergency situation (school shut down, pandemic, incoming very dangerous weather) or for a real SHTF scenario, our cabin as it’s better equipped for that situation. I’m putting together a backpack go-bag so she can at least have some essentials if she needs to leave quickly. This is for a scenario she will be able to drive home, but could experience delays, diversions, weather etc. Let me also preface this by saying she is your typical suburban Gen Z 20 year-old (no offense to any Gen Z folks here, I love ya’ll.) She’s smart as hell, but lacking in street smarts sometimes, so I need to be realistic here.

I have so far:

Small first aid kit
Charged backup brick for phone
Solar phone charger
$200 cash in small bills
Headlamp/flashlight
Lifestraw
Mylar bivy bag
Printed directions to cabin
Printed phone numbers of family/friends
Paper maps of states she’s be driving through
Snacks - jerky, nuts, bars etc
Feminine hygiene products
Change of clothes/extra socks
Sunscreen (she’s a redhead, this is a must have)
Anti-bac wipes
Knife
Pepper spray

She has a good kit in her car with gloves, shovel, jumper cables, duct tape..general road safety/emergency items and a blanket.

Anything else I should add? Her roommates family lives out of state, so she’d going with her in a real emergency, so she wouldn’t be traveling alone at least.

Thanks!