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Household Preps

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Goju

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Here we stand again waiting and wtaching Indonesia. Clusters and a HCW.

I have a list in my mind as to what else i would need. Most of that list, besides the BIG last food run, are items i would not ordinarily buy and are on the more expensive side.

So today i bought a grate for cooking in my fireplace - $100
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And a nice effecient solar battery recharger. - $250
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Goju a word of advice re: your cooking grate. The pot will stay clean on the outside if you rub it down with soap prior to placing on the grate.

Also a cheaper alternative to your grate might be a cast iron dutch oven. There is a model that has a flat lid with an outside lip. It also has small legs. You can place a handful of coals on the lid and another handful under the pot and it will cook like a dream. You can bake, roast or boil foods in the dutch oven. The only downside is you must make sure you have adequate ventilation and access to charcoal.
 
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So happy - these 2 items came in today. The solar charger can also chrage iPods - yea - music for the Pandemic
 
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Otoh, if you leave the outside of the pot black it will decrease cookingtime. If fuel becomes scarce this little extra might help.
 
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Delta, have you seen the haybox cooking methods yet? Very good, easy and perhaps even more important, no cooking smells.

BTW, welcome to flutrackers!
 
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Interesting, I was looking for a link and do not see one. Has anyone mentioned this kind of cooking here yet? Perhaps calling it by a different name? If not I will import the technique.
 
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Today i purchased sleeping bags for entire family and a camping toilet.

Firewood delivery set for next week.

Filling in the holes while there is still time.

Each new cluster gives me more reason to get 2nd and 3rd level prep items.
 
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Here are a couple of links for your haybox:
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/b-p/wb/cooking.htm
http://www.lostvalley.org/haybox1.html
http://www.facilities.ohiou.edu/conservation/documents/Haybox_flyer.pdf#search="haybox cooking"

I also have a source for good solar cookers for $150 if you are interested.

Someone mentioned the solar panel. I would like to know what kind it is. Yesterday I was in a truck stop and saw frypans, small ovens and refrigerators, crockpots, broiler ovens, and even tv's that are 12 volt and have the ability to be plugged into a solar charger that takes that kind of connector/charger.

Someone also asked about dried eggs, etc. Salt Lake City is an amazing resource for emergency preparedness. A couple of sources are Kitchen Kneads, Blue Chip, Emergency Essentials, and Macey's grocery.

I have been doing and training for decades. Please let me know if I can help.
 
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Thank you gjs47 and welcome to FT!!:)

When I wanted to educate myself on prepping, I went right to the Mormon church's long term food storage guides. Great resource! Thanks for the links and your offer to help.
 
Household Preps

NON-SCENTED HOUSEHOLD BLEACH


I live in Canada and I try to find non-scented household bleach. When I ask if it is possible to order some, I should give the name of the product.

Does somebody can help me?

Thank you.
 
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In thinking about staying clean with limited energy, water and other resources, I have silk liners for sleeping bags for everyone I intend to take care of whether they sleep in a bag or bed. Also a set of very thin liners, tops and bottoms, to wear under clothes. They only take a very small amount of water to clean and dry very quickly.
 
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Microfiber cloths are great for everything. They are absorbent, easy to clean, and dry fast. I keep a large basket of them in the kitchen, and I haven't bought paper towels in years. Just as an experiment, I tried drying off with one after a shower. I was just as dry as with a large, cotton towel, so this would be a good alternative if there is no washer/dryer.
 
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Goju mentions 2nd and 3rd level preps. My family, too, has planned in terms of levels.....the most critical necessities first down to luxuries. But we also have planned the most important things (power, water, heat, communications and food, etc.) with redundancy of systems in mind. For instance take communications, the number one problem with disasters of all kinds and still an unsolved problem nationally from the federal government on down. Land-lines are nice, but if they go down then cell phones. No signal? Not having an amateur radio license, try CB transceivers, 40 channels plus weather and two emergency channels. Not enough range or blocked by mountains, etc.? Being fire-fighters we have the hand-held, mobile and base monitors that cover police, fire and rescue traffic. Even that system regularly goes down or will not work in canyons or through mountains. My back-up is a satelite phone, expensive initial price, but very low monthly service fee, and tremendous peace of mind. Useful for rescues, too, when no other communication works.
 
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http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58748

THERE ARE THINGS ONE CAN DO FOR THE HOUSE AND HOME TO PREPARE. CAMPING INSIDE WILL BE MORE THE MODE. THE OUTSIDE IS WERE THE BIRD FLU CAN HARBOR. WOOD LEFT IN THE RAIN WILL BE A SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. ELECTRICITY WILL BE A CLEANER SOURCE OF POWER. THE GAS SITUATION IS ONLY WORSENING. GENERATORS NEED GAS. COLEMAN STOVES ARE GOOD.
 
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Sunshine123 said:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58748

THERE ARE THINGS ONE CAN DO FOR THE HOUSE AND HOME TO PREPARE. CAMPING INSIDE WILL BE MORE THE MODE. THE OUTSIDE IS WERE THE BIRD FLU CAN HARBOR. WOOD LEFT IN THE RAIN WILL BE A SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. ELECTRICITY WILL BE A CLEANER SOURCE OF POWER. THE GAS SITUATION IS ONLY WORSENING. GENERATORS NEED GAS. COLEMAN STOVES ARE GOOD.
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Yes, camping indoors may be necessary once a pandemic starts. In a cold climate indoor camping may be required depending on your heating sources. Cooking indoors is also a serious issue, but Coleman stoves, the ones that use "white gas", are not safe for indoor cooking.

White gas (Coleman fuel). Many families have camp stoves which burn Coleman Fuel or white gasoline. These stoves are fairly easy to use and produce a great amount of heat. However, they, like charcoal, produce vast amounts of carbon monoxide. NEVER use a Coleman Fuel stove indoors. It could be a fatal mistake to your entire family.
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Move information can be found at this link.


http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/heatcook.htm
 
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