The Prepper Thread

Borzak

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I take insulin and keep nearly a years supply on hand of both types. I buy over the counter no prescription needed and it works well for me. I just use the oldest and put anything I buy new to the back of the rotation.

I have a well so that takes care of water and I can fire up the whole house generator or a couple of smaller ones if needed to run the well. I'm also on community water which is pretty new but it's never gone out and they have a large standby generator and the tower they use is just down the road almost within site of my house. When power went out for a week from straight line winds the closest gas station had a diesel generator that would pump gas. You couldn't use a credit card but you could buy diesel or gas, cash only.

The busiest place I heard was maybe 45 minutes away, one of those places you buy ice in large amounts at a drive up small kiosk type deal. They had power. Kind used by contruction crews and now mostly illegals but they used to be used a lot by the logging crews.

Small towns sometimes have advantages. My grandmother lived about 40 minutes away also adjacent to the national forest. Lady she knew that worked at the power co op called me and said I need to go check on my grandmother because the power was now out in their very small community. By the time I drove over there she had her power back though.
 
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B_Mizzle

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Having a stock of basic meds for any long term situation will be a big plus. Metoprolol, lisinopril, hydrochlorothiazide, benadryl, if you dont use them, could be good for barter.
 
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All I need is water, saltines and jerk off lotion.
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