No 8 is big

One to add: get comfortable with cold showers but also get a stainless steel camp shower that can be heated on a camp stove and pump pressurized. Nothing lifts spirits in hard times like a warm shower.

Oh and bonus points for a composting toilet. Think of all the things that enter and exit your home and find manual replacements/augmentation.

Good list, but you should add, learn and start a garden, raise rabbits and or chickens and learn how to process them. Also learn to forage and use medicinal herbs and how to propagate them in your garden, medication runs out, herbs don’t have to… personally that’s more common sense prepping then building a battle belt or buying a battery powered bike, but to each their own. Hard skills will get people through a reset better than most gadgets. Still a good list though.

9. Build relationships with farmers and neighbours for sharing resources, tools and skills.

10. Stash comfort food (sweets, Nutella, ingredient for crepes and pizzas) to maintain morale for the wife and kids.

Gotta get better on most of these. Appreciate this list

This: "Think wholesome capable boy scout culture, not freaked out conservative gun guy."

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I'd say buy some cheap radios so you have alternative way to communicate in times of power outages (batteries in cell towers die - look in the recent spanish/portugeese outage)

Also make things simple - I have a small foldable solar setup that outputs 100w and it has an usb plug so I can very easily charge phones,powerbanks,radios, flashlights etc which gives you easy options during even simple outages.

Totally underrated thing is also refueling your gas tank discipline - I never go below half a tank which ensures I can always run it for hours to charge devices or drive for several hours without needing to refuel.

Great list. Also think in terms of time.

What do I need to last 3 days?

A week?

month?

Water is essential and often overlooked. Well with a way to power it, a source with a way to purify it, or lots of storage. A bare minimum would be 5 liters per person per day.

Be familiar with water purification methods like filters and bleach. You can go for weeks (or months) without your fancy MRE collection, but you will die in a few days without clean water. Dont let the disaster be the first time that you try to do it.

Put some bare essentials in your car that can get you home if it is disabled while bad stuff is happening. Think epic traffic jam, rubble, etc. A ruck with a knife/multitool, light, water, poncho and whatever makes sense for your environment to get your ass home - a day or 2 on foot.

This is probably the most down-to-earth and useful prepping advice I’ve seen. No paranoia, just skills and habits that make sense even when nothing goes wrong. Well said 👌

Appreciate you!

Words to the wise.

The biggest takeaway is developing skills and resources for the good times that help in the bad.

Many people in climate friendly, politically stable and resource rich areas of the world are building out their survival stack in isolation with zero everyday crossover which is a massive waste of time and money.

Follow the 8 steps of uncle nostr:nprofile1qqsr26r4lltjnvrwadxp67ns58m4qpzaqemhf5sup7hlujhjh7t296qppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5q3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdsc9getm - this is the way.