I’m always asked “how did you get started”
or “where can I begin?”
It seems the concept of starting to prep
can be pretty daunting for some. I can sympathise with that – when I first
started my prepping plan/list of what ‘necessities” my family would need it was
enormous!
There are literally hundreds of items that
you could possible need for your family and each family is different and therefore
needs different preps. There are also
dozens of situations that require different preps or some that could utilize
the same preps … It goes on and on.
The advice I try to give people who ask is “at
first try not to over think it”. Which might sound a bit contradictive however
if you start with a basic need or a few situations you can grow your supplies,
skills and experience from there. I too often here about friends and customers giving
up on prepping due to the enormity of it and basically starting to big to soon!
The first thing you need to think about
before you do anything is “what do I want to be prepared for?”
For me the world wide natural diasters are
ever increasing. We are often watching some poor state/country being ripped apart
from Fires, Earthquakes, Tornados, and Floods and this makes me very uneasy. Instead
of sitting on the couch watching others tragedies I wanted to learn from them
and survive them!
With the increasing amount of natural
disasters taking place and my want to be more prepared I started researching
what I would need in case of fuel shortages, grocery stores wiped out, looting
and water contamination.
Now to a newbie many of these situations
may seem like non events – “Grocery stores wiped out or picked clean? That could
never possible happen” “water contamination, is that what water plants are for?”…
Like heck.
In the January 2013 Tasmanian bush fires my
extended family were affected by power outages, clean water and food shortages
for a few weeks. Some stores that had provisions were even profiteering.
Fuel and food trucks were unable to services the local regions effected by the
fires as the roads were all engorged with flames, embers and ash which made
them impassable. Luckily boats were sent to resupply the area after a week
without road access.
Also in January 2013, after drenching
rains, residents of Brisbane were asked to restrict water use after the city’s
drinking water dwindled to just a six-hour supply. This occurred after the
city’s main treatment plant became clogged with sediment washing down from
poorly managed land upstream
Now these are only a few examples and I do
believe that people should prep for ALL situations but a natural diaster scenario
is often the most relatable and easiest to start with.
However to understand what you need to be
prepared for you need to think less about the situation or event that may happen
and how you would live during and after the event takes place.
There is a saying called The
Rule Of 3’s: a person can live 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without
shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.
Use the rule of 3 to drive you, to keep you
focussed. I do.
In our next update we’ll cover one of The
Rule Of 3’s: Water.
Hope for the
best, Prep for the worst!
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