Anyone bought a 3 day kit

[St. Louis Hawk]

For emergencies - flood, fire, power outage, … zombie apocalypse?

Any brands you like?

Looks like two companies kinda of lead the pack - Uncharted Supply and Echo Sigma.

I have a handful of civilian MREs and some bottled water stored in a closet somewhere but probably need something a little more complete.

TIA

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Powder is dry.


The costco "readywise" kit is a decent start to build off of.

 

[Bonerfarts]

I got a case of twinkies in the cupboard. I'm set.

 

[funksouljon]

When the littles were little, we would do a lot of freeze dried foods to make less mess, stable food on the go and snacking easier. Thrivelife had a lot of fruit / veggie staples that are very good IMO.
When I go into the woods for multiple days, I eat a lot of mountainhouse.com meal kits.

Both of the above have 3day / week ration kits but I have only consumed the meals.

We keep enough food in the freezer / pantry to last a long time so have never really worried about "emergency rations". House has a generator which I likely will get put on every house moving forward. Water would be our limiting factor.

 

[HROT]

3 days? What is this, an emergency for ants?

 

[Rifler]

I got a case of twinkies in the cupboard. I'm set.

Good call,.. with their shelf life you'll never have to change them out.

 

[dgordo]

hello my fellow patriot, i only buy from other patriots at patriot supply.

 

[BonzoFury]

3 days? What is this, an emergency for ants?

For realz. A couple of jugs of water and some light snacks will get you through 3 days.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

I think it was 1990 or 1991, but there was an epic ice storm in central Iowa that downed a lot of trees and power lines.

Lived out in the country and several large trees fell over our driveway and electric was out including the well pump and HVAC fans. Fireplace became critical.

Took a full week to clear and get power back on. Ate nothing but canned goods and meat from freezer before it went bad.

The lesson for us was you can last a while with a full freezer but water and heat became the most important issues to solve for. Food was a secondary issue.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

I think it was 1990 or 1991, but there was an epic ice storm in central Iowa that downed a lot of trees and power lines.

Lived out in the country and several large trees fell over our driveway and electric was out including the well pump and HVAC fans. Fireplace became critical.

Took a full week to clear and get power back on. Ate nothing but canned goods and meat from freezer before it went bad.

The lesson for us was you can last a while with a full freezer but water and heat became the most important issues to solve for. Food was a secondary issue.

Curious if you were eating raw meat from the freezer with now power.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Curious if you were eating raw meat from the freezer with now power.

Gas stove worked (off of house propane tank) provided we lit with a match.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

hello my fellow patriot, i only buy from other patriots at patriot supply.

The downside of even searching for an emergency kit is your feed is swamped by Patriot Supply and 4Patriots.

JFC they are unrelenting.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Not exactly what you're talking about, but (non generator) emergency power is nice to have.

Have one of these + a 400 watt folding solar panel. Really come down in price over time.

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[WSC72]

3 days? What is this, an emergency for ants?

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

3 days? What is this, an emergency for ants?

Ha!

My million dollar bunker with backup generator, chemical and virus filtering, and room size gun safe will handle the rest I’m told.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

Gas stove worked (off of house propane tank) provided we lit with a match.

Gotcha. Wasn’t sure if you were cooking it the old fashioned way over the fire place or went with eating it raw.
We have a shared well at my place, has a generator hooked up to now. It was scheduled to be done the week after the derecho came through. Sucks not having water.
Hopefully there isn’t more of a push to eliminate gas stoves.

 

[ICWestfan]

For emergencies - flood, fire, power outage, … zombie apocalypse?

Any brands you like?

Looks like two companies kinda of lead the pack - Uncharted Supply and Echo Sigma.

I have a handful of civilian MREs and some bottled water stored in a closet somewhere but probably need something a little more complete.

TIA

Save yourself some $$ and buy a whole home generator by Generac.

We have a grill, and canned goods, but also live in civilization. If we were to suffer one of the above, we'd be fine for 3 days, or a month. Also have a .22 semi-auto and a back yard full of bunnies and squirrels so if things got dire....and fishing equipment!

 

[WSC72]

These threads about buying guns, food and water rations. Seems like a number of people are turning in to those doomsday preppers we tend to make fun of. Better get your bug out bags ready too. Of course if it is an EMP issue everyone will have to walk anyway.

Anyone with a root cellar to store their items?

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Gotcha. Wasn’t sure if you were cooking it the old fashioned way over the fire place or went with eating it raw.
We have a shared well at my place, has a generator hooked up to now. It was scheduled to be done the week after the derecho came through. Sucks not having water.
Hopefully there isn’t more of a push to eliminate gas stoves.

Agreed. Gas is practical and pretty clean. If you’re cold you are going to burn something. Or, try to run a space heater off a generator (that burns something).

 

[SolarHawk]

Save yourself some $$ and buy a whole home generator by Generac.

We have a grill, and canned goods, but also live in civilization. If we were to suffer one of the above, we'd be fine for 3 days, or a month. Also have a .22 semi-auto and a back yard full of bunnies and squirrels so if things got dire....and fishing equipment!

Not if the utility gas goes out, which in major storms it does more often than people realize. If you have a buried tank, that’s not gonna last a month either. I would have a plan B for the Generac if you don’t already.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

My home has multiple fireplaces so heat isn’t an issue. We have tons of food including enough rice/pasta to last for weeks. For water I’m an avid hiker and have a couple small cheap water filtration devices that filters out anything you really need to worry about (doesn’t do viruses, but catches all bacteria, pollutants, etc.)

So we are pretty much set for any event lasting 2-4 weeks. Beyond that it probably means something massively catastrophic happened and I’m probably dead from the fallout/zombie bites/biological weapon anyway.

 

[OrlandNole]

Current events have turned OP into a doomsday prepper.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Current events have turned OP into a doomsday prepper.

Yes. I am!

I bought a Trump boat, wrapped a new F-150 Super Cab in Trump wrap, quit the legal field, and am selling Trump 47 and cry more shitlib t-shirts to make ends meet!

 

[10kHawk]

I’m Alpha, let you ladies stock up and I’ll just take it. #survivalofthefittest

 

[HawkinK.C.1]

Yes. I am!

I bought a Trump boat, wrapped a new F-150 Super Cab in Trump wrap, quit the legal field, and am selling Trump 47 and cry more shitlib t-shirts to make ends meet!

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[St. Louis Hawk]

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