My city is in trouble. Not just black Americans, all lower middle class. With the current climate , if SHTF (shit hit the fan)- a COMMUNITY is better than a lone wolf. Looking for people with skills. Mainly foraging, gardening, weapons/tactical training, security, medicine (holistic and western). I’m am not a conspiracy theorist as much as I am a REALIST. I do my own research then plan accordingly. I have no doubt a food shortage is coming - at the very least.

All races, genders, and levels of preparedness welcome. No racism, classism, or judgement. We hold each other accountable because our survival will depend on it.

Hey yall, posting on here for I think the first time. I'm curious about everyone's weapons preps and their philosophy on them. I think it'd be interesting to discuss considering the general politics of the Northeast as well as the stricter laws that exist throughout the region. I know in my state (CT) there are very strict laws about firearms and magazines which shape how firearms owners and preppers operate. Namely, 10 round magazines, and ban compliant firearms, for starters. I've also noticed that because we have "Other Firearms" which aren't subject to the bans, as a result there's a substantial tendency towards shorter barrels where I live (many people default towards 12 inches which is the minimum for the "Other Firearm" to be CT compliant with detachable mags).

What are your/your group's solutions? What are the prevailing trends in your area? Etc.

It's getting a little crazy out there right now. What's everyone expecting to happen in the Hartford, Boston, etc. metropolitan areas this week?

(See my previous post. Not a huge amount of activity but maybe starting this well get the ball rolling).

According to this, you should have 1 gallon per person per day, to cover at least 3 days. I think that is pretty conservative, but do what you think is best.

I feel that I'm most prep'd with water for a few reason...probably "normalcy bias", but I know my town has huge water reserves and I know people who's job it is to test that water, so I think I'm OK as far as things like what's going on in TX right now.

I have 10 cases of bottled water stacked in the garage, but no large reserve on my property.

I'm a little concerned trying to collect rain water off my house as I know it is covered in lead paint. I'm not sure what my options are for collecting rain water without being able to use gutters (which i also don't have).

Thus, each time I go out I come home with another case of water.

I would like to drill a well at some point, but that's not in the budget any time soon.

There is a pond nearby I could get water from (I have a tractor to move it with), so for flushing I'm OK, and I could drink it if purified.

I do have a life straw for hiking I could use, but I think I'll go order a few more.

I have 2, 55 gallon plastic drums designed to hold water. I guess I could just fill them with a hose and water my garden with it to keep the water rotating through, but with winter coming on, freezing becomes an issue.

Also water related, just not drinking water related:

I know where my water shut off is, and I had it replaced when we moved in.

I use braided metal hoses on my washing machine.

I have 1 sink that needs a local shutoff, so the next time I shut the water off to the house I'm going to add one to it.

I have a sump pump and a backup, and 2 generators to run it if my basement floods and the power goes out.

I'm not in a flood zone so that's not an issue for me.

So:
What is your water situation like?

How are you addressing this?

Do you have suggestions for overwintering water in the NE winters?

What gaps do you have and why?

Besides drinking water: what other water situations did I not mention that you might be dealing with?

Just joined this sub, though I've been sub'd to mainline preppers for a while now, as well as some others you are all probably also a part of.

I thought about this idea (below) for the main branch, but to hopefully enliven this group I thought maybe I'd start here.

My thought is to post a topic once a day in the area of preparedness, and each day we can discuss that topic in the comments, how we are solving that issue, etc etc.

Topics would be: Mental Health

Physical Health

Weather related

Gear

Water

Food

Power (solar, generators, etc)

Defence/Weapons (not really a topic I want to cover and have 0 to add to it, but everyone brings it up)

Fortification (like, house security, camera's, boarding up windows, etc)

So over the next week, we could dive into that topic in the comments, hopefully without it going off the rails being limited to this sub.

Thoughts? Worth it? Would you participate?

Hey there NE Prepping community! I'm checking in to see how we are all doing as we approach colder weather, more of the pandemic, and a very rocky election season. Personally, I'm starting to go through my preps and ensure they are ready to go for the next several months. I'm thinking I'll be going out less and less as time goes on. How are you all holding up?

I'm a bit lacking in my storage unit for medicinal items, so I figured I'd hop over to Walmart and scrounge up about $100 worth of items to check off the list.

One of these was rubbing alcohol. 70% or 90% if I can find it. (electronics stores sometimes carried those)

I must have stopped at about 5 or 6 Walmart and CVS / Walgreens and nobody had it. It's cleaned out of any shelf.

I found 3 random bottles in a local Walmart on the wrong shelf by chance, and got those instead... but I was surprised that item is still out of stock.

plenty of hand sanitizer abound. just no isopropyl.

Hey everyone just something I’m thinking of if you are having a hard time finding bleach. You can make your own bleach right at home using pool shock you can find this online I have powder pool shock on hand for this and the powder pool shock last almost forever. Remember bleach has a 6 month shelf life not just for cleaning but you can purify water this way. Also if you are having a hard time finding seeds to plant. Plant your pantry popcorn seeds tomato seeds some will take some will not. Store what food you can.

I'm seeing ranges of $1.49 in Wallingford at BJ's non-member price, but Middletown still had $1.79 for 87 octane.

At what point, though, should I consider stockpiling fuel?

howdy ct folks!