OT: Any Preppers Out There?

My recollection is that Chef Banquet 330 meal kits sell for about $150 on Amazon - if so then Costco package at close to $900 seems a bit pricey. I think having an emergency food/water supply makes sense - RV water/propane/fridge/generator makes a nice life boat in some situations.

I would not describe myself as a prepper, but I do keep specific things in a pre-staged configuration. For instance there is always a bug out bag in the truck with basics in it, and second bug out bag in the house with more specific items that could become critical in a bad situation. The trailer is also always stocked with basics. I try to keep the truck with more than half tank of fuel. Always tried to get my kids ( and now grandkids ) to do that in their cars: "fill it up when the gauge hits 1/2".

My opinion is the most important part of this whole puzzle is to have a plan in your head to initiate a mission, and the flexibility to be able to change the plan in a dynamic ( and it will be ) situation.

The costco kit sounds interesting. I will check that out, thanks for the heads-up on it #1-N

Not a prepper but living a quarter mile from the San Andreas fault, being prepared has always been drilled into us. I have found freeze dried food in the form of mountain house meals. 30 year shelf life if kept at room temperature is amazing and the meals I have tried have tasted pretty good. Definitely edible on a camping trip. I have maybe 2 months supply with the mountain house plastic buckets and a stash of peanut butter. Water is the big thing so I have a stack of bottled water that gets rotated. Again, enough to last for 2 months. The means to protect me and mine is also important. My view on protection is my own but recent history during hurricane Katrina and the LA riots show that groups of people will form up and start looting, or worse.

stew47 wrote:
I started prepping maybe in the mid 2000’s. Lol disaster never came. Over the years the stash has been reduced to a big pantry, couple hundred dollars, and couple cases of ammo.

Did you drop your life insurance because you haven't died yet :@

I started prepping maybe in the mid 2000’s. Lol disaster never came. Over the years the stash has been reduced to a big pantry, couple hundred dollars, and couple cases of ammo.

Due to OPSEC I can neither confirm nor deny that I have 1.5 years worth of "stuff".:W

The real problem in Phoenix would be water.
The only solution would be all the swimming pools.....filtered pool water, yum.:(

I just tend to have enough food on hand to last 2 weeks. If we had an extended power outage I'd run the trailer fridge on propane, 2x20lb lasts a long time for just the fridge. If the cans and fresh food gave out I've got about 2 weeks worth of rationed meals in freeze dried camping meals. I also have 4x 5 gallon water jugs that I fill if we're expecting potential power outages since I had power during the great NE blackout but the city lost pumps after a few hours due to insufficient fuel reserves (the water stations are fed by 3 different substations with one powered by the cities own power plant, don't think the engineers ever considered a multi-day full grid outage). None of this is really done as prepping, just an outgrowth of a life of camping and having 2 fridges plus the trailer. As far as cash, I only keep about $100 on me when not traveling, can't imagine what I'd need more for as it will buy me enough gas for a couple weeks of commuting or enough to get outside of the impact area of any disaster (though not with the trailer!)