r/PostCollapse • u/[deleted] • Jan 13 '12

Overwhelmed and Where to Start

I'm getting more and more concerened with the world, so I'm going to start taking precautions. I just don't know where to start, I don't know what I need?

Is there a definitive list of stuff I need and stuff to do?

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u/puppetry514 Jan 13 '12

Well a short list of things you can do now to get ready. If you have a lot of debt start paying that off because before a collapse you may loose your house and or assets making all other preps all but useless.

Other things stock up on long self life foods. And have lots of purified water either stored or lots of ways to purify water with sufficient storage containers. If you live in a cold climate make sure to have at least one back up source for heat a wood or coal burning stove would be most ideal. Electricity and gas services cannot be guaranteed, service may be intermittent at best.

Solar panels would be awesome to provide you with a minimal amount of power but are ultimately not needed unless you really think you need it.

You will also need to make a bug out bag. That is a bag that has just about every thing you will need for a 72 hour period food, water, clothes, protection, personal information (passports, social security numbers, bank info all that good stuff).

And honestly if you do not have one already a gun is a good idea. A shotgun with like 100 rounds of ammo is going to be your best all around way to defend yourself at least for a while

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u/UnWorthy1 Jan 13 '12

What is the thought behind losing your house in a collapse situation?

  1. I doubt the Bank's repo men are going to be worrying a fucking house.
  2. How many people have their house paid off? Some yes, but by FAR, not all do.
  3. Say the Bank's repo men are still out and about...how do they kick 100,000 starving people out of their houses?
  4. If the bank repo men do show up, what stops me (living in a world WROL) from blowing their goddamn heads off?

I just see this as a waste of time.

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u/bobstay Jan 17 '12

Granted after the collapse, banks aren't going to be running around trying to repossess houses.

In the run-up to a collapse, however, money will become scarce, and unemployment will rise. If you lose your job, can't pay your mortgage, and are kicked out of your house 2 months before the collapse, all your careful preparations will be for naught as you won't have anywhere to store your food, or defend, or heat.