10 Important Prepping Lessons From One Second After

[livingston]

10 Important Prepping Lessons From One Second After​

 

[GTN]

I didn’t watch the video yet but the 1st thing I learned was to get a non- electric coffee pot

 

[livingston]

I didn’t watch the video yet but the 1st thing I learned was to get a non- electric coffee pot

We have 2 with spare parts.... Have had the glass break . Use one everyday and use thermos to take to work. If in a grid down situation a thermos would be a must have item. One would save on a lot of fuel. having hot drinks all day

 

[GTN]

I wanted a old school percolator but my wife had a one cup french press. What the hell good is a one cup! I don’t have all day for coffee lol.
so she bought me a 8 cup french press

 

[GTN]

I need to get and read the next 2 books in this series

 

[Acer-m14]

I didn’t watch the video yet but the 1st thing I learned was to get a non- electric coffee pot

got one out in the wood / reloading shop i use on the wood stove and camping ..

old school percolator

 

[Acer-m14]

#1 important prepping lesson .. learn how to make a fire with nothing on you .. just what you can find ..

can you go on a walk and find a stone on the ground that will make a spark ?

them survival tv show LOL .. they cant make fire and are wearing shoes with laces .. LOL ..

 

[libertysnake]

I didn’t watch the video yet but the 1st thing I learned was to get a non- electric coffee pot

Weber is your best friend. Charcoal is both abundant and relatively easy to make (although time consuming). So basically unlimited fuel.

 

[Deplorable Me]

A #10 tin can or your basic steel 3# coffee can makes a nice bio fuel burner. You can burn small pieces of dried wood that you break up with your hands. With hammer, punch and tin snips/aviation snips you can make it nice and fancy with bottom combustion air holes. You can do same with Swiss Army knife can opener. Punch holes with a K-Bar if needed. Understand the concepts and be creative. Look up hobo stove.

 

[Acer-m14]

old Rail Road beds here in the county are plentiful of old coal just laying there on the ground ..

just don't cook hot dogs over it if you get it lit ..

trust me .. hot dogs tasted like diesel fuel lol ..

i was a teen then .. lesson learned ..

 

[libertysnake]

A #10 tin can or your basic steel 3# coffee can makes a nice bio fuel burner. You can burn small pieces of dried wood that you break up with your hands. With hammer, punch and tin snips/aviation snips you can make it nice and fancy with bottom combustion air holes. You can do same with Swiss Army knife can opener. Punch holes with a K-Bar if needed. Understand the concepts and be creative. Look up hobo stove.
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I'll keep the next coffee can I use. Normally I use them for ashes from the weber and then fill with water / tape it off and chuck it, but I might keep the next one and try this.

 

[Acer-m14]

cook on a rock wonder how much $$$ it cost him ? lol .

 

[Deplorable Me]

I'll keep the next coffee can I use. Normally I use them for ashes from the weber and then fill with water / tape it off and chuck it, but I might keep the next one and try this.

I scrounge and store all sizes of cans for sheet metal. Only about two milk crates worth up in my garage rafters. I'm always picking up cheap stuff at garage sales just in case. People practically give candles away at garage sales. The paraffin as picked up on the cheap is a great plan B fuel and light source. Funny the stuff people throw away.

Sturdy manual hand tools are priceless.

 

[lrick]

I bought a Biolite stove a while back. Added benefit of being able to charge small items off it. I can always find twigs to burn.

CampStove Complete Cook Kit

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I've done the tuna can hobo stove. Cardboard and wax. Works ok.


Also did the Arizona penny stove.

 

[Acer-m14]

when i was in the boy scouts and we met up with the girl scouts .. they were cooking bacon n eggs in a paper bag over a open coal fire ..

will never for get that ..

 

[Acer-m14]

 

[lrick]

Just ordered it

 

[FP1201]

I need to get and read the next 2 books in this series

I didn't know there is a series.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Get some edible plant books for your local area. Foraging works for small groups so as to not strip and kill off resources. Take nature walks and scout out your resources.

 

[GTN]

I didn't know there is a series.

Neither did I until 2 weeks ago.
One Year After
The Final Day

 

[FP1201]

Neither did I until 2 weeks ago.
One Year After
The Final Day

Ordered the next book off the muddy-river.
I liked the first Book enough on its merits, even more so as he describes the geographical locations: I have a Friend since we were in our teens that lives ten minutes away from where its set.

 

[Steal2B]

People practically give candles away at garage sales. The paraffin as picked up on the cheap is a great plan B fuel and light source. Funny the stuff people throw away.

Better than plan B. Old school camping articles and BSA camping manuals had a number of uses for old candles or wax beads / bars.

Melted paraffin wax mixed with sawdust makes good wet weather fire starting sticks to have around, pouring melted paraffin wax in to some cans with a strip of cardboard wound in a coiled helix makes a great fuel source for a hobo coffee can cooking stove.

Used to do both when "out and about" in my pre-teen youth.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I need to get and read the next 2 books in this series

Do it. They're good

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Reading these books made me realize how much I would appreciate having some setup like a solar generator tucked away in a faraday cage. I could also put in a small electric cooler or travel fridge as well. Being able to keep insulin cold, have power for recharging radios and comms, devices for kids, lights, etc would be worth it's weight in gold.


I haven't gotten around to it yet but it's on my list of things to do. I was relatively confident I could do it this year until inflation went crazy and my discretionary income I was planning to use evaporated.

 

[GTN]

Do it. They're good

I had the first book for almost 10 years. I don’t read books. Never liked doing it. This past March I decided it was time. I couldn’t put it down

 

[GTN]

Reading these books made me realize how much I would appreciate having some setup like a solar generator tucked away in a faraday cage. I could also put in a small electric cooler or travel fridge as well. Being able to keep insulin cold, have power for recharging radios and comms, devices for kids, lights, etc would be worth it's weight in gold.


I haven't gotten around to it yet but it's on my list of things to do. I was relatively confident I could do it this year until inflation went crazy and my discretionary income I was planning to use evaporated.

Yeah the wife and I talked about having an old style car but I’ve got no place to store that. I really know nothing about surviving with little to nothing in supplies but this book makes you think

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Yeah the wife and I talked about having an old style car but I’ve got no place to store that. I really know nothing about surviving with little to nothing in supplies but this book makes you think

Then take a step back...

If you have a vehicle you like and plan on keeping for awhile instead of buying an entire old car, just go to the junkyard and pull out a spare ECU from a similar vehicle and store it in a faraday cage. You can make a faraday cage easily out of a metal garbage can.

Now that I'm talking about this I wonder why I haven't done it myself yet.

 

[GTN]

Then take a step back...

If you have a vehicle you like and plan on keeping for awhile instead of buying an entire old car, just go to the junkyard and pull out a spare ECU from a similar vehicle and store it in a faraday cage. You can make a faraday cage easily out of a metal garbage can.

Now that I'm talking about this I wonder why I haven't done it myself yet.

What’s a ECU?
I’ll go to YouTube for the garbage can faraday cage info

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

What’s a ECU?
I’ll go to YouTube for the garbage can faraday cage info

The electronic brain of your car. It's the part most likely to get fried in an EMP or CME.

just get a large galvanized steel garbage can and lid. Line it with cardboard because you don't want anything inside it touching the metal can.

Put things inside that you want to protect. You can also wrap these items first in cardboard or something non conductive and then tightly wrap over that with aluminum foil.

Then place in the garbage can and attach the metal lid. Seal the seam of the lid to can with metal tape to complete a thorough seal and ensure that any electrical waves have the ability to conduct around the outside like a shield but not get in.

 

[GTN]

The electronic brain of your car. It's the part most likely to get fried in an EMP or CME.

just get a large galvanized steel garbage can and lid. Line it with cardboard because you don't want anything inside it touching the metal can.

Put things inside that you want to protect. You can also wrap these items first in cardboard or something non conductive and then tightly wrap over that with aluminum foil.

Then place in the garbage can and attach the metal lid. Seal the seam of the lid to can with metal tape to complete a thorough seal and ensure that any electrical waves have the ability to conduct around the outside like a shield but not get in.