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Emergency Preparedness Stockpile
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items From food to appliances to containers there is a lot you need to make your home safe for when disaster strikes! It’s easy to find lists of things to have for emergencies but there isn’t much talk about how to maintain a proper collection of preps. I...
Even though I have plenty of lithium solutions, when the power goes out I reach for my candles first. Maybe it’s cause I’m older!
Emergency Candles
This is a must have and we are thinking about getting a second one. Earthquake resistant. Will never crack and collapse (like the cheaper plastic ones)
The spacing between shelves is very wide so putting things in plastic bins and stacking within is...
Storage Shelves
You need to have dried bay leaves in your pantry, not just for cooking. You need to store your rice and flour in glass mason jars and make sure that each jar has at least one bay leaf on top.
This can get really expensive if you keep buying leaves...
Bay Laurel Trees for Sale
We have a Generac and it works great. Remember to change the oil every few years or sooner whichever your situation requires. Mark the next time on a calendar becauee good luck remembering!
Keeping the generator, extra gas cans. Rotating the gas a...
Gas, Propane & Portable Generators
Sprouts are the most nutritious food on earth because when that seed sprouts it has peak nutrients that are on their way to forming the plant. That is when you eat them, 4-6 days after starting the process. For the prepper storing sprouts is essentia...
Organic Broccoli Sprouting Seed
Sprouting tray is importsnt if you are going to grow sprouts. You have to decide whether or not to let the sun hit them. No sun means white sprouts with delicate bland flavor. Full sun means green sprouts with more powerful butter flavor. Your choice...
Gardzen 5-Pack Sprouts Growing Kit Tray
Walmart is still the best place to get the lowest prices on most of the preps
Walmart Supercenter
Lamp oil and lamps are essential for power outages and long term light. Remember that hundred years ago they also burned down their fair share of houses! So put it out if you are not nearby!
Lamp oil is cheap and these lamps don’t burn it very qui...
Lamp Oil | Vermont Lanterns | Quality Crafted Oil Lamps
Safe castle is a great source for emergency food storage, like MREs. While these foods are not great for your digestive system and daily use, they are high calorie rich and designed to keep you alive during crisis. Ordering a few boxes and putting th...
MRE & XMRE Foods - MRE for Sale | Affordable Military MREs in Bulk
If possible and the cities water pipes don’t get in the way, get yourself a bunker! And don’t tell anyone about it!
Hopefully you’ll never have to actually live there but it’s a nice option to have
Atlas Survival Shelters is the Worlds No 1 Bunker Builder
Everyone needs a dehydrator for storing fruits veggies and herbs long term. Store in mason jars for best results.
Harvest right machines are great too but dehydrator is quick and comparatively cheaper! If you have a high humidity climate then it m...
Excalibur Dehydrator
You don’t want to tie metal gates or barb wire posting with plastic zip ties! I think having metal zip ties on hand is almost as essential as duct tape! It allows you to put barriers together quickly without delay and that’s essential in emergency....
STOREHOUSE 12 in. Stainless Steel Cable Ties, 25-Pack
Make sure you have proper meta gloves for installing razor wire. When crisis erupts a well placed razor wire is a quick way to protect a path or generally slow down an area where lawlessness is happening. Relatively cheap but be careful handling!
VEVOR Razor Wire 246 ft. Galvanized Barbed Wire Razor Ribbon ...
While not nearly as repelling as razor wire, barbed is a lot easier to put up without it being noticed. Barbed wire means you should wear protective metal gloves.
Barbed wire is a good way to slow down access to an area where you don’t want visitor...
Barbed wire fencing
Essential to stock if you are about to get exposed to nuclear radiation. The idea is that once taken the pill will “protect” your thyroid from absorbing radiation. This protection lasts for roughly 24 hours giving you the opportunity to travel and ge...
IOSAT Potassium Iodide 14 Tablets 130mg
Coleman makes a lot of small camping items that are essential for the prepper. From mosquito nets to small wood and gas camp stoves, Coleman is essential for the prepper.
They make a black nylon bag full of emergency travel supplies that is great a...
Camping Gear Essentials
While you want a go bag a little bigger than the one pictured, it’s a good idea to make your go bag something that looks small and inconspicuous. A tactical badass bag may hold a lot but it also draws attention. You have to find a middle ground and b...
Hohner Concertina Gig Bag
Gold is king and Goldbacks are a unique way to store and trade real gold. Goldbacks has the patent on being able to microscopic place gold between two plastic sheets. From 1/100 to 1/10 Troy ounce, gold backs are booming right now and will always hav...
Goldback
Real sliver will always have value. Good luck predicting the highs and lows! On the one hand a federal government monetary policy helps the price of silver, but on the other they keep finding plenty more under tue ocean and underground and soon prob...
Silver Coins | US Mint Silver Dollars, Quarters, Proof Sets
Keeping brand name cigs is a great trading item and I don’t think they ever really go bad
For this I would stay away from discount brands. Spend extra for the big name
Cigarettes
The best I have found in matches. When struck they give off an immediate really satisfying flash that lets you know they mean business. I find green diamond and dollar store matches require a little more oomph to really get going
Matches are not cu...
Swedish Match Industries AB - The world's leading match manufacturer
Good for 1000 lightings and only takes a few hours to charge. This is a must have. As with all lithium products, keep the charger cable in a place where you won’t lose it! I keep my usb lighter in the original packaging with cable.
I hate cable jun...
USB LIGHTER CO.
Grab a big box of earplugs. Uline is a good source.
If you remember the “Obama Movie” the deep state has sound weapons…
Unfettered noise can and will hurt you. At least a good supply of earplugs will protect you as you figure whether to stay or go
Disposable Earplugs
Get this in the biggest bag you can find. Stores a long time and essential for preserving food
Fruit Pectin - Powdered
Careful ordering these food buckets online. Companies usually don’t package well and they will break in transit. Consider buying them in person at Walmart and brick and mortar stores. They are great because air tight and stackable. You will find rice...
Pinto Beans - 34 lb - 5 gal bucket
Dollar stores are great for emergency preps. Cheap candles, medicines, and food!
Alum Rock Dollar Store
While buying Advil in the large containers for your own storage is wise, stocking some small boxes is a good idea too. For trading with others in a crisis. You will not want to trade separating your bulk bills into baggies because that’s what drug de...
Advil Pain Reliever Fever Reducer Coated Tablet Ibuprofen Temporary ...
Highly recommended for keeping demons away and more importantly, keeping your relationship with Jesus strong! This book lays out sound practical strategies because during a crisis there will be a lot of demonic activity going on too
The Liber Christo Method: A Field Manual for Spiritual Combat
Cedar shelving and cabinets are a great way to repel pests.
Additional Shelving | Aromatic Red Cedar | 14.5" Depth
Unopened bottles of wine serve multiple purposes. They are great for trade, cooking, preserving, even medical. In a crisis, the difference between a $5 and $40 bottle of wine become less important and the value of all will become apparent. Silly to...
Spectrum 6 in. HX 8 in. L Steel Wine Rack
The battery caddy is essential and it has helped me many times in emergencies
Buy good expensive batteries. Do NOT buy Costco batteries, they simply don’t hold up.
At least once a year check to make sure there are no leaks. Sadly some batteries w...
Battery Daddy Battery Storage and Organization Plastic 1 pc
A very good idea. Some energy utilities will offer free offers to get one of these. If you qualify
Solar Generators at Lowes.com
Stay away from table salt and stock up on mineral rich Celtic salt. Richer than Himalayan salt but I would recommend stocking the Himalayan too becauee it tastes different.
Salt is essential during crisis as it helps your bodies water retention and...
Celtic Sea Salt Sea Salt Light Grey - 16 Oz
Extra stock of all toiletries should be a no brainer. At least a years worth because being sanitary is a must during crisis as
DUDE Wipes
Portable washing machines and also a non electric hand crank version are both good to have.
Portable Washing Machines
Michael’s is great for writing paper and arts and crafts. If you are artistic then having a stock pile of such things will keep your mind at ease in crisis. Imagine if you couldn’t stock up, whst would you need for one year?
Michaels
A couple pigs is essential for meat but also because in a crisis the garbage man isn’t stopping by. Great way to recycle your organic waste without piling debris
Pig | Description, Breeds, & Facts
Whether it’s covering a hole on the roof, orchard project or emergency medical, having several tarps is crucial - so many varied uses. I recommend always having a few brand new ones in your storage.
Tarps at Lowes.com
Smart to have oil lamps when the electric grid goes down, even smarter to have extra lamp oil! It’s also going to go up in value if we ever enter a “barter period”
Lamp Oil and Torch Fuel (19 items found)
Impossible to overstock coleman fuel. Minimum 10 cans should be the goal. But more is better
Coleman Cooking Fuel Metal 128 oz 1 pk Mfr# 2225281
A few extra American made can opener is good idea.
EZ DUZ IT Can Opener | Liberty Tabletop - Made in USA
You can’t stock enough charcoal. I always use way more than I think. A bag goes fast!
Charcoal, Lump Charcoal & Charcoal Briquettes
Honey never expires. In fact they found some in Egyptian tombs. 2000 years old and still good. But make sure if you are going for long term storage that you store in glass, not plastic!!
The Honey Ladies: Beekeeper in San Jose & Local Bee Farm
Water storage is huge and easy to over look. You need to store at least a months drinking water and by using stackable containers you can go up and fill in unused wall space and keep it safe and clean. While it’s expensive to buy these containers it’...
WaterBrick | Stackable Water Storage Containers | Emergency Water Tank
Stockpile alcohol for trading, drinking, purifying and burning. So many purposes. For trading focus on storing smaller containers.
BevMo!
Pure is a legit vitamin company. You should always have a few months extra.
Beware of cyando- B12. You want the one that starts with methyl-
Pure sells the good stuff
Daily Nutritional Supplements | Pure Encapsulations®
Walmart has best deal on washboard. If EMP takes out the appliances this will allow you to still wash clothes
Washer Board
Easy to stockpile, aluminum foil is a must for outdoor cooking. Only buy the heavy duty kind
The lightweight crap is at dollar store but I don’t know what you would do with that
Reynolds Aluminum Foil Wrap Mfr# F20106
Neat article on camping items from dollar store
Dollar Tree camp hacks : r/camping
My first ax was small and from Duluth. It rides in my go bag and has come in really handy for small jobs.
Everyone should keep a full sized ax in car for fallen trees and other calamities but a smaller portable ax for your go bag is wise too
Axes & Machetes
They don’t make it anymore but Duluth used to make the “hobo knife” a knife that had a foldable knife and fork. Gave as gifts one Christmas and it was my uncle and cousins favorite thing! If I knew they were going to be phased out I would have boug...
Folding & Pocket Knives
Variety of big trash bag sis essential. Lots of them. Sanitation is very important
Trash Bags at Lowes.com
Cloth pins - click the link and buy a few bags for storage
Crafter's Square Wooden Clothespins, 24-ct. Packs
Garlic should be in every home and not just a few cloves. It keeps a long time, you should be growing it, saving seeds and using it often. It improves food flavor but also has health benefits. Overall it is easy to grow
Grow Garlic Plants - Vegetable Seeds and Root
Keep them clean but these are important if you like to hunt
Ice Chests & Hard Coolers
Every home needs a big dog (or two!)
In an emergency, big dogs deter criminals and slow down bad wildlife from getting to your chickens and farm animals. Keeping a few extra dog food bags is a good idea.
Dog Food: Top Brands, Low Prices (Free Shipping)
We use no 76 lamp. Quality
Dietz #76 Original Oil Burning Lantern (Black)
There are home made concoctions you can make like pennyroyal infusions but having branded anti mosquito stuffs is a good idea
Insect Repellents & Mosquito Repellents
Even if you never use it, a good thing to stuff in a corner of the garage in case there’s a plumbing emergency!
Reliance Luggable Loo Portable Toilet
Kitchen essentials are replacements for appliances that don’t work. A whisk and can opener and different grinders are smart to have
Egg Beaters in Kitchen Tools & Gadgets(1000+)
If you bought one a month for three years, you still could use more.
Propane Tanks
Tuna fish may not be as good as it used to —since they stopped putting Dolphin in it—but it’s still a solid food staple that will keep you alive and well.
The 6 Best Canned Tuna Brands of 2025 (We Tried 18)
It was crazy when people panic bought TP during Covid, but always having a few months worth is wise. Make sure you put some in your Go bag and remember to bag it up and remove the cardboard cylinder in order to save much needed room!
Reliable Toilet Paper for Everyday Comfort
Easy to overlook but a good ole solar powered calculator
Bazic Products Assorted 8 digit Solar Powered Pocket Calculator Mfr# 3009
Charcoal soap is great because it can replace the need for shampoo.
Charcoal Soap - Whish Golf Club
Cast iron for outdoor cooking. Always. Precision in maintaining a steady heat
Lodge Cast Iron
You should have a dozen rolls of it
Michaels
Ideally you have two each of all your garden tools - one that you use and the other for backup when the handle breaks or you misplace it.
Garden Tools
Anything can be canned. But consult the Ball Canning Guidelines so you don’t get sick please! Don’t can milk
Ball Mason Jars
Bleach is handy for the kitchen and bathroom of course but it can save your life in water prep
Bleaches (16 items found)
Quality night sleep is hard to do without a sleeping bag! Need one that can roll up snug for traveling.
If your work commute can’t be walked during the day, then you must have a sleeping bag in case you have to stop and stay In place for a night
Sleeping Bags & Pads at Lowes.com
Great knives
Cold Steel
Bigger the better but make sure your sewing kit has plenty of needles and thread! Also practice so you can take on multiple challenging jobs.
In a crisis this sewing kit coulf save your life, too— as it can seal wounds in field dressing
sewing kit products for sale
Bikes and all their parts
Bicycle Express
In a crisis many people will screw up on sanitation. That means rats—lots of them.
Animal & Rodent Bait
Stock up on canned gravy. Turns bland meals into joyful meals.
I Tried 12 Different Kinds of Store-Bought Gravy and This Is the One I'd Buy Again
Wholesale Atomizer Supplies | Empty Atomizers, Spray Atomizers - Parfumerie
Helpful lit’l can worh survival essentials
Survival
You need lumber of all kinds. Emergency door and window covers. Quick chicken coops. Many purposes
Lumber & Composites
Easily overlooked but it’s important for gardening
Wheelbarrows
Laterns and oil are easy to stock but don’t forget the hanger!
Lantern Hanger
Varied tool box and nuts and bolts
Types of Nuts and Bolts
Wine is essential for barter economy
Goodtime Bar
Gum is great for barter and great to keep kind off negative stuff
Bubble Gum | Chewing Gum
Everyone needs chickens. Even if you live in apartment and have no time. Essential that you have chickens. No excuses.
Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips | BackYard Chickens ...
Popcorn has great shelf life and doesn’t weigh much. Quick calories and (mostly) guilt free!
Popcorn Sale | Snack & Popcorn Deals
Ammo is one of the most important starting points for an emergency. It preserves you options for defense or offense. It also is like gold in a barter economy. You simply can’t have too much. Ammo Squared has a unique set of options for purchasing you...
AmmoSquared
Wool clothing is easy to clean and won’t shrink the same way that other fabrics will. Plus it doesn’t have annoying microplastics to worry about. Judging by your climate how much wool clothing you should have.
Unbound Merino: Merino Wool Clothing & Apparel