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How prepared are you to survive a world-changing disaster? As Canadian Prepper explains in this video, you may not be as prepared as you think you are. He lists ten reasons you may not survive what’s coming. Here they are:
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1. Poor Physical Health
A majority of people are simply not physically fit in this day and age. This is also one of the most overlooked aspects of prepping. Few things will test your physical health and stamina as much as a major cataclysmic disaster.
2. Bad Medical Issues
If there are any medical procedures that you have been postponing, the time to get those things done is now. Whether it’s an eye problem, surgery, or dental work, if things get bad you may not have another chance to get those things fixed.
3. Poor Sanitation Plan
In a serious grid-down disaster, utilities such as running water will no longer exist. The trash will not be picked up around your city, causing dangerous health. You need a plan to manage your waste and dispose of it in a sanitary way so it will not contaminate your food or water sources.
4. Lack Of Community Knowledge
Have an awareness of who is who, and who would be helpful or dangerous in your neighborhood and the general community. Remember, you cannot survive a long term grid down situation on your own.
5. Not Having Enough Food
Most people have around one week’s worth of food stored away. At the bare minimum, you’re going to need at least three months’ worth of food, but having six months to one year would be even better.
6. No Water Source
It’s not enough to have a storage of water. After all, a fifty-five-gallon drum of water would only be enough to last one person for two months at the most. You need to have a water source in case your water storage runs out.
7. Poor Security Plan
The average home is incredibly easy to break into. At the bare minimum, you need to replace your glass windows with more durable acrylic glass, and you should also replace your doors and locks with heavy-duty alternatives. Also, invest in an alarm system so you can detect threats arriving at your property in the first place.
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8. Financial Issues
You will be more vulnerable to an economic crisis if you are in a poor financial position. At the bare minimum, you need enough savings to get you through at least six months.
9. Lacking An Off-Grid Power Supply
In a long time power outage, chances are good you will need to give up some luxuries – unless if you have a power supply available yourself. Invest in an extra power supply such as solar panels.
10. No Source Of Heat
This is especially important if you live in a colder environment. Invest in warm blankets, sleeping bags, heat pads, gloves, warm clothes, candles, a wood stove with plenty of firewood.
For a more detailed discussion of the reasons you might not survive a major disaster, along with what to do about them, watch the video by Canadian Prepper below.
I have a little knowledge of being prepared for some things, but not all out survival. This post helps to keep in mind that even though things are going to be bad they could always be worse that was expected. Hurricanes have been a part of my life for over forty years and am able to do at least two weeks. But the big SHTF situation requires more info and a head that’s screwed on straight. Knowledge is power and you give me more of it. Thank you.
You will survive by calling on Jesus
Jesus still wants us to do our part. Just sitting there saying, “The Lord will provide” won’t put food on the table. God gave us brains to use! Remember the parable about the 10 virgins. Also, remember the loaves and fishes story. God multiplied the food, but the food was already there. He didn’t just say, “Oh, you didn’t bring any food at all? No problem!”
Several years ago; a hurricane was approaching the area where my Mother and I lived. My older sister called us. She pleaded with us to come up and stay with her(she lived about 200 miles north of us).We told her we could not leave. I had to work the next day. My mother asked her why she wanted us to come up there. My sister remarked”You’re completely surrounded by _______ and ____. I’m worried that you’ll be robbed if the power goes out”. We only lost power for 45 minutes. No one robbed us.
I’ve lived in Florida and Mississippi. I’ve felt the coming, living and after of so many hurricanes, I’m feel like a pro at it. The worst was Katrina, but fortunately lived north of the I-10 corridor and only had wind and rain damage, there was a large ditch behind my place that got most of the water. I only bugged-out once and wished I hadn’t. Katrina was the longest without, phone, electricity, but because of the severity, first responders and the military came by often with food supplies and water. I was also prepared as best I could, even having a gas burner to cook on.
And because the authorities were around so much, never got robbed. If you don’t do anything else when you know there’s a bad storm coming, make sure you are P R E P A R E D!!!
I dig it, people who are rattling off opinions, complaining about other people rattling off opinions.
1. It was written that 55 gallon drum of water would last you two months at maximum. That is figuring on a gallon per day, roughly, for all needs. The recommended amount for drinking, washing, etc (all needs) is 1-4 gallons per person, per day.
You aren’t going to running your washing machine during this scenario, taking a bath or flushing the toilet every single time you use it.
The claim that one person would use 55 gallons in less than one week is silly and the true fear provoking. 55 gallons in a full week is almost 8 gallons per say. Nope, not in a SHTF scenario.
Also, claiming the only people who are physically ready are currently in boot camp is asinine.
You may not have the time to prepare physically, but other people do.
DO those people go on 20 mile hikes with a ruck sack? Not likely, however, are you going on a twenty mille hike with a rucksack when the SHTF? Maybe, but that’s conditional.
By your own logic, you are misleading people.
The nonsense about these not being exactly true, just conditional is just psycho babble.
Not having enough water will kill you.
Not having enough heat will kill you.
Not having enough food will kill you.
Not having proper heat will kill you.
Letting the wrong person in will kill you.
Etc, etc.
No one said it was a fact that each person will fall prey to every one of these situations. Get a grip.
Yes, they are conditional, as in that condition will kill you.
Wow such negative responses – this was free information that you decided to watch. I thought it was good information & yes I have weaknesses – 1st & for most is physically fitness. Boot Camp was over 30 years ago. But I did it then & I can improve now.
Thanks for the video. No one knows the future – so the better you prepare for anything – the better off you will be for every thing. Sorry some people were rude in the comments – I wish them all the health, happiness, & love in the world & I hope they are right – that nothing bad is ever going to happen. But, I don’t plan to ever have a house Fire – but I have house insurance. I never plan to wreck my car – but, I ensure everyone wears a seatbelt in my car. Be Prepared!
Some thought provoking ideas, Mic is right it is all conditional. If you have solar panels you will need some batteries and an inverter or just have power while the sun shines.
But you have got people talking about it which is good.
You people are clueless …. I suppose you are all seals or special forces lol
No , just a Marine that’s worked outside in the wild ever since I separated. About 25 years. Wanna guess who is better shape and most familiar with the non human world? The one out in the wild or the one thinking about it a lot… You tell me.
I stated this up front to my family when we started this Prepping Journey/Lifestyle. I know I won’t make it due to chronic health issues. Once the medications I take to stay alive are no longer available, it’ll be lights out. That’s why my primary goal is to set them up and pass as much knowledge on as possible. I’ll be the mummified old fart you pass by on the trail.
This is such fear provoking stuff. Most of which is supposition, not fact.
Take the water issue: a 55 gallon drum of water will give you a Drinking ration of 1 gallon a day, but to survive you must cook clean, etc.
For that you need between 5 to 10 gallons per person, per day, So instead of that drum of water lasting you almost 2 months, it would last less than a week!
Not knowing the difference and the truth about you water needs, might kill you.
Most of what you think you know (or that these sites will tell you about water) is incorrect, come SHTF. The main thing is that water will be harder and harder to come by, as time goes on, in a SHTF scenario.
Most of the common sources will dry up with the usage of thousands or tens of thousands of people, now relying upon them.
Anyone who is not in boot camp right now, is out of shape physically or in poor physical health.
No one in Civilian life, has the time or energy to really be in shape for SHTF.
Now most of us could be in better shape, that is true, but it will not necessarily kill you if you are not in
perfect shape.
So none of these 10 things are exactly true, but only “conditional”, depending upon your circumstances.
Now a combination of many of these things in the list, coming together are likely to kill you.
“Anyone who is not in boot camp right now, is out of shape physically or in poor physical health.”
Not true by a long shot. Also, do you think everyone who lived pre-electricity was “boot camp”-healthy? Nope, and they did just fine.