Episode-495- The Unique Needs of the Urban and Surburban Prepper [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis is basically a continuation of a two part series on urban and suburban life. Yesterday in Episode 494 we discussed Urban homesteading, today we discuss prepping in the city or suburbs. While there are many unique components to prepping in a population center vs. a remote area many of the steps are identical. As always it comes down to the fact that as humans we have five primary needs and the commonality of disaster leads us to prepare in any situation based on them.
Join me today as we discuss…
- Always start out understanding the 5 needs
- Water
- Food
- Shelter
- Fire/Energy
- Security
- Assess your most probable threat based on
- Life position
- Financial position
- Geography
- Current Events
- Assess your most dangerous human proximity threats
- Population density of the neighborhood
- Demographics of the neighborhood
- Closest high crime areas
- Government presence\lack of presence
- Rules for suburbia
- Food storage is key as is water
- Be prepared to get out, you may have no choice
- Be prepared to stay, you may also have no choice
- Be prepared to defend what you have
- Help but don’t coddle neighbors during a major breakdown
- Conceal what you have and don’t over centralize your storage
- Think a lot about hygiene
- Understand that most disasters will be “minor” on a global scale
- Have a plan – nothing is more important
Resources for today’s show…
- Members Support Brigade
- Join Our Forum
- Common Sense Prep – (sponsor of the day)
- Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day)
- The Colony on Discovery
- Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine
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