Housekeeping:

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Discussion: Urban survival skills are needed for the modern day prepper with little land.  If you must be bugging in your apartment, listen up. Urban Agriculture is just one example of the skills you need.

Related Post: Apartment Prepper Survival: How to survive, food stores, etc

Many survival people overlook Apartment dwellers

No home or land to work with

Don’t live in an Apartment

too many close neighbors

they won’t be prepared

they will ALL be asking for help

limited space

too many regulation

this included suburban lots

I experienced this

Preparing the Apartment

First, Have a great bug-out plan

have a BOL

friends, family, land

have a BOV

http//theprepperpodcast.com/018

have a Bug Out Notebook

Have a great BOB

http://theprepperpodcast.com/004

If you MUST bug-in in an apartment

Water

2-2liter bottles per person per day

Keep a couple in the freezer

Use them in coolers

bathtub is 50 gallons, fill before storms

sinks are all 2-5 gallons

Food

copy canning

freeze-dried foods

both last a long time

both are edible with little to no cooking

Use window sills for planting

Plant on balconies

hugel planters, compost and topsoil

Utility Electronics

lots of flashlights or headlamps

Emergency radios with multiple power sources

one handcrank option

200W inverter

800W inverter

Really long extension cord

Inverter Generators

quiet

fuel in 15 gallon drums

Documents

Copies of important documents in a binder

keep originals in fireproof safe

Examples:

Licenses

Ownership papers

deeds

titles

Investment documentation

Bank Info

Birth Certificates

First Aid

Good All-inclusive first aid kit

Preferably kept in a backpack

keeps it accessible at home or on the go

Consider keeping 6 months to a year of maintenance meds depending upon expirati...