Housekeeping:

1. NRA Expo at the Music City Center in Downtown Nashville

a. April 10-12th

b. NRA Members get in free (and only NRA)

c. www.nraam.org

d. Planning to have a gathering Saturday, Apr 11th @ 7pm

i. Location Maggiannos Little Italy of Nashville

* limited space is available

ii. go to cleversurvivalist.com for more information

2. Today is someone interviewing me, and if you would like to interview me on your podcast, just go to theprepperpodcast.com/media

3. I have updated my web

How to Prepare for Grid Down Scenarios

Short Term (storms, hurricanes, tornados, etc), build a basic storm bag

Lighting

* Headlamps

* Cheap LED flashlights (using AAA or AA batteries)

* Keep lights in every drawer

Heating/Cooling

* 400W and 800W inverter

* Run electric blankets and small personal fan

* Natural Gas or propane heating

* Fireplace or Woodstove

Security

* Storm Shelter

* Safe Rooms

* Bugging out

Food/Water

* For short term, just a couple packs of granola bars or meal bars

* Couple bottles of water in your bag

Long Term (CME, EMP, Large Scale Disaster)

Water

* Quick, cheap storage is to use 2-liter soda bottles, or juice bottles

* Create water catchment and storage

* Roof catchment

* 50 gallon barrels

* 250 gallon IBC totes

* Ponds, rivers, streams

* Wells

* Get mechanical well pumps

* Filter your water

* Gravity fed

* Berkey Filter

* DIY use 5 gallon buckets and berkey filters

* Sawyer Mini system for each family member

Food

* Cooking Food

* Food you don’t need to cook, or require less cooking

* Canned Foods

* Gardening

* Learn storage methods

* Dehydrated foods

* Freeze-dried foods

* Non-electric appliances

* Meat grinders

* Blenders

* Can-openers

Climate (Heating and Cooling)

* Heating

* Cooling

Lighting

* Garden solar lights

* Candles

* Kerosene Lamps

* Flashlights and Batteries

* Handcrank or shake

* Camping Lanterns

* Handcrank or shake

* Matches and lighters

* Waterproof matches

Health

* Leave this to you guys, since you seem to hit on this a lot

* Have a basic first aid kit, preferably a more extensive kit

* Prescription medication

Backup Power

* Battery Banks

* Generators

* Solar

* Voltaic

* Thermal (most efficient)

* light

* Wind

* Hydro

* Geothermal

* Biomass/Biogas/Wood/Methane

* Rocket stove

* Wood stove

* Wood gas

* Transportation

* Bicycle

Build Relationships with Your Neighbors

Other Resources:

* Getting Started

* Getting Started in Prepping (aka Prepping 101)

* Low Cost Storm Survival

* Going Off Grid

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