2024 Election Survival Guide: 7 Critical Preps for Every American
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My fellow Americans, in a little more than a month we are going to see one-half of our nation lose an election. This is an election where both sides have decided that everything is riding on who gets into office.
If you really zoom out and look at it from the perspective of the loudest voices on both sides we have a racist narcissist dictator VS a communist puppet of the post modern global order.
For over a year we at PBN have been focusing on the severity of this moment. As preppers we are never upset when peace and calm reign. In fact, we revel in being wrong. My oldest child will often lament about the buckets of rice, “Dad keeps in our house.”
I always tell him, “It is my dream that you grow up and tell your kids how crazy your Dad was. You tell them how we never really needed all that food, or to learn how to make fires and identify trees and plants.”
We all pray that cooler heads prevail this election season. What are we preparing for? CIVIL UNREST in the short term. World War III in the long term. Let’s keep it simple.
Food Storage Essentials
Rice in buckets ain’t enough. Man cannot exist on bread alone. Raising protein might sound like a longshot for you but you’d be surprised at what can be done with a small backyard and 4-6 chickens.
We pack our food storage which is as easy as filling Mylar bags with dry foods like rice, beans, flour, sugar, or pasta, and sealing them with oxygen absorbers inside. These bags can be safely stored in 5 gallon buckets and will last 20 years!
DIY Food Storage Supplies (Mylar Bags, Oxygen Absorbers and more PackFreshUSA
We do a lot of from scratch cooking which is probably the most underrated skill a person can have to survive chaos. Our history of surviving depressions and wars always hinges on incredible Survival Superfoods that sustain whole populations. I helped write a book about these historic foods and how to prepare them https://bit.ly/3QilGGu
You should also have some prepper food in the closet. Why not! Calories are calories and these make a difference. Ready Hour is my recommended prepper food brand for cost and flavor.
Ready Hour, Emergency Meal Entrées, 25-Year Shelf Life, Portable Flood-Safe Container, 120 Servings https://amzn.to/3Zy6zPW
Water Storage & Filtration & Delivery
Look, water storage is tough and boring. You need clean water you can access easily for drinking and you need at least a gallon per person every day. You still gotta bathe, cook, and clean, too!
Here are my top picks for water preparedness.
A Legit Prepper Library
Preppers Home Defense, The Home Blacksmith, The Preppers Medical Handbook, are all incredible examples of the kinds of information you can sit on a shelf in your home. Look, the digital age can end really fast if things get crazy.
What do you know about building barricades, diagnosing injuries, making wild medicine, or even just cooking from scratch, without YouTube and the internet?
This year I released a free PDF called 50 Must Read Books to Survive Doomsday and it’s basically a big chunk of my prepper library. You can get it free by signing up for our newsletter. Just follow this link. Newsletter – Welcome PBN Family
Backup Power Solutions for any Budget
This segment of the prepper universe has changed so much in the last decade. Backup power for preppers use to be a two word answer: Gas Generator
Now, a 5500 watt gas generator is a great core item to your backup power plans. They hold a lot of fuel and have tons of power. However, the world of backup power has evolved and things like powerbanks and solar generators give us tons of options.
These are my picks for backup power options on the market today.
First Aid Medical Cache
The First Aid Rabbit Hole is a deep one. That said, it ain’t a bad thing to know how to put people back together and stop them from bleeding to death. Real training is an incredible opportunity if you can afford it.
We have put together tremendous amounts of gear and info over at our website. We encourage people to build a medical cache and utilize the book The Preppers Medical Handbook.
We have all the OTC items from that book listed here, too. Build Your Medical Cache
Home Security Deterrents
Whether it is Doomsday or Tuesday you should fortify your home. Everything you love is sleeping in there! Technology has advanced in so many areas but the majority of people are using doorlocks developed 100 years ago.
It’s time to get eyes on your property and deter crime before it happens. Did you know that you can keep criminals from choosing your home just by putting security measures in place? Things like floodlights and cameras are great examples of this.
EVACUATION
Should things like post-election civil unrest get too crazy, have a plan to get out of dodge. If you are in a big city then you should plan to be outside that city before the election even starts.
Take some vacation and enjoy yourself away from all that potential for violence and unrest.
Here is a list of items to prepare for a quick evacuation.
ID (driver’s license, passport)
Birth certificates, insurance papers
Financial records, cash, credit cards
Proof of ownership (deeds, etc)
Maps (digital and physical)
Cash
Prescriptions
Go Bag
