Also relating to food the Conibear traps are excellent for trapping game. They are a trap that closes on the head or neck and instantly kills its prey. I like the 110 trap; they are about 4.5 inches square and great for rabbits, squirrels, birds and fish. The 220 trap is about 7 inches square and works great for raccoons, skunks and possums. The bigger ones will even work for deer and larger game. During the Great Depression in many areas large game was hunted to virtual extinction in a matter of months. Some people think that they could live on deer or some of the larger animals; but in situation like we are expecting the small ones are what will be available.

Here are the links to two very good food planners: The Deyos Food Calculator http://standeyo.com/News_Files/FTP_Files/DFPlanImp.zip

The LDS online Calculator http://standeyo.com/News_Files/Food/bl.calculator.html

The “Randy’s Oh My, It Has Happened Last Minute Food Plan”

1. Run out the door with all the cash you have, get in your car, and drive like mad.

2. Go to the local Oriental or Latino Market, Costco or Wal-Mart.

3. And buy all they have or use all the money you have to buy:

a. Big bags of Rice (25-50 lbs preferred)

b. Big bags of dried Beans (25-50 lbs preferred)

c. Cooking or Salad Oil (2-5 gallon jugs or boxes)

d. Big Bags of Sugar

e. Salt

f. Unscented Bleach, with NO additives

4. Take it home and make rice and beans, adding a little salt and oil to it. You can live on it, but boy are going to get real tried of it.

5. Take a spoonful of sugar for extra energy or a treat, yum!

6. Use the bleach to treat your water.

7. Kick yourself every time you eat because it is you fault you only have rice and beans. And Praise God every time that you do eat because a least you have something to eat.

This is what I have put aside for all my relatives that refuse to prepare themselves.

Be warned that many people’s digestive systems cannot handle a diet of that much carbos.

Babies

Now as we have recently adopted a newborn baby boy, an additional fact has reared it’s ugly head. And that is that before modern baby formulas were developed, for newborns where the mother was unable to nurse or to find another woman to nurse them, 9 out of 10 of those babies died. And yes there are emergency baby formulas available, but either they do not supply the required nutrients, or they trigger serious allergic reactions or simply the components required to make them are harder to obtain then the baby formula itself. So if you are in a situation that you, or someone you care about is dependent on baby formula, STOCKPILE ENOUGH POWDERED FORMULA TO CARRY THE CHILD THRU TO THE POINT THEY CAN SURVIVE ON SOLID FOODS! That is both expensive and requires considerable storage space, but there is no clear alternative. An additional sad consideration is that during anytime of stress, many currently successful nursing mothers, may suddenly find themselves drying up. Cover all infants with much prayer!

Two words, cloth diapers, enough said!

Clothing

Avoid expensive clothing and shop at thrift stores. Avoid bright colors, when available choose earth tones: browns, greens and the like. You don’t want to stand out. These colors are referred to as “CC” or “Covert Camo”. When things get bad true camouflage clothing is always outlawed. Overcoats with liners are excellent. Wool is excellent as it holds it insulation ability when wet. Many of the new fabrics and fleeces are excellent. Don’t wear clothing and shoes today till they wear out; when it’s half worn retire it for later use. Use an old trapper trick and put two shirts or pants together; one inside the other. Now sew them together around the edges leaving a few openings in the stitching. Wear it normally and in a pinch if you need extra insulation stuff paper, moss, leaves or whatever thru the openings in between the two pieces of clothing.

Personal Equipment
Carry a personal silver spoon in your pocket, for the antiseptic properties of the silver. Carry a toothbrush and use it. Years ago in many areas before modern dental hygiene; abscessed teeth were a leading cause of death. Make sure you make a provision for any personal meds.

Knives

The basic knife is the primary tool of any society. The more primitive the conditions the more important the cutting edge is. If things are real tight money wise, buy both a small and a large carbon steel butcher knife (the older dark kind that rusts) with a full tang (that means the blade goes all the way thru the handle). Check a couple a thrift stores and you should find several to choose from. While you are there pick up a sharpening steel or stone to sharpen them. Improvise some kind of sheath or even a small box to put them in.

Light and Electronics

First off standardize your batteries. Try to obtain equipment that use AA size batteries. They are cheap and easily available. Pick up some rechargeable batteries and a small solar recharger. There are different power ratings of for rechargeable AA batteries, usually 600, 750 and 900. The higher the power output the more expensive the battery. Test your equipment with the batteries you intend to use in them, as some of the lower output rechargables won’t successfully power some devices. Buy an LED flashlight. The LEDs never break or wear out (they can but don’t) and you get 10-30 times as much use on a set of batteries as a standard flashlight. I personally like the Streamlight 4AA.

Shelter

Plastic tarps are cheap; get the brown if available instead of the blue. They are real handy for many things.

The best emergency shelter is the “Debris Shelter”. See: http://www.trackertrail.com/survival/shelter/debrishut/js2005/

He doesn’t really show that you need to put a thick layer of soft materials down underneath you (such as moss, lichens, leaves) and you need to build it up over you. I always build them so thick that I can’t reach thru from the outside. If you build it that thick and pull a debris filled garbage bag into the opening after you as a door; you can be comfortable in shorts and a tee shirt when it is below zero outside.

Medical

In a survival situation where soap is limited, ration soap. Use it to wash injured areas only. The natural lipids your body produces will actually keep you healthier then you might think.

Drink plenty of fresh water. Force yourself to over-drink; your general health will increase.

Wear safety glasses all the time. The military has found that the most common injuries in a HSE are eye injuries.

Sugar is a miracle compound when placed in wounds. Keep filling the wound, it will disinfect it and speed healing.

Obtain Potassium Permanganate from a pond supply company if possible. Highly diluted it purifies water, a stronger solution disinfects wounds and mixed with sugar will spontaneously start a fire. It is very handy stuff to have in your kit.

Vet supply and feed stores all carry many of the same drugs and supplies that people use and most are over the counter at a greatly reduced price.

Two excellent books are “Where there is no Doctor” and “Ditch Medicine”. The best self-help medical book, bar none, “Where there is no Doctor” is now available online. If I was to have only have one medical book with me, this would be it. When Stephen and I went to Africa I took my treasured dog eared copy and we used it. I strongly suggest you either purchase the actual book in print, or save the various PDF files and print yourself a copy.

"Where There Is No Doctor" http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm

This book was written for untrained village people in remote third world areas without any professional medical care or training.

However it is also filled with brief discussions on some subjects that a believer might find objectionable, such as birth control and homosexuals. While we would consider some of these things discussed as sin, they approach them from a health issue. I just disregard those opinions of the authors. But, if I need to easily diagnose a disease and calculate the correct drug and dosage to treat it, this is the first reference I usually go to.

They have also provide an excellent book on do-it-yourself dentistry.

"Where There Is No Dentist" http://healthwrights.org/books/WTINDentistonline.htm

If there is any problem with the above links, just go to the main page and step through to the online books section. http://healthwrights.org <http://healthwrights.org/

I am also installing a copy of both books on my laptop and making a couple of backup CD's with it on it. These are excellent free references.

This is another interesting link concerning preparing for a Flu pandemic by an M. D.. I don’t agree with everything in it but some of it is worth the time reading and saving it. http://fluwikie.com/uploads/Consequences/NewGuideOct5.pdf

Nuclear Precautions

KI4U offers an excellent resource concerning what to do prior to and during any nuclear attack or accident. I suggest strongly that you read, save and print their materials. http://www.ki4u.com/guide.pdf

“Everyone is invited to copy, post, print, and distribute this 'WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!' guide anywhere, as long as they do so without charging anything for it. It must be reproduced in entirety, including this notice, and not be altered or edited. To contact the author with comments and suggestions, e-mail: Shane Connor at webmaster@ki4u.com. This guide will be continually 'fine-tuned' so, before distributing it, download it fresh from http://www.ki4u.com/guide.htm or to print out, use this PDF version here http://www.ki4u.com/guide.pdf Last Update: 7/16/2005”

Radioactive Iodine

During a nuclear accident or after any Nuclear blast; radioactive iodine maybe released into the air. As the human body stores iodine, it would pick up the radioactive version of iodine and concentrate it in the thyroid. Its radiation would then kill the surrounding tissue. The solution is to take normal iodine and to fill up the body up to capacity so the radioactive iodine is passed thru the body. This can be accomplished by taking Potassium Iodide Tablets. They are available commercially from many places. However another solution is to obtain 7% Tincture of Iodine from a farm supply or a feed store and dip the index finger of one hand in it up to the first joint. Leave it on and don’t wash it off. The body will absorb it thru the skin. This works with children as well, as the size of the area of the finger is proportional the required dose. Now the only downside is that in some states you now have to sign for the 7% stuff as it is precursor for some illegal drugs. You need the stronger 7% iodine not the 1% or 2%.