Secure storage of preps - food etc.

[hardworkinghippy]

Yes, really cool.

Thanks for that link featherstick.

I always imagined we'd stay here but there's an awful lot of sense in that writing about being ready to leave fast.

[northernraider]

Some of my mates have cached etc food and supplies in those recycled big blue barrels that get sold off by farmers, I think they got them from here cos they live in that region
http://www.dvfuels.co.uk/index.asp

My stuff is split between home, a lock up, a relatives workshop and a few spots where I've been able to inter smaller storage tubes and cache tubes made from plastic drainpipes with end caps solvent welded on.

[adam2]

There is a lot to be said for storage spread over a number of sites, I keep supplies at several locations.
Remember though that any feasible stocks or supplies of food will be consumed, probably in only weeks, and certainly within a year or two.
Still worth having as it gives a "breathing space" when all might be chaos and confusion.

Take care if burying supplies ! many allegedly waterproof containers are not as waterproof as hoped for.

In the case of some durable goods, as distinct from consumables such as food, it is possible to keep a lifetimes supply.
Swiss army knives are long lasting, the main risk is loss or theft. Unless you are unlucky, half a dozen could well be a lifetimes supply.
Similar arguments apply to many tools.
With todays increasingly strict rules on the carrying of knives, keeping them at several locations may be more sensible than carrying one, whilst times are normal.

[Kentucky Fried Panda]

"Bugging out" is committing suicide.

Do you know what people who leave home with a backpack are called?
Refugees

This is true, nothing worse than being a refugee in your own country.

[RenewableCandy]

There's an advantage in having friends/rels living in different parts of the country. If, heaven forbid, anything daft should ever happen to the sea-level, for example, we might have to relocate from here, permanently. The rest of the country would still be functioning, so as Shane said in his New Orleans pages, remember BAU-type stuff (copy of cv, certificates etc) as well as physical survival stuff, put together somewhere (or at least know where it is) so you can pack it in a few minutes if you need to leave, and if you drive, keep a decent amount of fuel, plus stuff like torches and maps, in the car.

I must admit, I gave Shane a lot of thought these past few days...

[adam2]

Supplies kept at work, in central London

Food for a month or two (lifeboat rations, chocolate bars, tins)
Water, a 25L barrel and 10 bottles each 1 L
Chlorine tablets for a year, chlorine test papers
5 changes of shirts and underwear, 2 changes of outer clothing
Blankets, folding bed.
Geiger counter and numerous spare batteries
Several torches and lanterns, and numerous spare batteries
2 radios and plenty of spare batteries
60 watt PV module.
Gas mask and spare filters
Can of petrol
First aid supplies and common medicines
Large selection of tools and maintenance supplies, primarily for my work, but many could be useful in an emergency.

Supplies kept at home, inner suburban London.
Similar to the above, but larger in qauntity. Enough food for 6 months.
Water butts, clothing and bedding for many years replacements.
12 volt battery charging PV system with spare parts.

Supplies kept at Mothers home in Somerset
Extensive doomer supplies
Food and fuel for at least a year, probably 2 with economy
(a full list is posted elswhere on these forums, too tedious to repeat)

[northernraider]

Good well thought out list leaning towards the specific threats that are likely in major cities.

I was wondering if like other London based preppers if you have reccied any of the erm " alternative" BO routes and did you find any extra possible unforseen harzards, IE one our my old lot planned to use a section of a closed piece of the underground system but found out that at times the power was turned back on to the third rail!!.This now means he only dare use it if the power was known to have gone off as well.

Another chap bought a monkey bike with the intention of riding some canal towpaths out of town but his primary exit spot at the other end now has an apartment block or structure where there was once a ramp he could ride up to rejoin the roads !!

What radios did you select sir?, PMRs, CBs, Ham kit? I've just got two Intek H 520s cos as well as doing the whole EU CB network by just snipping one little link it will give me the 11 meter amatuer band as well.

BTW does your gieger counter use normal batteries or those weird russian ones?

[adam2]

By radios I meant standard broadcast receivers, not 2 way or ham radio.
In case of TEOTWAWKI, I would grab several of the 2 way Motorola radios that we use at work, these are however not my property, and theft is only to be considered in dire circumstances.

The geiger counter takes standard 9 volt batteries, I keep at least a dozen.

Link to supplier of geiger counters.
http://www.perspectiveinstruments.co.uk/

I keep two of the smaller type at work.
One is better than none, but 2 gives valuable redundancy.

[northernraider]

Thank you.
NR