Everyone loves to talk about how much ammo and MRE's they have stocked away and ready to go, and every once in a while you even hear of people stocking up on toilet paper, but I seldom hear of people stocking up on the other hygiene necessities such as soap, anti-bacterial/sanitizer, etc.
I'm assuming that most of you guys have thought of how you'd keep clean in a long term SHTF situation, and if so, what type of items did you stock to cover your hygiene/cleanliness needs? I was thinking of buying bars of soap in bulk as well as "industrial sized" squirt bottles of hand sanitizer. Both don't have a shelf life if stored correctly as far as I know.
Another sticking point in my preps are medicines. My wife and I are currently not on any medicine, but my 3 month old son is on acid reflux medicine that we can only buy one month supply at a time. Though we're hoping he outgrows the acid reflux soon, ideally I'd like to get a few months worth of acid reflux medicine put away. Another HUGE one I want is antibiotics. I realize those have a shelf life, so stockpiling multiple years worth of antibiotics is probably out of the question. I've heard that you can buy "fish antibiotics" on the internet and have them shipped to your door and that it's the exact same thing. Is this true? Has anyone else done this?
Anyway, just trying to shed some light on some of the less talked about preps that may not be as exciting as a new gun or ammo. I'm imterested in what you guys have done to fill the need.
I'm assuming that most of you guys have thought of how you'd keep clean in a long term SHTF situation, and if so, what type of items did you stock to cover your hygiene/cleanliness needs? I was thinking of buying bars of soap in bulk as well as "industrial sized" squirt bottles of hand sanitizer. Both don't have a shelf life if stored correctly as far as I know.
Another sticking point in my preps are medicines. My wife and I are currently not on any medicine, but my 3 month old son is on acid reflux medicine that we can only buy one month supply at a time. Though we're hoping he outgrows the acid reflux soon, ideally I'd like to get a few months worth of acid reflux medicine put away. Another HUGE one I want is antibiotics. I realize those have a shelf life, so stockpiling multiple years worth of antibiotics is probably out of the question. I've heard that you can buy "fish antibiotics" on the internet and have them shipped to your door and that it's the exact same thing. Is this true? Has anyone else done this?
Anyway, just trying to shed some light on some of the less talked about preps that may not be as exciting as a new gun or ammo. I'm imterested in what you guys have done to fill the need.