What have you done this week to prep?

[dom1104]

Bought 2400 dollars worth of long term storage food items. Only paid 1200 since the store was having a 50% off sale.

 

[smokingman]

Picked up a few more varieties of heirloom seeds.
Rural King in Columbus has around 30 different varieties. WARNING,call before driving they run out of stock often.

 

[rjstew317]

picked up a new rifle and stocked some ammo

 

[jeremy]

Studied more info along the Asymmetrical line of thought...

 

[longbow]

hung out with the kids-found a case of ammo-sorted some brass-thought about doing my taxes-replaced broken part on the tractor-

 

[Lex Concord]

Bought 2400 dollars worth of long term storage food items. Only paid 1200 since the store was having a 50% off sale.

Oh, please do tell.

 

[Mitch B]

Got out today and got my Ruger 77/22 sighted in at 50 yards and my Savage 17 sighted in at 100 yards. 6 of the 7 final shots with the Ruger were all touching each other and the last 3 with the savage were all within the size of a quarter, and I was pretty happy with that!

 

[bw210]

Food grade buckets with alpha lids. Mylar bags & O2 absorbers. Several cases of Motor oil - stuff is almost the price of gold compared to a year ago. More ammo. Another handgun. More cases of canned goods.

It was a good month.

 

[jeremy]

Made sure the Back-up and the Back-up to the Back-up Sump Pumps work...

And they still do...

 

[Sylvain]

I took a 12 hours first aid class this weekend and got some batteries for my flashlights.
That's about it.

 

[bft131]

More Krogering....24 cans of Starkist Tuna @ 2 for $1....cant beat that....

 

[sv40sw45]

I load a bunch of 9mm and 40sw

 

[Indiana_Dave]

Bought a bunch of emergency medical supplies, and some dental supplies - all from Amazon. I read that some of the victims in the AZ shooting were saved because a local cop (may have been an EMT - can't remember) took it upon himself to buy 1st aid kits, including clotting material (I think it was Celox) and put it to use.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

I got a late start again this year, but today we began to germinate our seeds. I may have gone a bit overboard but since I haven't really completed the tilling, we're okay. You can never have too much food.

 

[dudley0]

You can never have too much food.

Go with me to a Chinese buffet and you can see someone with too much food. Oops, wrong idea.

 

[deranged222]

more canned goods and ammunition this week.......

 

[Bendrx]

Bought a bunch of emergency medical supplies, and some dental supplies - all from Amazon. I read that some of the victims in the AZ shooting were saved because a local cop (may have been an EMT - can't remember) took it upon himself to buy 1st aid kits, including clotting material (I think it was Celox) and put it to use.

Educate yourself before you try to duplicate such feats. A good med bag is only as good as its operator. If I recall correctly, nearly all of officers on the scene were recently issued some quality trauma aid bags only a few weeks prior.

 

[WETSU]

Got in a couple workouts

Did one dry fire session, and practiced TK application

Read the McPhersons "Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills"

Hiked 15 miles in the Arizona desert and mountains. Did some bouldering, gathered and treated water from springs and pockets in rocks. Tracked small animals, ID local plants, did lots of landnav, map and compass work, slept in the mountains at night, built a couple fires, ate out of pack, tended a teammate's foot, pulled cactus spines from my knee.

So, more training and learning. I need to be buying canned goods and bullets.

 

[Pamcake]

2009 Bloody Butcher Germination Test

Did a Bloody Butcher (2009) Germination test... 100%!!!
I think they liked being on top of the warm coffee-maker.
They germinated over the course of 4 days, though, and I was afraid that the last ones wouldn't germinate at all. They kept me guessing!

This is Open-Pollinated corn that dried on the stalk in the garden in 2009.
I put it in the re-usable glass container that you see here.

Placed in the pantry since then, no special treatment.
Opened it up, and looks like they are still good to go for 2011 garden.

These 09 corn plants grew to unreachable heights, and so am planning to use them for beans to climb up on this year.

Ya... CORN 'n BEANS...

 

[irishfan]

Educate yourself before you try to duplicate such feats. A good med bag is only as good as its operator. If I recall correctly, nearly all of officers on the scene were recently issued some quality trauma aid bags only a few weeks prior.

Very good point! Learning how to use a simple trauma kit rather then "waiting to learn on the fly" is something I am very glad to have done.

Got in a couple workouts

Did one dry fire session, and practiced TK application

Read the McPhersons "Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills"

Hiked 15 miles in the Arizona desert and mountains. Did some bouldering, gathered and treated water from springs and pockets in rocks. Tracked small animals, ID local plants, did lots of landnav, map and compass work, slept in the mountains at night, built a couple fires, ate out of pack, tended a teammate's foot, pulled cactus spines from my knee.

So, more training and learning. I need to be buying canned goods and bullets.

Wetsu...come on when are you going to do something actually useful