National Preparedness Month- September

[brutal]

This is great! Could you please share your worksheet here?

You bring up a great point, and one that should not be overlooked. If you're not sure how many people will be staying with you for an undetermined amount of time, you need to reassess how much food you're storing. Becoming a grandparent means big changes. Another factor is if you have relatives in the area- will they be coming over to your home? Determining how many people (and pets) will be at your home will help you start (or boost) your preps.

I will have to sanitize it a bit, and pull it from my massive guns-N-ammo inventory/gun build/reloading/all-in-one worksheet, but if I can find the time, I will share. Be forewarned, none of my sheets are super pretty or heavily coded and do oft require more manual updates than some prefer.

I started that particular worksheet as a cost comparison on a per calorie basis for the best deal on long term dehydrated goods and it morphed into "how long can we survive? What looks like a deal on some goods, really isn't when you dig deeper. It's surprising how calorie poor some of those cans are.


The kids only recently got stuck with another relative's little mutt. That dingo will look mighty tasty when the dried beans n rice run out. j/k lol

Longer term, we do have plans to bug further out to friend's with a well and big genset/fuel storage, but loading up all the guns/ammo will be the biggest challenge. While not hurting, the others don't have the same stockpile of some items that I do.

[TheGrey]

I will have to sanitize it a bit, and pull it from my massive guns-N-ammo inventory/gun build/reloading/all-in-one worksheet, but if I can find the time, I will share. Be forewarned, none of my sheets are super pretty or heavily coded and do oft require more manual updates than some prefer.

I started that particular worksheet as a cost comparison on a per calorie basis for the best deal on long term dehydrated goods and it morphed into "how long can we survive? What looks like a deal on some goods, really isn't when you dig deeper. It's surprising how calorie poor some of those cans are.


The kids only recently got stuck with another relative's little mutt. That dingo will look mighty tasty when the dried beans n rice run out. j/k lol

Longer term, we do have plans to bug further out to friend's with a well and big genset/fuel storage, but loading up all the guns/ammo will be the biggest challenge. While not hurting, the others don't have the same stockpile of some items that I do.

Thank you! I'm thinking that if people can just see how some of our personal charts appear, they can adapt the idea for their own use. Then again, people can also google charts and spreadsheets for finding examples, so don't worry about taking the time to sanitize your charts- that sounds like a lot of work.

I never thought to divide food by caloric value- I can a lot of our food, so it's all divided into pints and quarts. As I cook for our family, I know how many meals 'X' number of cans will provide.


People, if you don't have a Pinterest account, you're missing out. IT'S NOT JUST FOR GIRLS.

Pinterest has many charts, tips and ideas for storage, saving money, and prepping. Make yourself an account. You'll be glad you did.