First.\u00a0 Before I get started.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get the basics out of the way.\u00a0 What is prepping?\u00a0 Prepping is exactly what you think it is.\u00a0 Setting things aside for a \u201crainy day\u201d.\u00a0 People put money in a savings account so they have something to fall back on if they lose their jobs as an example.<\/p>\n
However, prepping in the sense that I am talking about is setting things back in case something happens.\u00a0 Something that could sever you from basic utilities.\u00a0 It could even be economic hardship that you are setting things back for.<\/p>\n
Next you must assess what needs to be set back.\u00a0 The answer is simple.\u00a0 you set items back that are a part of the Prepper\u2019s Triangle.<\/p>\n
First of all.\u00a0 I can\u2019t take credit myself for the Prepper\u2019s Triangle.\u00a0 I learned this concept from a Youtuber named Yankeeprepper.\u00a0 I have included his video about the Prepper\u2019s triangle at the bottom of the blog.\u00a0 I encourage you to watch it.<\/p>\n
Now, the Prepper\u2019s Triangle is:<\/p>\n
You will need to have shelter from the cold and the other elements.\u00a0 And you will need heat to combat the cold of the winter months as well.<\/p>\n
You can live 30 days without food.\u00a0 You can only live three days without water.<\/p>\n
You will need protection to keep the shelter and food\/water that you have built up.<\/p>\n
This is called a triangle for a reason.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have any one of these things, then the other two are worthless.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have firearms to protect your other preps\u2026then other desperate people will steal your preps from you and you with freeze\/thirst\/starve to death.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t have heat\/shelter\u2026then what are you going to protect and where are you going to store your food and water preps.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t have the food and water, then you won\u2019t be able to live too long anyway.\u00a0 So there\u2019s no point in having shelter or protection for the shelter.<\/p>\n
As you can see, one point of the Prepper\u2019s Triangle feeds the other two points.\u00a0 You will not be able to make it in a disaster situation.\u00a0 But if the Triangle is complete.\u00a0 It\u2019s the survivalist\u2019s strongest asset.<\/p>\n
Now you might be thinking, \u201cHey wait.\u00a0 I\u2019ll never be in a situation where I will need any preps\u201d.<\/p>\n
You may want to think again.<\/p>\n
I lived in North Alabama in late April 2011.\u00a0 Thankfully I lived in a community that was hardly even touched by tornadoes. But one of the tornadoes severed all the lines leaving the local power plant that supplied the community with power.\u00a0 This actually left a large part of North Alabama out of power for nearly a week.<\/p>\n
I just thank goodness I had some preps set aside.\u00a0 We still had water\u2026so I didn\u2019t have to go into the water stores.\u00a0 But I went through some of the food stores, though.\u00a0 But guess what?\u00a0 Even with all the prepping\u2026there was one thing I forgot.\u00a0 A way to cook the food.<\/p>\n
Thank goodness my family lived within a mile of me.\u00a0 I just lived off the cold canned food for breakfast and lunch.\u00a0 Then went to the grandparents for dinner.<\/p>\n
The take-aways are that disasters do happen\u2026no matter how small.<\/p>\n
And don\u2019t forget about including a cooking source (like a camping stove) in your preps.<\/p>\n
Please feel free to leave your comments and questions below.\u00a0 They are useful in writing new blogs for you guys.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget to pass this on to your friends and family.<\/p>\n
And without further ado\u2026Yankeeprepper\u2019s video on the Prepper\u2019s Triangle.<\/p>\n
Until next time\u2026<\/p>\n
Sean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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