A Moonshine still would take care of a lot of things listed. Sanitizers, Safe water, trade goods and entertainment in the right situation.

Heck yea… that is what I taking about PARTY!!!

“who do you think would be in great demand (as a MD discipline) in worse case scenario OR if you were to volunteer in 3rd world country doing medical mission work”

Obviously a degree in underwater basket weaving would have been a close second.

Dr_Pain said in Getting ready for the Appacolypse!:

Tradable items are a must! I would trade food, water, antibiotics etc… for bullets so I can hunt my food and fend off the “varmints”

Not just goods for trading, but skilled services. I am counting on some surgeon needing a meat smoker in exchange for repairing a hernia or broken wing. lol

When my oldest was making decisions to go to medical school he was bombarded by the inevitable question “So what are you gonna specialize in?” Obviously he didn’t know, but he had the presence of mind to open the conversation with me. My reply to him was “who do you think would be in great demand (as a MD discipline) in worse case scenario OR if you were to volunteer in 3rd world country doing medical mission work” His answer was my answer… any surgical practioners, so that is where he is headed.

Tradable items are a must! I would trade food, water, antibiotics etc… for bullets so I can hunt my food and fend off the “varmints”

Not just goods for trading, but skilled services. I am counting on some surgeon needing a meat smoker in exchange for repairing a hernia or broken wing. lol

There are some good freezedried food brands out there and there are some not so good ones. I keep stores of whole grain rice, its easy to pickup a 5lb bag once in a while at the grocery store and just throw them in with my other long term food stores. We keep a pretty good backstock of various canned goods in our pantry that we cycle in and out in no particular way.

I keep rice with freeze dried food for emergency use separate from my other pantry items. MaryJanesFarms makes quality freeze dried foodstuffs. It is also a good source for certain books. Written guides for various tasks that aren’t performed often are good to have on hand, as internet/electricity may not always be available. Things like wood working, metallurgy, welding, knot tying, sewing, medical processes like stitching wounds and proper care, general survival, plant/berry identification, mushroom identification are all good things to have hard copy instruction books in.

Chef First fill the watermelon with vodka then put it in to keep the beer cold, in an apocalypses you have to try and get multiple uses out of things.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Also, get a couple of cases of the cheapest vodka you can find. In any adverse situation you can drink it, disinfect with it, and most importantly, trade with it. You’ll probably be amazed at the value that $9 bottle of Phillips vodka has a few months has a few months in.