Preparations
A guide to
self reliant living
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A kerosene-powered kitchen! Ideal for survival situations.
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By Miles
Stair
(Note
dated March 28, 2008: The prices listed in this article
are out of date. But with inflation raging, revising the prices
every week would be a waste of time. Buy smart - compare
prices - and haggle when you buy!]
A self reliant
lifestyle, put simply, means anyone can be independent
of "the system," building toward as much self sufficiency
as possible, given the limits of present day living conditions.
Should the electric power go out or natural disasters leave you
isolated, plenty of stored food and water, plus heat and cooking
systems, etc, will enable your family to continue to be warm and
nourished during the emergency and beyond. If Martial Law is declared
or terrorist attacks occur, you need not leave the safety of your
home, unless your individual foresight and planning include an
"early out" to a retreat with pre-positioned supplies. Thus your
family need not take the Mark of the Beast when imposed upon us
by the One World Order. We will have stored food and water, essential
to life. Add in faith, and we will wait Him out. Remember the
seven lean years!
The concepts involved in self reliant living are simple. The
implementation is not. It takes dedication and effort to prepare
for adversity. The beneficial need of prudent preparations are
self evident. With proper preparedness comes security and peace of
mind. Problems will slide away as you enable yourself to believe
in your ability to just live without fear and struggle. You will
not have to rely on government handouts, a community shelter, a
food line, or daily onerous trips laden down with milk jugs to the
county water tanker truck if available.
Those who are not prepared will be controlled. The alternative to
preparing to survive on your own is depending upon the government
to do it for you. Are you willing to move into a crowded
shelter or camp which may be hundreds of miles from your home?
The government has been prepared for just that type of event for
years.
So, how does
one become prepared? First, you need an ample
supply of stored
food. Begin with inexpensive bulk foods such as
rice, grains and
beans, then build around these with home dehydrated vegetables
and "hamburger rocks." We share tasty recipes called
"Manna meals"
food and recipes that really work in hard times. Planning and
cooking meals will differ from the plentiful array of foods found
at stores that we now expect to always be available just by pushing
a shopping cart. Does anyone remember the Ration Stamp Books of
WW II? They will be issued again.
  
Stored water
is essential to long term survival, particularly if there is a
workable method to replenish the supply independent of local water
plants. (See Miles' booklet on
rain water collection, storage and delivery.)
 
Let us consider
some basic needs essential for a normal degree of living: heating,
cooking and lighting. This must be done in such a way as to be
reliable, inexpensive, non-observable to passers by, yet independent
from the utility grids.
Kerosene heaters,
cookers,
lanterns and
lamps fill the bill perfectly. For the long term,
wood cooking
and
heating may well be required, but the tell tale smoke from
fires would be an obvious beacon to others, and not safe to use
until the dust settles...or normalcy returns.
   
Tools are
also needed, such as meat and grain grinders, hand saws and other
hand tools.
Battery operated radios can be operated with a
solar
charger, and of course wind up or hand pump radios and
flashlights are available,
as news of world events would be critical.
      
These and many other issues of physical preparation will be
covered in the sections to follow. Each menu item will link to a
separate section of preparedness, so you can click to the area of
your immediate interest.
Should you tell your friends, neighbors and relatives about your
preparations?
Absolutely not. No. Never. If there is a crisis
or emergency, you will want the option of inviting those whom
you choose to share in your preparations. What
are the alternatives? Let me quote from a famous "aftermath"
reconstructionist.
"A Just Economic
System is about entitlement. All persons, in an abundant society,
are entitled to subsistence. That is to say; to sufficient food,
shelter, clothing and basic health care, for a reasonable standard
of life. In a less than abundant society, decisions sometimes
have to be made in favor of those who can contribute to the
survival of the society and those who can't or won't."
"Our main concern
with entitlement is, who (i. e. which entrepreneurs) are entitled
to the factors of production (land, labor, existing goods).... It
is necessary that distribution of resources will be based upon
value judgments as to the future possibilities present in the
person...."
"The gathering
together of food supplies will be a very contentious issue, and
for those few who have made prior preparation, or who happen to
have control of sufficient stocks, it will be one filled with
trepidation. The balance between the rights of those who have
prepared, and the need to access the supplies of those who are
simply hoarding, will need to be accomplished with wisdom by
the Directorates."
Marvelous. Your preparations would be considered "hoarding"
by those too lazy to prepare now! If those quotes
don't scare you into keeping your preparations to yourself,
nothing I could say would convince you....
The
first principle of warfare is to identify your friends, identify
your enemies, and remember which is which.
Proverbs 22:3:
“A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for
them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
Proverbs 21: 20.
In the
house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish
man devours all he has.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to
the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! It has no
commander, overseer, or ruler, yet it prepares its food in the
summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
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SURVIVAL CREED
THE WELL PREPARED ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ENDANGER THEIR OWN
SURVIVAL TO ASSIST THOSE WHO HAVE REFUSED, FOR WHATEVER REASONS,
TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN WELFARE!
POOR PLANNING BY YOU DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON OUR PART!
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Words of Wisdom
- Preparedness
is expecting the unexpected.
- There
are no emergencies for those who are truly prepared.
- It
is better to have it and not need it than need it and
not have it.
- How
to do it: Re-order your priorities -- get back to the
basics.
- Sacrifice
immediate gratification to gain long-term security.
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