Liz M - Member - The Prepared

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Reply to: What did you learn from the experience from COVID-19? Posted June 22, 2020

I live in California, as well. I have been prepping for the shelter in place scenario for years – figuring it would serve me well in an earthquake too. I have approximately 90 days of food, not counting what is in the fridge. It took about a year to get up to that point. With that being said, I was rocked to the core by the impact empty shelves have had on my psyche. It seriously messed with my head. I did not see that coming. I give myself a solid A- for the SiP preps I had on hand. I didn’t have enough cat food and cat litter stored up – that’s been rectified. I was not a hand sanitizer person prior to the pandemic, so I didn’t have any on, ahem, hand. I did have the basic components, so I made my own .I still do. I’m also adjusting what I have in terms of short and medium term food storage and will start cooking with some of the long term storage items as they need to be swapped out so that I’m comfortable with when I need to dive into that part of the supply. OvaEasy eggs have been a savior. Yes, they are a bit spendy, but totally worth it. I am stoked to have been introduced to this site. I have been a bit of an activist in trying to get folks to have at leas a 3 day supply to prepare for a quake, but kept my level of preparedness under wraps from all by my closest friends. It’s nice to have a place to be able to come out, so to speak.

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Reply to: What did you learn from the experience from COVID-19? Posted June 22, 2020

I live in California, as well. I have been prepping for the shelter in place scenario for years – figuring it would serve me well in an earthquake too. I have approximately 90 days of food, not counting what is in the fridge. It took about a year to get up to that point. With that being said, I was rocked to the core by the impact empty shelves have had on my psyche. It seriously messed with my head. I did not see that coming. I give myself a solid A- for the SiP preps I had on hand. I didn’t have enough cat food and cat litter stored up – that’s been rectified. I was not a hand sanitizer person prior to the pandemic, so I didn’t have any on, ahem, hand. I did have the basic components, so I made my own .I still do. I’m also adjusting what I have in terms of short and medium term food storage and will start cooking with some of the long term storage items as they need to be swapped out so that I’m comfortable with when I need to dive into that part of the supply. OvaEasy eggs have been a savior. Yes, they are a bit spendy, but totally worth it. I am stoked to have been introduced to this site. I have been a bit of an activist in trying to get folks to have at leas a 3 day supply to prepare for a quake, but kept my level of preparedness under wraps from all by my closest friends. It’s nice to have a place to be able to come out, so to speak.