[guide.chat] what to do if nuclear happens
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- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:39:34 -0000
WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!
This guide is for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic
nuclear attacks
with expected blast destruction followed by widespread radioactive fallout
downwind.
IF ONLY A 'Dirty Bomb' Attack (Not the vastly more devastating nuclear weapon
blasts with fallout discussed below.) - You can expect localized and downwind
contamination from the explosion and dispersed radioactive materials. If you
are near enough to see or hear any local bomb blast, assume that it includes
radiological or chemical agents. You should move away from the blast area as
quickly as possible. If the wind is blowing toward you from the direction of
the blast, travel in a direction that is crosswise or perpendicular to the wind
as you move away from the blast area. If possible cover your face with a dust
mask or cloth to avoid inhaling potentially radioactive dust. Upon reaching a
safe location, remove your outer clothing outside and shower as soon as
possible. Refer to local news sources for additional instructions about
sheltering or evacuation. The government is better prepared to direct and
assist the public in 'dirty bomb' emergencies, unlike more serious nuclear
weapon attacks below.
In a national crisis of imminent nuclear weapon attacks, read all the way
through this guide first,
THEN TAKE EFFECTIVE PROTECTIVE ACTION, BEFORE THEY STRIKE, WITH CONFIDENCE...
FAST!
#1 - STAY OR GO?
You must decide FIRST if you need to prepare where you are, or attempt
evacuation. The nature of the threat, your prior preparations, and your
confidence in your sources of information should direct your decision. If you
know already you will be preparing to stay at your own home or, at least, the
immediate local area, go now to #2 below.
If you are considering evacuation, your decision requires very high confidence
that it is worth the risk. You do not want to get stuck between your current
location and your hoped for destination, as there will probably be no easy
moving forward or getting back. If you fail to get to your destination, you may
be exposed without shelter, in a dangerous situation, perhaps among panicked
hordes of refugees. Whatever supplies you have may be limited then to what you
can carry on foot. IF you are in a big city or near a military target, AND you
have relatives or friends in the country that you know are awaiting you, AND
the roads between you and them are clear, AND the authorities are not yet
restricting traffic, AND you have the means and fuel, evacuation may be a
viable option for a limited time. DO NOT attempt evacuation if all of the above
is not clearly known, or if the situation is deteriorating too quickly to
assure the complete trip. You do not want to get stuck and/or become a refugee
being herded along with panicked masses. If evacuation is truly a viable
option, do not wait - GO NOW! Do so with as many of the supplies listed in #7
as possible. Better to be two days too early in arriving than two hours too
late and getting snagged mid-way, potentially exposing your family to a worse
fate than having stayed where you were. Because of the very real danger of
getting caught in an evacuation stampede that stalls, almost all families will
be better off making the best of it wherever they currently are.
#2 - WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FIRST
Because time is of the essence, you need to first delegate and assign to
different adult family members specific tasks so they can all be accomplished
at the same time. Your first priorities to assure your family survival are
Shelter, Water, and Food/Supplies. While some are working on the water storage
and shelter at home, others need to be acquiring, as much as possible, the food
and supplies.
#3 - FOOD/SUPPLIES
Because much of the food and supplies listed at #7 of this guide may quickly
become unavailable, you need to assign someone NOW to immediately go to the
stores with that list! Get cash from the bank and ATM's first, if it can be
done quickly, but try and use credit cards at the stores, if at all possible,
to preserve your cash.
#4 - WATER
With one or more adults now heading to the stores with the list at #7, those
remaining need to begin storing water IMMEDIATELY! Lack of clean water will
devastate your family much more quickly and more severely than any lack of
food. Without clean water for both drinking and continued good sanitary
practices in food preparation and for bathroom excursions (which could become
less sanitary than normal), debilitating sickness could rampage through your
family with little hope of prompt medical attention. That is a likely but,
avoidable, disaster, ONLY IF you have enough water.
Every possible container needs to be filled with water RIGHT NOW! It will be
very hard to have stored too much water. When the electricity/pumps go down or
everybody in your community is doing the same thing, thus dropping the water
pressure, what you've got is all you might be getting for a very long time.
Empty pop bottles (1-3 liter) are ideal for water storage, also filling up the
bathtub and washing machine. (Remember, later you'll have some in your hot
water tank.) If you have any kiddie pools or old water beds, pull them out and
fill them up, too. (Water from a water bed should be used only for bathing or
cleaning, not for drinking as it may contain traces of algaecide and/or
fungicides.) Anything and everything that'll hold water needs to be filled up
quickly RIGHT NOW!!
One of the shopping items listed at #7 is new metal garbage cans and liner bags
which you'll also use for storing water. If you can't get any more new cans,
you could clean out an existing garbage can and scrub it throughout with
bleach, then put in a new garbage bag liner and fill it with water. Even sturdy
boxes and dresser drawers could be used with bag liners. Choose well where you
fill up garbage cans with water because they won't easily be moved once full
and many of them together could be too heavy for some upper floor locations.
Ideally, they need to be very near where your shelter will be constructed and
can actually add to its shielding properties, as you'll see below. BE ASSURED,
YOU CANNOT STORE AND HAVE TOO MUCH WATER! Do not hesitate, fill up every
possible container, RIGHT NOW!
#5 - SHELTER
The principles of radiation protection are simple - with many options and
resources families can use to prepare or improvise a very effective shelter.
You must throw off any self-defeating myths of nuclear un-survivability that
may needlessly paralyze and panic, and then seal the fate of, less informed
families.
Radioactive fallout is the particulate matter (dust) produced by a nuclear
explosion and carried high up into the air by the mushroom cloud. It drifts on
the wind and most of it settles back to earth downwind of the explosion. The
heaviest, most dangerous, and most noticeable fallout, will 'fall out' first
closer to ground zero. It may begin arriving minutes after an explosion. The
smaller and lighter dust-like particles will typically be arriving hours later,
as they drift much farther downwind, often for hundreds of miles. Once it
arrives, whether visible or not, all that will fall will have done so usually
in under an hour, coating everything, just like dust does on the ground and
roofs. However, rain can concentrate the fallout into localized 'hot spots' of
much more intense radiation with no visible indication.
This radioactive fallout 'dust' is dangerous because it is emitting penetrating
radiation energy (similar to x-ray's). This radiation (not the fallout dust)
can go right through walls, roofs and protective clothing. Even if you manage
not to inhale or ingest the dust, and keep it off your skin, hair, and clothes,
and even if none gets inside your house, the radiation penetrating your home is
still extremely dangerous, and can injure or kill you inside.
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion, though very dangerous initially,
loses its intensity quickly because it is giving off so much energy. For
example, fallout emitting gamma ray radiation at a rate over 500 R/hr (fatal
with one hour of exposure) shortly after an explosion, weakens to only 1/10th
as strong 7 hours later. Two days later, it's only 1/100th as strong, or as
deadly, as it was initially.
That is really very good news, because our families can readily survive it IF
we get them into a proper shelter to safely wait it out as it becomes less
dangerous with every passing hour.
What stops radiation, and thus shields your family, is simply putting mass
between them and the radiation source. Like police body armor stopping bullets,
mass stops (absorbs) radiation. The thicker and heavier the mass, the more
radiation it stops, and the more effective it is with every inch more you add
to your fallout shelter. The thickness in inches needed to cut the radiation
down to only 1/10th of its initial intensity for different common materials is:
Steel 3.3", concrete 11", earth 16", water 24", wood 38". The thickness
required to stop 99% of the radiation is: 5" of steel, 16" of solid brick or
hollow concrete blocks filled with mortar or sand, 2 feet of packed earth or 3
feet if loose, 3 feet of water. (BTW, lead is nothing special, same as anything
else pound for pound.) You may not have enough steel available, but anything
you do have will have mass and can be used to add to your shielding - it just
takes more thickness of lighter wood or books, for example, than heavier earth,
to absorb and stop the same amount of radiation. Increasing the distance
between your family inside and the radiation outside also reduces the radiation
intensity.
The goals of your family fallout shelter are:
To maximize the distance away from the fallout 'dusting' outside on the ground,
roof and trees.
To place sufficient mass between your family and the fallout to absorb the
deadly radiation
To make the shelter tolerable to stay in while the radiation subsides with
every passing hour
While a fallout shelter can be built anywhere, you should see what your best
options are at home or nearby. Many structures already provide significant
shielding or partial shielding that can be enhanced for adequate protection. If
you do not have a basement available, you can still use the techniques shown
below in any above ground structure, you'll just need more mass to achieve the
same level of shielding. You may consider using other solid structures nearby,
especially those with below ground spaces, such as commercial buildings,
schools, churches, below ground parking garages, large and long culverts,
tunnels, etc.. Some of these may require permissions and/or the acquiring of
additional materials to minimize any fallout drifting or blowing into them, if
open ended. Buildings with a half-dozen or more floors, where there is not a
concern of blast damage, may provide good radiation protection in the center of
the middle floors. This is because of both the distance and the shielding the
multiple floors provide from the fallout on the ground and roof.
Bottom Line: choose a structure nearby with both the greatest mass and distance
already in place between the outside, where the fallout would settle, and the
shelter occupants inside.
If you have a basement in your home, or at a nearby relatives' or friends'
house that you can use, your best option is probably to fortify and use it,
unless you have ready access to a better structure nearby.
For an expedient last-minute basement shelter, push a heavy table that you can
get under into the corner that has the soil highest on the outside. The ground
level outside ideally needs to be above the top of the table shelter inside. If
no heavy table is available, you can take internal doors off their hinges and
lay them on supports to create your 'table'. Then pile any available mass atop
and around the other two open sides such as books, cordwood, bricks, sandbags,
heavy appliances, full file cabinets, full water containers, your food stocks,
even boxes and pillow cases full of anything heavy, like earth. Everything you
can pile up and around it has mass that will help absorb and stop more
radiation from penetrating inside - the heavier the better. However, be sure to
reinforce your table and supports so you do not overload it and risk collapse.
Leave a small crawl-through entrance and more mass there that can be easily
pulled in after you, but with a gap at the top to allow exhaust air out. Have
another gap of 4-6" square low at the other end for incoming fresh air. Make
bigger if crowded and/or hotter climate. A small piece of cardboard can help
fan fresh air in if the natural rising warmer air convection current needs an
assist moving the air along. This incoming air won't need to be filtered if the
basement has been reasonably sealed up, however any windows or other openings
will require some solid mass coverage to assure they stay sealed and to provide
additional shielding protection for the basement. More details on this in the
next (#6) section.
With more time, materials, and carpentry or masonry skills, you could even
construct a more formal fallout shelter, such as the FEMA lean-to on the right,
but you will need to assure structural integrity is achieved and adequate mass
is utilized.
An effective fallout shelter constructed in a basement may reduce your
radiation exposure 100-200+ fold. Thus, if the initial radiation intensity
outside was 500 R/hr (fatal in one hour), the basement shelter occupants might
only experience 5 R/hr or even less, which is survivable, as the radiation
intensity will be decreasing with every passing hour.
Adding mass on the floor above your chosen basement corner, and outside against
the walls opposite your shelter, will also increase your shielding protection.
Every inch thicker adds up to more effective life-saving radiation shielding.
As cramped as that table space fallout shelter might seem, the vital shielding
provided by simply moving some mass into place could be the difference between
exposure to a lethal dose of radiation and the survival of your family.
The majority of people requiring any sheltering at all will be many miles
downwind, and they will not need to stay sheltered for weeks on end. In fact,
most people will only need to stay sheltered full-time for 2-3 days before
coming out to safely join the evacuation. Others, still awaiting help arriving,
could briefly come out to quickly attend to essential chores, spending ever
more time out of the shelter daily, only coming back in to sleep. As miserable
as it might seem now, you and your family can easily endure that, especially
compared to the alternative.
It's really not so difficult to build an effective family fallout shelter,
especially if you get started planning it before needed!
#6 - ESSENTIAL DETAILS
If you've accomplished the above; securing your supplies, stored water, and
built your family fallout shelter, CONGRATULATIONS! You have now succeeded in
improving the odds of survival for your family 100-fold, or more! Now, you need
to expand your knowledge and fine-tune the tactics that will make the most of
your family survival strategy.
If close to a target, your first indication of a nuclear detonation may be with
its characteristic blinding bright flash. The first effects you may have to
deal with before radioactive fallout arrives, depending on your proximity to
it, are blast and thermal energy. Promptly employing the old "Duck & Cover"
strategy, immediately upon the first indication of the flash, will save many
from avoidable flying debris injuries and minimize thermal burns. Those very
close will soon experience tornado strength winds and should quickly dive
behind or under any solid object, away from or below windows. Even in the open,
laying flat, reduces by eight fold the odds of being hit by any debris. A very
large 500 kiloton blast, 2.2 miles away, will arrive about 8 seconds after the
detonation flash with a very strong three second wind blast. That delay is even
greater further away. That is a lot of time to duck & cover IF alert and you
should stay down for 2 minutes. If not near any target 'ground zero' you will
only, like the vast majority, have to deal with the fallout later.
Government information and guidance is a vital resource in your response to a
nuclear crisis, but for many reasons it may be late, incomplete, misleading or
simply in error. While evacuation might be prudent for individuals who act
quickly in response to a threat, governments will be slow to call for mass
evacuations before an event because of their potential for panic and gridlock.
As past government calls for duct tape and plastic led to sold-out stores,
anxiety, and derision from the press, there will be great reluctance to issue
similar alarms. If you want to assure that you have adequate food, water &
shelter for your family you must act BEFORE the panic without first waiting for
government instructions that may never come or as urgently as warranted. You
alone are ultimately responsible for your family.
Filtering the air in your basement shelter won't be required. Air does not
become radioactive, and if your basement is reasonably snug, there won't be any
wind blowing through it to carry the radioactive fallout dust inside. Simply
sealing any basement windows and other openings prevents significant fallout
from getting inside. To improve both the radiation shielding inside the
basement, and to protect the windows from being broken and letting fallout blow
in later, you should cover them all with wood, and then with earth, sandbags or
solid masonry blocks, etc. on the outside and even the inside too, if possible.
If the basement air gets stale later on, you could re-open a door into the
upper floors of the closed house, or secure a common furnace air filter over an
outside air opening leading into your basement.
Regarding fallout contamination, any food or water stored in sealed containers,
that can later have any fallout dust brushed or rinsed off the outside of the
container, will then be safe to use. As long as the fallout dust does not get
inside the container, then whatever radiation penetrated the food/water
container from the outside does not harm the contents. If you suspect that your
clothes have fallout on them, remove your outer clothing before you come inside
and leave them outside. A cheap plastic hooded rain poncho that can be easily
rinsed off or left outside is very effective. Have water and baby shampoo near
the entrance to wash and thoroughly rinse any exposed skin and hair. Exposure
to fallout radiation does not make you radioactive, but you need to assure that
you don't bring any inside. If any are stricken with radiation sickness,
typically nausea, it is when mild, 100% recoverable and cannot be passed on to
others. Before fallout arrives, you might also try to cover up items you want
to protect outside for easier rinsing off of the fallout dust later when it's
safe to come out and do so. For instance, if you have a vegetable gardening
spot or cordwood for heating, you might try covering some of it with plastic or
tarp.
If without sufficient time to acquire radiological instruments of your own,
like survey meters, Geiger counters and dosimeters, you'll need to be extra
sure that your portable radios function properly from inside your shelter and
that you have plenty of fresh batteries stocked for them. Without radiological
instruments, listening for official guidance about the radiation threat levels
in your particular area will be the only way you'll know when it's becoming
safe to venture out. It might also be the only way you'll know when you first
need to take your initial maximum protective action. When not in use, they
should not be attached to any outside antenna or even have their own antenna
extended. And, they should be wrapped in any non-conducting insulation, like
layers of paper or bubble wrap plastic and then stored in a metal container or
wrapped in aluminum foil to minimize the potential of EMP ruining the
electronics. Having back-up radios would be very prudent. With extra radios,
you can have one always tuned to the closest likely target city and, if it
suddenly goes off the air, that could be your first indication of an attack.
When fallout is first anticipated, but has not yet arrived, anyone not already
sheltered should begin using their N95 particulate respirator masks and hooded
rain ponchos. Everyone should begin taking Potassium Iodide (KI) or Potassium
Iodate (KIO3) tablets for thyroid protection against cancer causing radioactive
iodine, a major product of nuclear weapons explosions. If no tablets available,
you can topically (on the skin) apply an iodine solution, like tincture of
iodine or Betadine, for a similar protective effect. (WARNING: Iodine solutions
are NEVER to be ingested or swallowed.) For adults, paint 8 ml of a 2 percent
tincture of Iodine on the abdomen or forearm each day, ideally at least 2 hours
prior to possible exposure. For children 3 to 18, but under 150 pounds, only
half that amount painted on daily, or 4 ml. For children under 3 but older than
a month, half again, or 2 ml. For newborns to 1 month old, half it again, or
just 1 ml. (One measuring teaspoon is about 5 ml, if you don't have a medicine
dropper graduated in ml.) If your iodine is stronger than 2%, reduce the dosage
accordingly. Absorption through the skin is not as reliable a dosing method as
using the tablets, but tests show that it will still be very effective for
most. Do not use if allergic to iodine. If at all possible, inquire of your
doctor NOW if there is any reason why anybody in your household should not use
KI or KIO3 tablets, or iodine solutions on their skin, in a future nuclear
emergency, just to be sure.
When you know that the time to take protective action is approaching, turn off
all the utilities into the house, check that everything is sealed up and locked
down, and head for the shelter. You should also have near your shelter fire
extinguishers and additional tools, building supplies, sheet plastic, staple
guns, etc. for sealing any holes from damage. Your basement should already be
very well sealed against fallout drifting inside. Now, you'll need to seal
around the last door you use to enter with duct tape all around the edges,
especially if it's a direct to the outside door.
You don't need to risk fire, burns, and asphyxiation trying to cook anything in
the cramped shelter space, if you have pre-positioned in your shelter enough
canned goods, can opener, and other non-perishable foods, that are ready-to-eat
without preparation. More food, along with water, can be located right outside
your crawl space entrance that you can pull in quickly as needed when safe to
do so.
For lighting needs within the shelter have some small LED flashlights or LED
head-lamps to stretch your battery life. Try not to have to use candles if at
all possible. Bring in some books for yourself and games for the children.
Throw in a small/thin mattress, some cushions, blankets, pillows, etc.
Toilet use will be via a portable camp toilet or a 5 gallon bucket with a seat
borrowed from one of the house bathrooms, if you did not purchase a separate
one. Garbage bag liners, preferably sized for it, should always be used and a
full-size and bag lined garbage can should be positioned very close outside the
shelter entrance for depositing these in when it is safe to do so quickly.
Hanging a sheet or blanket will help provide a little privacy as shelter
occupants 'take their turn'. The toilet needs to have its new 'deposits' sealed
up tight with the plastic liner after each use and hand sanitizer towelettes
nearby. Use a very secure top on the bucket and position it near the wall
entrance with the outgoing upper air vent.
Pets, and what to do about them, is a tough call if you fail to make provisions
for them. Letting pets run free is not a humane option, both for their
potential to die a miserable death from radiation exposure outside and/or to be
a danger to others, especially with dogs running in the inevitable packs of
multitudes of others abandoned. Preparing for them is ideal, if truly realistic
and not a drain on limited resources, while 'putting them down' might
eventually become a painful, but necessary reality if the disruption of food
supplies becomes very long term.
Boiling or bleach water treatments will be used for cleaning questionable water
later for drinking. (This is for killing bacteria, not for radiation
contamination, which is never a concern for any stored and covered water
containers, same for sealed food.) Tap water recently put into clean containers
won't likely need to be purified before using. To purify questionable water
later, bring it to a roiling boil for 10 minutes at least. If you don't have
the fuel to boil it, you can kill the bacteria by mixing in a good quality
household bleach at the rate of 10 drops per gallon, and letting it sit for at
least 1/2 an hour. The bleach should be at least 5.25% pure, like Clorox, but
be sure it has no additives such as soap or fragrance. You can later get rid of
the flat taste from boiling, or some of the chlorine taste when using bleach,
by pouring it from one container to another several times.
There's much more that can be learned to better understand what you are up
against and to acquire to help your family survive and to better endure all of
this. While time allows, and if the Internet is still up & running, task
someone with getting and printing out this additional information and watch the
Civil Defense films.
The Good News About Nuclear Destruction! http://www.ki4u.com/goodnews.htm
When An ill Wind Blows From Afar! http://www.ki4u.com/illwind.htm
Nuclear Effects & Fallout Shelters FAQ http://www.radshelters4u.com
Nuclear War Survival Skills (30mb manual) http://www.ki4u.com/nwss.pdf
"Know What To Do" 3 minute PSA video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhDi0zoTcSo
Core shelter video by Cresson Kearny, NWSS author
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6404694492992532990
Civil Defense films made during the Cold War. Old fashioned, but physics and
tactics of radiation protection are timeless.
Survival Under Atomic Attack http://www.archive.org/details/Survival1951
Duck & Cover Training for Children http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951
All About Fallout http://www.archive.org/details/AboutFal1963
Study of a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
http://www.archive.org/details/Operatio1964
If still available and enough time to be overnight shipped your own radiation
detection and monitoring instruments, potassium iodide anti-radiation pills,
Nuclear Survival handbooks, etc., check at...
http://www.ki4u.com/products1.php
BOTTOM LINE:
When the TV or radio program switches abruptly to an terse announcement saying:
"We Interrupt This Program For This Special Bulletin!", and your kids look up
to you with questioning wide-eyes and eager for assurances, know then that you
are confidently ready for them with your own Action Plan ready to go! That's
what this is all about... saving our families!
This guide was purposely designed with the sober realization that the
overwhelming majority of our fellow Americans would not be compelled to read
such a guide until a nuclear crisis was imminent and, unfortunately, their
preparation options and time to do so then would be very limited. www.ki4u.com
and other survival suppliers will again be quickly sold-out, as all were after
9/11 and Fukushima. This guide then will be the best/only help that we can
offer. If you are fortunate enough to be exploring your family preparation
needs and options before such a future national crisis, there is much more that
you can and should do now to insure that they are even better prepared.
#7 - LIST OF SUPPLIES TO ACQUIRE LOCALLY
If stores are still at all stocked, and safe to go to, try to buy as many of
the following items as possible... IMMEDIATELY! There are no quantities listed
here on the food items below as family size varies and because, as the
emergency and panic widens, many items will become quickly sold-out or
quantities restricted and you'll need to try to get more of what does remain on
the shelves. At a minimum you should be looking at two weeks of provisions, but
much better to be aiming for two months or more. The reality is, if/when we are
attacked, it will be a very long time before anything is ever 'normal' again,
especially at any grocery stores. Hurricane victims can attest to the prolonged
misery and disruptions from such a localized disaster, even with the rest of
the country still able to help out. Nobody can begin to imagine how bad the
suffering will be, and for how long, if nuclear weapons have gone off... and in
multiple locations!
The half-dozen top listed and UNDERLINED food items below are primarily for use
while in the shelter. They are mostly ready-to-eat that requires no cooking or
preparation, just a can opener at the most. (The iodine solution is included
here because of its importance for its thyroid-blocking topical use detailed
above, IF you do not have KI pills, but it's NEVER to be ingested or
swallowed.) The other foods listed below there are better cost/nutrition
staples for later use during the extended recovery period. Then follows general
non-food supplies, tools and equipment.
Go Acquire It All Now QUICKLY!
Better to risk being a little early when securing your families essential food
and supplies, rather than a few hours too late and going home empty-handed...
Ready-to-eat foods (granola/energy/protein bars, snack-paks, raisins, cheese,
etc.)
Some perishable foods (breads and fruits like bananas, apples, oranges, grapes,
etc.)
Canned goods (soups, chili, vegetables, fruit, tuna, meats, beans, peanut
butter, etc.)
Assorted drink mix flavorings (with no cold drinks, just plain water, kids will
appreciate it!)
Plenty of potent Multi-Vitamins, Vit C, Pepto Bismol, aspirin, tylenol, other
OTC meds, etc.
Iodine solution, like Betadine (16 ounces)- NOT TO BE INGESTED OR SWALLOWED!
Largest bags of rice, beans, flour, potatoes, pasta, quick oats and other grains
Multiple big boxes of dried milk (Could include/use some inside shelter, too.)
Multiple big boxes of pancake and biscuit mix & syrup
Large bag of sugar and jar of honey
Large 2 gallons or more of cooking oil
Baking powder & soda & yeast & spice assortment pack
Bottled water (especially if home supplies not secured yet)
Paper or plastic plates/bowls/cups/utensils and paper towels
Quality manual can opener, 2 if you don't already have one at home
Kitchen matches and disposable lighters
New metal garbage cans and liner bags (water storage & waste storage)
5 gallon bucket and smaller garbage bags sized for it (toilet)
Toilet seat for the bucket (or use one from inside the house)
Toilet paper and, if needed, sanitary napkins, diapers, etc.
Baby wipes (saves water for personal hygiene use)
Flashlights (ideally LED) and more than one portable radio
Plenty more batteries, at least three sets, for each of the above
Bleach (5.25%, without fragrance or soap additives)
Alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide and hand sanitizers
Prescription drugs filled, and as much extra as possible
First aid kits
Fire extinguishers
Plenty of inexpensive N95 particulate respirator masks
Plenty of cheap plastic hooded rain ponchos for everyone
Water filters and all other camping type supplies, such as portable camp toilet,
cook stove and fuel, ammo, etc., if any sporting goods stocks still available.
And, of course, rolls of plastic sheeting, duct tape, staple guns, staples, etc.
Some Final Thoughts...
As mentioned above, this guide was written assuming it would not be read by the
majority of its intended audience until a nuclear crisis is already fully upon
us--when remaining time and resources to prepare will be extremely limited,
maybe with only hours remaining before 'the music stops'.
For that reason, the food, equipment and supplies listed above in #7 has been
restricted to only the most typically available from local resources.
If you are fortunate enough to be reading this well before a nuclear threat (or
other major disaster) occurs or appears imminent, there's a great deal more
that you can and should do beyond the scope of this brief guide.
Surviving the initial threats of a nuclear 'event' and radioactive fallout is
relatively easy with the proper knowledge and even the most modest of
preparations, as we've detailed above.
The ongoing bigger challenge, though, will be the one brought on by the
extensive and much longer-lasting disruptions of services after you survive the
nuclear event and emerge safely once the fallout threat has diminished.
You might go many months with little or no new food supplies, along with
disruptions of water, sewer, gas, electric, and telephone services, little or
no gasoline, and severely limited medical and banking services, law enforcement
and fire protection.
With more time to research, make plans, and order supplies, families are well
advised to acquire more in-depth training, reference books, longer-term food
and water stocks, fuel, medical supplies, personal security, communication
equipment, radiation monitoring instruments, camping equipment, supplies and
tools. Many informative web sites and suppliers make available all of the
above, including military MRE's ready-to-eat meals, dehydrated and freeze-dried
foods, as well as buckets of beans, rice, and grains. They also offer solar
cookers, water purifiers and barrels, camp and compost toilets, comprehensive
medical kits and manuals, shortwave and local two-way radios, perimeter alarms,
alternative energy and heating systems, fuel preservatives, long-term packaged
seeds, gardening tools, canning equipment, etc. Survivalblog.com has many of
the best advertising there. For radiation meters, potassium iodide, etc., see
www.ki4u.com.
If all of this preparation seems daunting, here's one strategy to make it a
little less overwhelming: Think in two's. First, acquire all the equipment and
supplies your family would need to survive for two weeks if totally cut off
from stores and utility and municipal services. It might help to consider all
you would need during an extended camping trip in any season. Then, once you've
accomplished that, expand your preparations and supplies to meet the goal of
surviving at home for two months with no utilities or services. After that,
continue adding provisions for two more additional months, with the eventual
goal of gathering enough supplies so that your family can survive under these
distressed conditions for a year or more.
A year might seem like overkill, but you'll no doubt discover that in any
disruptive event, numerous friends, neighbors, and relatives will be in need
and you will want to help them if you can. Of course, ideally, they should also
be preparing their own families for surviving coming disasters, so sharing this
information with them might help get them started. Also, for your own family's
security, you always want to try to surround yourself with a buffer of
like-minded people who are also doing the right things to prepare so they will
become helpful allies instead of only a drain on your limited resources.
Reality is, they could possibly even become an outright threat for your family
retaining enough supplies for the full duration if difficult circumstances were
to drag on and became ever more desperate.
Some are e-mailing the link to this guide, or printing up extra copies of the
pdf version of this guide and mailing it out, with a quick note; "Hope you
never need this information, but just-in-case, keep it handy." Few recipients
find that low-key approach offensive or alarmist, and many have reported back
to us that they were very grateful. Others have printed up extra copies for
church members, school or work and still others with the intent to anonymously
distribute them to all their neighbors surrounding them if/when a nuclear
crisis looms. Point is, you want everybody you care about, and those near and
around you, to be preparing, it's both better for them and your families
security. Also, everyone that does prepare will be one less family then later
standing in line for hours (or days) ahead of others who failed to, awaiting a
hoped for arrival of a FEMA handout of food or water. Being prepared makes a
ton of sense and will one day soon be seen by all, many painfully, perhaps even
fatally, as clearly obvious and self-evident.
If you're trying to convince yourself or a spouse to make the investment in
prep equipment and supplies, also keep in mind this fact: Many of the supplies
save money because buying in bulk and stocking up now is less expensive than
buying smaller quantities later, especially as inflation ramps up and/or
shortages appear. Further, if nothing bad ever happens, you can eventually eat
the food and use most of the supplies, like toilet paper, fuel, etc., so they
won't go to waste.
They will also be useful in many disasters besides nuclear events. For example:
Job loss -- Having two to four months of food at home would certainly relieve
much of the stress of losing your job and being without an income while looking
for another.
Pandemic -- We could someday see a pandemic unleashed that would require
families to self-quarantine themselves at home for many weeks to avoid catching
the disease. Having these supplies and having made these preparations would
make that extremely difficult time more endurable.
Natural disasters, economic dislocations, civil disruptions -- Your family
could ride out any number, or cascading combination, of these events in much
better shape if you are sufficiently prepared.
Being prepared and stocking up makes sense on numerous levels, especially
during this age when costs for many essentials, such as food, fuel, and
ammunition, will surely only continue to increase. Stocking up now both saves
money today and may well save your family tomorrow.
How People Act in Times of Trouble
When tough times come, you'll likely discover that people today, overall, are
not as resilient as they were in times past. For many of us, our grandparents
generation included a higher percentage of self-reliant rural folks who both
'made do' on less while growing and raising their own food. Today, most people
are far removed from the land and the routine of being responsible for
supplying their own food; many even have a dangerous government-dependent
mentality of entitlement. Fact is, the morality that both sustained and
restrained previous generations during tough times is not as widely embraced in
this present population. As a result, many people will more quickly rationalize
theft, robbery, looting, and rioting when they fear hunger and deprivation.
Crime is already a problem today--even with nobody being hungry, and with law
enforcement in place. Crime, then, could explode when hunger threatens and law
enforcement is overwhelmed. It is therefore prudent for anyone making serious
preparations to also include plans for maintaining their own security if law
enforcement is either unavailable or cannot keep pace with the demands of an
explosive crime wave. If you do not own or use guns, I would strongly urge you
to re-evaluate your personal security. If you find it lacking, acquire some
guns and ammunition immediately, and get some safety and practical tactical
training in their use. Ask the clerks at your local gun store for advice on
defensive arms and to point you to local resources for that essential training.
For those who already have weapons, be sure they are effective models and
calibers for self-defense, and that you have stocked plenty of ammunition and
high-capacity magazines if needed. Weapons and ammo will quickly disappear, or
they will become prohibitively expensive or restricted, once the essential need
is more widely recognized.
Financial Concerns
Once you are well on your way to acquiring your family's preparation tools,
equipment, and supplies, consider acquiring extra items to help others and to
use as future barter goods. You might be able to trade extra water filters,
garden seeds, survival books, cooking fuel, batteries, antibiotics, and ammo
for other needed products or services. Some people are even converting a modest
percentage of their traditional paper investments into some gold and/or silver
coins for trading purposes, as well as for prudent wealth diversification.
Having wealth in forms other than solely paper dollars, plastic credit cards,
or a 401k account might make the critical difference in one day being able to
buy gas or get your gravely ill child to the front of a mile-long line to see
the only overworked doctor or dentist or pharmacist in town. It'll sure beat
only waving around your last mutual fund or bank statement then.
A Final Word
To better avoid unhealthy and overwhelming angst trying to prepare for all
future dislocations and disruptions, keep in mind, too, that each step is like
acquiring medical insurance. We all hope and pray we won't need that insurance,
but if we ever do, our families won't find us then lacking in providing for
their basic safety and welfare.
Once you've started making these preparations, strive to stay balanced. Thank
God that you have begun, try to awaken others, and begin to confidently relax
in your new alert status. You'll then be able to more fully enjoy life with
your family knowing that you're firmly on the road to better being able to
handle just about any event that might occur in this quickly changing world.
"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3
Shane Connor is the CEO of www.ki4u.com.
Consultants and developers of Civil Defense solutions to Government, NPO's and
Individual Families.
We've been promoting Nuclear Civil Defense Training of the public for well over
a decade!
See where our proposal was voted & ranked #1 last year, long before Fukushima,
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