JWR's List of Lists - Modified Google Docs does not support internal links. The lists are in the alphabetic tabs at the bottom of the screen send additional suggestions to [email protected] (teaching an old dog new tricks) Barter and Charity List Book List Communications/Monitoring List Firearms Firefighting List

(empty in JWR's list, but important enough to keep as a reminder)

First Aid /Minor Surgery List Food Preparation List Food Storage List Fuels List Gardening List Hunting/Fishing/Trapping List Hygiene List/Sanitation List NBC List Personal List Power/Lighting/Batteries List Security-General Sundries List Survival Bookshelf List

(empty in JWR's list, a possible subset of the Books List, tab is moved behind the Appendixes)

Tactical Living List Tools List Water List Appendix A: Acquisition Worksheet

The appendices are my major addition to the "LoL"

Appendix B: Bag Inventories

a place where you can develop your own bag inventories

Version 1.1

Appendix S: Skills

this list was not formally developed, structural and content suggestions welcome

Last Mod.

Appendix W: Websites

websites where in the first 60 days of my inititation to preparedness I have found very useful information

2010/07/13

Barter and Charity List Own: Qty:

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Ladies supplies. Salt (Buy lots of cattle blocks and 1 pound canisters of iodized table salt.) (Stores indefinitely if kept dry.) Two cycle engine oil (for chain saw gas mixing. Gas may still be available after a collapse, but two-cycle oil will probably be like liquid gold!) Gas stabilizer. Diesel antibacterial additive. 50-pound sacks of lime (for outhouses). 1 oz. bottles of military rifle bore cleaner and Break Free (or similar) lubricant. Waterproof dufflebags in earth tone colors (whitewater rafting "dry bags"). Thermal socks. Semi-waterproof matches (from military rations.) Military web gear (lots of folks will suddenly need pistol belts, holsters, magazine pouches, et cetera.) Pre-1965 silver dimes. 1-gallon cans of kerosene. Rolls of olive drab parachute cord. Rolls of olive-drab duct tape. Spools of monofilament fishing line. Rolls of 10 mil "Visqueen", sheet plastic (for replacing windows, isolating airspaces for nuke scenarios, etc.) I also respect the opinion of one gentleman with whom I've corresponded, who recommended the following: Strike anywhere matches. (Dip the heads in paraffin to make them waterproof.) Playing cards. Cooking spices. (Do a web search for reasonably priced bulk spices.) Rope & string. Sewing supplies. Candle wax and wicking. Stock up on additional items to dispense to refugees as charity. Gold testing kit for dealing with gold. Gold key for dealing with gold. For your barter list, acquire primarily items that are durable, non-perishable, and either in small packages or that are easily divisible. Concentrate on the items that other people are likely to overlook or have in short supply. Some of my favorites are ammunition. [The late] Jeff Cooper referred to it as “ballistic wampum.” WTSHTF, ammo will be worth nearly its weight in silver. Store all of your ammo in military surplus ammo cans (with seals that are still soft) and it will store for decades. Stick to common calibers, get plenty of .22 LR (most high velocity hollow points) plus at least ten boxes of the local favorite deer hunting cartridge, even if you don’t own a rifle chambered for this cartridge. (Ask your local sporting goods shop about their top selling chamberings). Also buy at least ten boxes of the local police department’s standard pistol cartridge, again even if you don’t own a pistol chambered for this cartridge. Any supplies necessary for operating a home-based business. Some that you might consider are: leather crafting, small appliance repair, gun repair, locksmithing, et cetera. Every family should have at least one home-based business (preferably two!) that they can depend on in the event of an economic collapse.

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First Tier Books: KJV Version Reference Bible with Apocrypha First Aid -- (American Red Cross Handbook) Responding To Emergencies Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth Edition) by Carla Emery (See review, below) Making the Best of Basics - Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens Ball Blue Book of Preserving Cookin' with Home Storage by Vicki Tate Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H. Kearney (Available for free download.) The Alpha Strategy by John Pugsley. (Out of print, but a PDF is available for free download.) Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party (See review, below) Survival Guns by Mel Tappan Tappan on Survival by Mel Tappan Second Tier Books: Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring Putting Food By (Plume) by Janet Greene Stocking Up: The Third Edition of America's Classic Preserving Guide by Carol Hupping Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide by Gene GeRue Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed Starting a New Life in Rural America: 21 Things You Need to Know Before You Make Your Move by Ragnar Benson The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler Emergency War Surgery (NATO Handbook:- Third United States Revision, 2004) by Dr. Martin Fackler, et al. PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs, 2008 (See review, below) Physicians Drug Handbook Physicians' Desk Reference 2009 (PDR, 63rd Edition) The Merck Veterinary Manual Where There Is No Vet by Bill Forse The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (ARRL Operating Manual) Passport to World Band Radio, 2009 Edition Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman Ultimate Sniper 2006 : An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers (2006 Updated Edition) by Maj. John L. Plaster Total Resistance by H. von Dach The Survivor book series by Kurt Saxon. Many are out of print in hard copy, but they are all available on DVD. Here, I must issue a caveat lector ("reader beware"): Mr. Saxon has some very controversial views that I do not agree with. Among other things he is a eugenicist. Other Nonfiction Books Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli The Foxfire Book series (in 11 volumes, but the first five are the best) When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Edwards Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Field Guide) Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies by Hugh Coffee Living Well on Practically Nothing by Ed Romney The Secure Home by Joel Skousen Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikesby Cody Lundin The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO's Contribution to Warfareby John Poole Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell Engineer Field Data (US Army FM 5-34) --Available online free of charge, with registration, but I recommend getting a hard copy. preferably with the heavy-duty plastic binding. Great Livin' in Grubby Times by Don Paul Just in Case by Kathy Harrison Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicineby Eric A. Weiss, M.D Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (it superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B) Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition by Paul S. Auerbach Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Elliot Coleman Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious - Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst The Modern Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson Last of the Mountain Men by Harold Peterson Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson LDS Preparedness Manual, edited by Christopher M. Parrett The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler Principles of Personal Defense - Revised Edition by Jeff Cooper Survival Poaching by Ragnar Benson The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman The Blacksmith's Craft: A Primer of Tools & Method The Complete Modern Blacksmith (Paperback) The Making of Tools (Paperback) Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

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Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces for the Small Foundry (Paperback) Sheet Metal Forming Processes and Die Design (Hardcover) "Five Acres and Independence " by M.G. Kains "Be Ready to Barter" Reference Book List: Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values Blue Book of Gun Values The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009 2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date Antique Trader - Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide Wristwatch Annual 2009: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications Jewelry & Gems the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With Confidence And Knowledge Jim Rawles Books: "Rawles on Retreats and Relocation" -- this book has details on selecting the locale for a self-sufficient survival retreat. The "Rawles Gets You Ready" preparedness course (co-authored by JWR) "How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It". A detailed guide to family preparedness for turbulent times

"Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse" and my screenplay "Pulling Through".The latter is currently available for free download. Recommended Books on Current Events and Economics: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nick Taleb Government By Emergency by Dr. Gary North Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes by Michael J. Panzner When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide by Martin Weiss Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression by Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler Fiction with Survival and Preparedness Themes (Some of these are out of print but usually available via inter-library loan): Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (A classic nuke scenario) The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the text of "Pulling Through" a more modern nuke scenario + a mini nuke survival manual) Not to be confused with my screenplay--also titled "Pulling Through". Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague total wipe-out scenario) No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (Massive crop disease/social breakdown scenario, from the British perspective.) Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party Earth Abides by George Stewart Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario. Note: It was later republished under the title: Defiance: An American Novel) The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog's Editor at Large) Unintended Consequences by John Ross (This otherwise excellent novel was marred by some vulgarity and gratuitous sex scenes. Beware!) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Wolf And Iron by Gordon Dickson The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Fire and Ice, by Ray Kytle Survivalist Fiction Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: One Second After by William R. Forstchen (An EMP scenario.) World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler Last of the Breed by Louis L’amour Survivors by Terry Nation Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S.M. Stirling The Road by Cormac McCarthy Warday: And the Journey Onward by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka Malevil by Robert Merle Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein King Rat by James Clavell Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The Rawles Kids' Favorite Books for Young Adults:

Nonfiction: Hatchet My Side of the Mountain Robinson Crusoe Treasure Island Kidnapped The Swiss Family Robinson The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Little House on the Prairie Series The Chronicles of Narnia Series The Tripods Series Johnny Tremain Fiction for Young Adults Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: The Tomorrow Series Life As We Knew It Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword) The Late Memsahib's Top "Must Have" Book: The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth edition) by Carla Emery. Sasquatch Books. (Get the Ninth or later edition.) This book is 845 pages of valuable 'how-to' country survival knowledge. The Memsahib (1964-2009) wrote: "The first time that I butchered chickens, I used this book. When I needed 15 different ways to fix zucchini I turned to this book, when I wanted to make soap, pickles, jelly, bread from scratch, butter, and cream cheese, I found everything I needed to know in this book!" Other Books Recommended by The Late Memsahib: How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle by Charles Long Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson

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The Family Cow by Dirk van Loon Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson Small-Scale Pig Raising by Dirk van Loon Raising Rabbits the Modern Way by Bob Bennett Raising Sheep the Modern Way. Updated and Revised Edition by Paula Simmons Ducks and Geese in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick and Gail Luttmann The Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody Recommended Magazine Subscriptions: Backwoods Home Countryside & Small Stock Journal Home Power Some of JWR's Favorite Practical and Tactical Training DVDs: Clinton Anderson: On the Road to the Horse Colt Starting The Art of the Tactical Carbine Knifemaking Unplugged You should probably have nearly every book on my Bookshelf page. For some, you will want to have two or three copies, such as Carla Emery’s "Encyclopedia of Country Living". This is because these books are so valuable and indispensable that you won’t want to risk lending out your only copy.

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Shortwave Transceiver

When selecting radios buy only models that will run on 12 volt DC power or rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery packs (that can be recharged from your retreat’s 12 VDC power system without having to use an inverter.) As a secondary purchasing goal, buy spare radios of each type if you can afford them. Keep your spares in sealed metal boxes to protect them from EMP. If you live in a far inland region, I recommend buying two or more 12 VDC marine band radios. These frequencies will probably not be monitored in your region, leaving you an essentially private band to use. (But never assume that any two-way radio communications are secure!)

Firearms Own : Qty: Buy: Need:

Type:

Reason:

Ammo:

Priority: Notes:

Guns: Bolt Gun (308cal)

Winchester Model 70 or Remington 700 Compliment M-14

7.62x51 (308cal)

Bolt Gun (.223cal)

Remington Model 700

5.56 (.223cal)

Black Powder Squirrel Gun

.32 Cal Flintlock

Black Powder Pistols

.50 cal Flintlock

Black Powder Rifle

.50 Cal Flintlock

.22LR Rifle

Training and varmint

Survival

.22LR Pistol Ammunition:

10,000 rounds per battlerifle

List your ammo here

5,000 rounds per Hunting rilfe

Equipment: Web gear Eye and ear protection Cleaning equipment Carrying cases Scopes Magazines Spare parts Gunsmithing tools Targets and target frames

Body Armor

Each rifle and pistol should have at least six top quality (original military contract or original manufacturer) full capacity spare magazines. Note: Considerable detail on firearms and optics selection, training, use, and logistic support are covered in the SurvivalBlog archives and FAQs.

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Priority: Notes:

First Aid / Minor Surgery List Own:

Qty: Buy: Need:

Crutches

Priority: Notes:

preexisting condition

When tailoring this list, consider your neighborhood going for many months without power, extensive use of open flames, and sentries standing picket shifts exposed in the elements. Then consider axes, chainsaws and tractors being wielded by newbies, and a greater likelihood of gunshot wounds. With all of this, add the possibility of no access to doctors or high tech medical diagnostic equipment. Put a strong emphasis on burn treatment first aid supplies. Don’t overlook do-it-yourself dentistry! (Oil of cloves, temporary filling kit, extraction tools, et cetera.) Buy a full minor surgery outfit (inexpensive Pakistani stainless steel instruments), even if you don’t know how to use them all yet. You may have to learn, or you will have the opportunity to put them in the hands of someone experienced who needs them.) This is going to be a big list!

Food Preparation List Own Qty Buy : : : Need:

Priority: Notes:

Gambrels Grain Grinder Gut Buckets Huge Stew Pot Meat Grinder Meat Saws Oversize Skillet Several Huge Kettles Skinning Knives

To heat water on your wood stove for bathing, dish washing, and clothes washing

Food Storage List Own:

Qty:

Buy:

Need:

Recommendation:

Salt

10lbs of salt per member of your family

Indefinite

Rice

Storage life is +/- 8 years.

Corn

30lbs per adult, per year. 220 pounds whole wheat per adult, per year (Part of this can be in the form of pasta.) Whole corn stores much longer than cracked corn or corn meal. (Grind your own.) Get 50 pounds per adult, per year

Oats

20 pounds per adult, per year

3 to 7 years

Powdered Milk

Buy the nonfat variety. Store about 20 pounds per adult, per year

nitrogen packed dry milk has a 5+ year shelf life

Wheat

Priority: Storage Life / Notes:

Whole wheat storage life is 30+ years whole corn is 8 to 12 years

Canned Fruit and Vegetables rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family member

2 Years

Canned Meats

2 Years

Sugars

rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family member honey, sugar, molasses, sorghum, maple syrup, and various jams and jellies. The combined weight of these should be about 50 pounds per adult, per year.

Canning lids and rings

buy plenty of extras for barter

Sulfur

for drying fruit.

Vinegar

Buy a couple of cases of one-gallon bottles

Spices

What you usually use already.

Various

Baking soda Yeast Food storage bags.

freezer and vacuum

Aluminum foil

Buy lots! 101 uses, including making improvised solar ovens

Deer bags/Meat Bags Canning lids and rings Food Grade Buckets Food Grade Barrels

buy plenty of extras for barter

Fuels List Own : Qty: Buy:

Need:

Recommendations:

Priority: Notes:

Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head 2” water line from your gravity-fed storage tank (to provide large water volume for firefighting) Smoke and CO detectors. Upgrade your retreat with a fireproof metal roof. Strike Anywhere Matches

LOTS of them, stored properly they wont go bad, they are also good for barter

Thermite Fire Starters

Starting fires in the woods or used to easily start a larger thermite reaction.

Wood

number of cords per year

Refined Fuels: Lots of 2 Stroke Mixing Oil

It cannot be substituted, get a LOT (chainsaw, lawn mower, dirt bike etc...)

Now that you have all of those flammables on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tracer ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your house, think in terms of fire fighting from start to finish without the aid of a fire department. Even without looters to consider, you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well as the greater fire risk associated with greenhorns who have just arrived at your retreat working with wood stoves and kerosene lamps!

Gardening List Own: Qty:

Buy:

Need:

Priority: Notes:

Materials for a deer-proof and rabbit-proof fence Top Soil/Amendments/Fertilizers. Tools+ spares for barter/charity

See Tools page

Long-term storage non hybrid (open pollinated) seed.

Non-hybrid “heirloom” seed assortments tailors to different climate zones are available from The Ark Institute

Herbs

Get started with medicinal herbs such as aloe vera (for burns), echinacea (purple cone flower), valerian, et cetera.

Herrloom seeds (List the varieties you want)

Hunting Fishing Trapping List Own Qty Buy : : : Need:

Reason:

Priority: Notes:

Compound Bow

Hunting

Arrows

Crossbow

Hunting

Bolts

Piano Wire

Snares

Steel Traps

Hunting/Trapping

Fishing Equipment

Quality

Gander Mountain has a nice selection of good traps for sale, at a reasonable price.

crawfish traps trot lines

for non-labor intensive fishing

Night vision gear, spares, maintenance, and battery charging

fish traps

“Buckshot” Bruce Hemming has produced an excellent series of videos on trapping and making improvised traps. (He also sells traps and scents at very reasonable prices.)

Hygiene / Sanitation List Own: Qty:

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Need:

Priority: Notes:

Sacks of powdered lime

For the outhouse. Buy plenty!

Toilet Paper

Lots of it, either that or use Phone Books!

Soap in quantity

hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, cleansers, etc.

Bottled lye

for soap making

Ladies’ supplies Toothpaste (or powder). Floss Fluoride rinse

Unless you have health objections to the use of fluoride

Sunscreen. Anti-fungal spray Painkiller

What works best for you, Ibuprofen is what the military uses.

Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination List Own: Qty: Buy: Need:

Priority: Notes:

Nuclear: Dosimeter Rate Meter Charger Radiac Meter Rolls of Sheet Plastic

For isolating airflow to air filter inlets and for covering window frames in the event that windows are broken due to blast effects

Duct Tape HEPA Filters

And Spares

Potassium Iodate Tablets

To prevent thyroid damage

Outdoor shower rig

Decontamination

Geiger Counter Biological: Disinfectants Hand Sanitizer Sneeze masks Colloidal silver generator

spare supplies (distilled water and .999 fine silver rod.)

Natural antibiotics

Echinacea, Tea Tree oil etc...

Personal List Own: Qty: Buy:

Need: (Separate List for each Individual)

Priority: Notes:

Spare glasses. Prescription and nonprescription medications. Birth control. Keep dentistry up to date. Any elective surgery that you've been postponing “Comfort” items

To help get through high stress times. (Books, games, CDs, chocolates, etc.)

Power / Lighting / Batteries List Own: Qty: Buy:

Need:

Priority:

Notes:

Kerosene lamps

plenty of extra wicks, mantles, and chimneys

Kerosene

for the lamps

Candles Batteries

One proviso: In the event of a “grid down” situation, if you are the only family in the area with power, it could turn your house into a “come loot me” beacon at night. At the same time, your house lighting will ruin the night vision of your LP/OP pickets. Make plans and buy materials in advance for making blackout screens or fully opaque curtains for your windows. When possible, buy nickel metal hydride batteries. (Unlike the older nickel cadmium technology, these have no adverse charge level “memory” effect.)

Security - General Own: Qty: Buy: Need:

Priority:

Notes:

Sandbags Barbed Wire

For use as tangle foot wire, as much as you think you might need for defense as well as stakes to put it down with.

Locks, intrusion detection/alarm systems, exterior obstacles (fences, gates, 5/8” diameter (or larger) locking road cables, rosebush plantings, “decorative” ponds (moats), ballistic protection (personal and residential), anti-vehicular ditches/berms, anti-vehicular concrete “planter boxes”, razor wire, etc.)

Sundries List Own: Qty:

Buy:

Need:

Priority:

Notes:

Half Barrels

For working in (washing cloths etc)

Salt Blocks

Lots of them (20+) for hunting and farm animals

Sewing gear Twine

Lots of it

Velcro

Available cheap at Walmart, something not easily made

Mimeograph

If you find a working one cheep

Tactical Living List Own : Qty: Buy: Need:

Priority: Notes:

Burlap Sacks

For Ghili Suits. You can get bags for free from supermarkets

Save those wine corks

Burned cork makes quick and cheap face camouflage

Cold weather and foul weather gear

buy plenty, since you will be doing more outdoor chores, hunting, and standing guard duty. Don’t overlook ponchos and gaiters.

Mosquito repellent.

Unscented The Wiggy’s brand Flexible Temperature Range Sleep System (FTRSS) made by Wiggy's of Grand Junction, Colorado is highly recommended.

Synthetic double-bag (modular) sleeping bags for each person Night vision gear + IR floodlights for your retreat house Subdued flashlights and penlights. Sandbags Range cards and sector sketches

For your retreat

Wiggys FTRSS for every member

http://www.wiggys.com/

Adjust your wardrobe buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent your local thrift store and buy extras for retreat newcomers, charity, and barter.) Dyes. Stock up on some boxes of green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. With dye, you can turn most light colored clothes into semi-tactical clothing on short notice. A Starlight scope (or goggles, or a monocular) literally amplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning nighttime darkness into daylight--albeit a green and fuzzy view. Starlight light amplification technology was first developed during the Vietnam War. Late issue Third Generation (also called or “Third Gen” or “Gen 3”) starlight scopes can cost up to $3,500 each. Rebuilt first gen (early 1970s technology scopes can often be had for as little as $500. Russian-made monoculars (with lousy optics) can be had for under $100. One Russian model that uses a piezoelectric generator instead of batteries is the best of this low-cost breed. These are best used as backups (in case your expensive American made scopes fail. They should not be purchased for use as your primary night vision devices unless you are on a very restrictive budget. (They are better than nothing.) Buy the best starlight scopes, goggles, and monoculars you can afford. They may be life-savers! If you can afford to buy only one, make it a weapon sight such as an AN/PVS-4, with a Gen 2 (or better) tube. Make sure to specify that that the tube is new or “low hours”, has a high “line pair” count, and minimal scintillation. It is important to buy your Starlight gear from a reputable dealer. The market is crowded with rip-off artists and scammers. One dealer that I trust, is Al Glanze (spoken “Glan-zee”) who runs STANO Components, Inc. in Silver City, Nevada. Note: In a subsequent blog posts I will discuss the relationship and implications to IR illuminators and tritium sights. If you live in the boonies, piece together nine of the USGS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the center map. Mount that map on an oversize map board. Draw in the property lines and owner names of all of your surrounding neighbor’s parcels (in pencil) in at least a five mile radius. (Get boundary line and current owner name info from your County Recorder’s office.) Study and memorize both the terrain and the neighbors’ names. Make a phone number/e-mail list that corresponds to all of the names marked on the map, plus city and county office contact numbers for quick reference and tack it up right next to the map board. Cover the whole map sheet with a sheet of heavy-duty acetate, so you can mark it up just like a military commander’s map board. (This may sound a bit “over the top”, but remember, you are planning for the worst case. It will also help you get to know your neighbors: When you are introduced by name to one of them when in town, you will be able to say, “Oh, don’t you live about two miles up the road between the Jones place and the Smith’s ranch?” They will be impressed, and you will seem like an instant “old timer.”

Tools List Own:

Qty: Buy: Need:

Recommendations:

Adze

Priority: Link/Notes: JWR's links kept in Tools List http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/1646

Anvil ASSEGAI WITH LONG SHAFT

X4

Auger

Assorted Sizes

Axes

Large broad axe, Felling Axe, splitting maul

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526

Bag Balm Bevel Bit Center Bolt cutters--the indispensable “universal key.” Bowl adze

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/2926

Brace

Dont forget assorted bits to go along with it.

buck rake

drawn behind horses

Bucksaw

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/4.html

bulk grain and sweet feed

(store in galvanized trash cans with tight fitting lids to keep the mice out)

Bushman (or Bushman Bowie)

X 10 for use and barter

http://www.coldsteel.com/bushmanseries.html

carding combs Carpentry Hand Saws

Cross cut,Rip, and one person crosscut for felling trees

Chain

Several heavy duty chains for pulling and strapping

Chainsaw Bar (1 Spare) Chainsaw Bar Oil

At least 3 gallons

Chainsaw Chains (at least 6)

For the chainsaw you own

Chainsaw lumber mill Chisels

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_logging+saw-milling Stone and wood

Chisel Morticing Chisel paring collars Come Alongs

Several, plus replacement parts

Copper-tox Crosscut saw sharpening kit Don’t forget to buy plenty of extra work gloves Draw knife Draw Knives

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_104

Elastrator and bands Feed buckets Files

Redundant and several styles for different material

Froe Full Size Hay Scythe

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_387 plus replacement parts

http://www.scythesupply.com/articles/beautyofscythes.htm#

Green River Skinning knife

Use and Barter

http://www.everten.com.au/product/dexter-russell-green-river-15cm-hg-skinning-knife.html

Grind Stone

A manually powered round wetstone for sharpening tools.

Hacksaw Blades (lots of them)

and a good hacksaw for them to go on

Gauge Goat milking stand Gouge

Halters Hand sheep shears Hay fork Hay hooks Heave Duty Hand Drill

with a chest plate

Heavy duty two wheel garden carts

convert the wheels to solid rubber tires or foam filled "no flats" tires

Hi-Lift Jack

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/355/products_id/1933

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00042KG3A?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&ca

Hoof nippers Hoof pick Hoof rasp horse brushes Lathe Spring Pole Lathe Treadle leads leashes Leather Punches Leatherworking MACHETE W/ SHEATH

X4

manure shovel nail clippers (various sizes) Nails

lots of them, various sizes but with emphasis on the 10 Penny (the most useful constructions size.

Pendleton Lite Hunter

X 10 for use and barter

Pick Plane jack Planes

assorted

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/2_3_18

Plane Router Post Hole Digger Saddles Several hand Scythes Sickle mower

drawn behind horses

Skidding Tongs

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_339

Small Broad Axe Small Welding Rig

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526 And extra rod/wire

Spading Fork Spike Hawk

X2

SWOT fly repellent Tack

various

Tack repair tools Teat dip Timber Jacks Two man Crosscut saw

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_306/products_id/3560

Udder wash Wedges

For Splitting wood

Wet stones.

Varying types and sizes/shapes

Wheeled Cultivator Wood Chisels Work Gloves

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/39_92_338/products_id/579 Don't forget

Tools List Own:

Qty: Buy: Need:

3 in 1 Oil

Recommendations:

Priority: Link/Notes: JWR's links kept in Tools List

Several Gallons of it, multiple uses.

Emphasis on hand powered tools. Systematically list the things that you use on a regular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware store were to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duct tape, reinforced strapping tape, chain, nails, nuts and bolts, weather stripping, abrasives, twine, white glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera.

Water List Own : Qty: Buy:

Need: Water Filter - Base

Priority:

Notes: “Big Berkey” British Berkefeld ceramic water filter

Water Filter - portable Heavy Duty Work Buckets

Metal or Rubber

4-6 Gallon Water Containers

Military Surplus

Bleach

For water treatment

Several Barrels

for storing water long term on location

House downspout conversion sheet metal work and barrels.

Appendix A:

Acquisition Worksheet

Product/Service Priority Budget Due Date

Vendor

Location

Quantity

Price

Shipping Cost

Total Cost

Total Cost per Item

Date

Appendix B: Own Qty

Buy Bag Type BoB - carry

Bags Item

Source

Notes

prime replenishment vendor

per person

BoB - vehicle

if you can drive (sail?)

EDC

EDC and GHB may be the same for many

GHB

to get to your BoBs

Medical Bag

Appendix S: Skills

Category

Sub-Category

Animals Beef cattle Bison Cats Chickens Dogs Ducks Geese Goats Horses Llamas Pigs Rabbits Sheep Turkeys Animal Care Claw maintenance Food maintenance Health maintenance Hoof maintenance Nutrition/medical maintenance Skin/fur/hide maintenance Teeth maintenance Food Production Field Crops Gardening Harvesting Irrigation / watering Milking - goats Milking - cows Planting Orchard / shrub maintenance Sheep shearing Soil maintenance Tilling Food Preservation Canning Curing Drying Inventory Control Salting Food Preparation Baking Beer Making Cooking Wine Making Health Dental training Existing disability Medical training Personal fitness Homestead Candle making Carpentry Electircal Knitting Logging Plumbing Sanitation-Long term Sewing - by hand Sewing - machine operation Soap making Soldering Tool Sharpening Power Generation Fuel Solar Water Wind Wood

Skill Level

Last Used

To Learn

Outsource To / Do without Notes

Appendix S: Skills

Category

Sub-Category

Skill Level

Last Used

To Learn

Outsource To / Do without Notes

Safety/Security Armed self-defense Evacuation drill Fire drill Hand to hand defense Location risk Specialty Auto Mechanics Beekeeping Bicycle Repair Blacksmiting Diesel Engine Repair Gas Engine Repair Gunsmithing Horseshoeing Hydraulics Leathercrafting Locksmithing Machine Tools Motorcycle Repair Sheep shearing Small engines Tanning Transmission Repair Truck Repair Welding Woodworking Survival Craft Camping CPR Efficient packing Emergency Shelter Field dressing Firestarting First Aid Fishing Hunting Knife Sharpening Knots Navigation Netting Sanitation-Primitive Trapping Skinning Snaring Snowshoeing Water Purification Transportation Auto maintenance Backing a Trailer Bicycle Maintenance Diesel Engine Maintenance Gas Engine Maintenance Manual Transmission Operation Motorcycle Maintenance Truck Maintenance Weapons Ammunition making Archery Gun Maintenance Pistol Shooting Rifle shooting

earthquake, flood, hurricane, landslide, tornado, wild fire

Appendix W:

Websites

First 60 days Journey

What I saved at Delicious.com (I visited a bunch more as well). I have gotten good information from all. No special order here, though I have some real favorites (----->) for the amount of information they have. -----> http://thesurvivalmom.com/ http://zombiehunters.org/ http://www.paladin-press.com/category/Survival_and_Self-Reliance http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/ http://suburbansurvivalist.wordpress.com/ http://www.survivalarea.com/ http://teotwawkiblog.blogspot.com/ http://survivalcache.com/ http://www.americanpreppersnetwork.com/ http://www.dailyprepper.com/ http://paratusfamilia.blogspot.com/ -----> http://www.endtimesreport.com/Site_Index.htm http://www.backwoodssurvivalblog.com/ http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/ http://thesigboychronicles.blogspot.com/ http://chinasyndrome-americanapocalypse.blogspot.com/ http://vikkisverandah.blogspot.com/ http://colorado-preppers.blogspot.com/ http://www.72hourplan.com/ http://www.kentuckypreppersnetwork.com/ http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread490340/pg1 -----> http://www.survivaltopics.com/ http://urbansurvivalistblog.com/ http://www.theurbansurvivalist.blogspot.com/ http://selousscouts.blogspot.com/ http://preparednesssubculture.blogspot.com/ http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com/ http://tslrf.blogspot.com/ http://www.survivalblog.com/index.html http://www.campingsurvivalgearreviews.com/ http://survivalcommonsense.com/ http://survivalstation.org/ http://www.scribd.com/doc/33297636/A-Long-Term-Survival-Guide-Make-a-Survival-Staff http://frugaldad.com/2010/02/10/bug-out-bag-essentials/ http://72hours.org/go_bag.html -----> http://www.grandpappy.info/indexwil.htm http://chrismolloy.com/www/p131 http://www.animatedknots.com/ https://www.survivalstraps.com/ http://www.asurvivalplan.com/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/scoutrifle.html http://www.usrsog.org/index.htm http://www.prepperbook.com/ http://www.americanpreppersnetwork.net/ http://www.emergencykitchen.com/index.html http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/nuclear_blast.shtm http://preparingyourfamily.com/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/ -----> http://www.grandpappy.info/indexhar.htm http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/MI_Trapper_Education_Manual_82307_206561_7.pdf

http://www.abysmal.com/LDS/Preparedness/Preparedness.pdf Medical Bag List http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=500966#500966 JWR's Links Table of Contents Barter and Charity Book List

Fuels List Gardening List Security-general Sundries Tactical Living List Water List

I've moved JWR's links to here from all the lists. The list heading indicates it's the links source. http://www.survivalblog.com/newbies.html http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/tools/index.html http://www.centercoin.com/jewelry_supplies/gold_silver_testing_kits.htm http://www.fisch.co.za/operation.htm http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IGIRJU?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002IGIRJU http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898158966?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0898158966 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0442293607?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0442293607 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0970220324?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0970220324 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0970220308?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0970220308 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0831131829?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0831131829 http://www.dbcpyrotechnics.com/servlet/the-949/Thermite-Fire-Starter--dsh-/Detail http://www.arkinstitute.com/ http://www.survivalblog.com/2008/11/letter_re_advice_on_sources_fo_1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph http://www.wiggys.com/ http://www.readymaderesources.com/cart/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=145 http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/camping-equipment/flasks-containers/new-high-density-new-british-489211.html

Appendix W:

Websites

Survival Bookshelf List Own Qty

Buy

Need:

Recommendations:

Link: