Jim,
I’d like to add one piece of advice to the “Greenhorn” reader who hasn’t gotten started, but knows he must [1]. After getting the basics you listed, he should start on a food preparedness action plan to feed his family in a crisis. The blueprint for all that is in the great preparedness course you created. I know it’s not cheap, but the mistakes it helps you avoid will more than offset the cost, even for someone on a tight budget. And for that reader who wrote in to share his story, it’s free. Just send me his address, Jim, and we’ll immediately send him a complete Rawles Gets You Ready” preparedness course [2] with our compliments. Best, – Jake Stafford, Arbogast Publishing [2]