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Letter Re: A Suggested Checklist for Preparedness Newbies

Here’s a beginner’s list I made for my [elderly] father today:

Food
{Brown pearl] rice does not store well. Neither does cooking oil so that needs to be fresh. No, Crisco doesn’t count.
Coconut oil would be your best bet.
Wheat berries – 400 pounds – bulk order at your local health food store
Beans – 400 pounds – bulk order at your local health food store
Mylar bags [1]
Spices
Salt
Country Living grain mill [2]
propane tanks, small stove and hoses to connect
freeze dried fruits, vegetables, eggs and meat if you can find them.
Water
500 gallons of water [3] [storage capacity. Rainwater catchment is a common practice in Hawaii]
Water filter [4]

Cooking
Cast Iron Cookware

Firearms
FN PS 90 [5]

10 PS 90 magazines [6]

5.7 handgun [7]
[8]
10 FN 5.7 handgun magazines [9]

5.7 ammo [10]

Training: Front Sight four day defensive handgun course [11]. (Note: eBay sometimes has course certificates for $100!)

Body armor: Nick at BulletProofME.com [12]

Medical
Personal medications
Augmentin antibiotic
Up to date dental work
Painkillers
Bandages
Iodine
Anti-fungal spray

Finances
$10,000 cash in small bills
100 one-ounce silver coins (GoldDealer.com [13] or Tulving.com [14])

Transport
Gasoline in 5 gallon cans or better yet, this [15].
Gas stabilizer [16]
Mountain bikes
Air pump

Miscellany
Flashlights
Rechargeable Batteries [17]
Battery charger [18]
Hand held walkie talkies [19]
Topographical map of your area
Spare eyeglasses
Shortwave radio
Home generated power [20]
12 volt battery system [21]
Good backpack
Good knife
Good compass
Good shoes
Bar soap
Toothbrushes
Dental floss
Toilet paper
Fishing kit
Salt licks
Connibear traps [22]

Regards, – SF in Hawaii

JWR Adds: The following is based on the assumption that SF’s father also lives in Hawaii: Because of the 10 round magazine limit for handguns, I recommend that Hawaiians purchase only large bore handguns for self defense–such as .45 ACP. Both the Springfield Armory XD .45 Compact or the Glock Model 30 would both be good choices. The “high capacity” advantage of smaller caliber handguns is not available to civilians in Hawaii, so you might as well get a more potent man stopper, given the arbitrary 10 round limitation.