Top 100 Items to Disappear First During a National Emergency

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And a dear friend had this list:

An alphabetical listing of the 100+ Things That Will Disappear First In The Coming Collapse....... But not necessarily in this order

Item # Description
1 All kinds of pharmaceutical supplies
2 All types of fuel; Coleman, propane, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, lamp oil
3 Aluminum foil reg. & heavy duty
4 Atomizers (for cooling/bathing)
5 Baby supplies, diapers, formula, ointments, aspirin, etc
6 Baby wipes, oils, waterless & anti-bacterial soap
7 Backpacks & duffle bags
8 Batteries (all sizes, buy furthest-out for expiration dates) NiCad, Car batteries
9 Bicycles, tires, tubes, pumps, chains, etc.
10 BIG dogs (and plenty of dog food)
11 Bleach (plain, NOT scented: 4 to 6% sodium hypochlorite) (5-8 drops per gallon of water)
12 Board games, cards, dice
13 Body Armor
14 Books on "How To", also books on edible wild plants.
15 Bow saws, axes and hatchets & wedges
16 Buckets - lots of them
17 Candies of all kinds
18 Candles
19 Canned fruits, Veggies, Soups, stews, etc.
20 Canning supplies (Jars/lids/rings/wax)
21 Carbon monoxide alarm (battery powered)
22 Cast iron cookware (sturdy, efficient)
23 Charcoal & lighter fluid
24 Chewing gum
25 Chocolate, Cocoa, Tang, Punch (water enhancers)
26 Cigarettes
27 Clothes pins, line, hangers
28 Coffee
29 Coiled copper tubing (for a distillery)
30 Coleman's pump Repair Kit:
31 Colloidal silver generator and kit (solar, dc, or 9v)
32 Cook stoves (Propane, Coleman & Kerosene)
33 Cots & inflatable mattresses (for extra guests)
34 D-Con rat poison, roach killer
35 Desiccants and Mylar vacuum bags
36 Duct tape and WD40 (if it moves, and it is not supposed to, use the duct tape, if it doesnt move, and it is supposed to, use the WD40)
37 Feminine hygiene, hair care, skin products
38 Fire extinguishers (or. a large box of baking soda in every room...)
39 First aid kits
40 Fishing supplies, tools
41 Flashlights, light sticks & torches
42 Flour, yeast, & salt
43 Garbage bags (impossible to have too many.)
44 Garbage cans, plastic (great for storage, water, transporting - if with wheels
45 Garden seeds (non-hybrid A MUST)
46 Garden tools & supplies
47 Garlic, spices, & vinegar, baking supplies
48 Gasoline containers (plastic or metal)
49 Geiger Counters
50 Generators; good ones cost dearly; gas storage is risky; noisy; target of thieves; maintenance, etc.)
51 Gloves, work, warming, gardening and etc.
52 Goats, chickens, pigeons, ducks, rabbits, milk cows
53 Graham crackers, saltines, pretzels, trail mix, jerky
54 Grain grinder (non-electric)
55 Green coffee beans.
56 Guns, ammunition, pepper spray, knives, clubs, bats, & slingshots
57 Hand pumps & siphons (for water and for fuels)
58 Hand-can openers & hand egg beaters, whisks
59 Hard red winter wheat
60 Hats & cotton neckerchiefs
61 Honey, syrups, white, brown sugars
62 Hot glue sticks (may need practice using without the gun)
63 Insulated ice chests (good for keeping items from freezing in wintertime)
64 Journals, diaries, & scrapbooks (Jot down ideas, feelings, experiences - Historical Times!!
65 Knives & sharpening tools: files, stones, steel, oil
66 Lamps and lamp wicks
67 Lanterns, Coleman, kerosene
68 Laundry detergent (Liquid)
69 Lumber (all types)
70 Mantles: Aladdin, Coleman, etc.
71 Matches "Strike Anywhere" preferred. Boxed, wooden matches will go first.
72 Men's Hygiene: Shampoo, toothbrush/paste, mouthwash/floss, and nail
73 Milk -powdered & condensed (Shake liquid every 3 to 4 months.)
74 Mini heater head (Propane)
75 Mops, rags and other cleaning supplies
76 Mosquito coils, repellent sprays/creams
77 Mousetraps, ant traps, & cockroach magnets
78 Nails, string, twine, rope, spikes
79 Night vision goggles
80 Paper plates/cups/utensils
81 Popcorn, peanut butter, nuts
82 Portable toilets
83 Potassium Iodate
84 Rain gear, rubberized boots, etc.
85 Reading glasses
86 Rice, beans
87 Scissors, fabrics, & sewing supplies
88 Screen patches, glue
89 Screws, nuts, & bolts
90 Seasoned firewood
91 Shaving supplies (razors & creams, talc, after shave) also clippers and other personal grooming items
92 Sleeping bags & blankets, pillows, mats
93 Small propane cylinders, the adapter to refill them from the larger size, and the handle/holder for them
94 Small solar set to charge your Ni-Cad batteries
95 Socks, underwear, t-shirts, etc. (extras)
96 Solar Panels and all the things you need to set them up
97 Soy sauce, vinegar, bouillons, gravy, soup base
98 Tarps, stakes, line
99 Teas of all kinds
100 The age of the kerosene lamp is closing. Look for solar/LED lighting
101 Thermal underwear, tops and bottoms
102 Thermometers - rectal and oral
103 Toilet paper, Kleenex, paper towels
104 Traps and snares
105 Trees, vines, bushes that bear fruits, nuts & berries
106 Tuna fish (in oil is preferable over water)
107 Vegetable oil
108 VHF / FM Transceiver
109 Vitamins (Critical, due to forced daily canned food diets.)
110 Wagons & carts (for transport to & from open flea markets)
111 Washboards, mop Bucket w/wringer (for laundry)
112 Water filters, purifiers; ways to get or store water; includes dri-bags, truck-sized farm tanks, cisterns, and hand-pumps, along with silver filters,
113 Wine, liquors (for bribes, medicinal, etc.)
114 Wire of all types, bailing, fencing, (barbed and smooth), electrical
114 Woolen clothing, scarves earmuffs, mittens
115 Work boots, belts, Levis, & durable shirts
116 Writing paper, pads, pens, pencils, solar calculators
 

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wow, never seen the list - that is cool, and handy, thanks <g>.

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enjoy the ride

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I don't find these lists very practical- for example, if you intend to stay at home, why have cots. If you intend to move out, how are you possible going to haul all this stuff around.
I can just seen now a person with his body armor, weapons, ammunition, night vision gogles, etc sinking into the first mud patch he comes across. Probably would not make it to the first patch, have a heart attack within a mile.
By far most of the things on this list are never going to be needed at all.
Just think of the people in wagon trains -they brought all sorts of useful stuff to help them when they arrived only to have to throw most of it out along the way when it proved impractical to move.
If you stay in place, you could look to how people survived 150 years ago- no duct tape, lighter fluid (never needed at any time,) etc Femine hygine products- people survived quite well without tampons for millenia.
I know collecting stuff makes some people feel secure but in the end a little judgement, knowledge and being physically fit is worth a whole lot more.
I suppose there are good things to cache but not everything that can be thought of as nice to have.
Having a pure water source, good waste disposal will save more lives than anything else.
 

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poppycat said:
Heaven forbid I get caught in a national emergency without my rectal thermometer!!!!!

In all seriousness though those lists kind of bug me. Anyone who's been backpacking for over a week knows how little you really need to make it by. I agree with enjoy the ride, being physically fit and resourceful are the best preparing you can do.
I didn't read over the lists, yet, just copied them to read later - did they include a towel? You NEVER want to go anywhere without your trusty towel, don'tchaknow.

I can see how the lists would include a lot of stuff that is not necesary, but it will at least get folks thinking (like me) what I might have forgotten on my own list.

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Meriah
 

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number 113---wine and liquor for medicinal and bribes.

oh yes, that is what I need, drunk neighbors with guns wanting my stuff...LOL-LOL
 

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FarmerChick said:
number 113---wine and liquor for medicinal and bribes.

oh yes, that is what I need, drunk neighbors with guns wanting my stuff...LOL-LOL
Well you never know. They might be after your Geiger counter (#49)
 

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LOL-LOL-LOL
you have me laughing hard!!! LOL


anyway, I can't afford to buy a Geiger counter right now....I am saving for my night vision goggles (#79)
LOL
 

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Well I can tell you right now, if there is a full scale national emergency, I'm going to use it as an excuse to stop doing laundry all together. So I guess I can put the money I saved on the washboard and wringer (#111) toward chewing gum (#24) and cigarettes (#26).
 

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HA HA HA
who knows what favors you can bribe with cigs and gum..HA HA----you might be having to pay off prisioners that got loose..LOL



I wish we could use "less of an excuse" than a national emergency to get out of doing laundry.
 

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