I always carry a USB stick in my backpack in case I need to install Linux.
Eh, I have a Yoda-looking USB stick with Slackware 14.1 written to it in times immemorial, as in high school.
I thought I lost it or someone stole it (looks nice), until I found it mutilated by mice (the rodent kind, not the input device kind) in one place I rarely visit.
I don't generally carry it with me, though. But when I did, it was the same.
I use Arch, how about you?
I too use Arch BTW
The death of ROMsites
I have been telling myself it is coming since 2006. So I have full sets for every console I can find.
I fiddle with batteries and very small scale solar. My inverter should be able to handle running my fridge for a few hours.
I think I could survive a Prohibition for quite some time, and even homebrew and sell it or run a speakeasy.
Vaccines. I got my mpox shots because it works across a broad spectrum of pox viruses. The mpox vaccine is actually just the modern smallpox vaccine! Not terribly common, but in the past decade or so, someone found a frozen vial of smallpox in a university lab freezer.
While unlikely that mpox or smallpox will ever completely blow up into a huge pandemic, it is good to have.
I keep a few things (museli bars, water, blankets first aid kit) in the car in case of getting stuck somewhere or needing basics suddenly.
At home I keep 'minimum levels' of things we use often, in case of a power outage or just so if anything were to happen we could get by for a couple of weeks. We are limited by space and try to keep organised.
I have one plastic bag that is full of other, crumpled plastic bags.
You would not believe how many more bags you can fit in that one bag if you fold them, rather than crumple them!
Terfs
I have a trans pride flag and a baseball bat next to my front door
Remember to keep your bat dressed with a long sock, so if someone grabs it, their hold will just slip away along with the sock
That's what the barbed wire and nails are for!
Good point, time to order some trans pride programming socks
dress the bat in a series of pride socks so it cycles through them all if they keep grabbing the bat
8 tb media back up. Most non essential shit ever lol.
Figure if we're without water I'm dead anyway.
Fellow media collector here. I get it! :D
If the world was to end tomorrow, I am prepared to end with it. 👉😎👉
I'm prepared to homestead if I could afford it, or live in town.
Nothing in between.
Well, I live 5 meters under sea level. The most realistic disaster to happen to me would involve a giant crushing wave of water, and there's not much you can do to get out of that.
But since I like backpack hiking, and buying in bulk is cheap, I have something like a month of food, some lifestraws, some water, extra cooking gear, etc.
Just all of my entertainment is stored locally, either on my NAS, or in the form of physical media (books, blu-rays, physical games), so I'm prepared for a long term internet outage. I can also run everything in the house from battery backups and a generator for about three days or possibly up to a week if I immediately turn off everything that's nonessential. Longer, if I'm in a position to get additional fuel for the generator.
I also live in an area that's prone to earthquakes so I have a total of two weeks worth of nonperishable food and water split between the bedroom, office, and main living area of the house. Along with first-aid kits, Tylenol, ibuprofen, emergency blankets, and spare cold weather clothes.
I'm generally pretty well prepared for the major emergencies that can happen in my region of the world. Those being prolonged internet/cell outages, power outages, and earthquakes.
Sub-zero degree sleeping bag in the trunk of my car, plus a jug of water and some MRE-type food packs with water-activated food warmers. I grew up in a very rural area and got stuck on the side of the road in a blizzard for too long; I came out ok but it was terrifying. Now I live in a densely populated area that doesn't get blizzards but I still prep.
I used to let my toilet paper run nearly down to zero before I bought another pack. The pandemic lockdown months changed that. I used paper towels and liberated a couple rolls from work back in the day. Now I keep more on hand before triggering next buy. Never again.
I'm a good example of "we prep for our fears". I also do backcountry backpacking and everyone in that hobby does to some degree. I go out with a nurse sometimes and her first aid kit is nearly three pounds while mine is a couple bandaids and rubbing alcohol swaps.
A water outage lol.
Last Christmas eve, my meter froze and the water company didn't consider it an emergency since it wasn't a geyser. I didn't have water for 3 days until it thawed.
Now, I keep several days of water jugs in the basement just in case. Also, my water company sucks.
Can't live without water. Our guidelines are to be prepared to be self-sufficient for up to three days in an an emergency.
I used to have a 20l jug of water on standby, and I've had to resort to it twice in eight years because of one planned and one unplanned outage. For the unplanned one my municipality eventually showed up with a water truck on our street so we could refill.
Now I keep 50 litres and I have a well with my neighbours which I use mostly for watering the garden, but it's potable. In a prolonged power outage situation I might have to scurry over to the neighbour with a battery and an inverter to keep the pump going.
Like… where do you draw the line?
I’ve got water, a purchased “bug out bag”, camping gear, extra clothes and water in the car, batteries, ham radio, and a crowbar.
I’m not a prepper but I consider myself somewhat prepared
I feel like the difference is what you're preparing for, when I think of a prepper I'm thinking of people who are planning for an enormous society ending disaster.
I've also got a bug out bag, but it's just for general emergencies if I need to leave my place in a hurry very unexpectedly.
Used to live in an earthquake zone right in front of the ocean, so tsunamis were always a risk.
So I kept a bug off bag with water, clothes, blanket, cereal bars, lights and a battery pack ready to go by my bike.
I did use it once and skipped all over the traffic going to the shelter. Fortunately the water didn't rise enough to be a threat, but I thanks to the peace of mind the bag brought, I didn't even stress during the evacuation
Well, it's more than one thing but I don't consider myself as a prepper.
- I have a few months' worth of food both frozen and canned/dried/long lasting.
- I have enough of flour to bake a bread for a year.
- I have enough toilet paper, toothpaste, shower gel, soap, cleaning supplies, etc. to use it for 6ish months.
- I grow my own veggies. Between October and May I don't buy any veggies and for the whole year I don't buy spring onion, radishes and herbs.
- I know how to fix things.
- I know how to cook.
- I have several flashlights and radios with a crank (no battery needed).
- I'm about to install solar panels, wind turbine and rain water collector.
Unemployment. Like many others, I keep an emergency fund with high yield that can keep food on the table for the fam while looking for a new job. Replenish as soon as I get a new job.
On solo outdoors-y trips I pack twice as much food and water as I need, a rescue whistle and I inform a trusted relative before and after a remote trip who can get in touch with emergency services if I don't call back by the morning after.
At home I honestly would be screwed by an earthquake or major catastrophe... at least I have an up-to-date fire extinguisher and first aid kit in a readily accessible area.
I have a generator and several heaters, as I live in Canada and own a contracting business. I also have neighbours who prep and have urban chickens, and since I have guns and they do not and am also much stronger than them they are my doomsday back up plan.
Battery power on the go.
I have a ~400W power station in the car that charges off the accessory circuit. I have a small solar charging power station in the car. A small crank generator in the car. Two cigarette-lighter-to-USB-PD adapters.
I carry a 100Wh power station, a smaller power station, a wall-power-to-USB-PD adapter, and have three computing devices that can provide USB power with me at pretty much all times.
A bit different than others, but every time I ride my bike, I have the equipment to patch a tire with me.
I have a variety of blankets near my bed, of varying weight, warmth and texture. It's mostly because of autism related sensory preferences that vary across situations, but it's also great when hosting guests.
5x 5 gallon jugs of water. A few weeks worth of canned goods. A stack of fire wood. Solar panels and a few batteries to charge small devices like radios. A couple of GMRS radios and a couple of HAM radios. Propane tanks and propane heaters.
My parents made their house self-sufficient. They have a water pump, filters, and a photovoltaic on the roof that can power the whole house and an EV. They’re planning on using the car‘s battery for the house once it’s too weak to drive. They also installed a wooden stovetop which heats the whole ground floor. As for food, my dad‘s a hunter and inherited way too much ammo for a single lifetime when my grandad passed.
I keep a backpack in my car with at least two changes of clothes, allergy pills, ibuprofen, sunscreen, and deodorant, toothbrush, and first aid. Worst case I'm ready when shit hits the fan. Best case I'm always ready for a surprise slumber party.
I just like to be prepared for if I get stranded during a storm or my car breaks down
I live in the upper Midwest so I pretty much always have supplies in case we get snowed in. When there's a big storm on the radar we get specific meals for 2+ days. It never really keeps us trapped instead for more than a few hours
House fire.
(That's a lie, I'm not and I live in an apartment, but I plan on prepping for it)
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