What exactly should you do to prepare for 2024?

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There are really two parts to what I am thinking, this post is Part #1 and won’t be that long relative to many, actually most, of my posts/articles. I am not sure when Part #2 will be ready…it will be an abridgment of my views, my perspective on the world today, and my assessment of where it is all heading…mostly in 2024, or at least starting in 2024. I guess it will be a manifesto of sorts; I will keep you posted.

This is the post where I will just be to the point and blunt about what I think a person should prepare for. And no, I am not being a hypocrite, I am preparing the same things for my particular situation…as should anyone.

The background to this is two-fold; 1) my assessment of where the world and the USA is today. Number 2 comes from multiple conversations with my wife over the last 3 months.

As for #1, if you have been coming to the site for awhile, or have researched my articles, you know my feelings of where the world and the USA is today…the status of it all. So no need to regurgitate that here in this post. I think the coming article will probably summarize a lot of that. For now let’s concentrate on the conversations with my dear wife which brought about this specific post.

Periodically my wife and I will discuss where we are in our lives, pretty much all aspects of it. We will talk finances, home projects, spirituality status, where our community and church is in relation to the rest of the country/world, and what are the biggest threats she & I face, etc.. Then we talk about what we should and/or could do in each of those areas to help mitigate those realistic threats/issues/problems/deficiencies.

As we recently reviewed those areas where we could/should improve on, it was clear that we should improve our food production and preservation capability. Yes, that means mostly improved gardening stuff. I will post something on that soon, but that project is going very well.

However, as I started contemplating what I should/could suggest to all website visitors I was stumped a little…until this morning (Monday, 1/9). This morning I felt a huge and serious ‘shift’ in my world. I am not sure if it was the world in general or just my world making a very substantial shift. Part of that shift event was knowing exactly what I needed to put out there as the #1 prep item to suggest to all my website visitors/users for 2024.

What I am not going to do is tell you ‘why’ I am suggesting this…I am just suggesting, strongly suggesting, this for you to consider. How you do it…or even ‘if’ you do it…is entirely up to you. But, I think you would be wise to give this some consideration…maybe a lot of consideration…a lot of serious consideration.

So here it is…

Part A (food) –

Store as much food as you can, and then store it as safely as you can against all threats of losing it…or having it taken.

If you want to know my thoughts on food acquisition and storage…my ‘layering’ method…then simply < click here >

Part B (water) –

Store as much potable water as you can, acquire multiple ways to harvest water, and acquire the ability to purify water for drinking and cooking.

You can only realistically store a certain amount of water, max that out. More importantly acquire multiple ways to harvest and then create safe (i.e. purified) drinking water…including highly-portable methods. Remember, you can only carry so much water…but something as simple as a LifeStraw is highly portable and a very good method of providing safe drinking water.

If you want to know my thoughts on water storage and purification…my layering method…the simply < click here >

Summary –

That’s it…nothing more to add. I feel strongly that I should suggest this to you. My reasoning is private and I won’t share it on this website. If I know you personally you can ask me directly.

Food & Water in 2024…early in 2024…as early as you possibly can. Please get to work on this.

Part #2 is now out “the collpase” < click here to read it >

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8 thoughts on “What exactly should you do to prepare for 2024?”

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  4. Fortunately you and your wife sound totally in sync on all aspects of preparedness. My wife and I are in sync on things like zero debt, practical food storage, and spiritual resilience but are not together on many other preparedness fronts.

    I’m nearly 72 and in good health. We live South of you in East Mesa Arizona for half the year and then migrate to Bear Lake Idaho the other half. Idaho is my primary bug out objective and that’s where the majority of our preps are. We usually migrate in May/October. 2024 really has me spooked so I’ve agreed with my wife we ought to stay at the cabin at the end of this fall into January 2025 ostensibly because our 5 kids and 23 grandkids try to come to the “cabin” every third Christmas (Christmas 2024) and I’m happy to be there through the election period.

    That means I hope the wheels don’t fall off before May 2024. In Mesa, I also keep a 3 month supply of food, fuel, but only about a month supply of water for 2 people. My plan has always been to keep my eyes open for rapidly escalating dangers that might precipitate marshal law—believing (hoping) we’d have 48 hours notice.

    When I arrive in AZ each fall I immediately store enough treated gasoline to make the drive North without gas station fuel stops. I’ve proved this several times. I”ve driven North using various routes to become familiar with the roads. My vehicle is equipped with EMP shield. I have a utility trailer that along with my vehicle can store all the essential preps I store here including fuel, water, food, cooking equipment etc to make a protracted journey if it comes to that. Obviously speed is essential.

    When the Montpelier Idaho temple is finished 2026ish we plan to serve there for 18 months so my biggest vulnerabilities for being “trapped” in Mesa are this winter in AZ, and the winter(spring) of 2025/26 where I might get stranded in this greater Phoenix metropolitan area.

    What can I say. Happy wife = happy life. My wife was raised in the sunbelt but I drug her to Alaska for 20 winters and then another 10 in cold Cache Valley Utah so she is done with winters, hence our winter home in East Mesa. I figure I need to pick my battles. The risk exists I can get stuck here in PHX /Mesa but I’m watchful and ready to load up and head out. I put new bearings in my trailer axle, keep my car over half full of fuel, and I have a loading plan for the trailer so I just need to pull out the cheat sheet and do it. From decision to departure should not take more than a couple of hours.

    I’ve got a lifeline friend who has an isolated cabin near Payson, AZ under the Rim which I could use a way station or if routes North are impassable.

    Keep up the good work. Thanks for your insights.

    Scott Piggott

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  5. Boy we sure been working on this and felt the need for years. DHs garden is twice the size it used to be, he’s producing way more than we can use plus sell to local resort. With any luck and no late killing frosts, we have 60 some fruit trees. We’ve got 4 range steers on the place right now and have been able to move our meat processor onto our farm, goats for dairy, raising up a new flock of layers for spring and putting about 40 old layers into bottles for soup, will order another batch of meat birds as soon as the layers are out of the brooder….3 wells on the place, 2 with solar and one with a hand pump. 2 Berkey filters. Life straws and life straw family filter. We harvest rainwater off all our roofs, house, carports, barn, cattle loafing shed. We do need to drain our large barrels and freshen those. Basement pretty stocked with …ahem…. Sufficient food. 😉 Working on getting garden set up and ready to plant at our GOOD place, also have well and basement food storage there. Sir, yes SIR!!!!

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