well the war in iran seems inevitable and trump will probably strike after the markets close on friday. so what can i do to best prepare me and family for this? i already have around two weeks of canned food stocked up but besides that i have no other emergency supplies. if there are any protocols or useful handbooks i would appreciate it if you shared them. if you have experience in this type of situation i would be glad to hear from you as well.

that’s it i suppose. wish you all the very best.

EDIT: removed the terrible joke because it’s sort of a serious post. also thanks for all the answers in advance sorry if i can’t reply to all of them

  • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Water for at least drinking and cooking or a way to purify water to last 2 weeks. Generally, whatever you’ll use in your average two weeks. Cleaning supplies, general toiletries that you like, candles, something to make fire and cook without electric. Basic tools to make repairs or at least a hammer, nails and tarps/blankets to cover or patch things up with. Clean your house/laundry much as you can beforehand. Ideally a way to charge devices and some kind of entertainment.

    There’s prepper/survivalist libraries online but when shit hits idk how useful they really are, a lot of them are Murikkkan-centric and a lot of the stories on reddit to survive collapses are just fabrications.

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      There’s prepper/survivalist libraries online but when shit hits idk how useful they really are, a lot of them are Murikkkan-centric and a lot of the stories on reddit to survive collapses are just fabrications.

      The sheer amount of “Make sure you have lots of gold because money will be useless after the collapse” prepper bullshit out there is ridiculous. These people priotise material wealth over actually having food to eat or drinking water.

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      the whole prepper culture of “surviving” oddly enough comes from not needing to actually survive and instead spend vast amounts of comfort and money into some power fantasy. instead of feeling powerless in the current world you prepare a bunker so you can have the power in a hypothetical doomsday situation.