088: Prioritize Disasters and Prepare for Anything that Matters - The Prepper Podcast




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Summary: “Plan to be a disaster survivor with or without government help.<br><br> Planning is not hard. It just takes focus and a little effort.”<br> – Doug Hoell<br> Housekeeping:<br> <br> If you don’t know where to start in prepping, check out my resource page at <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/gettingstarted">theprepperpodcast.com/gettingstarted</a>, this is where I am getting the outline of my discussions here!<br> Don’t forget to give me a review at <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/itunes">theprepperpodcast.com/itunes</a> or <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/stitcher">theprepperpodcast.com/stitcher</a> and you could win a consulting call with me. <br> September begins National Preparedness Month.  I don’t know what I will do for this yet, but if you are a vendor and have a good idea, go to my contact page and send me a message.<br> I will either be heading to the NPS Prepper Expo, Oct 10th and 11th in Kentucky or going to run in a Marathon somewhere else.  How many of you would like for me to host a meetup?  Just email me with the subject “prepper expo.”<br> <br> Topic:<br> Learn to Prioritize Disasters and Prepare for Anything that Matters<br> <br> Before you go out and get ANYTHING, you need to consider what disasters are possible and which ones are the biggest threat to you specifically. Remember, the bigger the <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/05/15/disasters-emergency-action-plans-emergency-evac-procedures/">disaster</a>, more-than-likely, the smaller the chance of it happening.<br> Remember, a “<a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/08/27/the-reality-of-the-use-of-deadly-force-in-a-teotwawki-situation/">The End of The World as We Know It</a>” (<a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/08/27/the-reality-of-the-use-of-deadly-force-in-a-teotwawki-situation/">TEOTWAWKI</a>) scenario can happen from the smallest disasters. Your end of the world situation may not affect me.<br> <br>  <br> Knowing Disasters is the First Step of Ultimate Survival<br> Most Likely to Occur, Localized in Damage, Extremely Small (on a global scale)<br> <br> Job Loss, Loss of Bread Winner, Loss of Family Member <br> Mugging, Attack, Break-In <br> Fire or Flooding <br> <br> Likely to Occur, Regional in Damage, Small to Medium<br> <br> Loss of Local Water Supply <br> <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/2014/11/28/055-snl-skit-about-bills-and-throwback-to-001-be-prepared-to-survive/687/">Tornados</a>, <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/2014/11/28/055-snl-skit-about-bills-and-throwback-to-001-be-prepared-to-survive/687/">Hurricanes</a>, Winter <a href="http://theprepperpodcast.com/2014/11/28/055-snl-skit-about-bills-and-throwback-to-001-be-prepared-to-survive/687/">Storms</a><br> Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption <br> <br> Less Likely to Occur, Regional to National, Large<br> <br> <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/10/03/global-economic-collapse-2008-financial-crisis-great-depression-effects-largest-natural-human-disasters-p3/">Economic Collapse</a> or <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/09/06/storing-food-for-shortage-made-easy-low-cost-survival-checklist-p3/">Food Shortage</a><br> Viral or Bacterial <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2015/02/09/diy-how-to-create-positive-air-pressure-supply-for-home-during-pandemic-or-fall-out-scenario/">Pandemic</a><br> <br> Not Likely to Occur, National to Global, Large<br> <br> Nuclear Disasters <br> Chemical or Biological Warfare <br> Super-Volcanos <br> <br> Unrealistic to Occur, Global, Massive, No Proper way to Prepare<br> <br> Impact from Space or Solar Flares <br> Sudden Polar Reversal <br> Black Hole <br> <br> Understand the Basic Steps of Any Disaster and Be Ready for Anything<br>  <br> <br> We’ll discuss each scenario a little further just to get your gears turning.<br> Most Likely to Occur, Localized in Damage,