re: Doomsday Preppers - What Did You Stock Up On?

What good are "precious metals" in a post-apocolytic world? Think I'm going to sell your arse a can of beans for something shiny?

I am not what most of you would call a doomsday prepper. I live on own a 250 acre Pulpwood/Grass fed cattle operation that my parents have owned my entire life.

We have a small greenhouse because my parents like fresh herbs/veggies year round. Of course we have a big garden in the summer as well. My mom has always canned vegetables. We also put up beef we raise/deer we hunt in the deep freeze. I don't this type of lifestyle is weird, its just being normal country people. Its something we do in our summer routine, my mom has always taught school (and now I do) and my father (before he was disabled) ran his own business a Contractor/Repairman for Poultry Houses.

The only things we stockpile is ammo just because when we see a really good deal we like to get as much as we can so we don't have to worry about it. I have about 4k rifle (1k .22 and 3k 30-06) 3k shotgun (12 ga 4 shot, 6 shot, buck shot, and slugs) and 1k pistol (.357). It isn't a ton of it but its a good amount.

The only unusual purchase we have is when we did a big remodel on our farm about 5 years back we put in a Stand By system for our house, barn and main out buildings. It runs off Nat Gas, Propane, Solar, and Geothermal. It generates power, sterilizes and heats/chills water for home/farm use, and heats/cools the house. In regular operation the power we generate is connected directly to the power grid and instead of a power bill we get a monthly check from our rural electric co-op around 50-75 bucks a month depending on our usage. But if a bad situation happens (not nessecarily the end of the world, we used it both during the April 27th tornadoes and the winter storms a week ago) we shut off connection to the main grid and we generate all the power, water, heating/cooling, and water sanitation/heating our farm requires. And when we installed the system in 2009, the Feds kicked in a 30 percent tax credit.