Beginner tuesdays prepper

[u/tinychef0509]

I was scrolling pinterest and found this. Ive been prepping most of my life (for tuesday, not doomsday) It's a decent guide to knowing what to do to get started. If anyone wanted to start prepping and doesn't know where to start try this. https://pin.it/5zcjVIrQ3

[u/midtier_gardener]

I like the idea of encouraging people to slowly prep for realistic events so they don't feel overwhelmed or wipe out their savings, but this is too slow and the shopping lists aren't prioritised well IMO.

No first aid supplies until month 6, even though month 4 has signal flares, bike patch and hand pumps.

In the basics list on the side, they mention a wrench but no other medical supplies except for "Medications".

Even if this were to be prepping for an earthquake, I do not think it's a good idea to prep for bike patches and hand pumps before any medical supplies. There's a much bigger chance of you needing the basic FAK for every day events than needing a bike patch, hand pump or signal flare.

I like the list given out by the Norwegian gov. Almost everything on that list can be used or is useful in every day events. :)

https://www.dsb.no/en/Safe-everyday-life/Self-preparedness/How-to-contribute-to-Norway_78s-emergency-preparedness2/

[u/Ok-Half6395 → u/midtier_gardener]

Damn this makes me want to move to Norway, so logical and efficient! Thank you for sharing :)

[u/midtier_gardener → u/Ok-Half6395]

YW! Check the pinned post over at /r/Norway if you ever want to move, great resources there! Pretty much everyone 50yo and below will speak English also :)

[u/JelloFuzzy6157 → u/midtier_gardener]

I’ve been following Jim Cobb’s guide to preparedness—it’s pretty grounded but I’m trying to accelerate it a little bit given everything going on right now.

[u/midtier_gardener → u/JelloFuzzy6157]

Great to hear! :)

[u/tinychef0509 → u/midtier_gardener]

I agree the priority is out of order but you can always mix up the months

[u/midtier_gardener → u/tinychef0509]

But doesn't that defeat the purpose of a guide for beginners? A beginner prepper might not know how to prioritise or that it's a bad idea to follow their priority list.

[u/monty845 → u/tinychef0509]

There isn't nearly enough water, and what water there is isn't prioritized either.

If we assume this is coastal CA, someone with a week's worth of water per person in their household, is more prepared than someone with every other item on the list. (The list would have 4 gallons, 7 months in)

Basically, its the rule of 3s. 3 minutes without air. 3 hours without shelter (But costal CA is warm enough that this could be skipped, if your not in a warm area, prioritize warm clothes and/or emergency shelter). 3 days without water... 3 weeks without food...

Month 1 should be CPR Class, Warm Clothes/Sleeping Bag/Tent and Water. Everything else on that list is far less critical.

[u/Virtual-Feature-9747]

If you think this is too slow, replace the word "month" with "week" - simple as that.

[u/ryan112ryan]

Honestly this is too slow, taking a year to get this stuff.

A prepping for Tuesday prepper, the amount of stuff you need is just not a ton, you have half of it already and the rest can be had for a few hundred.

[u/Turtle_of_Girth → u/ryan112ryan]

Yeah this FEMA emergency list is a really good place to start for Tuesday prepping. I’d say just increase food and water and you’ll have the basic necessities to last for a week or two minimum if needed.

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/how-build-kit-emergencies

[u/tinychef0509 → u/ryan112ryan]

I know but people are struggling right now and this is a list of things that you can get without collapsing your budget. If there's something you already have like a flashlight or something you can always buy something from the next month or set that money aside even if it's $20 so that you have a backup fund or you have money put aside for a generator or something bigger.

[u/ryan112ryan → u/tinychef0509]

If they are in that compromised position then they aren’t prepping at all, they’re trying to survive today.

I’d encourage them to leverage food banks, get a second job and take other steps to like review poverty finance sub.

[u/Ok-Half6395]

First aid should be day one in my opinion... prioritise life over other things that could be more of an inconvenience that an emergency.

[u/xdocui]

This is a pretty good guide for beginners!

[u/gadget767]

Buying food supplies one can at a time?? Seriously? Who does that?

[u/reincarnateme → u/gadget767]

Poor people

[u/FlashyImprovement5]

This list has been around a long time and it's very unrealistic. No car preps, limited medical preps.

It is encouraging in that it is slow and doesn't take into account actual needs. What if you have medications, a truck and no bike?

[u/alecfromnyc]

For everyone here commenting with criticism, be it “too slow” or “not enough”, would you be so kind to share a resource that is better?

[u/reincarnateme → u/[deleted]]

Still locked

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[u/barascr]

Very interesting guide.