Any survival minded person understands the need to prepare for making it through the short, medium and long-term crisis.

This list covers essential items you will run out of and more importantly, will disappear with astonishing quickness in a longer-term emergency or survival situation.

Generators

Water Filters/Purifiers

Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 – 12 months to become dried, for home uses.

Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)

Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots.

Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugar

Rice – Beans – Wheat

Mantles: Aladdin, Coleman, etc. (Without this item, longer-term lighting is difficult.)

Baby Supplies: Diapers/formula. ointments/aspirin, etc.

Washboards, Mop Bucket w/wringer (for Laundry)

Vitamins

Feminine Hygiene/Haircare/Skin products.

Bow saws, axes and hatchets, Wedges

Garden Seeds (Non-Hybrid) (A MUST)

Clothes pins/line/hangers (A MUST)

First aid kits

Batteries (all sizes…buy furthest-out for Expiration Dates)

Flour, yeast & salt

Matches. {“Strike Anywhere” preferred.) Boxed, wooden matches will go first

Writing paper/pads/pencils, solar calculators

Workboots, belts, Levis & durable shirts

Flashlights/LIGHTSTICKS & torches, “No. 76 Dietz” Lanterns

Journals, Diaries & Scrapbooks (jot down ideas, feelings, experience; Historic Times)

Men's Hygiene: Shampoo, Toothbrush/paste, Mouthwash/floss, nail clippers, etc

Fishing supplies/tools

Mosquito coils/repellent, sprays/creams

Duct Tape

Tarps/stakes/twine/nails/rope/spikes

Laundry Detergent (liquid)

Canned Fruits, Veggies, Soups, stews, etc.

Bleach (plain, NOT scented: 4 to 6% sodium hypochlorite)

Canning supplies, (Jars/lids/wax)

Knives & Sharpening tools: files, stones, steel

Paper plates/cups/utensils

Rain gear, rubberized boots, etc.

Shaving supplies (razors & creams, talc, after shave)

Lumber (all types)

Gloves

Screen Patches, glue, nails, screws,, nuts & bolts

Teas

Coffee

Paraffin wax

Glue, nails, nuts, bolts, screws, etc.

This list is by no means comprehensive; other items that will quickly disappear include plastic bags, sweets, medicine and much, much more.

By keeping a list of essential items that will quickly become scarce and snatching them up when you see them on sale or at yard sale or flea markets, etc., however, you can ensure you have what you need.

To see a larger list, check out the Bacon Report.