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Eleven items available from Walmart for $5 each $30 total that you need to stock but didn’t think about, from Fallout Racoon on YouTube…

Pencil eraser, good to clean oxidation from electrical contact points, battery terminals.

Unlubricated condoms, good to keep dirt out of gun barrels. One can hold a liter of water. Waterproof protection for things. Flammable, can be used as fire tinder.

Tampons, a versatile medical supply to plug a bullet wound and stop bleeding. The cotton is also a good fire starter.

Unscented Baby wipes, valuable to clean or decontaminate things when running water isn’t available.

Lip balm has multiple uses as a lubricant, for equipment and zippers. It is also a fuel. Protects scratches from infection.

Waxed dental floss. Dozens of uses, repair thread for ripped clothing. Can be used as fishing line. Trip wire. Multiple strands make decent cordage.

Carpenter pencils, best writing implement on a battlefield. Doesn’t run in water. Flat, they don’t roll. Can be used to start of wire. In a pinch the graphite can carry an electric current.

Heavy duty aluminum foil. Dozens of uses. Can be made into a cooking dish, reflect fire heat, signal by reflecting sun, minimal faraday cage.

Safety pins. Dozens of uses. Found in military survival kits. Can even close wounds. Can be magnetized in a minute by rubbing on cloth.

Liquid bleach. Water purification, eight drops per gallon. One bottle can purify 240 gallons, enough for months.

Electrical tape in addition to duct tape, each has its own functions. Electric tape can be used for holding bandage ps, duct tape cannot.duct tape is not electricity proof but a conductor.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2026 - 02:05 pm: Edit

FEMA’s current list of items to be included in a three-month household stockpile.

A big box of protein bars, readily edible without cooking, the market has dozens of kinds so find one you love. More boxes better but they only last a year so rotate the stock. Also, dry cereal can be eaten as is and might keep kids quiet.

Peanut butter, almost the perfect food as long as no one is allergic.

Canned food: meat, vegetables, fruit. Long storage, familiar, easy to rotate, good food, eat straight from the can. Can be warmed. A manual can opener. Never stack cans directly on concrete. Rotate.

Pasta. Lasts years. Store with oxygen absorbers. Familiar food. Does require the ability to boil a pot of water. The equipment to build a fire from anything handy, that being a few bricks and a cheap grill.

Oats, stored in proper packaging good for 20 years.

Instant mashed potatoes, light weigh, high calorie, quick fix with boiling water, cheap.

Powdered milk, only way to provide calcium. Good for advanced cooking.

Salt, more to store food, a cardboard can is good for 1000 years. Incredibly cheap.

White Sugar and honey. High energy, morale value, proper storage is good 1000 years, honey for 3000.

Cooking oil. Must rotate every year or faster. Provides needed fat. Fat is needed for chemical balance,

Water, water purification. Enough for a week.

Dry beans. Some baking soda helps.

White Rice. (Brown goes rancid in a few months.)

Wheat lasts 30 years, flour 10 years.

Mylar bags and oxygen absorber kits are available on Amazon.

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Saturday, July 25, 2026 - 09:09 am: Edit

Earlier this year...
At the dump, when a Forest Service Maintenance truck pulled up and tossed about a pallet of Emergency Rations...
Managed to get about 20 cases into my car, had it loaded with other items at the time...
Passed some to friends and currently have over 4 cases, had an open case from earlier....

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Saturday, July 25, 2026 - 11:14 am: Edit

Tip for storing rice.

Go to home improvements sore. Buy 5 gallon "food safe" bucket with screw on top (sold seperaely).

Wash thoroughly with soap and water, rinse, spray with bleach, rinse several times. Dry completely.

Pour big old bag of white rice inside & fasten lid. Like you get at Costco.

I've got a Filipina wife & 2 boys raised in the Philippines. we go through 3 cups of rice a day.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 16, 2026 - 11:44 am: Edit

I am sure that 90% of you have seen this, but for the rest. (And I am sure that those who have seen it would enjoy seeing it again.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwQHIBNI90

Well played, lions!