I'm looking for practical “prepper” suggestions that people have come up with. Here are the issues I am dealing with/pondering:
Water is not super plentiful in my neighborhood. I have some decent water filters, but what are some of you planning as your "natural water sourrce"? Rain is a wishful/hopeful – it rains at least twice a month, but that’s not an insane amount of water.
I store food in mylar bags which then go into 5 gallon buckets - most with gamma seal lids. Was trying to come up with a larger container that I could put lighter bulkier stuff in. All of my prepping revolves around what can be loaded up and carried off (if I learned anything from 9/11 it is that where I live - Long Island - can be left isolated quickly. Back then, they shut down the bridges?) Any ideas? I got focused on putting stuff in #10 cans and then sealing them; but then realized that makes something even harder to transport. Pelican cases are overkill.
Any suggestions for groups on Long Island that are "like minded"? I have been on the look out for years - and groups that existed before seem to have died out. I also assume some of them have gone to ground. I found one group off Facebook (yeah, not the ultimate soruce for great info) - went to a meeting but found the few people there were just too clueless. Not being nasty about it, just saying if someone is coming to a group, they should have done SOME research on their own. I'm looking for groups where I come with my skills, and someone else comes with their skills, and we both learn a little and have someone to fall back on.
Ideas/Opinions/Suggestions all apreciated.
Backstory (for those who want to read EVEN MORE): Part of what motivated me to post this is I found some lead diving weights, and added it to lead I had. Wife asked if I was going to "make more bullets". I told her, "No...I have enough slugs, and you can't make bullets for the pistols - they go too fast". She said that didn't sound right. To prove her wrong, we hit up the google. Showed her how Glock says can't shoot lead cast through their guns (I think they fear it fouls up the rifling). Then I googled some more, and found other barrels for the Glock that were OK with the cast bullets (different rifling?). Point is, I didn't know this, and I'm guessing there is at least one person here who did. I would lump knowledge like this into "stuff people know when they are making a plan..."
So those of you making a plan - what knowledge can you share?