Mike Mester is a logistician with an uncanny ability to store food successfully (pun INTENDED). In addition to training his family he is the first person on Doomsday Preppers to display interspecies preparation, having an army of dogs that could make Cesar Millan blush.
1. Rioting and Unrest
Mike is preparing for civil unrest caused by a global monetary collapse. Whilst I have looked into the chance of a total economical failure in the past, the idea of preparing for civil unrest is a kind of prepping that encompasses a lot of different circumstances within it. The human aspect is one of the most unforeseen elements of a disaster situation. It doesn't matter what takes place, if the infrastructure goes we are going to have three days worth of food stuff in the supermarket.
2. Preparing well in advance
This was one of the most impressive quotes from the show and something which Mike has shown in over ten years of prepping. Steady but slow is the best route to take for most preppers, it's simpler for the budget to prep with time and persistence can produce great habits. Mike has utilized his knowledge of warehousing logisitics to arrange 3 rooms of supplies, sufficient for 2 years for 10 people.
Just one challenge regarding the setup transpiring is that Mester is expressing very little value for the shelf life of his foods. Although there is certainly a distinction between expiry dates and what might support life, there is no purpose to tempt fortune and let his meatloaf get rotten in containers. Food reaching the end of its life could be rotated out, keeping the stores fresh. Kellene Bishop had a great technique of doing this and if applied it could possibly avoid a major shock. If food items thought to be steady were not in edible state, it would be bad.
3. Keeping the home safe
It was great to find out how prepared the Mester family was when it came to self defense. Getting each and every member of the family armed and all set to defend themselves is miles ahead of some of the other preppers we've noticed who depend on one or perhaps a few members to protect the group. With downtown Atlanta just forty five miles away, looters can be at their doorway in a few weeks if not days.
The addition of attack dogs is yet another wonderful kind of defense against both equipped and unarmed potential raiders. The intimidation aspect of dogs is an intangible way to get looters to stay clear. Even in a team of people, nobody wants to be the very first person to have their forearm chewed up. If things got chaotic, it is even safer to lose a dog rather than a family member if the most unfortunate were to take place. Generally it is a great kind of security and the inclusion of 10 pups makes it a lot better.
4. Leaf/Newspaper Briquettes
Mike has a great concept in the type of newspaper/foliage briquettes that can be used as a fuel resource for fire. As someone living in Canada I can't understand why he would be concerned with keeping the house warm in Georgia but it's an awesome idea nonetheless. The reality that the idea came from third world countries is interesting. The ways many individuals in those circumstances use materials do not require infrastructure thereby the techniques can be extremely useful to preppers.
1. Rioting and Unrest
Mike is preparing for civil unrest caused by a global monetary collapse. Whilst I have looked into the chance of a total economical failure in the past, the idea of preparing for civil unrest is a kind of prepping that encompasses a lot of different circumstances within it. The human aspect is one of the most unforeseen elements of a disaster situation. It doesn't matter what takes place, if the infrastructure goes we are going to have three days worth of food stuff in the supermarket.
2. Preparing well in advance
This was one of the most impressive quotes from the show and something which Mike has shown in over ten years of prepping. Steady but slow is the best route to take for most preppers, it's simpler for the budget to prep with time and persistence can produce great habits. Mike has utilized his knowledge of warehousing logisitics to arrange 3 rooms of supplies, sufficient for 2 years for 10 people.
Just one challenge regarding the setup transpiring is that Mester is expressing very little value for the shelf life of his foods. Although there is certainly a distinction between expiry dates and what might support life, there is no purpose to tempt fortune and let his meatloaf get rotten in containers. Food reaching the end of its life could be rotated out, keeping the stores fresh. Kellene Bishop had a great technique of doing this and if applied it could possibly avoid a major shock. If food items thought to be steady were not in edible state, it would be bad.
3. Keeping the home safe
It was great to find out how prepared the Mester family was when it came to self defense. Getting each and every member of the family armed and all set to defend themselves is miles ahead of some of the other preppers we've noticed who depend on one or perhaps a few members to protect the group. With downtown Atlanta just forty five miles away, looters can be at their doorway in a few weeks if not days.
The addition of attack dogs is yet another wonderful kind of defense against both equipped and unarmed potential raiders. The intimidation aspect of dogs is an intangible way to get looters to stay clear. Even in a team of people, nobody wants to be the very first person to have their forearm chewed up. If things got chaotic, it is even safer to lose a dog rather than a family member if the most unfortunate were to take place. Generally it is a great kind of security and the inclusion of 10 pups makes it a lot better.
4. Leaf/Newspaper Briquettes
Mike has a great concept in the type of newspaper/foliage briquettes that can be used as a fuel resource for fire. As someone living in Canada I can't understand why he would be concerned with keeping the house warm in Georgia but it's an awesome idea nonetheless. The reality that the idea came from third world countries is interesting. The ways many individuals in those circumstances use materials do not require infrastructure thereby the techniques can be extremely useful to preppers.
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