12 Categories - Continued

Finishing up with the other 6 on my way to Mobile, Alabama (flying, not driving). No blogging and driving for me.  Many of my top 12 categories will clearly overlap and show some duplicity.

No. 7 - Knowledge/Skills.  Many early preppers will think of this asset as being limited to tactical SHTF related skills.  I'll have to admit they do make for a good movie to have McGyver like skills from a paperclip and shoestring.  But more experienced preppers have learned that the "boring" skills like gardening, fishing, and meditation are real skills that sustain life and survival tolerance.

No. 8 - Safety.  This is a little different from Security which was  mentioned earlier as No. 5.  The safety category contains more ideas and and items for maintaing physical health.

No. 9 - Threat Specific.  Several components of can easily be included in the No. 1 Priority category, but let me attempt to differentiate them.  Preparing for a house or apartment fire is a little differnt and much more unique than preparing for a grid down scenario. or hurrican evacuation.  They certainly share many similarities, but for obvious reasons should include prepardness items unique to the threat.

No. 10 - Equipment/Tools.  As a former Boy Scout and outdoor enthusiast, I know this is the one the a lot of preppers fall in love with, so it needs to clearly fit in the right order and priority to avoid spending a lot of money on all the wrong things at the wrong time and for the wrong reason.

No. 11 - Travel.   Freedom and ability to move with an acceptable risk or danger during an event or to avoid a threat is a great way to create alternative and contingency preparedness plans.  There will be local, mid-range and long-range, one-way and round-trip assessments to read about in the near future.

No. 12 - Communication.  Somebody had to be last, needless to say not the least.  Communicating within hours of an event are very important to survival.  In a longer term situation, communication can also help keep you from going crazy by interacting with family and friends.