Urban prepping

Started by Ever (Zombiepreparation), December 01, 2022, 12:33:30 AM

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Ever (Zombiepreparation)


Ever (Zombiepreparation)

How do you keep these apartment building preps? The cabinets are full. On the outside you'd maybe have two weeks of food. It's suggested a serious Event natural and now any kind because virus bird flu war and threat of civil unrest needs a lot more than just cabinets full.

I found a couple of people's comments on this.

Ever (Zombiepreparation)

"One of my favourite "in plain sight" preps is about 20 or so organic coloured glass bottles from Italy. I have "water blessing labels" on wach one "Peace", "love", "balance", that sort of things. They are lined up on the sideboard in my dining room, and they hold filtered tap water, which I rotate. It just looks like some hippie peace freak decor crap, but there's a few days worth of drinking water in there."


"Lost a lot to a family thief . People , no matter how stupid will do an instant inventory if they see your stuff."


"I recall folks saying that in a home where space is tight, using under the bed(s), maybe toward the middle with bedspread hanging over to help hide stuff, and even using the space behind a sofa."

Ever (Zombiepreparation)

How do I hide my overflowing preps?

Ever (Zombiepreparation)

I was taught at ZS in Poor Man' Prepping thread about bookshelves. Place a row of cans behind the books. My meager closet shelves have the same.

Have not yet learned how to minimize the casual eye seeing all the plastic bags I have. That's another thing I learned, in a disaster or whatever you can never ever have too many plastic bags. Which I really stepped up watching Africa falling to Ebola. Then the PPE shortage at the beginning of this pandemic.

Not that they're all new of course. If they're used they're divided into working categories.


I can't be seen as a hoarder, strict rules there. Nor do I want a run in an Event.

We also have a minimum of six maintenance people in each year. Something not working right? Min of two people two times in. Paint peeling? Min of two people two times in.

You don't need the casual eye of these people noticing... Your security becomes compromised and you're trying to delay that as long as you can.

majorhavoc

I remember the 'row of cans behind the books on the bookshelf' idea from that other thread and thought it was brilliant.  Can't remember who that was, but props to that UFoZS'er who suggested it. There are also those large, low-height storage tubs that slide under your bed.  They would hold a lot and if you want to be extra steathly, you could line the transluscent sides with bedding or extra clothes.  

Side tables and night stands can hide a lot if covered with a pleated tablecloth.

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flybynight

Quote from: majorhavoc on December 03, 2022, 06:20:15 AMI remember the 'row of cans behind the books on the bookshelf' idea from that other thread and thought it was brilliant.  Can't remember who that was, but props to that UFoZS'er who suggested it. There are also those large, low-height storage tubs that slide under your bed.  They would hold a lot and if you want to be extra steathly, you could line the transluscent sides with bedding or extra clothes. 

Side tables and night stands can hide a lot if covered with a pleated tablecloth.


Could take that a step further and hide a lot of stuff
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Ever (Zombiepreparation)

One difficulty for me is secreting preps from another's view also makes me not remember 'where' in my storage is something. The rule of thumb for me since my teens is if I can't see it I don't remember it's there, or sometimes that I even have it.

Being an urban apartment!ent pepper there could be lots of cool quite small hard to get to nooks and crannies for bits of this and that. But how to remember where all these nooks & crannies even ARE and, btw, what's in them?? And where is the [.....] I bought a year ago for just an occasion like this. Or where did I put the replacement bottle of cumin?

majorhavoc

Quote from: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on December 04, 2022, 05:56:24 PMThe rule of thumb for me since my teens is if I can't see it I don't remember it's there, or sometimes that I even have it.

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how to remember where all these nooks & crannies even ARE and, btw, what's in them?? And where is the [.....] I bought a year ago for just an occasion like this. Or where did I put the replacement bottle of cumin?
Ha!  So the term in developmental psychology is 'object permanence'.  The ability to understand that an object exists even if you can't see it.  It's the reason why babies enjoy the game of peek-a-boo: things hidden from view cease to exist and it's a genuine delight that Mommy exists again when she moves her hands aside and you can see her face.

The secret I think is to keep a list somewhere of your preps: where they are and more importantly, when you stashed them.  The later is important to help you rotate out preps before they expire (or before they expire too badly, as the case may be).  As far as where they are in your apartment, that's slightly less important.  Because if you're ever in a dire situation and you're sheltering in, you'll have plenty of time to rediscover (and thank your lucky stars for) your forgotten preps.  :smiley_knipoog:
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flybynight

Quote from: majorhavoc on December 04, 2022, 06:12:23 PM
Quote from: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on December 04, 2022, 05:56:24 PMThe rule of thumb for me since my teens is if I can't see it I don't remember it's there, or sometimes that I even have it.

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how to remember where all these nooks & crannies even ARE and, btw, what's in them?? And where is the [.....] I bought a year ago for just an occasion like this. Or where did I put the replacement bottle of cumin?
Ha!  So the term in developmental psychology is 'object permanence'.  The ability to understand that an object exists even if you can't see it.  It's the reason why babies enjoy the game of peek-a-boo: things hidden from view cease to exist and it's a genuine delight that Mommy exists again when she moves her hands aside and you can see her face.

The secret I think is to keep a list somewhere of your preps: where they are and more importantly, when you stashed them.  The later is important to help you rotate out preps before they expire (or before they expire too badly, as the case may be).  As far as where they are in your apartment, that's slightly less important.  Because if you're ever in a dire situation and you're sheltering in, you'll have plenty of time to rediscover (and thank your lucky stars for) your forgotten preps.  :smiley_knipoog:
That's what we do. My wife keeps a list of what we have, where it's at and use date. As it is used, it's crossed off the list and the new replacement is added. 
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MacWa77ace

I can remember where I put something even if I can't see it. BUT, when 'someone else' thinks I put it in a dumb place and moves it without telling me, I can't find it anymore.

Happens all the time to me too. For years. :eek1: I can't make it stop.

And that same 'someone else' doesn't understand why I don't like that, either.  :rolleyes1:

I've done it to myself too. I had some teflon tape on my desk when we had company coming over so I dumped all the junk on my desk into a shoebox marked batteries and put it on top of a bookcase.

A couple months later my hot water heater went out and I thought I had run out of the teflon tape because it wasn't in the place i keep my teflon tape. So I bought another roll of it. Anyhow, just this weekend I saw that shoebox marked 'batteries' and said to myself, 'what batteries are in there' I keep the spare batteries in the cabinet in the other room'. So I opened the box to find a bunch of desk junk and my teflon tape.  :gonk:

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Label containers with preps 'fabric' or 'Christmas lights' or anything that misdirects the roving eye. Hidden in plain site.
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Lambykins

I'm in a trailer now, with a decidedly non-prepper housemate.
I am in one tiny bedroom, however, I also have the bedroom next door. My housemate (she owns the trailer) says I can take the wall between the two rooms down and create one large room. I plan to do that in the Spring.
I am already sketching out ideas on concealing and storing my preps.
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I've done something similar to this now that I've got so many kids to feed. It's pretty low profile, not obvious, and can be accessed pretty quickly if need be. (These are not my images, just photo representation of what I meant)...






Ever (Zombiepreparation)

Quote from: Lambykins on December 07, 2022, 09:18:54 PMI'm in a trailer now, with a decidedly non-prepper housemate.
I am in one tiny bedroom, however, I also have the bedroom next door. My housemate (she owns the trailer) says I can take the wall between the two rooms down and create one large room. I plan to do that in the Spring.
I am already sketching out ideas on concealing and storing my preps.
Great! Someone in a scenario like yours may come across this thread, and your post, and be inspired.

Ever (Zombiepreparation)

As a matter of fact all the notes tidbits thoughts ideas posted here have been great.

RoneKiln

This might sound obvious, but having the right furniture that suits your life can completely transform your home and storage.

I've known a lot of people that had far more space than they realized, they just had inappropriate furniture for their lifestyle and space.

My kitchen has way too little cabinetry. So I added freestanding cabinetry and got a table that folds to near nothing and expands out quite large to allow me to significantlychange how that space works. My adopted little sister with her family of 4 are crammed in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment. I helped her install additional Ikea cabinetry that transformed how the entire apartment worked.

It can be hard if you're sentimentally attached to furniture that doesn't properly serve you. 
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