Essential Bug-Out Items

It’s that time; today is the final installment of the Top 10 Bug-Out Basecamp Essentials. So far you have purchased the gear necessary to escape the city limits, collect your family members, ascend the mountain to your retreat and make it livable and fortified once you’re there. Only one major element remains necessary to your preparations, and that is food storage. There are many ways to accomplish food storage, canned, freeze dried, canned-freeze-dried, dehydrated, etc. Anyone who tells you there is a perfect solution is trying to sell you something. There are no solutions that fit everyone’s needs, but here’s a starting point.

My top recommendation for your bug-out basecamp is a year’s supply of Mountain House Freeze Dried Food for two adults. Freeze dried foods will last over 25 years and require no cooking. This one year supply comes with a daily breakfast, lunch and dinner plus a vegetable and a fruit for two adults.

It’s not enough to have a few weeks’ worth of canned goods at your house. There are people who lost their homes in Hurricane Sandy who are still living on their lawns in tents. A real disaster situation won’t get cleaned up in a month or two. You have to plan long-term, sometimes that requires making an investment. Investing in a long-term supply of food is paramount. Do it today. Don’t let inertia hold you back.

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.