Shelter
A person has about three days of survival without shelter. This can vary greatly according to the environment and an assessment should be made as to how imminent death from exposure may be. A prepper must be ready for any kind of situation. Sometimes their house may be partially or even fully destroyed.
The first thing to do is make sure you have some simple tools and materials to make repairs on your home. It is not likely you will know how to fix everything, but a general knowledge helps out. I bought the "Home Improvement for Dummies" and "How to Fix Everything for Dummies" books and they contain a lot of helpful information. You must have simple tool kit and spare materials. Things like pvc pike and spare boards. look around because a lot of times you can find spare materials that people just want to get rid of. If you haul it off then you can have it.
After you have that, try to find a tent or some tarps as a means of a backup shelter. If you have to leave your home for whatever reason, then you have a backup shelter. Tarps can make a decent shelter with paracord and duct tape and they are a bout $20.00 for a ten foot square. Tents are relatively cheap as well. Most four to six man tents are around $100.00 for a decent one.
The first thing to do is make sure you have some simple tools and materials to make repairs on your home. It is not likely you will know how to fix everything, but a general knowledge helps out. I bought the "Home Improvement for Dummies" and "How to Fix Everything for Dummies" books and they contain a lot of helpful information. You must have simple tool kit and spare materials. Things like pvc pike and spare boards. look around because a lot of times you can find spare materials that people just want to get rid of. If you haul it off then you can have it.
After you have that, try to find a tent or some tarps as a means of a backup shelter. If you have to leave your home for whatever reason, then you have a backup shelter. Tarps can make a decent shelter with paracord and duct tape and they are a bout $20.00 for a ten foot square. Tents are relatively cheap as well. Most four to six man tents are around $100.00 for a decent one.