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This is a follow up post to the how horrific will it be for non prepared

In a follow-up to his wildly popular article discussing How Horrific It Will Be For The Non-Prepper, contributor ‘Be Informed’ provides SHTFplan readers with an extensive list of preparedness and survival keywords and concepts for beginners and seasoned preppers alike.

It seems like no matter how well someone prepares, they inevitably find out they have forgotten something. That all important item or items that aren’t “remembered”, that merely only have to be mentioned by name to remind a person of what they needed. Most of the time when someone forgets an article of clothing or other minor object after beginning a vacation they can easily replace it or live without it. After a calamitous event, however, anything that a person has forgotten to store will likely be be impossible to obtain. What someone has in their possession at the time of the event is probably the ONLY thing they will be able to get.

The following list of A to Z survival items and survival related concepts details what one may have simply forgotten because there’s so much to prepare for. Kind of like; “oh yeah, I am glad that something reminded me of what I need”, or “that’s something I never thought of and I will need it”. Most everyone will, of course, not be able to amass everything on this list, and there will of course be items and ideas not mentioned here, but it should be a good place to start for beginners and seasoned preppers alike. A person can always add more to any list of their own essential needs, as lists such as this are almost endless. It should also be realized that no list of survival items and ideas are perfect for any individual, and just because someone has just a portion of what is on it doesn’t mean that they are not prepared.

The goal here is to have a general inventory of “key words” that have to do with prepping and survival that have very brief descriptions and short reasons behind why they are so important regarding survival preparedness. The aim is to keep each survival and prepping word or set of words as compact as possible – that is, to not bog down anyone with lengthy explanations that could easily fill an encyclopedia size book. When the prepper/survivalist sees a word in relation to preparing it can and does trigger an automated response that brings thoughts of whether they need or do not need to do something about it in their own planning.

This A to Z list of survival should help in that process.

A

- Ability and adept – the more skills you have the better.

- Able bodied – being physically fit helps anyone.

- Accumulate – tiny amounts eventually add up to a lot.

- Action – you should not put off what you need to do.

- Adaptability – to survive people will need to adapt.

- Advice – there is much good sound advice out there, seek it out.

- Aftermath – this is what is the longest and most difficult to survive.

- Air circulation – plan for this in ALL environments.

- Alcohol – both drinking and rubbing alcohol for sterilizing, wonderful barter items.

- Alarms – something to alert you to potential hazards

- Alive – the more supplies someone has to more likely they will say alive.

- Alone – prepare for this possibility of being completely without anyone around.

- Altitude – the higher up someone can be within reason to more they can see.

- Aluminum wrap – uses from wrapping up items to EMP protection to cooking.

- Ambush – prepare for this possibility when you are venturing outside.

- Ammunition – for your own firearms to fantastic barter item, get as much as you can.

- Anarchy – the likely scenario after most wide spread catastrophes, prepare for it.

- Anemia – something that most be guarded against, preventable with good food.

- Antennas – any radio needs extension receiving or transmission of weak signals.

- Antibiotics – natural or synthetic are an absolute must to store up.

- Aquaculture – consider fish farming, hydroponic vegetable growing if there’s nearby water.

- Aspirin – pain killer and blood thinners will be high in demand after a disaster.

- Attitude – keeping an upbeat mood with help those around you.

- Automobile – everything to keep it running as far as possible, a car first aid kit.

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