Na'he's Annotated List

For this one, you'll need some time to dedicate to the contemplation of things that people need in order to survive. On April 26, I put out a Call for Submissions for things that we will need whether OR NOT everything goes awry in December. The most apocalypse-prepared individual I know (and I mean that in the good "prepared" way, and not the "James Wesley Rawles kinda crazy" way), Na'he Martin, sent me The Tiffany List. I have included it below, with editorial comments, and little check marks next to the things that I personally have.

ü      Many extra pairs of shoes

(maybe not enough to last until the end of time, but enough to get me to a shoe store I can loot)

ü      Lots of thread with needles

ü      Spare jacket and sweaters

(I believe I have hoodies enough for the whole neighborhood to wear for at least a decade)

Waterproofing oil materials

ü      Duct tape

Rope

Wire (including copper wire)

Synthetic twine for making nets

A saw or two

ü      A hiking backpack

ü      An axe

Tarps

Extra gasoline

(I will have to barter for this. It's too volatile for me to have lying around in the desert.)

Or maybe an old Mercedes converted for biofuel

(Why Mercedes?)

Ideally a pop-up Vanogan converted to bio

(Much cuter)

A bicycle plus oil and fix-it book

Panniers

ü      Pocket Knives (multi-tools?)

Flint rock

Magnesium

Magnifying glass

(I have little fire starters - do these count?)

ü      Water purifier

(I have a limited supply)

Canteen

(Nalgene bottles OK?)

ü      Protein powder

for a few years until the garden is established (I have 47 servings, or enough for 1.5 months)

Soap or materials to make soap 

Wash cloths

Towels

(it's not that I don't keep clean with soap/towels/etc., but I don't have an Apocalypse supply to speak of)

A weapon and knowledge about how to use it

(I have a few things that COULD be used as weapons, that I know how to use...)

Encyclopedia

40 Volume set of the OED volumes of “How Things Work” ???

ü      A book on chemistry (I got this weirdly, but I do have it.)

Book on house building

“The Art of the Stonemason” by Cramb (I want this!)

ü      Trowel

ü      Seeds (definitely not enough seeds to last me from now on or anything)

Hoe, shovel, weed puller, hand clippers, book on N. American plants, season planting guide

Spices

Grain seeds including wheat, flax, hemp, hops, barley, malt, marijuana (good for bartering)

Book on making beer (trading)

Book of building stone ovens

Yeast, baking powder/soda

Lots of black pepper seeds

ü      Salt

ü      Sugar

ü      Vitamin C – no scurvy! (Once again, not ENOUGH of any of these things.)

ü      Deck of cards

Checker/chess board

Flat sheets

ü      Tool box (hammer, screwdriver, ratchet set, wrench, nails, screws, glue, etc)

Stone mastic

Cement

Sand

Lime

Sharpening stone (I have one for my flintknapping tools, but it's too tiny, doesn't count.)

Tape measure

ü      Scissors (In fact, I have 30 pairs of scissors, not that they would cut metal or anything...)

A plane

Chisels

Gouges

Hand drill w/bits

ü      Metal files

Machine oil

Lubricant

Powdered milk paints

Vise

Clamps

Kite

ü      Advil

ü      Medical kit

Gray’s anatomy

Grave’s alcohol, and a book on distilling

Enough tampons to last until menopause

A dog (but then you have to feed it)

Or trained falcon

Portable wind-up phonograph, with records

Figure out how to make electricity by bicycle like the NYC 99% people

Fishing pole/line/hooks/lures

ü      Compass

ü      Paper/pens/ink/pencils

ü      A mass amount of large Ziplock bags

ü      Tin foil

Eye glasses

Collapsible water barrels

Oil lanterns/candles

Book on candlemaking

Chickens, with wire to fence them

Guinea pigs (are these for eating?)

Goats (I would love a goat!) 

Shoe laces

Figure out a new calendar system b/c notches on wall will get boring

Celestial map for whole year (does star chart count? If so: check!)

Favorite books

(maybe a copy of Robinson Crusoe for irony but not Lord of the Flies) (heheh)

ü      Raincoat

Gortex

Topo maps

“The Artist’s Handbook” by Ralph Mayor, a must for understanding how raw materials combine (want!)

LED lights in case you have electricity

ü      Hand-crank flashlight (Yosemite flashlight, plus one on the way, solar-powered!)

ü      Radio (in case someone is running the waves)

Book of Latin (for future and past identification)

Medical books and first aid