Top 94 Items to Disappear First
We’ve seen several blogs over the past year titled “Top 100 Items to Disappear First.” I spent an afternoon recently comparing these lists and found them to be remarkably similar. That makes sense, of course, but none of the lists identified a source for their information (I like to know where information is coming from).
The list is clearly in the public domain, so I’ve taken the various lists and created our own version. Generally, I’ve maintained the list as it appeared in many articles. However, you’ll see that I ended up with only the “Top 94 Items to Disappear First.” That’s because there were places in their lists where it just made sense to combine items or reorder them.
For example, in most of the lists I reviewed, “cookstove fuel” was number 6 or 7 but “cookstoves” was number 20 or 21. OK, I can understand that stores would run out of fuel before running out of cookstoves because a number of people would already have the stove and they would be buying more fuel. Still, from a prepper list perspective, if you don’t have a stove, you don’t need the fuel, so my list puts cookstoves and fuel together at number 6. So my list isn’t strictly in the order that items would disappear. Deal with it. (I’m sure the first items to disappear would vary from one region to another anyway.) Better yet, read this list with an eye toward what you have and what you need to buy. Then start making your list!
A word, though, about being overwhelmed: Don’t be! I am easily overwhelmed by long lists and too many options, so I considered breaking this into four articles. Obviously I didn’t. It seemed that continuity would be lost. So let me offer some advice: Take the list and work through it as much as you can without being overwhelmed. Then make a plan of things you need to buy or learn. Then work your plan. When you’re nearing the end of your plan, come back to the list and make a second plan. You can do it!
Here’s my list of the top 94 items to disappear first in the event of a widespread emergency:
- Generators – Everyone has this at the top of their list, and they’re great for short-term emergencies. Remember, though, that you have to feed them – and that means storing plenty of fuel (and stabilizer) in a safe environment. It also means protecting the generator and the fuel in a long-term situation.
- Water – See our blog here to determine how much you’ll need.
- Water filters/purifiers
- Seasoned firewood
- Lamp oil, wicks, lamps, and lanterns – Buy clear oil while it’s available. If that becomes scarce, stockpile any oil you can get. Don’t forget to buy extra lantern mantles or your lanterns become useless.
- Camp or cookstove and fuel – Several sites say it’s “impossible to stockpile too much fuel.”
- Personal protection gear – Guns, ammunition, pepper spray, knives, and whatever else you might use.
- Manually-operated kitchen tools – Can openers, whisks, etc.
- Honey, syrups, white and brown sugar – Sugar virtually stores forever (if you’re careful to store it well so that no bugs get into it) and is much less expensive than honey and syrups, but the latter contain more vitamins, antioxidants, enzymes and other good things. Honey can also be used medicinally to combat some viruses, bacteria and fungus, and is great for a sore throat.
- Rice, dried beans and wheat – These can be stored for more than 20 years if stored properly, so stock up now.
- Vegetable oil for cooking – Sautéing food in a little bit of oil is an alternative to using water to boil your food, and water is usually the most critical need in an emergency.
- Charcoal and lighter fluid
- Water containers – Both small and large, including some of food grade for drinking water.
- Propane heaters and related accessories – Propane tanks will immediately become scarce. You’ll also need propane heads that allow you to heat an area.
- Hand-operated grain grinder
- Survival guide book – We would include in this category printed copies of all kinds of how-to books, including cookbooks for using your stored food.
- Other lighting sources and accessories – Flashlights and batteries, hurricane lamps
- Fishing supplies – Pole/line, hooks, bobbers, etc.
- Baby supplies – Diapers, formula, powder, creams, aspirin
- Laundry supplies – Basin, washboard, wringer, laundry detergent
- Vitamins – See our recent blog on this topic here.
- Thermal underwear
- Feminine hygiene, hair care, and skin care products
- Hand tools – Saws, axes, hatchets, wedges, hand drill
- Aluminum foil – Buy both regular and heavy duty because you’ll want to use it for more than you think. That also makes it a valuable item for bartering.
- Gasoline containers
- Garbage bags – Several sites say it’s impossible to have too many.
- Paper products – Toilet paper, facial tissue, paper towels. I’d say it’s impossible to have too much of these, especially toilet paper.
- Milk – Powdered and condensed (infant formula, if that’s relevant for you or you want to barter with it)
- Garden seeds – They must be non-hybrid and we recommend that you begin to learn about gardening now. Start with a small plot or “container gardening” if you’ve never gardened before. Don’t wait until your life depends on being able to grow your food to learn how to do it.
- Work clothes – Gloves, boots, heavy jeans, belts, durable shirts, outdoor jacket
- Everyday clothes – These won’t include your dresses and suits. Jeans and shirts will be the order of the day.
- Coleman’s pump repair kit
- Fire extinguishers and large boxes of baking soda – One for every room, because you’ll be using alternate light sources.
- First aid kits – It’d be great if you took a first aid course so you know what you want to stock in your kit and know how to use the items.
- Canned tuna–Purchase some packed in oil.
- Garlic, spices, vinegar, and baking supplies
- Batteries – More than you think and a variety of sizes. And this is a good time to consider getting rechargeable batteries with a small solar-powered recharger.
- Big dogs and plenty of dog food
- Flour, yeast and salt
- Matches, matches, matches – The best kind are those that you can light by striking anywhere. Boxed, wooden matches will be the first to be gone from the shelves. Find a way to keep them dry.
- Writing paper, notebooks journals, diaries and scrapbooks, pens and pencils – Some of the lists added solar calculators here. I’ll probably just do math with the pen and paper and save my money for other solar items.
- Insulated ice chests – Insulation works both ways. You can use a well-insulated ice chest to keep things cold or to prevent things from freezing in cold weather.
- Flashlights, torches, light sticks, “# 76 Dietz” lanterns (look it up)
- Cast iron cookware
- Plastic garbage cans – They’re great for storage and transporting (if they have wheels).
- Deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, floss, nail trimmers, shaving supplies
- Duct tape – Again, you can never have too much.
- Insect repellents, sun screen – OK, sunscreen wasn’t on anyone’s list, but I’ve added it here. You’ll probably spend more time outside than you do now. You don’t want to deal with a sunburn along with everything else.
- Tarps, stakes, twine, nails, rope, spikes
- Candles – Another one of those “more than you think you need” items.
- Backpacks, duffel bags
- Garden tools and supplies
- Scissors, fabrics and sewing supplies
- Canned fruits, vegetables, soups and stews – We call this “grocery store prepping.” Read our blog about it here.
- Bleach – Plain, not scented, 4 to 6% sodium hypochlorite.
- Canning supplies – Jars, lids, wax
- Knives and sharpening tools – Files, stones and/or steel
- Bicycles, tires, tubes, pumps, chains, locks
- Sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, mats
- Carbon monoxide alarm – Be sure it’s battery-powered and that you have batteries.
- Board games, cards, dice – You won’t be playing Xbox or Wii.
- D-con rat poison, roach killer
- Mouse traps, ant traps, cockroach magnets, fly paper
- Paper plates and cups, plastic utensils – Buy these in quantity when they’re on sale.
- Baby wipes, oils, waterless and antibacterial soap – The waterless soap will keep you from using precious water.
- Rain gear – Coats, rubberized boots, hats, etc.
- Hand pumps and siphons – For both water and fuels.
- Soy sauce, vinegar, bouillon, gravy, and soup bases
- Reading glasses
- Chocolate, cocoa, tang, punch – Use to flavor water.
- “Survival-in-a-Can” – It’s a sardine-sized can that is water and air tight that has a mini-survival kit stored in it.
- Woolen clothing – Scarves, earmuffs, mittens, sweaters
- Boy Scout Handbook along with the Leaders Catalog
- Window insulation kit(s)
- Snack foods such as graham crackers, saltine crackers, pretzels, trail mix
- Popcorn, peanut butter, nuts
- Socks, underwear, T-shirts, etc.
- Lumber (all types and sizes)
- Wagons and carts
- Cots and inflatable mattresses
- Screen patches, glue, nails, screws, nuts & bolts
- Tea
- Coffee
- Cigarettes
- Wine/liquor – For medicinal purposes, bartering, and bribing.
- Paraffin wax
- Chewing gum and candies
- Atomizers – For cooling and bathing.
- Hats
- Cloth Rags
- Goats
- Chickens
- Chocolate in all forms – OK, I added this to the list. The women in your life will love you for it. Trust me on this.
So there’s my list! How are you doing? I was pleased that we are well into having many of the items. Others, however, we still need to deal with. (As of this writing, I’m still goat-less – and I’m OK with that.) Are there things you think should be on our list that haven’t made it? Comment below or on Facebook.
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I don’t need no stinkin’ matches, I have a magnifying glass.
most lists leave out blankets
might want to add cast net for fishing. although illegal in most states, if a collapse occurs, i doubt those laws will be enforced…
Society, will never collapse. There are certain areas of the earth more prone to requiring these items… Move from there! If, by some cataclysmic event SHTF worldwide, you won’t survive. Enjoy today because tomorrow may not be here… But, it has come and gone millions of times previously, I would wager it shall continue on that pattern.
It’s good to be prepared, but if you have enough things to survive for a few weeks, you’ll most likely make it through…
MY KINGDOM FOR A LIST!
After spending 24 years researching preparedness and living preparedness I have found that many of you forget that for the first 90-120 days of any SO CALLED major emergency where the government is either non functional or an enemy to the people, you need to forget FIREWOOD, generators, or any thing else that would give away your position. Think about it folks, if you are generating power or building a fire when OTHERS who didn’t prepare are looking for resources, you will become the focus of many types of individuals (military, family units, police, DHS, and any other focus group. You need to keep your profile as low as possible. Foods cooked with propane bottles and LITTLE stoves (and not major meals) meals that use boiled water work the best…concentrate on soups, stew, and raman noodles. For heat, forget the damned wood and get your family the best winter clothing that you can afford. Military polyprophs… are for the money… the best buy, they have socks, bottoms, tops, gators, balaclava, also get a yourself and family a cold weather mask for when you need to be outside…also get a good pair of mickey mouse boots…NEXT, these lists of items that will disappear first are about as accurate as 30 day weather forecasting…the first things that will disappear are Found on the Baby Food and diaper isle, that is where the first shots will be fired when the SHTF. the next items to disappear will be at the tobacco and alcohol section of the stores. And for you guys who think that you will be getting you weapons and ammon forget that SH$T…You need to be miles away from that store. Also, for those of you not using PRI-g or Pri-d and are using STABIL you need to rethink your fuel need. Research PRI before you buy stabil.
Look, lists are great and 20 years ago I must have written 500 lists for folks, who then when to the store, bought the items on the list and went back to living their everyday lives, thinking that they were now PROTECTED…without the knowledge or the skills of using what you buy you might just as well have taken the monies and spent it on a great vacation that your family would always remember…being prepared is not material, it is a way of life and a universal law that someday will be invoked upon all of us.
You want a list? Here, go outside when its 10 below and sit down on your lawn chair and for the next 30 days if you absolutely need something…go get it and go back outside and sit down…In 30 days you will be good to go… for 30 DAYS.
From the unpublished book, Horse sense, Nonsense, and Common sense…one man’s journey into family preparedness.
Spices for cooking. They don’t go but bad but do lose potency requiring more to be used.
Also herbs used for healing
12 gauge shotgun, and plenty of shells. Have enough OO buck-shot for home/personal defense; (also turkey and geese) and plenty of 6 shot for smaller game.
magnifying glass for starting a fire. matches and lighters will run out but not the mag glass.
Mutant1: 3 days in a driving rain or snow storm and the only thing you will using that mag glass for is to find your a$$. Where in the sam hill do you people come from?
_ exactly. or at night……
Aspirin should never be given to babies or small children, it can cause very bad adverse effects.