lets discuss preps for disasters

[aczlan]

One of my clients had me build a good sized pantry out of part of their garage that they store a variety of food and supplies in, including Thrive dehydrated food. They let me taste a few of the different ones and I was very impressed with how good they where. The corn is just amazing!!!

Thrive Food Storage; Canned Grains, Vegetables and Fruits

Does anybody know anything about it? They have a six month supply for just over $600 which is just $200 a month worth of food. That's pretty good compared to what we pay for a months groceries right now!!! I doubt it's anywhere near what we eat now in calories or flavor, but wonder if it's a good source for having something stored that will last?

Not bad stuff. I know someone who is a "dealer" (they have a MLM system) and I have tried it, its not bad but its nothing special. I suspect that their portions for "6 months" are small, but it might be worth looking into.

Aaron Z

 

[sea2summit]

Not bad stuff. I know someone who is a "dealer" (they have a MLM system) and I have tried it, its not bad but its nothing special. I suspect that their portions for "6 months" are small, but it might be worth looking into.

Aaron Z

My wife is a dealer, we're a family of 6 so we buy it by the #10 can full. I have tried a lot of the snacks and they are pretty good.

 

[TomSeller]

I have a 3000W diesel generator as well as a 7000W gas generator. the gas can power more of the house but the diesel will run longer and can be refilled from my 200 gallon tank. The gas has an electric start that the wife can operate and get us through the short outages or until I can get home and start the diesel. Doesn't power much but the fridge and basic circuits but it is good enough.

 

[Soundguy]

All my insurances have let me refill anytime within 5 or 7 days of the one month mark. Always thought that was for people going out of town for a week and going to run out of meds during the week. But also let's me call in a refill and then pick it up over the next day or two.

If you refill 5 days early each month for a year. That's a 60 day supply you have stock piled.

Must be nice, I used to take alergy meds daily, 30 day supply. Walgreens auto refell never let me refill early..

 

[mark02tj]

Must be nice, I used to take alergy meds daily, 30 day supply. Walgreens auto refell never let me refill early..

Call around to various pharmacies and ask what the "cash price" is for a 30 or 90 day supply of your med is. You will be shocked to see the differences in prices between pharmacies. Also, check with local pharmacies if you have any in your area. They often have better prices. If you pay cash instead of going through your insurance, you can refill whenever you want.

I'm on a B-P med. If I go through my insurance, it's $22 for a 30 day supply. If I pay cash, it's $35 for a 90 day supply. Guess what I do? This is at a locally owned pharmacy rather than a CVS/Walgreens. It did take a bit of time on the phone to find this place though.

And, nurse practitioner at the doctor's office is pretty flexible with me. Even though I'm supposed to go every 6 months to have my semi-annual "lose weight and get more exercise" check up, she will write a script for 90 days of BP med with 3 refills - so a total of a year's worth of meds instead of 6 months. This has let me build up a bit of a supply. My previous doc would do the same thing. That's one advantage of going to a small doc instead of one of the large hospital group docs.

Also, there are a ton of meds that are on the "$4 List". If yours are on that, you can refill them on the cheap.

 

[mark02tj]

If someone is really serious about wanting to package their own freeze-dried food, they can buy one of these.

 

[Soundguy]

Call around to various pharmacies and ask what the "cash price" is for a 30 or 90 day supply of your med is. You will be shocked to see the differences in prices between pharmacies. Also, check with local pharmacies if you have any in your area. They often have better prices. If you pay cash instead of going through your insurance, you can refill whenever you want.

I'm on a B-P med. If I go through my insurance, it's $22 for a 30 day supply. If I pay cash, it's $35 for a 90 day supply. Guess what I do? This is at a locally owned pharmacy rather than a CVS/Walgreens. It did take a bit of time on the phone to find this place though.

And, nurse practitioner at the doctor's office is pretty flexible with me. Even though I'm supposed to go every 6 months to have my semi-annual "lose weight and get more exercise" check up, she will write a script for 90 days of BP med with 3 refills - so a total of a year's worth of meds instead of 6 months. This has let me build up a bit of a supply. My previous doc would do the same thing. That's one advantage of going to a small doc instead of one of the large hospital group docs.

Also, there are a ton of meds that are on the "$4 List". If yours are on that, you can refill them on the cheap.

You are right, I hadn't thought about purchasing past insurance, as ins has always been the hold up time factor for me.

 

[Soundguy]

Call around to various pharmacies and ask what the "cash price" is for a 30 or 90 day supply of your med is. You will be shocked to see the differences in prices between pharmacies. Also, check with local pharmacies if you have any in your area. They often have better prices. If you pay cash instead of going through your insurance, you can refill whenever you want.

I'm on a B-P med. If I go through my insurance, it's $22 for a 30 day supply. If I pay cash, it's $35 for a 90 day supply. Guess what I do? This is at a locally owned pharmacy rather than a CVS/Walgreens. It did take a bit of time on the phone to find this place though.

And, nurse practitioner at the doctor's office is pretty flexible with me. Even though I'm supposed to go every 6 months to have my semi-annual "lose weight and get more exercise" check up, she will write a script for 90 days of BP med with 3 refills - so a total of a year's worth of meds instead of 6 months. This has let me build up a bit of a supply. My previous doc would do the same thing. That's one advantage of going to a small doc instead of one of the large hospital group docs.

Also, there are a ton of meds that are on the "$4 List". If yours are on that, you can refill them on the cheap.

You are right, I hadn't thought about purchasing past insurance, as ins has always been the hold up time factor for me.

 

[Garandman]

We just bought "American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition" for the place up north, with the idea that internet can do down and travel would be difficult. $5.61 used on eBay.

 

[paulharvey]

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