20 Overlooked Survival Items That You'll Regret Not Stockpiling After Collapse Hits

My books are on sale now 📖 The Prepper's Field Manual, and all three as the collection. Grab them here: https://dalebrooks.com On one day in April 2020, nearly half the grocery stores in the US were out of toilet paper. By that September, canning lids were running short, and that spring seed companies had stopped taking orders from home gardeners. In Texas in February 2021, more than 4.5 million people lost power, some for four days. After Hurricane Helene in 2024, more than 1,400 roads closed in western North Carolina and crews cut their way in through downed trees. What runs out first is never the big thing. It's the small part that makes it work. Subscribe to the channel: @preppedamerica In this video, we talk about 20 overlooked survival items Dale keeps at his place up north, what each one cost him, and the four he'd leave on the shelf, including the chainsaw file, a spare chain and bar oil, a spare bow saw blade, leather work gloves, a heavy tarp and plastic sheeting, ice cleats, a whistle, a year of canning lids, the pressure canner's sealing ring and gauge test, 5% vinegar and canning salt, food-grade buckets with gasket lids, cooking oil, coffee, garden seeds, toilet paper, bar soap and wipes, spare toothbrushes, paper plates, a spare pair of glasses, the paper manuals, and a deck of cards for the long nights. 🔔 Subscribe so the next count reaches you before the shelves in town go bare. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and what ran out on you the last time. 📢 Send this to the neighbor with the chainsaw and no file, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:58 The part that cuts you out 05:13 What the wind and the ice take 08:04 The jars without their lids 11:10 Mice, old oil and the coffee 15:34 When every gallon gets counted 18:45 The long nights at the den table 20:28 The small part behind the big one Sources: NC State College of Natural Resources, The toilet paper shortage (2020) https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2020/05/coronavirus-toilet-paper-shortage/ NPR, The Latest COVID-19 Shortage Is Canning Lids (2020) https://www.npr.org/2020/09/20/914949289/the-latest-covid-19-shortage-is-canning-lids National Center for Home Food Preservation, Recommended Jars and Lids https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/general-information/recommended-jars-and-lids/ Oregon, Saw Chain Maintenance Manual https://apps.oregonproducts.com/pro/pdf/maintenance_manual/ms_02.pdf CDC, Preventing Chain Saw Injuries After a Disaster https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/48356/cdc_48356_DS1.pdf Ready.gov, Build A Kit https://www.ready.gov/kit NCDOT, 100 days after Helene (2025) https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2025/2025-01-08-relentless-100-days-after-helene.aspx DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one household getting ready. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county, the National Weather Service or your fire agency. When they say leave, leave. #DaleBrooks #PreppedAmerica #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #Stockpile #PowerOutage #HomePreparedness #Chainsaw #HomeCanning #CanningLids #FoodStorage #Pantry #GardenSeeds #WaterStorage #Windstorm #IceCleats #Minnesota #NorthWoods #RuralLiving