11 Walmart Items Every Smart Prepper Is Quietly Buying Before October Panic Begins (All Under $2)

My books are on sale now 📖 Ready for Anything, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://hankdockery.com The National Weather Service's own normals put the first frost in the Ozark hills in the third week of October and the first freeze close behind, and NOAA's Climate Prediction Center gives a greater than 90% chance of a very strong El Nino this fall and winter. In January 2009, ice left 350,000 Arkansas customers in the dark, and 100,000 were still waiting a week later. Hank's ridge went 19 days without power. This week he took about $15 to Walmart and came home with eleven things, every one $2 or less. Subscribe to the channel: @hankdockery In this video, we talk about 11 Walmart items under $2 for the first frost and the first long outage, including a $1.27 ice scraper for the truck, a cotton ball and petroleum jelly fire starter for an outdoor fire ring, the space blanket Hank won't put on the bed, an 84 cent whistle and the test from the creek to the porch, a pocket flashlight for every coat, a composition book for the numbers that die with your phone, the clear poncho that tore on a cedar limb, hand sanitizer and the percent on the back, instant potatoes and the water they drink, baking soda for the fridge when the power comes back, and bouillon cubes at about 15 cents a mug. 🔔 Subscribe so the next one reaches you before the first frost hits your windshield. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how many phone numbers you could call from memory if your phone died tonight. 📢 Send this to somebody who keeps every number in their phone, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:51 The frost that beats you to town 07:00 The shiny blanket I won't sleep under 09:45 The whistle Donna heard from the porch 12:05 A light in every coat pocket 17:09 The poncho that tore on a cedar 19:38 The sanitizer that misses dirty hands 21:51 A hot supper that drinks your water 26:15 Fifteen cents of hot in a mug 28:00 The order the first frost starts Sources: NWS Little Rock, Frost and Freeze Information for Arkansas https://www.weather.gov/lzk/frostfreeze.htm NOAA Climate Prediction Center, ENSO Diagnostic Discussion https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml National Weather Service, Winter Weather Safety: Before the Storm https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-before Ready.gov, Build a Kit https://www.ready.gov/kit USDA FSIS, Keep Your Food Safe During Emergencies https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/emergencies/keep-your-food-safe-during-emergencies USDA FSIS, Refrigeration and Food Safety https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/refrigeration CDC, About Hand Sanitizer https://www.cdc.gov/clean-hands/about/hand-sanitizer.html 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. #HankDockery #Walmart #WalmartFinds #Under2Dollars #FirstFrost #IceScraper #FireStarter #SpaceBlanket #EmergencyWhistle #Flashlight #PowerOutage #IceStorm #WinterPrep #ElNino #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #BudgetPrepping #Arkansas #Ozarks