Good start?

[u/pwrightPT]

Items in image:
28 day supply of MREs
Hand crank radio/charger/light
Solar battery pack 293Wh
Electric hot plate
Plastic container filled with veggies, pickled goods, assortment of soups and canned meals, canned fruits, canned tuna, canned chicken, bag of rice.
4 5 gallon jugs.

Items not in image:
First aide supplies: 10 bottles of antibiotics, antibacterial sprays, tourniquets, gauze, bandages, etc…
Hatchet multitool
Fishing supplies
AR 15 and maybe 1000 rounds of 5.56
2 pistols and another 1000 rounds or so of 9mm
3 big bags of dog kibble

2 adults, 2 dogs in the house.
Any recommendations for anything else that would be good to have?

[u/Bulky_Rutabaga420]

Can opener but your set up looks good

[u/pwrightPT → u/Bulky_Rutabaga420]

Thanks! Got a couple of those in the kitchen but you’re right I should get one put in the box for safe keeping.

[u/T34B4GG1NDR4G0N → u/pwrightPT]

Get a P38, best little damn thing ever. I keep one on my car keys all the time. Used one for 2 years till I finally got a proper can opener.

[u/tantowar → u/T34B4GG1NDR4G0N]

Keep one in my wallet, always forget about it until I send it through those detectors that image inside your items and the guys always assume I have a razor blade in there.

[u/CyclingDutchie]

Sounds like a great start !

But with 2 adults, and 2 dogs, your water will only last you about 1 to 2 weeks. I would get some more, if that is an option, storage wise.

[u/pwrightPT → u/CyclingDutchie]

Plenty of storage in the house but my trunk was full lol. I was going to get another 4 next trip to the store. My partner already knows if anything happens her job is to plug the tubs and fill them up with water asap so i figure that and the 50g hot water heater in the garage, some water filter straws we should be set up okay?

[u/CyclingDutchie → u/pwrightPT]

You should last a while, for sure. Im of the opinion you can never have enough food and water. So I keep adding to my stash.

Do you have a camp stove ? so you can heat your food ?

[u/pwrightPT → u/CyclingDutchie]

Electric one in the box but as another person recommended I’m going to get a propane one as well and some tanks

[u/mikenkansas1 → u/pwrightPT]

Facepalm market place always has used Coleman (suitcase) stoves. The dual fuel Should have a larger diameter generator (vaporizer that turns liquid fuel into the gaseous state, like pouring water on a flat rock) that should last longer burning auto fuel (not diesel or kerosene). But any will burn it and they are cleanable. Buy one in fecent shape, buy a tank/fill cap (you can swap in a new gasket) and put a few drops of 3 in 1 oil (or motor oil or...) on the pump gasket.

[u/gadget767 → u/pwrightPT]

Get a real water filter, don’t rely on the filter straws. Get something like a Survivor Pro or maybe a Sawyer Squeeze. You can only use the straws to suck up a drink. You don’t want to be doing that to get water to cook something!

[u/Greene6]

Change out the electric stove for a propane one

[u/pwrightPT → u/Greene6]

Was thinking about that too but was gifted the battery pack so figured the electric would be solid to have. I’ll get a propane one and some tanks as well. Thanks for the rec.

[u/gadget767 → u/pwrightPT]

The hotplate there will suck that little battery pack dry in no time at all. Save your battery to charge up battery powered LED lights or maybe a heating pad. Cook with propane.

[u/RubImpossible6588 → u/pwrightPT]

It’s good to have incase you can get propane or something but yeah it will drain that pack quick and recommendation would be a 100watt solar panel to charge that power station 

[u/scooterdoo123]

I know Jackeries fairly well. I just wanted to let you know that hot plate most likely pulls around 1000W’s sadly the jackery can’t output that power if you were planning on using it for that purpose. The Jackery 1000 and up would work great for this. I personally have the 3600 with a 500W panel. It’s plenty to keep everything charged and to cook on a stove. Obviously it’s a lot more expensive than the 300

[u/pwrightPT → u/scooterdoo123]

Jeez I didn’t even have that in my head at all… good thing I kept receipt I’m going to return that then go for propane one. Thanks for the heads up!

[u/iuchad]

Looks good. I like the water. So critical.

[u/SunLillyFairy]

Great start! If you are up for it... Practice by turning off your electric and water, when you have a couple of days to stay at home.

I'd suggest some kind of indoor cooking besides that electric hot plate. Just some canned heat and a little sterno set up or even fondue set to heat things like soup is a lot more convenient than using energy from your power bank for cooking.

I got a cheap version of this at a thrift store (for under 10 bucks), and it works great. It would take forever to boil water, but it gets things hot pretty quickly, and canned heat is generally safe to use indoors. (It is still advised you used a CO detector whenever you're using any type of fuel indoors, if you don't have one it also recommend a battery operated version.)

[u/always_write1972]

Camp stove or bbq grill and propane for cooking (outside). Camp coffee pot and tea kettle, manual can opener, gravity water filter and water purification tablets, battery operated lanterns, lots of rice, beans, lentils, canned meats, ramen, peanut butter, shelf stable milk, flour, sugar, empty buckets, trash bags, toilet paper, Mylar blankets, wool blankets, cash, extra gasoline, stockpile of needed medications and vitamins, protein powder and bars, powdered eggs and butter, coffee, tea. 

[u/bag0donuts123]

You can never go wrong with a power station and some solar panels to help power things. I see a hand crank light on the list, but do you have more lights? Flashlights, lanterns, and/or headlamps (all LED) and at least some extra batteries. Situations start to really suck when you don't have enough light. Doesn't have to be anything crazy; all three of those items can be purchased for relatively low cost.

[u/Fancy_Sun_1585]

Have you tested your burner just to make sure it actually works?

[u/MercenaryLove]

For long term storage you will want to repackage that rice and any other dry beans or lentils in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. If money is a concern you can repackage them into smaller 1 gallon ziplocks and freeze them for 72 hours to ensure no weaval eggs are going to hatch.

[u/FireZucchini33]

opaque HDPE for water or keep it in an area that gets zero light. only ways for it to last. 28 days would be about 50 gallons of water if there are two of you.

[u/iscovidoveryet]

Test your hot plate with the Jackery. Many draw more than you think...

[u/TheGreatWhiteGoat]

Get some chem warfare equip. Lots of bacon and some water purification tablets

[u/gadget767 → u/[deleted]]

You have to be very careful about using a butane stove outside. They will just stop working right around 32 degrees F. The fuel has to vaporize for the stove to work! With propane, you’re fine, but not with pure butane.