I'm not terribly concerned about radiation from Japan since I am east of the Rockies. I am glad that we are already prepared in this area, though. If you don't have a stock of potassium iodide or potassium iodate, don't freak out. Take this as your cue to get some for the future.
WiJoyMom - I don't know who has them now. I bought ours in July from Emergency Essentials. Now, of course, they are out of stock. Maybe someone will chime in with a source. If I didn't have any KI and I was on the west coast, I would let the hubbub die down and just get some iodine. You can find instructions about painting iodine on your stomach in a raditation emergency. In a month or two, I bet KI will be back in stock again. Any of the big preparedness companies stocks it.
I was once pretty clueless when it came to "prepping". Follow my journey towards self-reliance as I explore gardening, food storage, canning, animal husbandry and other homesteading and survival-related topics.
Our Sad Harvest stats for 2012 - The Year of the Big Drought
EGGS:
1,645 chicken eggs & 124 duck eggs
DRIED GOODS:
-4 large bundles of oregano
-40 heads of garlic, some of which I dehydrated and processed into garlic powder
-1 bushel of onions
CANNED:
13 half-pints of blackberry jam
FREEZER:
1 gallon of green bell peppers
4 pints of frozen blackberries
2 heritage turkeys (and after we ate them 8 pints of turkey bone broth)
Harvest 2011 (not counting what we ate fresh)
FREEZER:
16 family-sized packages of green beans 4 gallons of green peppers 1 gallon of jalapenos 1 gallon of poblano peppers
9 pints of blackberries
Several batches of basil pesto
5 c. pumpkin puree
PANTRY:
24 half -pints of blackberry jam 5 pints of dilled green beans 1 half-pint of dried parsley 3 pints of dried oregano leaves 8 quarts and a pint of spaghetti sauce 5 half-pints of salsa jam 5 pints of salsa
So very, very scary!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know your resource for these tablets (unless I missed it in your previous post).
Courtney - I got them from Emergency Essentials. Surprise, surprise! ;) http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=MF%20T101
ReplyDeleteLooks like they are backordered for the time being.
I wonder what the impact has been in Hawaii??
ReplyDeleteBetter a year early than a day late! When I spent that $30 I wondered if *I* was being too out there. ha ha!
ReplyDeleteWHO has these in stock? what is the going rate for them? Reputable company, please
ReplyDeleteWiJoyMom - I don't know who has them now. I bought ours in July from Emergency Essentials. Now, of course, they are out of stock. Maybe someone will chime in with a source. If I didn't have any KI and I was on the west coast, I would let the hubbub die down and just get some iodine. You can find instructions about painting iodine on your stomach in a raditation emergency. In a month or two, I bet KI will be back in stock again. Any of the big preparedness companies stocks it.
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