{"id":8971,"date":"2026-10-02T21:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/?page_id=8971"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:16:04","slug":"preparedness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/preserving\/preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"pgamo-hero\" id=\"top\" style=\"min-height:26vh;background-color:#877373;\">\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero-side pgamo-hero-side--left\">\n<span class=\"pgamo-hero-side__label\">New Here?<\/span>\n<h3 class=\"pgamo-hero-side__heading\">Start Free Today<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pgamo-hero-side__text\">Enroll in the Ministerial Bible Study Series &#8212; 66 books, 251 lessons, completely free forever.<\/p>\n<a class=\"pgamo-hero-side__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/courses\/bible-study\/\">Enroll Free &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"pgamo-hero__heading\">Preparedness<\/h1><p class=\"pgamo-hero__subheading\">How much water and food to store for your family, how long your own pantry and freezer would last, and a checklist to get ready one step at a time.<\/p><div class=\"pgamo-hero__buttons\">\n<a class=\"pgamo-btn pgamo-btn--primary\" href=\"#prep\">How Much to Store<\/a>\n<a class=\"pgamo-btn pgamo-btn--ghost\" href=\"\/preserving\/recipes\/\">Recipe Box<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero-side pgamo-hero-side--right\">\n<span class=\"pgamo-hero-side__label\">From Our Authors<\/span>\n<h3 class=\"pgamo-hero-side__heading\">Meet Our Contributing Authors<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pgamo-hero-side__text\">Read devotionals and Bible studies shared by members of our community.<\/p>\n<a class=\"pgamo-hero-side__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/groups\/contributing-authors\/forum\/\">Read Their Articles &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<nav class=\"pgamo-section-nav pgamo-section-nav--sticky\" aria-label=\"Page sections\">\n<ul class=\"pgamo-section-nav__list\">\n<li><a href=\"#prep\">Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how\">Why Prepare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"prep\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgamo-hs\" id=\"hs-top\"><h3 class=\"hs-section-title\" id=\"prep-calc\">How much to store<\/h3><div class=\"hs-calcs hs-calcs-wide\"><div class=\"hs-card hs-calc\" data-hs-calc=\"xprep\" data-cfg=\"{&quot;staples&quot;:{&quot;grain&quot;:[&quot;Grains (wheat, rice, oats, corn, pasta)&quot;,300,&quot;lb&quot;],&quot;legume&quot;:[&quot;Beans, lentils and split peas&quot;,60,&quot;lb&quot;],&quot;sugar&quot;:[&quot;Sugar and honey&quot;,60,&quot;lb&quot;],&quot;milk&quot;:[&quot;Powdered milk&quot;,16,&quot;lb&quot;],&quot;fat&quot;:[&quot;Cooking oil, shortening or lard&quot;,10,&quot;qt&quot;],&quot;salt&quot;:[&quot;Salt&quot;,8,&quot;lb&quot;]}}\"><h4>Water &amp; basic food storage<\/h4><div class=\"hs-calc-in\"><label>Adults and teens<input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"2\" data-in=\"adults\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Children 4\u201312<input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"2\" data-in=\"children\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Little ones 1\u20133<input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"0\" data-in=\"little\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Pets <small>(dogs and cats)<\/small><input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"1\" data-in=\"pets\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Months to plan for<input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"3\" data-in=\"months\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><\/div><ul class=\"hs-calc-out\" data-out aria-live=\"polite\"><\/ul><p class=\"hs-hint\">Water: 1 gallon per person per day for drinking and basic cleaning (more in hot weather, for nursing mothers and the sick). Food: basic per-adult yearly amounts widely used for long-term storage \u2014 children need about 70% and little ones about 40%. Babies need formula or breast milk; plan separately.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"hs-hint\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/register-2\/\">Create a free account<\/a> to save your plan, keep a checklist and see how long your own pantry and freezer would last.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"pgamo-text-image pgamo-text-image--left pgamo-text-image--dark\" id=\"how\">\n<div class=\"pgamo-text-image__inner\">\n<div class=\"pgamo-text-image__media\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pgamo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/homestead-canning-pantry-1024x683.jpg')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pgamo-text-image__content\">\n<h2>Ready, Not Afraid<\/h2><div class=\"pgamo-text-image__text\"><p>Storms, outages, a lost job or a long winter \u2014 a stocked pantry lets you care for your family and help your neighbors. Store what you already eat, rotate it, and keep water on hand. Members can save their plan, tick off the checklist and see roughly how many days their own canning and freezer would feed the family. \u201cGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise\u2026 provideth her meat in the summer.\u201d \u2014 Proverbs 6:6\u20138<\/p>\n<\/div><a class=\"pgamo-btn pgamo-btn--primary\" href=\"#prep\">Back to the Calculator<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8885,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8971","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8975,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8971\/revisions\/8975"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}