Every beginner prepping list on the internet has the same stuff: a flashlight, some water, an emergency radio, some freeze-dried food, a first aid kit. It is not wrong, it is just incomplete in ways that only become obvious when you actually need to use your prep. I have been doing this long enough — and I have worked enough disaster restoration jobs to see what people actually lacked — that my list looks different. Here are the things I think you should buy first, that almost nobody tells you a