Hi Prom I have a couple of those radios. They are not bad and the fact that they float really is a real bonus. I always carry one when I go sailing. This way I can't lose my cell phone which does not float!

I have 2 BOBs one for me and one for my Mrs.ive been prepping for awhile,we have easy 60 day supply of water and food,yet when I have the latest and upto daftest gear something new shows up,so updating is important,there is no end to prepping,

Since I live in an apartment I have to be creative.

My first thought was storage, privacy and defense.
Luckily, with underground parking and a storage locker behind my vehicle, along with "room to spare" in the apartment itself, I'm not too bad.
But, I also have an offsite storage locker - big enough to fit my 4x4 SUV with lots of room to spare, with its doors wide open - before I put "some of my preps" and excess inside. Right now, it gets used as offsite storage and as a workshop, so I still have lots of space in it.
At the office, I have (hidden) storage capability too.

So, let me itemize my preps, now that you know I've thought about storage.

1. BOB(s) - at each location - as back-ups, though a BOB always accompany me in my 4x4 SUV. My vehicle BOB gets "revised" each spring / fall.

2. Water - 4 x 5gal jugs in the apartment, 6x24 flats of water bottles in my parking/storage locker, and another 4x24 flats of water bottles at the offsite location; I also have two means of purifying water, which is in every bug-out bag.

3. Fuel - vehicle tank never drops below half; maintain an extra 80 liter (4x20 l jerries) in my underground locker, and another 80 liter (4 x 20) at the offsite location. Carry siphon hose in my own SUV. Cooking fuel, i.e. propane, kept at offsite storage; for an apartment bug-in, would use sterno / BBQ (conversion) / solar cooker back-up on top floor south-facing balcony.

4. Shelter - bug-in plan for short term at apartment, vehicle or office; scoping out Bug-Out locations and possible acreage purchases; own three sets of camping gear, one which is ultra-light for back-country hiking.

5. Food - kitchen cabinets are never empty, just as my freezer is not; pantry always full. Extyra shelves/storage/ (wheeled) rubbermaids in apartment designated & tested for an extra two months of canned / dried food. Another four wheeled/stacked rubbermaids in my parking/storage locker easily loadable into SUV ( along with other locker contents). Maintain a full pantry at my work office good enough to maintain me for a week. (Note: thinking about moving one of my rubbermaids to office ....) I also have a decent food drier, and Vacuum Sealer, but consider myself a bit behind on that front.

6. Navigation / Communication: redundant cell phones (two different #s) and GMRS/FRS radio sets (2 x 2 sets, enclosed in Faraday cans). The radios and cell phones all have pre-programmed lifelines / family encryption codes. (NOTE: try out Life360 on a cell phone..... Preppersaurus introduced me to it. He and I have matching lifelines / encryption codes - we're not related, we just think alike.) Thinking of "gifting" another set of GMRS/FRS radios (in Faraday cans) to my youngest step-son, his wife and the grand-kids in Lethbridge, but they aren't fully onboard yet. I also have backroad map books for BC and Alberta, along with redundant GPS systems, with my newest GPS being a Garmin nuvii LMT - I like the idea of knowing if in the USA if the main traffic arteries are getting backed up .... Also carry a compass in each of my BOBs, with two of the best ones being in my vehicle BOB and other being in my apartment BOB (a back-country backpack).

7. Computers/HDDs/Electronics - all necessary backups performed regularly, with a back-up computer XP laptop always "Faraday'd" in a ready-to-go metal briefcase stored offsite. Another "Faraday'd" ready-to-go metal briefcase is always ready to go, with a secondary back-up HDD, which I can place my tablet into, if necessary. Have the capacity to maintain a third personal back-up at the office under "my lock & key", but don't for fear of encroaching upon company IP/confidentiality operational rules (don't want the company saying that it is their's even when I could clearly identify it isn't). I use multiple level encryption on all storage files, whether accessing through XP, VISTA, Windows 7, Android or Linux; each and every storage encryption can be accessed through either of those OS platforms, but only by me - or two others to whom I've entrusted the encryption keys.

8. Transport - I drive a six (6) year old medium-sized Toyota SUV, well tested, but lots of room for more mileage. Needs some work this year again on the brakes, tires, and I think suspension, but all in all an excellent cruising / off-road vehicle. I almost purchased a Tacoma recently but decided against it. I'm (kind of) debt free, and I'd like to keep it that way. Considering purchasing a "beater" 4x4 pick-up / SUV, say like an International or Scout, which would / should be more EMP hardened; also hoping I can some such cheap too which I could use as a pet project and rebuild.

9. Self-defense - work experience! (can't say anymore online)

10. Fire-arms - don't own, but experienced. Considering getting my PAL and .... (can't say anymore online).

Guess that is enough for now.
NOTE: I didn't discuss Clothing, as I could go on .... Suffice it to say, I'm prepared at all locations and in each BOB for every eventuality - except no HazMat suits. 😆

If it isn't evident, I lean to being "self"-sufficient, but would prefer being "co"-efficient. 😀
Looking forward to "meeting" any that are interested, either by online discussion or in person, as the opportunity provides.

Glad to see some older threads being awoken by new members.

gprs,
That sounds like a pretty comprehensive list with alot of redundancy built into it! I hope you have luck getting some Edmontonians together for some casual meetings in order to build a Northern group because I don't think a lone wolf would last long in a true end of society scenario... "co-efficient" would be much more preferable I would think.

Good luck!