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Our subreddit wiki contains information on frequent topics and questions here: https://new.reddit.com/r/preppers/wiki/index/

The New Prepper's Resource Guide post is stickied here: https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/1ot3jpn/new_preppers_resource_guide_answers_to_common/

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