WanderLore
Veteran Member
When I was on the d-mat team I was activated twice for Katrina. Also we are good to go and my sister who is in Miami is in the prepping mode now which is very good
That’s what my folks and many others have as backup on The Rock...aka Kodiak Island. It’s a rain forest but due to little soil, the rain just runs quickly back into the sea. This is a really good option if you have a place for it!A 300 gallon water tote can usually be found on CL for around $100. Make sure you get a food grade one if you are using it for drinking or gardening water
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Mine is a propane with pilot, (stovetop and oven) We've never run out of gas...it pays to pay attention to these things. But no gas supplier in their right mind would ever fill an empty bulk tank without access to the house and the pilots. It's standard safety procedure.Some older propane stoves don't have the newer government required safety $#!t on them. Those older stoves allow an owner to use the oven as well as the cook top during an emergency. They have pilot lights instead of an electric ignition.
One drawback is that the stove must be completely off when the tanks are being filled. If the user runs out of gas and leaves the burner or oven "on" while the tanks are filled the house can fill up with gas and ignite. Not a good thing.
They should also be labeled UL or Underwriters Laboratory inspected. This usually keeps the insurance company happy.
Some stoves can be converted to use pilot lights.
One thing I've done in the last several months is to work my way to having 52 cans of things we could eat once a week to help prevent food fatigue.
Judy
Mine never did. On one of their first calls they asked if I was sure the gas was off. It was and there were no problems or further questions.Mine is a propane with pilot, (stovetop and oven) We've never run out of gas...it pays to pay attention to these things. But no gas supplier in their right mind would ever fill an empty bulk tank without access to the house and the pilots. It's standard safety procedure.
Yes!!! Choose 7 meals that can be made from pantry. There is a week. Repeat 52 times and you have a year of meals (dinners) such as : spaghetti & sauce, rice & beans, Soups, etc. I have rolled oats for breakfasts mostly as well.
Spices and spice mixes can help vary the flavor of using the same base ingredients. Beans and rice are beans and rice, with spice they can become Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Italian etc. Grayvies and various sauces (powdered packets, cans and jared) can also bring comforting familiar flavors to shelf stable food.One thing I've done in the last several months is to work my way to having 52 cans of things we could eat once a week to help prevent food fatigue.
Judy
I bought some bags today of sheep shit. I'm ready...... I don't know what for but I have shit.
I bought some bags today of sheep shit. I'm ready...... I don't know what for but I have shit.
CONUS produces energy enough to export, food enough to export, and is big enough and wealthy enough that one unaffected region can help out an incapacitated one.
WT,
Like all of the government levels did with New Orleans....
When the SHTF, societies across the earth will fall apart and the only safe places will be far from the cities.... Production of large quantities of fuel and food will end....
That is why preparing is so important....
Texican....
Yes!!! Choose 7 meals that can be made from pantry. There is a week. Repeat 52 times and you have a year of meals (dinners) such as : spaghetti & sauce, rice & beans, Soups, etc. I have rolled oats for breakfasts mostly as well.
You can not survive regardless how well armed you are and how secure your home is....
Very small cities with like minded individuals is a better choice....
Better is a location is to live in a way out in the sticks with like minded individuals.... This is not possible for many, but with a group of like minded individuals, you can have a BOL that will support all of you, but be sure of that the individuals believe as you do....
Texican....
I'll interject here that scale matters. If you scare new people off by telling them they need to store a year's supply of food and all is hopeless unless they convert to wood gas...they are gonna freeze like a deer in the headlights and do nothing.
Many of us have been at this for decades...or all our lives. Totally different perspective. For most people, a good start is having a couple weeks of soup, spaghetti, peanut butter crackers and pancake mix on hand, a camp stove, headlamps, case of water and sleeping bags. Alone...a big help for most common disruptions and miles ahead of the herd.
I'll interject here that scale matters. If you scare new people off by telling them they need to store a year's supply of food and all is hopeless unless they convert to wood gas...they are gonna freeze like a deer in the headlights and do nothing.
Many of us have been at this for decades...or all our lives. Totally different perspective. For most people, a good start is having a couple weeks of soup, spaghetti, peanut butter crackers and pancake mix on hand, a camp stove, headlamps, case of water and sleeping bags. Alone...a big help for most common disruptions and miles ahead of the herd.
Yeah, I like to point out to the truely interested that anything ahead is better than the majority of people are likely to have - so start with figuring out what you use each week or month, and try budgeting to buy a month's worth ahead. Start with the most important items, the obvious stuff like Toliet paper, matches, bleach, some canned milk, etc.
Every family is going to vary and it will depend on where you live and how you live, a family with serious food allergies is going to have a different agenda than a family of two able-bodied adults with no known health issues, etc.
To some degree, the basic early stages of prepping are pretty much just good household management of the type most people don't get taught and tiny apartment kitchens (and homes built without storage space) are designed to encourage.
Once people get the hang of that, especially ways of purifying water (if you can't store much of it) become more obvious.
If that scares people off then don't bother, let them die. You can lead a horse to water.......
You can not survive regardless how well armed you are and how secure your home is....
Very small cities with like minded individuals is a better choice....
Better is a location is to live in a way out in the sticks with like minded individuals.... This is not possible for many, but with a group of like minded individuals, you can have a BOL that will support all of you, but be sure of that the individuals believe as you do....
Texican....
"Above all, Prepare to die."
Or I prefer.
Prepare to live, but except, that you will most likely die.
I did get hubby a nice new Stihl chainsaw and extra chains for Christmas since we heat with wood.