Posted on 11/17/2017 6:10:12 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Do your own preps and shelter in place because we’ve shut down all the civil defense shelters. Start digging that bomb shelter before the winter freeze.
Makes you wonder about those people who have never cooked a meal in their apartments.
A little too aqueous for my taste although I'm guessing it's frozen solid by now?
I agree ! I am sure they use 'Stabil', 'Starbrite', or some other petroleum stabilizer for long term storage.
I always thought that Diesel made more sense for long term stocking, except that in frozen temperatures, it gels up, and is unusable until it is heated and liquifies.
I am a firm believer in multi-fuel generators, lanterns, and cook stoves (ie.: gasoline/ natural gas/ propane); conversion kits are available thru Harbor Freight, and elsewhere.
It also pays to know what recipe ingredients can be substituted for others. Example - cream cheese and eggs will spoil quickly so use those ingredients to make a type of bread or noodles in the early days and save the pantry stable flour and dried pasta for later.
Good point ! Some 'everyday ingredients' that we are accustomed to have quicker expiration dates, especially when lacking refrigeration.
Learn to improvise, adjust, and adapt - .. as our parents did !
Never freezes solid, its hardly frozen enough to walk across.
Looking at the weather for this week, I can’t believe it doesn’t freeze! https://www.bing.com/search?q=weather%20in%20wasilla%20alaska%20right%20now&FORM=EDGSH3&refig=0d17bce2ede543a4a3c64cbb05c46d88
Alaska is amazing! It is in the top three vacation destinations of my life. (Egypt and Coastal Brazil at the others) Of course, I was there in mid June.
I wasn’t disrespecting Alaska. I loved it when I was there, and found the people to be independent as a rule. To think some bureaucrat or newscaster could tell them anything is ridiculous. Not one of my Alaskan friends could ever be found unprepared for any eventuality. What outsiders call prepping was simply living—in the bush and even in Anchorage.
I was in Alaska (and some select real estate in the Aleutians) during the last NORK crisis in 1994. Few people knew of the situation then, and fewer remember today. If Carter hadn’t gone and illegally negotiated a treaty, or if Clinton hadn’t acquiesced, we wouldn’t be facing a nuclear enemy today.
My remark about Alaska was simply stating that there are more high-profile targets in range if they can hit y’all. Most Americans have no idea of Alaska beyond the history channel and couldn’t find Anchorage or Fairbanks on a map.
Aleutians ... Shemya?
Used to be called that. It’s Eareckson Air Station now.
Some of them don’t do long-term storage; they burn it as fast as it gets there, and if a shipment is delayed they’re ood-scray.
Well, now that they know you're responsible - I assume on day 4 they'll come a knockin' to your door...
There’s pretty much no such thing as a nuclear bomb shelter. There are fallout shelters :-)
Well, now that they know you’re responsible - I assume on day 4 they’ll come a knockin’ to your door...
LOL I was very careful not to go into my stock of supplies...
Just said bought them at the Dollar store and that they are a good deal. True btw...The package of 6 offers 27 hours of light for a dollar. Good deal IMHO.
Frankly, if someone merely knocks wanting lighting, sending them off with a $1 box of candles is easy-peasy...
Makes you wonder about those people who have never cooked a meal in their apartments.
I understood that, and it was what I took away from your previous post; prepping is a life-style.
With today's mobile society, many of us are geographically far removed from our previous support group called family, and have to rely more on our own resources.
That is why there is renewed interest in many skills and trades that have been long ago forgotten or ignored (ie: home canning, fermentation, smoking/salting meats, etc.)
"Rugged individual" survival skills now seem to rely more on camping skills and equipment, bushcraft, gardening, and hunting;
little thought is given to when those resources and equipment deteriorate, or become non-existent.
That is why we need to learn how to adjust, adapt, improvise, and prepare prior to any emergency or personal issue.
When I lived there, many of the people are prepared with emergency stashes of everything, anyhow. If you live even a little bit remote, which is just about everywhere, even if just a couple miles out of town, it could br critical during weather issues.
Also, a lot of people learned to do this after the ‘64 earthquake when they had no drinking water, and couldn’t buy food, for days. My aunt would fill used Clorox bottles with water and stash them, then re-fill them with fresh every month.
________________________________________
Yes, most people in Alaska are a special breed—very independent—tho there is a large group dependent on the government—primarily Native Americans from what I have seen. Even dependents are hardier than many down in the lower 48.
Wish people in the lower 48 would do a better job of preparing! A couple years ago, a DuPage County (affluent) suburb of Chicago, had the power go out for several days—caused by a summer storm (I believe.). There were news stories about no A/C (it was in summer), losing all food in fridge, flooding, etc. As it is a large metro area, it was not difficult to drive to a neighboring suburb and buy supplies, etc...but still was somewhat of a drill on how to survive in a hardship situation.
Don’t think to many people in other suburbs got the message that they need to prepare...Pity! I watch the news of tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, ice storms, etc. and am just amazed that people won’t put a few dollars a month into being prepared.
I have spoken to the Emergency Management Dept. supervisor in my town (adjacent to the town that I described above), and he says it is not a matter of if, just a matter of when we have a major disaster, and he truly wishes people would be more proactive.
I wasn’t disrespecting Alaska. I loved it when I was there, and found the people to be independent as a rule. To think some bureaucrat or newscaster could tell them anything is ridiculous. Not one of my Alaskan friends could ever be found unprepared for any eventuality. What outsiders call prepping was simply living—in the bush and even in Anchorage.
I was in Alaska (and some select real estate in the Aleutians) during the last NORK crisis in 1994. Few people knew of the situation then, and fewer remember today. If Carter hadn’t gone and illegally negotiated a treaty, or if Clinton hadn’t acquiesced, we wouldn’t be facing a nuclear enemy today.
My remark about Alaska was simply stating that there are more high-profile targets in range if they can hit y’all. Most Americans have no idea of Alaska beyond the history channel and couldn’t find Anchorage or Fairbanks on a map.
~~I was in Alaska (and some select real estate in the Aleutians) during the last NORK crisis in 1994. Few people knew of the situation then, and fewer remember today. If Carter hadn’t gone and illegally negotiated a treaty, or if Clinton hadn’t acquiesced, we wouldn’t be facing a nuclear enemy today.
That must have been a very trying time! Really wonder what fatboy Kim is capable of...Of course we would win in a war, but is he crazy enough to start one?
Again, I cannot imagine living thru that crisis up there—so close! And yes, very little said about it—thanks Carter. Eh not!
Agree, most in the lower 48 know zip about life up there.
Oh BTW, meant to ask where you lived in AK? When?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.