They used to snicker and laugh at “survivalists”.
Now neighbors come over sheepishly and try to call in old favors like lending a lawn mower that time two years ago, old pal, old buddy.
Lifesaver water purification
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Created because inventor saw people wading through undrinkable water after hurricane Katrina
I love this product
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Stick 200 in pocket, wrap in blanket. Put trash bag over feet. Find some water and drink it before you wrap up. Take a nap.
I would say the $4,000 Winco HPS12000HE Tri-Fuel Generator puts you a little over the $200 budget :)
“How To Survive For Three Days With No Water Or Power On $200” ........ First, buy a $4000 generator. https://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Winco-HPS12000HE-Portable-Generator/p1187.html
We have a wood burning stove. Lots of water. We’re good.
Here in DFW we had long hours of power outages, short restorations like 8 hours off/1 hour on cycling for 3 days. No backup generator— I guess need one. However I survived and even went walking in the snowy park during the worst 3 days. I’m 64 single and while it sucked without power there’s no way I’m gonna get hypothermia inside a house with layers of blankets.
Spent a whole lotta time in bed for warmth and boredom too.
Glad I turned off the water main and opened faucets before the deep freeze hit. All the piping was spared thank God.
Survivalists were laughed at; called them hoarders.
In the 90s we .out our power for 1 1/2 weeks I. The dead of winter, tells were below 0 the whole time. It sicked, but we got through it fine, and even had re,atives visitation when it happened. Of course we had a wood stove which helped a lot to boil water, cook on, etc. But the folks in Texas I’m sure have gas stoves in many instances?
Good suggestions, but one reminder. “Melting snow and ice on the roof during the day was a significant resource,”
He pointed out they used it for flushing toilets, washing, washing dishes, etc. All good uses, but reminder don’t drink water from the roof unless it’s a metal roof maybe. But composition and cedar shake shingles have all kinds of treatments and chemicals on them that you don’t want. And not always as in “cancer 45 years from now”, but as in “bad cramps and problems tonight”.
Put in a wood stove.
$200 for 3 days? Sounds like an expensive weekend camping.
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Maybe prepping isn’t crazy....???
https://youtu.be/4Y2rvYOdnhw?t=216
This is great; a must read. I have a friend who evacuated from Katrina from New Orleans (she drove to FL and it took forever)—she said the same as you, that it was key to have CASH because there were no credit cards for gas at gas stations. She said the bathrooms were also locked so evacuees had to pee in the bushes at gas stations.
I’m in CA and so have a generator to deal with our power outages and also in the fall (fire season) we pack a bag in the front hall to flee with if/when the flames get near.
I live in VERY rural Hawaii. We are exposed to just about every natural disaster you can imagine.(I’m only an hours drive from a blizzard or a volcano). Consequently many people here are prepared for just about anything. In my pantry I have more than six months of supplies. I have a life time of food in and on my land. My water falls from the sky.
My advice is simple, get out of the city, minimize your requirements for government services, and get along with your neighbors. If you are truly Rural, you will at some point need their help and they will need yours.
“ Lessons: Be prepared to evacuate your home in the rain. Know where high ground is located and how you are going to get there. Buy flood insurance.”
Better: don’t live where flooding can occur - ever.
I recall Dad once saying “if we’re ever flooded, Syracuse will be under 900 feet of water.” That really stuck with me. Correct way to mitigate a problem is ensure it can’t happen.