[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[Lurker]

Note to self: run test on house gen set this weekend.

[Lazamataz]

Prepping took on a new urgency for me. I got two years. Maybe.

That urgency is from the knowledge that both parties are trying to kill America.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3236194/posts?page=5#5

[PeteB570]

If they followed SpaceWeather.com like I do they would have three days warning.

I can lay in a lot of gas for my generator in that time.

[Marcella]

I am prepared for such an event so I don't worry about it happening.

I would like to stress a last minute way to get an important item or items should they be needed. People will head for Walmart and large grocery stores for supplies. Don't go there. Go to small stores that carry the same item or items. When a hurricane was coming, in order to get ice before it hit, we went to a small Mexican grocery and they had plenty of ice when the big stores were out. You'll also find plenty of food there such as beans and rice, anything used in a Mexican diet.

Ice is the only item we needed to buy for the hurricane as everything else was already in the house.

If power goes out due to a solar event, we will still have a working TV (if there IS any TV station to watch), working radios (if there IS any radio station working), and working short wave receiver radio (I'm counting on short wave still working). These items will continue to work due to my switching to battery operated devices and a solar panel to keep the rechargeable batteries working. Light will also be provided by battery operated light devices.

I sort of overdid it with providing ways to cook if there is no power - I have 7 ways to cook. Battery operated fans will cool us, good for indoor use propane heater will keep us warm as well as sleeping bags good for warmth down to 0.

One can substitute battery items for items that need electricity. It just takes some thinking through it and then following through with action.

I didn't choose using a generator since fuel will eventually run out, plus they make noise to alert others you have “stuff”. I chose a solar panel and gobs of rechargeable batteries in sizes I needed, good for 1,500 charges.

I don't need a working refrigerator since I have replaced any item needing refrigeration with a dry product not needing refrigeration.