Posted on 02/22/2021 8:38:25 AM PST by Onthebrink
The winter storm that descended on Texas this past week has offered some life-changing lessons. With power outages in my part of Houston lasting for 15 hours (and longer elsewhere), heat was sparse. The roads were iced over, with no salt trucks mobilized, throughout the city and surrounding communities. Although a Cleveland, Ohio, native, I had an initial feeling of almost utter helplessness. Normal societal function had been so quickly eliminated.
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Lesson 1) Get a good sleeping bag
Lesson 2) get a coleman two burner propane camp stove
Lesson 3) Keep a month’s worth of food and water in the house
Lesson 4) Keep a few 5 gallon buckets and some saw dust for an emergency toilet
Lesson 5) Buy a small quiet generator and chain it to something so no one can walk away with it
And some gas cans to fill up when weather is coming.
And keep an eye on the weather reports and take them seriously. What’s forecasted may not happen, or may, or it may be worse.
They work with what they know and predict the best they can, but Mother Nature has a way of throwing monkey wrenches into the best forecast going.
Better to have it and not need it than to not have it.
And at the worst, when it’s all over, you can throw the gas in the car if you’re worried about shelf life.
Oh, and fill up the cars, too.
can store gas quite a long time with that. some say it will even rejuinate old gas.
Here in the Ozarks, you can trust the forecast out to two days. Anything after that is subject to change. Had below zero last week and will be 62 tomorrow. This is the battle zone for Canada air and Gulf air. Never know which one’s going to win.
We can get ice storms, below zero temps or to the other extreme, 110 degree heat waves with 100% humidity. (and never have the electric company shutting down power to the masses)
IOW, if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.
Words to live by in NYS, too.
I’ve told mr. mm about it, but he still likes to use Sta-Bil.
I’ve heard Pri-G is better.
And keep an eye on the weather reports and take them seriously. What’s forecasted may not happen, or may, or it may be worse.
Weather rock is 100% accurate
http://www.windycreek.com/weatherrock.html
Great article, thanks for posting.
“There is a palpable sense of despair and loneliness, and as people sit waiting for a vaccine,”
When I got to the above clause early in the piece, I recalled something that happened about a week ago. I’ll get to that in a minute, but will give some background.
Before CoVid, I used to play cards monthly with a group of women in my town, several in my neighborhood. The group of 8 ranges in age from 50 to 82. Once the lockdowns started, about half of the group no longer wanted to get together for cards until all danger of getting CoVid is removed. That decision has led to much despair and loneliness, as the article mentioned, for the 4 who have chosen to remain isolated. So I haven’t seen some of them in months, even though several live just blocks from me. They do not want to get together.
Fast forward to just before Valentine’s Day. My local store had an offering of a flat of fresh strawberries for $5. They were big and beautiful, but I knew my husband and I could never finish 4 dozen huge berries before they would spoil. I decided to reach out to my card friends that were close by and ask if they would be interested in any chocolate-dipped berries, which I enjoy making when the berries look especially good as these ones did. They all accepted.
When I went to deliver the berries to one gal, she was overcome with emotion. She met me outside her garage with her mask on, so I put one on too, to help her feel comfortable. I had intended to leave the package on her doorstep, but I actually got to hand her the berries directly, something I never thought she would agree to, but she initiated the contact. We talked very briefly, but then she began to tear up, then gently weep, as the two of us reconnected. Then through tears she announced how she couldn’t wait for this “stay home, stay safe” period to be lifted. She and her husband both were about to get their second doses of vaccine in a few days. Before I left, she even committed to her a big no-no. She approached me and then hugged me, and thanked me for reaching out to her!
I returned home from my deliveries feeling both happy and sad at the same time. I was happy that I could do something nice and meaningful for a friend who has rejected my overtures in the months before this, and sad that she has suffered in isolation because of those who really don’t have her *health* in mind. She has bought all the fear porn hook, line, and sinker.
I will be so happy when my old friends are no longer scared to be around others again. This article was spot on.
I’m wondering how many posters have read the article.
Lesson 6) Drain the pipes before they freeze.
lesson 7) Candles + matches.
Yup, everyone is happy if it doesn't get as bad as predicted.
It's like shipping times on packages. They give you the furthest out date and when it actually comes earlier, you're happy.
Lesson 8) Fill the bathtub with water for toilet flushing.
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