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To: Kartographer
"Take yourself off grid for a week either to your bug out location or bug in. Make it as real as you can. See where your holes are. Better now than latter."

Been there done that. At the beginning of July our town was shutdown by a storm for almost a week.

No electricity, Water was unusable (the Water Works couldn't run properly due to the power outage.)No gas stations worked. Stores were closed. We managed fine with our stores of food and water and used my "water still" to get us drinkable water and we had enough stored water to wash with. We didn't activate our rain storage system but we were getting close.

3 posted on 08/25/2012 5:05:58 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

What state are you in?


5 posted on 08/25/2012 5:16:36 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Mad Dawgg

I tried going without electricity and it sucks. The AC doesn’t work. Satellite TV? fuhgettaboutit. However,like you, I have my back-up “water still” and can make creek water into potable water if needed. It makes the hobby more palatable to the missus.


15 posted on 08/25/2012 6:20:45 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden: "HOPE and CHAINS for all 57 states".)
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