Yes, both JRandomFreeper and Marcella also recieved Kudos both in thread post and FReep mails.
And all three of us also recieved anti-prepper posts during Sandy. Seems you either help or stand around and bitch about others and the situation. And even on FR you will find some who would rather bitch than help.
>>And all three of us also recieved (sic) anti-prepper posts during Sandy. Seems you either help or stand around and bitch about others and the situation. And even on FR you will find some who would rather bitch than help.<<
Hey, I poke fun at you but I am NOT anti-prepper. Like I said, I was in a disaster zone AND survived an actual RL big-time disaster. I know what is needed and posted a sensible list.
I merely pointed out that people can’t prep for a disaster as they would for the mythical WTSHTF.
JRF and Marcella, can you post or link to your experiences?
Smart preparation makes a lot of sense. Getting ready for a Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome OTOH: probably low to zero ROI.
Keep posting these (seriously) and I’ll keep helping you keep it real.
I have yet to see anyone mention a ‘blackout room or rooms’ for your house. If you use a coleman lantern inside when the power has been down for any length of time, it is very noticeable from outside and from a long way away. To counter this and allow you to have a brightly lite room inside where you can have even rudimentary comforts like readsing at night, figure out how to ‘black out’ the windows and glass panes on doors, so that a central area inside is not going to allow light out for tipping off roamers looking for that one lite house among a neighborhood of darkened dwellings. Duct tap and layers of tarps works. If there are spare blankets which can be hung over the tarps or black plastic bags taped to windows from the inside, this is a bonus because it airs the blankets when hung up.