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To: upcountryhorseman

Here in the country (very small town in my case) the only outside help we really need or want after a disaster is getting the roads clear and the power back up. As it is we all have chain saw so we tend to clear most roads for ourselves.

Rural people tend to keep more food and are generally better prepared anyway. I don’t burn wood but I have two wood stoves out in the garage with everything I need to install one inside of a hour. I have a generator. I need to get a hand pump to install on my well but I can get a decent one for under $200. I live on the shore of a lake so I have access to wash and toilet water and extra food there.


22 posted on 11/03/2012 9:24:04 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Good for you! Sounds like you doing the right thing. I do live out in the country and try to be as self sustaining
as possible. I am off the grid, using solar and two generators, I have a well, put in a large garden every year, I have an oak forest on my property, etc.


27 posted on 11/07/2012 8:21:55 AM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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