Posted on 03/23/2013 6:34:00 PM PDT by Kartographer
Imagine if suddenly, and completely without warning, the world experienced a total blackout – no electricity, no mobile phones, no banks, no internet, no TV, no emergency services. Nothing. Highways quickly become jammed with cars that have ground to a halt; an aeroplane falls from the sky; a satellite view of the planet shows it rapidly plunging into darkness. As it becomes apparent that the lights are never coming back on, nations are plunged into chaos, mass riots break out in major cities and, without electricity, governments are toppled. Into the vacuum step ad-hoc militias, armed and ready to enforce their own rule of law. This is the apocalyptic premise of the hit American TV series Revolution, which begins on Sky 1 this week. In the first episode, viewers are pulled through this nightmarish chain of events.
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/johnny
I didn't store chickpeas and doubt many people do. “Eating off the Grid” assumes there is no refrigerator.
I stored for long term storage (25 yr. shelf life), mixed beans (no chickpeas in that) and individual beans. If I knew chaos was upon us shortly, I'd get more individual beans from the grocery just because I could.
/johnny
“You stated,”I also use 2 liter bottles of potable water in my cold frame to smooth out temp changes and keep my veggies from freezing if we get a really cold snap””
“OK, I’m in the back of the class, raising my hand....please could you elaborate on that? Thanks!”
I’ve seen a picture of his “cold frame” and wondered why all those bottles of water were lined up in there. The sun warms up the bottles of water, then in the cold night, the bottles let off that heat and keep the cold frame plants from freezing. He may explain that better for you, but it made total sense. It was one of those “why didn’t I think about that” moments.
He has what he calls his “skill sets” and he can do most anything with very little. And, if he has nothing, he can scrounge and still find a way to do most anything.
Where do you get those? I mean the stackable bottles. I checked their website and I don’t see anything that looks stackable.
Thank you!
“The book “Eating off the Grid” is available from:”
http://www.armysurpluswarehouse.com for 16.99 plus shipping.
I went to the link, but could not find a menu for “books” or any other category which would contain “books.” Would you be willing to post a more specific link?
“Where do you get those? I mean the stackable bottles.”
If your grocery stores in Florida carry Ozarka water, go to a large grocery store and look for those jugs. They hold a little less than a gallon but not much less. They are heavy duty and are not going to split. The bottom of the jug has an indented center so it fits over the neck of another jug and two of them stacked are sturday. You can decide if a third one would be stable enough it wouldn’t turn over.
Thanks for your Freepmail.
Marcella
I love the practical arrangements and walk throughs that you have done for your preps and using a usually overlooked security tool.
You can find solar chargers that will charge 18650 and even 26650, but you can probably build something yourself to do that, you can also search for “cotton picker” solar chargers, when you need that kind of power, you may as well just look into some kind of modest solar set up of your own creation that can do more than just charge the flashlight batteries. Everyone needs to remember about their car batteries and inverters also, if they are on budgets.
Everyone should have a good thrower with their lights, in keeping with my survivalist theme on battery selection, I have a very adequate 3aaa/18650 thrower, a nice 3aa thrower, and a Xin-TD 18650 thrower, for redundancy and battery variations.
Well, that makes a lot of sense about the 2 liter bottles...solar gain and all that. Thanks for the tip.
Yes, sorry, but I’m one of the ones clamoring for the “Cooking book!”
(In the immortal words of Oliver Twist, “Please, sir, may I have some more?”
Oh, you didn’t send Freepmail for info on the Ozarka jugs. Right now, I’m dealing with Freepmails about batteries and replying to posts on another thread, and I thought yours was Freepmail.
“the bottles let off that heat and keep the cold frame plants from freezing. He may explain that better for you, but it made total sense. It was one of those “why didn’t I think about that” moments.”
Exactly. Thanks for your reply.
Once in a while I have good out-of-the-box thinking, and admire it vastly when I see someone do a lot of it. You and JRF and Kartographer others on these threads are very willing to share some of your moments, and I know I’m not the only one who appreciates it (as evidenced by the above discussion of both of JRF’s and your fine qualities!LOL!)
;-)
/johnny
Dumb question here, Teach,
What is a “thrower?”
Thanks.
Correction: I have “fine qualities” - JRandomFreeper only has “qualities” and sometimes he can't find his pants. How do pants get on a roof? He is unique, that's for sure.
ROFL!
“I’m male. I respond to nagging. ;)”
I bet that’s a crock...I bet you don’t nag worth a dang!...but thank you for the response! I look forward to installment 3!
ROFL!
“Correction: I have “fine qualities” - JRandomFreeper only has “qualities” and sometimes he can’t find his pants. How do pants get on a roof? He is unique, that’s for sure.”
...one of which for both of you is a quirky sense of humor that I relate to! :-D
I went there - Click on “Gifts and Novelties” and there are the books.
One single time (ok, several times) and I get to hear about it for the rest of my life.
/johnny
And instead of 'frugal', I think the phrase you are looking for is 'cheap bastard'.
/johnny
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