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To: Viking2002

Canned meats? Good idea.

For water have you considered 5 gal. jugs and filling at one of the box dispensers? I keep 30 gal.s on hand even tho I have a well and a (manual hookup) gasoline generator.

3000 watts would do a refrigerator and a hot plate.

Rather than oil lamps I have LED camping lanterns and rechargeable batteries. And a few solar rechargers.

Also those LED head lamps work well for investigating things in the dark.


992 posted on 09/05/2017 3:56:58 PM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa

Yeah, we’re both on low carb diets, so mystery meat in a can will do us just fine. And we have an Olde Brooklyn LED lantern, and flashlights galore, including a 4 D cell Maglite that doubles as a nice, stout club, if called upon. I should have ordered military surplus jugs from Sportsman’s Guide when the thought popped into my head, but we’ll make do. As long as we can keep the fridge running, a table lamp or two, an oscillating fan, and the cell phones charged, we’ll be good to go. We’re not in a flood plain. If I got a real ornery hair stuck sideways, I could fire up the wood stove, take the burner plates off, and cook up a storm (pun semi-intended). And as long as there’s pressure in the water lines, I don’t mind taking a tepid shower so I don’t smell like a dead bear. If it gets really dicey, we’ll have plenty of food water, light, meds refilled, a little power, and communications for several days. Oh, and lots of ammo in case there are those who wish to do a little ‘window shopping’.


1,064 posted on 09/05/2017 5:03:39 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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