Are you Prepared?

[claud]

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I think all of us with lawn mowers that live in a colder climate are up on that one...

no kidding i have 2 snow blowers and 2 riding mowers and 1 push mowers that are victims of bad gas cause DH "forgets" to add the stabilizer or drain them ... I told him no more toys till he fixes these ones

LOL... nothing like going out to mow that first day and finding a nice full tank of BAD gas! Seems to happen every spring here

 

[TipsyDog]

I've been using this product for a few years now and haven't had a problem! I stopped using that gas treatment stuff because it actually allows water to disperse into your fuel.

All my gas goes through this funnel before it goes into my equipment or cars and it's worked great.

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[MagsC]

I know we would all be meeting at the family place about 40 minutes or so north of here. GETTING there would be the issue but I guess when in doubt (depending on situation of course) start walking....

 

[PurpleChicken]

Back in the early 80's, at the height of the cold war, we would talk about where we would want to be if a nuke attack ever occurred. The best option always seemed to be ground zero.

 

[Overeasyplz]

how do you find a local preparedness group? There are a lot of sources to buy preparedness items up here in Idaho as it's a morman tradition to have a years' worth of preperations for each member of the family.. but I'm not of that faith nor wish to be but see nothing wrong with having a good emergency supply.

 

[Prettiest Frog]

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I wonder how all those folks who built extensive bomb shelters preparing for that felt say, June, 1990?

 

[mom'sfolly]

I'm with you PC. Anything that would disrupt the conditions where I live long enough for me to need the kind of emergency preparedness that is being talked about here, is something that would end up killing me if I managed to live through the event.

Central Texas has very little year round surface water, and the aquifers are fast being depleted. Agriculture is fairly marginal here, and without irrigation, almost impossible. So if there is a major world altering event, I want to go in the first rush. If I lived somewhere else, this might be different. There are places with plenty of food available, easy to access water and low population. If I was in an area like that, I might think differently.

 

[DuckLady]

We have been maintaining certain levels of foodstuffs and ingredients.
I took advantage of a tupperware sale last month for airtight containers that hold over 20# of flour each.
This month I am adding to my collection of airtight storage containers as well for other dry goods.

Oh and we have enough pickled beets to last a long time, much to my husband's dismay.

 

[Wifezilla]

Well, with Cheyenne Mountain in my back yard, I probably AM at ground zero! LOL

I have been prepping for the past year or so. I do not stock things we normally eat though. I tried that. My son and husband raided the stash and ate the emergency supplies. Now my son has autism and doesn't understand prepping. He is developmentally about 3. My husband is just a bonehead ( a sweet bonehead who I love, but a bonehead none the less). So I stock food disguised as ingredients. I have been rotating the items, and I make sure I know how to cook everything I stash, but it isn't stuff we have often. Lots of beans, dried veggies, canned tomatoes, steel cut oats, quinoa, chia, canned meats, good quality fats (lard, coconut oil, olive oil), salt, spices, etc... No rice, wheat, etc... since I have food intolerance issues. Everything I buy goes in to a freezer bag regardless of how it is packaged to provide an extra level of preservation. Plus I can always use the bags later for something else. It is in my boy's best interest to make sure i come to no harm. Without me they would starve to death while trying to munch on dry beans while scratching their heads trying to figure out what the heck quinoa is

I have a first aid stash as well as a personal care stash. Shampoo, soaps, etc... in rubbermaid containers up out of the way in a hall closet.

I have water jugs, but not nearly enough. I keep some in the freezer. If the electric goes out, it keeps the contents of the freezer cold. It also makes it easy to throw a jug in a cooler if I need to bug out. Frozen water jugs last a lot longer than ice cubes in a cooler.

I try to keep TP stocked but it disappears so fast

In a pinch I have some flannel sheets that could be...uhh...repurposed.

I have a good stash of camping gear so that will always be helpful.

We also have extra propane tanks for the grill. This came in handy after a flood knocked out our electric service for 2 weeks. That little incident really taught me a lot.

For Christmas, Santa brought me a hand crank lantern

 

[beachchickie]

Remember you can drink the liquid off the canned foods you have. Fill the tub with water and all sinks if you have any warning at all of anything even if you think this is only....Good reason to keep the tub clean ha