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When I was
a child, I remember frequent black outs. Sometimes they lasted only a few
hours; sometimes a day or so. I don't remember feeling scared or deprived as we
didn't have a lot of electrical products - just the usual hand-held mixer,
toaster, coffee maker, a radio.
What I do
remember though was our gas stove/oven. We appeared to be the only family in
the neighborhood that had hot meals whenever the electricity went out. Light
the stove with a match and dinner is cooking. Can't happen now days.
I checked
out gas stoves at an appliance store and, unfortunately, they need electricity
to light the oven or the burners.
So what
will we do when we have a power outage now? What if we have a REAL grid down
situation lasting weeks, or months, or a year or so? How will we light up the
dark? How will we cook hot meals? How will we keep warm in the winter?
We have
all heard and read a lot lately about our fragile grid system. I read Ted
Koppel's book: Lights Out: A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the
Aftermath. We, as a country are NOT
prepared. Koppel tells us that a cyber attack is not only possible, but very
probable — as well as other possible long term disasters.
Koppel
says that tens of millions of people over several states would be affected. For
anyone without access to a generator, it would mean no running water, no
refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies would quickly be used up.
Forget banks and ATMS functioning. Looting would be widespread. And law and
order — nonexistent. It isn’t just a scenario. An attack on just one of our
country's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure —
and in the age of cyber warfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon.
So my
husband and I began asking ourselves questions, such as:
- What
appliances did we need/want to be able to use? (Must have or mostly want?)
- What
did we want that was both practical and affordable?
- What
will we have to live without?
- What
could we buy that was both practical and
- Did
we really need electricity if the grid went down for an extended period of
time?
- What
criteria for a back-up generator was most important to us?
The purpose of this project
was to prepare ourselves to survive without electricity for an extended time,
maybe as much as a year. We invested approximately 80 hours of work doing
research for this project.
What electrical appliances were essential for us? [...] https://www.familysurvivalplanning.com/solar-generator.html
NOTE: Although we have several gas model generators
[5,000 Watt-more than enough to power our cabin & home] we’ve attempted to
find contractors in MI to create a more off-grid solar system for
ourselves. It has been an exercise in
frustration as there are few contractors of such & the two we did contact
for estimates-NEVER got back to us!
I’ve grown to
trust the 4Patriots firm and have purchased a lot of their freeze-dried food
stocks and have resold their portable solar chargers for the past year…I am
giving serious consideration to purchasing the following unit. They also offer a purchase plan.
The NEW Patriot Power Generator
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You get all the features that made this a best-seller… plus MORE peak power and
storage!
The
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Have a
Wonderful New Year’s Celebration!
Yours in Freedom,
Bruce ‘the PoorMan’
PARTING THOUGHTS, Resources
I've met quite a few preppers who regularly
purchase all sorts of survival items, but who never actually make their own
survival items (you know who you are).
There are many reasons why this is a huge mistake, but let's focus on two in
particular:
First of all, you're wasting money if you're buying things that
are cheaper to make at home. And second, during a long-term disaster where
grocery store shelves are all empty, you might be forced to make your own
stuff. So why not go ahead and learn how?
Below you'll
find a list of 25 survival items that are fairly easy to make. For each one, I
included a link to a tutorial that will walk you through it. So next time you’re
bored, try making one of these, and don't forget to leave a comment letting me
know how it went...
Lifestraw 2019 Version Review and Discussion
This Lifestraw seems slimmer than others I have owned and
features a handy cord for around your neck to prevent dropping it in
contaminated water sources. I also noticed that this Lifestraw is rated to
filter 4,000 liters whereas the … Continued
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75 Things
You Don’t Need to Spend Money On
If you are making financial resolutions for 2020, here are 75 things you can stop spending money on. There's the stuff that's used only a few
times before being consigned to the basement or attic; stuff that's pricey to
buy but could be rented instead; stuff that's outdated or soon-to-be
obsolete; and stuff that you just don't need to begin with.
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