Just wanted to post a few links in case anybody's interested, some great sites with tons of great information and ideas to help you get started.
prepperbroadcasting.com - Schedule of programs you can listen to about every night of the week, chat room to discuss and you can call in if you have a question you'd like to discuss.
www.americanpreppersnetwork.net - Helps you network with people who share the same goal, prepping, or just a vast wealth of information. You could spend days going through this site. It's been up a few years, so...take notes or make sure your printer is working.
www.preparemag.com - This is starting up on the 16th of April, you can sign up now to have this E-zine sent to your email. Can't wait to see what it's all about.
And let's not forget everyone at youtube. SouthernPrepper1, katzcadul, TheMrsVolfie,
mmlrc6atgmailcom, just to name a few. Subscribe to their channels.
Update on the cable situation. We've cut the bill in half, yay! I'm fine with that, could cut it even more but would probably have a rebellion. It's bad enough my daughter is mourning the loss of her shows, but she'll get over it. Now she's begging for video games. Keep dreaming, little girl. My husband is mourning the loss of his wrestling shows. All three channels that we watched them on have gone. Awww, poor baby, lol. I am content with my computer.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
What to PREPARE for.
You or someone close to you might think what do we need to prepare for? We have stores, we have insurance, everything will be taken care of, no problems, right? WRONG!
In case of a natural disaster (Texas Tornado 4-3-2012 to name a recent one) what things might you need if there was no power or access to food for a week or more? If you live in an area where tornadoes are common it's best to have an underground area to store food, blankets, water, radios, camping supplies and of course, family and friends. Someplaces are not suited for underground structures, flooding is an issue, but there are tornado proof buildings that can be built. This might be a community project, someplace that everyone knows to go to in case of an emergency. Would not reccomend staying in a home or building that would be squished like a bug in a strong wind.
This past year has shown us the aftermath of disasters of immense power. There is the shock of climbing out of your safety hole and finding everything you own is swept away. Friends and neighbors dead because they didn't heed warnings or weren't even aware that there was something dangerous in the area.
What will you do now?
Do you have a place to go, will you have to depend on people who's resources are already stretched to the max.
Or would you have taken precautions for just such an event.
Oh, Walmart would be open, so why worry? Unless your local Walmart had it's roof ripped off and contents spread out over the county.
During the aftermath of the April 27th tornado we had no power for about 5 days. No power means no way to have lights to shop by, no way to run the registers. The KMart, for about one day, would let about 3 people in at a time, after they'd waited in line for about 2 hours. You were escorted around by an employee with a flashlight and believe me, you were encouraged to be as quick about it as you could. Then you were checked out at the front where they used calculators. It worked, but wasn't something they wanted to repeat the next day.
Walmart was in danger of being looted. The Piggly Wiggly had to have all their meat thrown out, a Health Dept. employee threw bleach on it to make sure that no one scavenged it.
Unless you had a grill, or knew someone nearby who did, then you had to rely on other sources for food. The churches were pretty good about that, if you knew to go there. Anouncements were made over the radio, but what if you didn't have a radio? Or the batteries decided to die.
So does a little prepping not seem like a prudent idea?
FEMA advices to have about three days of supplies per person but what if you have another situation on your hands? What if you've lost your job or mode of transportation? Wouldn't canning food from your garden take a bit of stress off the bottom line you have to pay out every month?
We are a society of "I want, I want." I could live without all the little extras we end of buying every month. Seriously, I could live without cable. But my husband would have cow without his entertainment. Hmmm....cow = fresh milk. Nah, that's another thing he wouldn't go for at this moment in time. He grew up on a farm in India, it was his job to milk the water buffalo every day. Not something he fondly remembers, but then he was a kid who wanted to get out and see the world. He does speak fondly of how unbelievably good that milk tasted compared to what we get from the stores. But that's another issue, lol.
It's never a bad idea to plan ahead for whatever might be around the corner. What's so crazy about that?
In case of a natural disaster (Texas Tornado 4-3-2012 to name a recent one) what things might you need if there was no power or access to food for a week or more? If you live in an area where tornadoes are common it's best to have an underground area to store food, blankets, water, radios, camping supplies and of course, family and friends. Someplaces are not suited for underground structures, flooding is an issue, but there are tornado proof buildings that can be built. This might be a community project, someplace that everyone knows to go to in case of an emergency. Would not reccomend staying in a home or building that would be squished like a bug in a strong wind.
This past year has shown us the aftermath of disasters of immense power. There is the shock of climbing out of your safety hole and finding everything you own is swept away. Friends and neighbors dead because they didn't heed warnings or weren't even aware that there was something dangerous in the area.
What will you do now?
Do you have a place to go, will you have to depend on people who's resources are already stretched to the max.
Or would you have taken precautions for just such an event.
Oh, Walmart would be open, so why worry? Unless your local Walmart had it's roof ripped off and contents spread out over the county.
During the aftermath of the April 27th tornado we had no power for about 5 days. No power means no way to have lights to shop by, no way to run the registers. The KMart, for about one day, would let about 3 people in at a time, after they'd waited in line for about 2 hours. You were escorted around by an employee with a flashlight and believe me, you were encouraged to be as quick about it as you could. Then you were checked out at the front where they used calculators. It worked, but wasn't something they wanted to repeat the next day.
Walmart was in danger of being looted. The Piggly Wiggly had to have all their meat thrown out, a Health Dept. employee threw bleach on it to make sure that no one scavenged it.
Unless you had a grill, or knew someone nearby who did, then you had to rely on other sources for food. The churches were pretty good about that, if you knew to go there. Anouncements were made over the radio, but what if you didn't have a radio? Or the batteries decided to die.
So does a little prepping not seem like a prudent idea?
FEMA advices to have about three days of supplies per person but what if you have another situation on your hands? What if you've lost your job or mode of transportation? Wouldn't canning food from your garden take a bit of stress off the bottom line you have to pay out every month?
We are a society of "I want, I want." I could live without all the little extras we end of buying every month. Seriously, I could live without cable. But my husband would have cow without his entertainment. Hmmm....cow = fresh milk. Nah, that's another thing he wouldn't go for at this moment in time. He grew up on a farm in India, it was his job to milk the water buffalo every day. Not something he fondly remembers, but then he was a kid who wanted to get out and see the world. He does speak fondly of how unbelievably good that milk tasted compared to what we get from the stores. But that's another issue, lol.
It's never a bad idea to plan ahead for whatever might be around the corner. What's so crazy about that?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
How to explain prepping to friends....
Hmmm...when you find the answer to this drop me a line.
No, I've attempted to bring up the subject with friends and for the most part they can agree with me on the need to have supplies on hand in case of an emergency. What kind of situation? Too many to count! I think the best way to describe it is preparing for Life. Real living, not what we've made of it. You think if there was no internet people would go a bit whacko because they couldn't update their Facebook status? You know who I'm talking about, friends that have every detail of their day online for people to see and comment on. "John Smith is with Jane Doe at Jones City Farmer's Market."
I've brought up an article I read recently about how when you live in the city a persons wants are just as important and a persons needs, whereas someone living in the country learns to get by with what they have and make do with the things you need because things that fall under the "wants" might not be readily available. That went over like a ton of bricks. Nowadays we want what we want, when we want it.
Well, baby steps. Still trying to convince my husband of the need to set aside some food. He's a tough nut to crack.
No, I've attempted to bring up the subject with friends and for the most part they can agree with me on the need to have supplies on hand in case of an emergency. What kind of situation? Too many to count! I think the best way to describe it is preparing for Life. Real living, not what we've made of it. You think if there was no internet people would go a bit whacko because they couldn't update their Facebook status? You know who I'm talking about, friends that have every detail of their day online for people to see and comment on. "John Smith is with Jane Doe at Jones City Farmer's Market."
I've brought up an article I read recently about how when you live in the city a persons wants are just as important and a persons needs, whereas someone living in the country learns to get by with what they have and make do with the things you need because things that fall under the "wants" might not be readily available. That went over like a ton of bricks. Nowadays we want what we want, when we want it.
Well, baby steps. Still trying to convince my husband of the need to set aside some food. He's a tough nut to crack.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Well I feel sheepish...
I'm guilty of not blogging, I admit it. I started this to keep myself motivated and 5 blogs in I drop it. To be honest it was mostly just settling into our new life. We have a house sitting on a couple of acres, plenty of room for chickens and my garden.
What kicked me in gear was watching the new show in The National Geographic Channel, Doomsday Preppers. I really don't like the spin they put on the people that do this, almost dumming them down. As to the particular reasons given at the beginning of each segmant, they varied from the volcano at Yellowstone, econimic meltdown, solar flares disrupting electronics and on and on. Should we really be worried about any one thing? What if you prepare for a short term flu epidemic when the poles shift and your inland home becomes beachfront property?
Really too many things to factor in. After going through the tornado on April 27th what I want to focus on is just being self sufficiant. Can food, stock up on food and supplies to last for awhile, raise chickens, store water and have an alternate source available. The house we've moved into is pretty large, has plenty of room for storage, two fire places-one gas, one wood. I like that we have so much space for gardening but there are drainage issues. We are near the bottom of a hill and the ground doesn't drain easily, it stays squishy. This has prompted me to look into container gardening, quite a bit of food can be produced in very little space, so problem solved!
What harm can there be to rely more on yourself then whether something can be delivered to the local Piggly Wiggly. We've grown so spoiled! Fat. Lazy. All of the above.
What kicked me in gear was watching the new show in The National Geographic Channel, Doomsday Preppers. I really don't like the spin they put on the people that do this, almost dumming them down. As to the particular reasons given at the beginning of each segmant, they varied from the volcano at Yellowstone, econimic meltdown, solar flares disrupting electronics and on and on. Should we really be worried about any one thing? What if you prepare for a short term flu epidemic when the poles shift and your inland home becomes beachfront property?
Really too many things to factor in. After going through the tornado on April 27th what I want to focus on is just being self sufficiant. Can food, stock up on food and supplies to last for awhile, raise chickens, store water and have an alternate source available. The house we've moved into is pretty large, has plenty of room for storage, two fire places-one gas, one wood. I like that we have so much space for gardening but there are drainage issues. We are near the bottom of a hill and the ground doesn't drain easily, it stays squishy. This has prompted me to look into container gardening, quite a bit of food can be produced in very little space, so problem solved!
What harm can there be to rely more on yourself then whether something can be delivered to the local Piggly Wiggly. We've grown so spoiled! Fat. Lazy. All of the above.
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