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Reply to: Winter survival kits, extreme cold weather gear, and winterizing your home and car Posted January 19, 2024

I was just looking through this section of your site for advice to send to someone in GA trying to deal with the cold in his home. A small section about how to deal with an unprepared home that’s gone ice cold would be a great addition. He was looking for advice about buying a tent to put on his bed to sleep in (he and his wife are in their 70’s and the wife has 3 broken ribs). I told him to make sure the tent has a large opening to make it easier for his wife to get in and out. Suggestions about eating energy dense snacks before bedding down for the night and such would be great for people who are not preppers but are dealing with the sudden cold weather we are experiencing right now. BTW, this is the best site by far I’ve ever seen for common sense prepping. I’m always suggesting it to people.

Reply to: What was the catalyst that compelled you to begin prepping? Posted December 11, 2022

The Blizzard of ’78 was the initial kick in the pants. When we built our house I wanted to have the option of wood heat. We heated solely with wood for 6 years then put in a propane boiler that gave hot water and baseboard heating on the first floor. Several years ago my wife expressed a nervous feeling about the future (as in SHTF) and asked what we could do. She’s since regretted that request. We’re good for several months if something happens. It could be better but available room and finances are constricting our options.

Reply to: Comms Recommendations for Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness? Posted October 25, 2020

The problem with communicating with other people in this type of situation is that both (or more) parties have to be willing and able to monitor for incoming messages. If you are talking about the immediate meighborhood around you, consider audio/visual signals as in your own warning flag on your house or a loud siren that you can set off to alert people that there is an event going on. Of course, this might create problems for you too, especially with an audio alarm system since you probably will have neighbors who simply don’t want to have a siren going off. In any case, once your neighborhood is aware that there is a local event going on they can turn up their situational awareness sensitivity meter and determine what the problem is. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.

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Reply to: Winter survival kits, extreme cold weather gear, and winterizing your home and car Posted January 19, 2024

I was just looking through this section of your site for advice to send to someone in GA trying to deal with the cold in his home. A small section about how to deal with an unprepared home that’s gone ice cold would be a great addition. He was looking for advice about buying a tent to put on his bed to sleep in (he and his wife are in their 70’s and the wife has 3 broken ribs). I told him to make sure the tent has a large opening to make it easier for his wife to get in and out. Suggestions about eating energy dense snacks before bedding down for the night and such would be great for people who are not preppers but are dealing with the sudden cold weather we are experiencing right now. BTW, this is the best site by far I’ve ever seen for common sense prepping. I’m always suggesting it to people.

Reply to: What was the catalyst that compelled you to begin prepping? Posted December 11, 2022

The Blizzard of ’78 was the initial kick in the pants. When we built our house I wanted to have the option of wood heat. We heated solely with wood for 6 years then put in a propane boiler that gave hot water and baseboard heating on the first floor. Several years ago my wife expressed a nervous feeling about the future (as in SHTF) and asked what we could do. She’s since regretted that request. We’re good for several months if something happens. It could be better but available room and finances are constricting our options.

Reply to: Comms Recommendations for Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness? Posted October 25, 2020

The problem with communicating with other people in this type of situation is that both (or more) parties have to be willing and able to monitor for incoming messages. If you are talking about the immediate meighborhood around you, consider audio/visual signals as in your own warning flag on your house or a loud siren that you can set off to alert people that there is an event going on. Of course, this might create problems for you too, especially with an audio alarm system since you probably will have neighbors who simply don’t want to have a siren going off. In any case, once your neighborhood is aware that there is a local event going on they can turn up their situational awareness sensitivity meter and determine what the problem is. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.