Seniors that are Preppers?

Sippican said:
People planning for survival when society structures fail?
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Not me... I believe I will fail before the "society structures" do.

Generator - Yes, but only for shorter term use.
Solar - No, not much
Stored water - a little, enough for a few days at most
Stored perishable foods - too much in the freezer...
Gasoline storage - no, too dangerous and I can't see why
Short wave radio - no
Personal protection - depends on the kind...
 
Not practical because were just to dependent on the system. Besides, if you did survive the calamity those without will be all over those with until nothing is left. I do have enough supplies for local temporary events but it's pretty much over if there is some kind of total infrastructure collapse.
 
Sippican said:
People planning for survival when society structures fail?
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I'm not a "prepper"... nope. However, I do have a good supply of food because when inflation started showing its ugly head, I started buying a little extra each week so the pantry is doing okay. Many things I bought back then are double priced now. If I could have stuck eggs in the pantry when they were 98 cents and are now five bucks, I'd be a happy camper... but alas. :(

Water... no, we'd be in trouble with that one because I just don't have storage space for gallons and gallons of extra water... but there's always three or four cases of bottled here. No generator, no solar, only gas storage for the mower and snow blower, but we keep the car tank topped off. Radio, batteries, flashlights, yes... but we've always done that for natural disaster prep. (River town/flooding, blizzards every couple of years, tornados increasing over the past 15 years or so, etc.)
 
Sippican said:
People planning for survival when society structures fail?
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Generator yup
Solar small one for the phone
Stored water some drinking, a few gals for other
Stored perishable foods too much (gotta rotate)
Gasoline storage 5 gal (any more....too volatile)
Short wave radio nada
Personal protection too many guns

Enough stuff to last a few weeks

Not gonna go nuts with it
 
Gary O' said:
Generator yup
Solar small one for the phone
Stored water some drinking, a few gals for other
Stored perishable foods too much (gotta rotate)
Gasoline storage 5 gal (any more....too volatile)
Short wave radio nada
Personal protection too many guns

Enough stuff to last a few weeks

Not gonna go nuts with it
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Noted. In the event of a catastrophe, we should all make way to Oregon - @Gary O' you're gonna need to build some more cabins :) ;)
 
i've been striving to live comfortably with a lot less, but constantly keep discovering more resources hiding in plain site.

social engineering will be necessary during the gradual transition. creation and destruction go hand in hand.
 
Alligatorob said:
Not me... I believe I will fail before the "society structures" do.

Generator - Yes, but only for shorter term use.
Solar - No, not much
Stored water - a little, enough for a few days at most
Stored perishable foods - too much in the freezer...
Gasoline storage - no, too dangerous and I can't see why
Short wave radio - no
Personal protection - depends on the kind...
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Same ^^^^
 
Trish said:
Not me although, although I did stock up a little before Covid really hit and so now tend to keep a small stock of emergencies supplies but, nope, if catastrophe hit us tomorrow, I am ill-prepared :( :)
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I'm a little more prepared but not greatly so.. I do have a couple of full freezers, and lots of Dried and canned food stored..

I have lots of batteries of varying sizes.. which I use a lot of now anyway for cordless things..

I have at least 2 of everything including clothes and shoes...

I have dry kindling.. and the means to start a fire if necessary..

.. if I lost Electricity it would be a major problem...
 
hollydolly said:
I'm a little more prepared but not greatly so.. I do have a couple of full freezers, and lots of Dried and canned food stored..

I have lots of batteries of varying sizes.. which I use a lot of now anyway for cordless things..

I have at least 2 of everything including clothes and shoes...

I have dry kindling.. and the means to start a fire if necessary..

.. if I lost Electricity it would be a major problem...
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You sound well prepared. I am glad you mentioned batteries. I have some battery operated outdoor lanterns which I want to get some more batteries for as, if we do have an electricity cut, at least we will have light. :)
 
@Trish ..I keep my domestic batteries in this handy case..

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...I use a lot , because recently due to the high price of energy.. I'm using the magnetic motion sensor lights all the way up my stairs.. ( they can also be charged using USB).. the batteries last for ages, and means I don't have to use the foyer, or upstairs lights.... I've even got sensor lights in the Kitchen , toilet , and the other bedrooms, so if I'm just popping in for a minute I don't need to put the lights on and off ..so the need was great for a Battery storage Case..
 
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I lived that way for over twenty years and I got tired of it. Too hard as my mobility issues became apparent. I was off the grid with limited power (and we had 20 solar panels and a wind turbine). Lived over six years without refrigeration then got the solar refrigerator. I grew and canned foods and foraged for wild plants for food and medicinal purposes. I will say I loved cooking on my wood cook stove and miss that and my raised beds. I knew I couldn't keep on with that life and especially if I ended up alone out there in the forest. I wrote about it in two blogs, Solar Baby and Homesteading on the Internet. It was the focus of my life and I belonged to homesteading groups and forums.

Now I am just happy to make it to the next day. There is a big difference between a prepper and a modern homesteader. A prepper prepares for an emergency (which is good) and the homesteader lives that way all the time. I have gotten used to my life here now and it is very different.
 
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katlupe said:
I lived that way for over twenty years and I got tired of it. Too hard as my mobility issues became apparent. I was off the grid with limited power (and we had 25 solar panels and a wind turbine). Lived over six years without refrigeration then got the solar refrigerator. I grew and canned foods and foraged for wild plants for food and medicinal purposes. I will say I loved cooking on my wood cook stove and miss that and my raised beds. I knew I couldn't keep on with that life and especially if I ended up alone out there in the forest. I wrote about it in two blogs, Solar Baby and Homesteading on the Internet. It was the focus of my life and I belonged to homesteading groups and forums.

Now I am just happy to make it to the next day. There is a big difference between a prepper and a modern homesteader. A prepper prepares for an emergency (which is good) and the homesteader lives that way all the time. I have gotten used to my life here now and it is very different.
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..soo given that you're an expert on surviving off grid Kat... and given your circumstances now, how would you prepare to live.. if there was an emergency now which was going to last for the foreseeable future ?
 
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