All it takes is one severe storm running through the area any time of year and electrical power will be down. So, having at least one shelf in the kitchen with food, water, a flashlight and working batteries is always a good idea. I did say shelf and not refrigerator shelf. If the electricity is out, after a time, the refrigerator will not do anyone any good.
On my shelf I like to keep at least one container of Parmalat. I suppose dry milk like Carnation is okay. That kind of stuff. I will use most of everything on that shelf at least every two months and keep a rotating supply. I don't purchase by the case of anything. It is wasteful to throw things out as they expire and aren't used. Besides this is 2012, I would expect help to arrive within a reasonable period of time if needed and I do have neighbors within a walking distance. So, no one is ever completely alone. Unless. Of course. One is a survivalist / Prepper and lives 60 feet underground.
Storm Preparedness and Recovery (click here)
Important steps New Yorkers should take to be prepared for a storm
I always find some humor in Preppers. They are good people. They are very smart people. They study ideas that are important to them alot.
What surprises me about their thinking is that it is incomplete.
They have their shelters in case of all kinds of problems including nuclear detonation. They believe six months is a good time for having enough supplies on hand in their shelters. Well. If there is a nuclear detonation and one is underground with an air supply to the surface it won't make any difference.
Now, think about this. Being in a place where one survives nuclear detonation only to run out of supplies for living in six months.
Hm.
Will the surface be safe after six months to actually survive or is there simply a postponement of the inevitable?
Below ground living isn't smart if there is a flood. We don't have gills.
Preppers should put their time, energy and money toward living and surviving. They should also be stomping Washington, DC for non-proliferation. "Trust but verify."
A man sits in front of his house, on debris left by a flood caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Gran Goave, Haiti on Friday (click here)
This man in Haiti was not a Prepper. He lived to say he saw the devastation of his home. He also knows help will be coming.
I hope Sean Penn is okay. He spends a lot of time in Haiti. He is a remarkable person. He may even know this man. An elderly man such as this is so fascinating. He has seen and survived so much. People of the Third World have wisdom about their world.
This man in Haiti was not a Prepper. He lived to say he saw the devastation of his home. He also knows help will be coming.
I hope Sean Penn is okay. He spends a lot of time in Haiti. He is a remarkable person. He may even know this man. An elderly man such as this is so fascinating. He has seen and survived so much. People of the Third World have wisdom about their world.
