Sunday, February 14, 2021

Winter Freeze Preparations

When snowed or iced in, your top two priorities, in order, are Warmth (shelter) and Water.


Warmth, our top priority, can be in many forms.

  1. Natural Gas or Propane stove, or heater that doesn't require electricity
  2. Butane heater / stove
  3. Fire Place (Wood)
  4. BBQ Grille (Propane)
  5. Battery Backup system

 

While electric heating can work, it may not be available in a power outage, without an electric generator

Water is your second priority and Ice or Snow can be a source of water if you have ample warmth to melt it.  But ideally you have water bottles of some sort that you use regularly and rotate to keep it fresh.  Below are some ideas to consider.





Great for heating AND cooking

Other things include wrapping your water pipes, leave cabinets under sinks open to stay warm, and faucets dripping. 

Collect Water now and store it in clean food safe containers for drinking and flushing toilets.

Charge your cell phone and any Rechargeable Batteries that you have.

Wash your clothes, dishes and shower.

Know where the household water shut off valve is and how to turn it off.

Have an alternate cooking method as well as ready made easy to prepare foods with paper plates, plastic cups and cutlery. 

Have a manual can opener.

Fill up your gas tanks on your cars and electric generators. You can stay warm in these and charge your phone and other devices.

 Have an alternate light source.

Dress warm and keep your winter clothes handy in the event of a urgent evacuation is needed.

Have extra blankets available.  

Check pet food / water levels & housing conditions.

Check on your neighbors.  You never know who may need help.

 

 

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Thursday, December 24, 2020

Emergency Food Calculator

While our Rule of 3 demonstrates that we can die quicker without security, air, shelter, and water, Food is still a key survival component and one that we will likely need some day. But how much do you need?

Our handy calculator will assist you.  In this case we want to have enough for two (2) adults to survive for seven (7) days.  Because we require water to restore dehydrated foods, we have also included it. By typing input in to the model's blue fields, we can calculate, plan and provide for our needs.

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In the water section above, we need 14 gallons of water, but our plan only provides 13 as noted by the #13 being in red.  By adding an additional 1 gallon jug to our plan we would have sufficient water.

On our Emergency meal plan, we need 42 servings, and have 57 planned, for a safety factor of 15 extra servings. In addition, the granola cereal is considered a supplement to your diet, since many of these servings are small, and represents only about 800 calories per day and would maintain a sedimentary life style.  I would triple this for an active life style, and quadruple it for an active lifestyle in very cold weather.  

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