Are you prepared? Trying to be more self sufficient

Yep, every time the market goes down a 1000 points they're really quick to point that out. Funny how you never hear anything from them when it's up even higher two weeks latter.

 

That was a great movie

 

Heh if it helps you any I was teaching a bunch of kids first aid tonight.

 

the bomb cyclone hit us. the power just came back on but with all the trees laying on power lines it will probably go out again. the neighborhood did a quick radio check last night. everyone was ready. we used solar generators until today I got the generator ready and of course the power comes on. it's usually 10 min after it's fueled and running that it comes back lol

 

Can you explain to me the difference between a “bomb Cycvlone” and a hurricane or tropical storm? I swear it seems the weather people make makes up now

 

I don't know really, and it was my first time hearing that term. I think the pacific doesn't call them hurricanes and it definitely wasn't a hurricane. I think some area's recorded gusts up to 78mph, Mt Rainier and Seatac airport. It was just windy in this town, but worse than normal wind storms this time of year. I read that 500k people lost power.

 

Bombogenesis is a word with a definition.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html?stream=top

 

This link should clear it up for you…

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html

 

Well there now I learned something. I thought they referred to hurricanes as cyclones in the Pacific but hadn’t seen an explanation of this term. Now I know

 

we're seeing runs on gas at the stations. people are just now bringing cans and even generator's to the gas station.

 

huh ... 'first time'?

 

I think people in the urban lowlands don't usually get affected by even the normal winter storms. And when they do you see news stories about people using their grill inside.

 

Christmas means survival supplies, a friend gifted me a small fire starting kit.

 

I'm a fan of ferro rods, here's the one I hand out to kids a lot.

$18 Überleben Zünden Ferro Rod Fire Starter for Survival w/Fire Striker - Thick Fire Steel, Up to 20000 Strikes - Waterproof Flint and Steel - Camping Fire Starter Rod w/Handle & Lanyard

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074279J9J

Nice long strike surface. Also maybe a magnesium block to shave off bits to get it hotter. But for firebugs, I'm a fan of the old candle wax and dryer lint egg cartons. Example https://www.countingmychickens.com/how-to-make-egg-carton-fire-starters/

...

And finally, learn your hitches yo. At least a couple of good ones, great for tying down loads and using rope to lever things into place.

 

https://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/pounds-of-flour/

 

interesting. for Christmas I got a family member a hand crank grain mill and a sack of red winter wheat or something like that. Probably been brought up on this thread before but some people get sacks of grain with a ton of bugs hatched in it. kind of comes with the territory, right? Put a clean sack it in the freezer then vacuum seal in mylar. Me and the woman are getting interested in baking bread though.

 

yeast is likely the most perishable part of any baking project. Just sayin'...

 

Yeast can be frozen. Or make sourdough.

 

I’m thinking about putting in one of these, just as a backup in the event of an extended winter outage…

https://www.mha-net.org/

 

I like the ones that can also be bake ovens or stovetops.