After many a sleepless night, spent worrying about the safety of my immediate family in the case of a natural disaster, or some kind of unforseen event (think attacks on our Canadian Sovereignty) I have begun to amass some bits and pieces that should keep us alive, perhaps not thriving, but hobbling along whilst living to make it through 8 or 9 weeks of trouble. I’m not a rich person, so I can’t plan for every contingency, and I can’t afford to be luxurious about our safety measures. Think along the lines of better than nothing. That’s the level we will survive on in case electricity goes, natural gas gets shut off, and water goes away too. The scenario I think we can hobble through doesn’t include being bombed, or active armed combat. I can’t do anything about those things, when everyone employs tanks, drones, and missiles.
But, in the case of another larger major wind storm that knocks out much of the province, we can get along ok. I now have a cheap camping stove that runs on propane, of which 8 have a number of tanks. Life straws, and now water tablets incase the bottled stuff doesn’t last as long as I’d hoped, or it gets so hot we need to consume more than I have on hand. I bought several freeze dried meats, so my protein concern is lifted (slightly).
We have matches, lighters, oil lamps, sleeping bags for all four of us, air mattresses, and individual yoga mat pads, camping cookware with plates & cups, a waterproof 20 L bag, informational books, medical kits, at least 4 tourniquets, possibly six of them. I thought I had four in the bathroom with one medical kit, and two more in the garage with the kit in the shop. So I think we will be ok for a modest stint.
We keep more food than we eat in a single week in the house, so we have canned goods, and bagged goods to start off with. But maybe because there are four of us my math might be a little off. Either way we should be able to get through some trouble with all of us mostly fed, watered, rested, and still alive. That’s my goal here.
No bunker building, no arms cache, no delusions of thriving in the chaos. Hunker down, and live to tell the tale. It wouldn’t be glorious, or much fun. BUT, if it comes we can weather some kind of prolonged storm or event. I’m good with that. I feel like I have done my part.
It’s Friday y’all. Did you catch the season finale of The Pitt last night? I enjoyed it, much as I have the rest of the season. Less fanfare this year. No need to continue to raise the stakes to awkward proportions. No jumping the shark. Did it tie off every loose string? Nope. But that’s life. Some shit just floats along unaccounted for.
Might get some snow this weekend. Tire swaps might get bumped to the following weekend.
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