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kindlekitten · 10-13-2010, 10:53 AM

in my neck of the woods we are being told to expect the worst winter in 55 years. winters here can be very whacky indeed. a couple of years after I first moved out here we had a truly wild storm on christmas eve that knocked out power all over the area (we were without power for 8 or 9 days), literally made trees explode from freezing, and ended up with my entire family sleeping in one bed for warmth. the house was completely electric and had no fireplaces. the next year we bought the farm that I am on now. even though the house is still a disaster from a contractor gone bad, it is a survivable house.

when I had kids at home I always had a couple of crates that were kept in the garage with our disaster supplies. in addition to crazy storms, this is also the land of not "if" but "when" the BIG ONE (earthquake) comes, are you prepared? I have rudimentary supplies in place, nothing like when I had kids at home, but now with all of these dire warnings, I'm thinking maybe I need to take inventory and stock up again.

how about everyone else? how do you stay prepared?

10-13-2010, 10:53 AM	#1
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	are you prepared? in my neck of the woods we are being told to expect the worst winter in 55 years. winters here can be very whacky indeed. a couple of years after I first moved out here we had a truly wild storm on christmas eve that knocked out power all over the area (we were without power for 8 or 9 days), literally made trees explode from freezing, and ended up with my entire family sleeping in one bed for warmth. the house was completely electric and had no fireplaces. the next year we bought the farm that I am on now. even though the house is still a disaster from a contractor gone bad, it is a survivable house. when I had kids at home I always had a couple of crates that were kept in the garage with our disaster supplies. in addition to crazy storms, this is also the land of not "if" but "when" the BIG ONE (earthquake) comes, are you prepared? I have rudimentary supplies in place, nothing like when I had kids at home, but now with all of these dire warnings, I'm thinking maybe I need to take inventory and stock up again. how about everyone else? how do you stay prepared?