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Post by Gingerbread Man on May 29, 2015 13:42:06 GMT
Any reports from the front line? Pics? Stories? Seems like the absolute right thing to prep for. Looks like highways are shut down, people stranded for days.
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Post by Browning35 on May 29, 2015 14:47:30 GMT
Roads south and west of here are flooded, so in order to get outa here you have to make major detours on higher ground to get places. Even some of the freeways are flooded. People have been trapped on I-30 for hours today. Getting to work/school is a pain in the ass and requires some planning. All the local parks are flooded and except for a day here and a day there when it's been sunny it's been raining continuously for a month straight anyway. My son's getting cabin fever. Been taking him to places like Chuck E Cheese, CooCoo's and the McDonalds playground to run around, jump and climb, at least it's dry. Those places are all crowded as other parents all had the same idea. Pretty mundane everyday sort of stuff, but the flooding and rain makes average stuff more difficult. The guys on my former Fire/EMS crew are getting a fuckton of water rescues. People driving into the water on the road not paying attention and getting stuck, driving too fast and wrecking out and driving into the swollen streams and roadside ditches filled with water, that sort of thing.  It's never going to stop raining. Ever. |
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Post by as556 on May 29, 2015 17:59:18 GMT
I was wondering how you're doing down there, Browning. Glad it hasn't completely shut you guys down, plus I'd imagine your preps are pretty well in order. I won't pretend to be a prepper, I've got 2 weeks food and water max at any given time plus a good sized first aid box. That said we don't really have natural disasters around here.
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Post by LowKey on May 29, 2015 18:45:10 GMT
I was wondering how you're doing down there, Browning. Glad it hasn't completely shut you guys down, plus I'd imagine your preps are pretty well in order. I won't pretend to be a prepper, I've got 2 weeks food and water max at any given time plus a good sized first aid box. That said we don't really have natural disasters around here. Mount St. Helen's, dude. EVERYBODY gets natural disasters. Type and interval may vary, but everybody gets them eventually. |
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Post by Browning35 on May 29, 2015 18:53:21 GMT
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Post by as556 on May 29, 2015 21:28:59 GMT
Damn, crazy photos.
Lowkey, I forgot about St. Helens, but that was 30+ years ago and AFAIK there hasnt been much before or since. If I lived on the Gulf with all the hurricanes Id probably prep but hard to justify the expense with my current income for something that's likely a once in a lifetime event.
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Post by Browning35 on May 29, 2015 22:37:37 GMT
We prep, but as far as food goes it's about 3 months worth of what we normally eat. That way it gets eaten and doesn't go to waste. Have 7 cases of water and then 50 additional gallons of water for washing.
For a tornado or flood that affected our immediate area, but didn't flatten our house we'd be okay for awhile.
Apocalyptic level? Not so much.
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Post by LowKey on May 30, 2015 8:48:33 GMT
Lowkey, I forgot about St. Helens, but that was 30+ years ago and AFAIK there hasnt been much before or since. If I lived on the Gulf with all the hurricanes Id probably prep but hard to justify the expense with my current income for something that's likely a once in a lifetime event. Have you considered dehydrating and canning food from your own garden, or canning and dehydrating food bought on sale/in season? There's a fairly simple design for a large (one or two bushel at a time) food dehydrator that is powered by burning dry corn cobs, pine cones, ect. IIRC the materials used are a few dry laid CMU (concrete blocks), gravel, a 55 gallon steel drum, stove pipe, plywood, and hardware cloth. Canning...the jars are pretty inexpensive, so once you get over the cost of the canner itself you should be alright. I'm a big fan of dehydrating vegetables, popping them in a canning jar, then using a vacuum sealer attachment to remove the air. Kept out of the light, should give them a shelf life measured in decades or more. This isn't just good for emergency prepping, it's good for simple food preparation. |
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