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Post by Granny Smith on Jul 22, 2020 6:08:37 GMT -5
I was flipping through the tv channels yesterday when something caught my attention. On one of the stations, they were interviewing a man (don't know who he was) who suggested we store a 3 month supply of food and other necessities. Of course, he warned not to hoard, so others could also stock up, but it was more the items he suggested that surprised me. He specifically said to store things like dry beans, rice, and canned foods - things that didn't required refrigeration.
That got me wondering if the next thing in store for us is to have our power shut off. Are they going to shut it down or do they know of a threat to our power grid?
While I'm ok in the food dept., I'm considering ways to live without electricity. I already know some, thanks to the people on this forum, but I can always learn more, so I'm going to be researching it.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jul 30, 2020 7:14:40 GMT -5
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Post by upnorthlady2 on Jul 30, 2020 9:12:03 GMT -5
A person just doesn't know what to believe anymore. I read all the data about the thousands of covid cases, but I have never met anyone who actually had the virus. I honestly don't know of anyone around here who has/had covid. But then, we are quite rural, so maybe I won't ever meet anyone who had it. Meanwhile I will just continue to grow my own food, and keep my pantry well stocked. We aren't like most city folks - we can take care of ourselves. But things are truly getting scary in the world right now. I worry about the world my grandchildren will be living in.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jul 30, 2020 9:34:52 GMT -5
I found out yesterday that I know 4 people who have had covid. I already knew about one of them, which is why Dan and Nick had to be tested, but the others were a surprise. They are all in the same (extended) family and went together to visit a relative who is dying from cancer. Oddly, that relative has tested negative. I'm thinking they were exposed to it on their way home from the hospital. I hope their relative doesn't get it because he's home now and his caretaker is one of Ben's co-workers who had to take medical leave because she couldn't wear a mask due to having had cancer and couldn't breathe in one. (Ben works in a restaurant where they're required)
Just in case things go even more awry, I'm fine-tuning my preps. I need to charge my generator, but I think I'm ok on everything else. I hope I never have to find out.
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Post by susan on Jul 31, 2020 9:54:46 GMT -5
Truckers are refusing to go into the major cities where protests and riots are taking place. My oldest son, Davey, is a truck driver. He has his 10 yr old autistic son, Mikey, on the truck with him. He's had to be careful what loads he takes, not only for his safety, but for Mikey's safety. It's a whole other story, but he will be home next Wednesday. Cleaning the truck and taking it to Springfield, Missouri to turn it in 3 months short of a year to have the school paid off. I'll be glad he won't be on the other side of the country if something bad goes down in the country.
On having Covid, we are almost 100% sure we all had it back in Feb and March.The kids all recovered quick. Peanut was tested for flu and negative for that. It did not respond to elderberry as an antiviral. Mike and I had it the worst. Mike had a ruptured ear drum and he just got back from VA getting a chest x ray because they think he may have permanent lung damage. It took a month to get over the coughing and another 2 months to start getting over some of the continuing fatigue. Some of Christy's co workers had it, that's where we all started it from, and one lady's son had it. His doctor had no idea what virus he had and he eventually got over it. Months later the doctor had him tested for antibodies and he was positive. This also tells me the stuff was in this country way before the government got everyone in a panic over it.
On preparing for no power, a couple of months ago I bought a Camp Chef Tahoe. It's a big propane camp stove on legs, 3 burners. I watched a video where the lady had a pressure canner on one end, a water bath canner on the other end and a smaller pot in the middle. It was handling all of that weight. When we moved into this new mobile home I lost my gas stove, this place is all electric.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jul 31, 2020 11:03:16 GMT -5
My new place is all-electric, too. I do have a wall heater that runs on propane. We put it in for when the power goes out. It does a decent job of keeping the pipes and such from freezing.
Jennifer just bought a small propane camp stove yesterday. I'll probably use either sterno and my fondue pots or cook on the hibachi. I might look around and see if I have enough bricks laying around to make a rocket stove. I think it takes 16 bricks. I built one before, but somebody took it apart (probably me). It worked well and didn't use much fuel.
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