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Date: September 14, 2017 at 05:55:10
From: chatillion, [DNS_Address]
Subject: How To Effectively Prepare Your Family For Power Grid Failure |
URL: https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/electrical-power-grid-failure/ |
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Imagine yourself and your family, forced from your home in the dead of winter, with nothing more than the few supplies you were able to carry amongst yourselves. Then imagine being shuttered into a community center with thousands of other families, displaced from their homes as well, relying on what few supplies the government could provide.
If you live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle in a first world country, this situation sounds preposterous, doesn’t it? It is not. Families, just like yours, faced this exact plight on December 20, 2013, when a massive ice storm hit parts of central Canada and the U.S., crippling many cities and leaving tens of thousands without power for days, sometimes weeks. Those who were prepared for such an event, having items such as blankets and medications to bring with them, fared much better than their ill-prepared counterparts.
In today’s modern society, we’ve come to rely almost implicitly on having a dependable source of power. When power fails, it causes utter and complete chaos for those not fortunate enough to have had the foresight to prepare.
Contents
What Is Power Grid Failure and Why Should I Care?
What Causes Power Grid Failure?System Failure
Equipment Failure
Other Causes
What Can I Expect During a Power Grid Failure?
What Will I Need to Prepare My Family?Drinking Water
Food
Lighting
Heating
Communication
Sanitation
First Aid
Protection
Additional Items
Backup Power Systems
Further Reading
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Date: September 20, 2017 at 07:46:11
From: abra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How To Effectively Prepare Your Family For Power Grid Failure |
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Chat, we actually went through that miserable Ice storm. Ice damage in our area(southern new england) was beyond anything we'd seen or dealt with! We were on our new farm, oil heat OUT because the power was out ( BIG DUH MOMENT FOR US!!!) and it was five BELOW outside. We gathered the plants, the dog, the birds and the people into the central living room. Put up sheets across all the exits and windows and thanked GOD that we had an old fireplace and the former owners had left some odd pieces of oak in the basement. We got through the four days till the power was back on rather resiliantley If I may say so myself. The FIRST THING WE DID after the storm, was to start pricing wood stoves and put in a woodshed that holds FIVE CORDS, enough to get through winter. NOW I Keep that shed full AND keep my oil contract current and paid up. I want the most protection from the COLD I can get. After all, I was born in miami! best, abra.
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Date: September 14, 2017 at 15:51:46
From: kemokae, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How To Effectively Prepare Your Family For Power Grid Failure |
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I think I had it all the first 3 or 4 years we lived here...and each year I prepared for the next year...the first year came the woodstove, second year came the big back yard propane BBQ, of course we had an pantry back then also, then came the extra sleeping bags and floor blow-up mattresses. Porta potty we used from our camper. WE still have it. WE buy bottled water to drink also..every day. We have an door between our downstairs and up stairs. I have walked
upstairs to find all my furniture up there in an frosty "glazed" white situation. While we were downstairs in complete warmth. I doubt we have to worry to much about it like back then, we have all kinds of houses around us now...so people really scream if the power goes out on them for very long.
But if your living rural, you can count on being without power over winter...I bought my kid's their own generator, and between us have 3 "Big Buddy" propane heaters. Plus, they have my house to come into and stay also. I had my granddaughter here last year
for about an week living with us, so she could take
the roads to work without the deep snow on them. My
DIL..an bus driver was dependent on staying out at their house in order to know if she had to work or not the day, so she kept my grandson's with her...and hubby drove to an from in the bad weather. I let my kids also use our small snow plow for their driveway, but their neighbors with tractors help each other with snow removal also....esp on the country roads. It really helps when everyone helps each other out....with what ever they can spare, be it equiptment/spare household goods/food. There's nothing like opening the door to warm fresh made cinnamon rolls in the morning....when it's been snowing outside....and coffee or hot chocolate.
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Date: September 18, 2017 at 10:21:22
From: Leslie, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How To Effectively Prepare Your Family For Power Grid Failure |
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Above all, practice, practice, practice. Take a weekend and just turn off your power unless on a power needed survival device and if so find out how to power it for a week during a power failure.
For the rest, it is good practice to see what you can do without the TV, dumb phone, no electric to cook or wash with and everything else.
It puts a very realistic touch on things and you find out how much we rely on the grid being there.
Once you do this then figure how to work around it in your situation and at the same time become less dependent on it working.
Grid down situation can come from storms, terrorist hacking, CME (which we just missed having a big one again) or EMP.
Kemokae, you have a few good points of preparedness but get a very good water filter as the bottled water is just tap water you pay a lot for. I use Zero Water filters here but have a Big Berkey. Also think how to collect water. Roof runoff is not pure but can be made so.
For the generator, know how to use it and practice with it before any emergency and don't use the darn thing indoors.
Lots more but do your own research and adapt ideas to your living situation.
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Date: September 19, 2017 at 20:26:41
From: kemokae, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How To Effectively Prepare Your Family For Power Grid Failure |
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Have had several very good water filters and would still have them if my hubby would leave my backpack alone..I buy Dasani water as it's made by the coke a cola company and is puried water...I keep five cases
ahead of myself at all times...plus I have my small pond out back also...no tto big, but might do ok for washing clothes in if needed. Also like to by hand washers and of course now I'm incontinent, I use "Dependables" constantly. We generally buy them in three packs of 36 each. One for every bathroom. WE also have port-a-potty also from our RV unit. AS for the generator, would only need one for running the freezer, and maybe tv reception. As for lights we got candles, led's and propane lamps..,.and flashlights of every size. Myself, I prefer to go to bed and sleep it all off..LOL. Have plenty of wood for the fireplaces (2) and lots of sleeping bags/quilts and blankets...plus two fuzzy kitty cats. also. Could stand to have extra tarps and lumber/nails to nail them in if need be...but am always buying them it seems like. Now is an good time to get..canned chicken/ canned hams/ cannned roast beef/ cannned tuna and all of it should need no refrigeration....I'd say one case each....its been on sale lately. Cases of soup also, ham an bean/chicken noodle/beef vegetable/tomato/chili....crackers. I know others would say differently but I think unless you eat it often that you most likely won't very much at all. These things are universal foods for all ages also...and all types of situations. None of It needs refrigeration.
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