Hubby was worried. Saw on news military was told to prepare to go 90 days OFF GRID , no outside contact.... Military in our family said this is NORMAL practice, just not really put out in the public much. Brought up blizzards, tornados etc , not just cyber attacks .
BUT since Hubby was a bit worried, I brought up that we homestead. We have plenty to go 90 days without going to town. I would have to use canned or instant milk in my coffee. OR walk across the pasture and ask for some milk from Amish.
We have several ways to cook such as grill(Hubby put grill in barn when snow was up to his butt) and the wood/coal stove which also heats the house. We could put a grill propane tank on the old propane stove as it doesn't require electric to light, just a match. No electric the "new" propane stove will not light. We have battery lamps, oil lamps and candles.We have solar pump on deep well so can flush toilets or use the outhouse if needed, yes we kept the outhouse. We have a hand pump in mudroom on the cistern. I have plenty of canned (store and home canned) foods including meat for us. Hubby could pull out the turkey deep fryer propane set up and heat water for the bathtub (been there and done that) for bathing and washing dishes though I would most likely go to paper plates for a couple days.
We can charge our cell phones in the truck if needed as when bad weather is coming in,Hubby parks it in the barn.
If we didn't have fuel for tractor to plow us out, we could ask Amish to plow our lane out with his horses, wouldn't be the first time and he already does the 2 elderly in our neighborhood .
What would I need to have???
SNAIL mail address and phone numbers for payments for bills if internet is DOWN..STAMPS and that's only if the mail starts back up.
We wouldn't need much cash as we keep our tanks full during the winter and tornado seasons. We already went through the Blizzard of 78 and I went through 3 tornados. We wouldn't need to go to town for anything. But remember credit cards/debit cards will not work if electric is down.
I did thunk the kids about being prepared...I got one that said he could handle 3-5 days, the rest was like HUH???
I do need some heavier curtains if we got high winds like a blizzard. SO I'll be looking for those.
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