Are you prepared?

[SunsetBengal]

(03-08-2020, 07:22 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Several years ago oh maybe 03 we had a bad ice storm in my neck of the woods. We didn't have power for 6 days and didn't have water for 4 or 5, lived up on a hill then and water was pumped up.

A lot of stuff has already been mentioned and I haven't read every line of thread, however. One of the things you couldn't find anywhere the next morning was water and batteries. I always keep a few extra packs of batteries around now and rotate em. I usually have 2 or 3 extra cases of water in basement now plus I'll fill up couple dozen two liter bottles with water to flush toilet and  wash hands and such. I put in few drops of bleach.

Steel wool is an excellent fire starter I usually have 2 or 3 packs around, I use it for reloading and stuff anyways.

I remember that storm.  It was tough for many in that region.  I lived in Gallia Co., and there were some folks there, who lived "out in the county", that were without power for up to 14 days.  Despite all of the crews that were trucked in, reaching those out on County roads was a slow process.  Many in the construction/contracting community donated their very work generators, kerosene heaters, etc., in order to help folks make it through.