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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 305950)

Anyone who hasn't read "One Second After" needs to get a copy ASAP.

Post-disaster population migration may surprise you.

IIRC, a small but of that happened after Katrina.

TR

Copy that TR, it's on my Amazon wish list, will be ordering today.

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Originally Posted by Pete (Post 305797)

Fun in the Mud - you have to be prepared.

Growing up in western Colorado, and now driving for a living in northern Arizona, I have only ever chained up one tire for snow (as a temporary precautionary measure).
-Just once ever-

For mud, I'll mount tire chains.
It works better than anything else.
(We are issued plastic "traction strip plates" at UPS...they sort of work.)

Delt with the mud around Kanab, Utah quite frequently in UPS trucks.
Never drive on wet ground that has been worked (plowed or trenched for agri reasons or power lines, etc.).
If you do drive on such ground, keep the number to the towing company handy.

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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen (Post 306009)

Never drive on wet ground that has been worked (plowed or trenched for agri reasons or power lines, etc.).
If you do drive on such ground, keep the number to the towing company handy.

Even farm tractors get stuck in this type of soil. One of many learned high school lessons.

Sir, this is good stuff and straight to the point. Having learned in my early teens to deal with hurricanes, I have always had a 'loose throw together' plan. After reading your post i will definitely lay out a better plan. Risk mitigation after the event is paramount. I believe people will benefit from this information.

This might be slightly off topic but did anyone see After Armageddon on the History channel? I thought I was oddly paranoid but programs like this make me wonder how many other people are worried about preparedness.

I have been watching all week. Tonight is Interesting...

:munchin

This is one thing that my father had always pressed hard- to plan ahead. Right now I am the only individual in my hall of 250-plus students who has an emergency kit. Others may think of it as a waste of space, but when push comes to shove there wont be any questions who is prepared ;)

Of course, emergency alcohol is a must. Or maybe thats just me?...

Is in emergency situations that the old addage about teaching a man to fish becomes the difference between life and death.

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Originally Posted by peshguy (Post 306585)

I did, these shows are coming on more and more, and you know the SHTF scenario has come up a lot in my AO in the past 12 months and often without me bringing it up, I just got off the phone with a buddy who hadn't really thought about it before I talked to him about it, and he told me several folks he knows brought it up to him as well, and these were not survivalist types, in fact he said he was initially surprised they were thinking about it....so just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get us... :) I’d rather be prepared and never need my preparations, than to be caught with my pants down.

Just my.02

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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 305950)

Anyone who hasn't read "One Second After" needs to get a copy ASAP.

I have just a few more pages to go in this book & it has been an eye opener. Many unknowns I had not thought of...continue to think, observe, plan.

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Originally Posted by 98G (Post 304285)

There is prepared in a kit bag and prepared at home. This post is being prepared at home for warmth. Living in the mountains, power does go out. It has been out here for up to 2 weeks in a bad snow storm. Most fireplaces look pretty but do little to heat.

MMO is to suggest that your home have a simple solution like a radiant heat stove/oven. I looked for a German one but could only get Finnish in this area -- Tulikivi. Stoking it for 2-4 hours keeps the house warm for 24. Many people have Franklin stoves which are great while burning, but not practical to keep stoked all night. Tulikivis weigh over 5000 lbs and heat up soap stone channels to keep the heat radiating for maximum time.

Of course, I should point out, have some wood cut -- even if you are surrounded by woods. It needs to dry. Devil is in the details.

If trying to stay warm out of doors, and you have a number of people, warmest night I ever spent was -4 F outside in a para-tepee with 7 fellow winter survival candidates. So if you have an old parachute, or something that makes a good tent (maybe a tent) and friends, it works.

Merry Christmas.

The problem with most fireplaces is that they are on the outside wall. To be truly effect both while there is a fire and later as a passive heat source they need to be inside the house completely on an interior wall. Heat the bricks and when you bank the fire at night the bricks/rocks continue to give out heat. Add a 'heatalator' and you can have more hot air coming from the fireplace front and sides.

It is possible to use a Franklin type stove to heat and still keep passive heat afterward by using bricks. Think outside the box, consider how to get around the problem and it will come to you.

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Originally Posted by armymom1228 (Post 308802)

To be truly effect both while there is a fire and later as a passive heat source they need to be inside the house completely on an interior wall.

An important addition to this is- With a fresh air inlet.

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Originally Posted by zpo (Post 309758)

An important addition to this is- With a fresh air inlet.

yep

I will post this here and "survial scenario".

Was watching a news channel that shall remained unamed and there was this lady who was talking about an interesting product is used to help malnourished children. A peanut based paste, that is easily squeezed out.

Here is the wiki on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy'nut]Plumpy'nut[/ur]

the website for the company that makes it, Nurtiset

I could see using this for other purposes, like survival rations. It contains pretty much all you need.

An alternate produce is, Unimix

Unimix, however, has to be cooked. In a survival scenario, plumpy'nut would work better. No fire to draw attention and all that.

Anyone making any changes to their plan based on what is going on in Haiti?

Like easily accessible heavy hand tools for breaking/moving rubble?

TR

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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 310370)

Like easily accessible heavy hand tools for breaking/moving rubble?

I'm not sure how practical that would be. To cover all the bases, there'd have to be something in nearly every room. I'm single and could possibly get away with it, but most women aren't going to appreciate the home decor resembling the hardware department at Sears.

I'm thinking if I ever wind up living in an earthquake zone again, I might live in a yurt or some other tent-like structure...and in a resort area like Haiti, it might be the ticket, using such a structure as a cabin/ bungalow...