Posted on 03/11/2014 5:20:38 PM PDT by Kartographer
This is the story of my family's experience during the ice storm that hit the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of South Carolina and Georgia. My family and a network of friends, who live in the area, are reasonably prepared for any problems that may come our way with food and water storage, shelter, generators, et cetera. When the "ice hit the fan" in our area, we had a very real test of our preps that lasted five days, and some families were still without power seven days later.
(Excerpt) Read more at survivalblog.com ...
He wrote about having headlamps to get around the house at night. Better yet, go to bed when it’s dark and get to know your house well enough you don’t have to have light.
Having your house wired for a generator transfer panel and very judiciously choosing what will be powered in the event of an outage is good planning. Powering the whole house is expensive and impractical, especially for a gasoline generator. If you’re on a gas line or have a large tank of propane or natural gas with a generator designed for that, it’s a little more favorable for setting up to have a few more amenities available. But, for the portable gasoline generator situation, it’s typical to get set up for the bare minimum to make the house habitable. Well pump, hot water, electric stove, refrigerator, a few lights and receptacle inside, some security lighting outside and that’s it, forget climate control, need to have a wood stove for heat. Some skip powering the electric stove and use the wood stove. Doing this is not at all uncommon in ice storm prone areas, especially in more rural locations. Getting more elaborate without some sort of extended onsite fuel supply is a real problem as far as keeping enough gasoline on hand to fuel the larger generators.
great article
Yep, sure did. You can prep all you want to in an attempt to hold on to conveniences but you had better be able to function and live without them also.
I converted my Generac to run on either propane or NG. Google Generator Tri Fuel Kit or PM me for the company I got mine from. It works well. Ditto on the transfer switch.
Co2 tanks for ice! That’s Freeping brilliant!
Cabelas used to sell a dry ice making block and I have had it for decades.... We have four 56 inch tanks in the shop we can use in emergencies.....
Simple to make or buy a block maker or like this one in a video....
Stay safe !
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