Working on it. Some of us have limiting factors, so we’re stuck doing what we can when we can.
Me, I’ll be able to do more when my house is built enough to move into, and I won’t have to deal with a family member who thinks prepping is just an excuse for hoarding disorder.
I’ve been prepping for about 4 years, focusing mostly on water, food and other necessities, as I already had a good supply of camping & hunting gear. As this storm approached I felt good about being ready for 3-4 days of grid down.
Having not used my old Coleman gas stove in the past few years, I got a creepy feeling about it and bought 1 of the last 3 propane stoves in town at 06:30 a.m. the day the of the storms arrival.
While getting prepared and set up for the power outage, staging flashlights and lanterns, loading the kindling box and testing equipment, I discovered that my old stove was dead. Luckily, I followed my instincts and had a new stove. The storm also prompted me to compile a healthy little “to do” list for things that I thought were settled to add to the list of things that I have been neglecting.
Lesson learned! Test equipment on a regular basis. I have always shunned the “Fire drills” of grid down scenarios by killing power and water for a weekend. I will now do this at least twice a year, at the beginning of summer and winter to insure that I have everything I need and that it all works.