“These things happen and there isn’t anything we can do about it.”
You CAN (and should) do a lot of things. My brother-in-law in NJ a couple years ago got hit by a big winter storm. They had several days notice. Afterwards he emailed complaining about how he ran out of food, no batteries for the flashlights, one candle, etc. “And I couldn’t even drive to the store - even if they WERE open.”
Oh - you meant do anything about the weather.....
Our neighborhood lost power in a snow/ice storm for 10 days back in 2004 or so. We took in the elderly gal next door so she would freeze. We all stayed and slept in the downstairs with the wood-burning stove and cooked on it too. Me, wife, neighbor and three kids.
I went to the store once - the marshmallows were stale for s’mores. Just as a matter of pride that is all I bought, although the store did have other stuff that might have come in handy. The gal said “That’s it?” “Yep - my planning wasn’t as good as I thought.”
My wife DID run out several days beforehand to get milk and bread which was nice to have - but we would have been fine without it.
“But that’s what you do when a storm is coming! Go to the store and buy milk and bread. My mom always did that!”
So DID she freeze?
WHY DID YOU LET THE OLD LADY FREEZE?
Don’t forget toilet paper. Around here it’s milk, bread and tp.
Our mom sent us out twice a day to milk the cows. She made bread from wheat we grow on our farm.
It’s called self sufficiency.
The snow was about two feet deep. I cleared a path to their door and knocked.
The old man opened the door and said "Hello, my dear. What can I do for you?"
One of the greatest generation.
Stay safe all in harm's way this week.
LOL, I think you knew what I meant, which is that we can’t do anything to change a volcanic eruption, hurricane, or blizzard.
But we CAN prepare and brace ourselves for it.