The one thing I did as this was taking place and gas prices going down, we converted our "L" tank that normally holds diesel to gas. This gives us 110 gallons on hand and 300 gallons of diesel in overhead.
We also moved our 1000 gallon propane tank from the greenhouse (just not using it there much) and tied it into our existing 500 gallon on the house. Can fill portable propane bottles from the 1000 gallon tank for running portable propane generator.
One thing that we have not done yet is install a manual water pump in our existing water well. Next on the list to do.
My wife and I sat back and shook our heads at the panic shopping going on. We are well prepared and have been for going on 12 years now. It felt good to be as prepared as we were. Not bragging. We put a lot of effort to be prepped up for any circumstance.
You re on, and thanks for the great ideas on storing fuel.
One thing that we have not done yet is install a manual water pump in our existing water well. Next on the list to do.
My wife and I sat back and shook our heads at the panic shopping going on. We are well prepared and have been for going on 12 years now. It felt good to be as prepared as we were. Not bragging. We put a lot of effort to be prepped up for any circumstance.
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The manual water pump-that’s on our list too along with a stand by generator instead of relying on the portable one-and maybe solar or wind power back up.
Meantime we have several thousands of gallons in our above ground swimming pool that we use for watering the garden during the dry season-We have a big Berkey and extra filters if we need them.
All we did to prep was restock our regular monthly purchase a couple of weeks early. Picked up some extra eggs and hamburger buns, and milk. Bought some Elderberry stuff.
Hubby bought some shelf stable chocolate milk and breakfast mixes to replace the fresh milk when ours runs out. I’m not allowed to drink more than half a cup per day anyway, so I’ve basically stopped drinking it-I just eat cheese instead.
It did feel good to already be prepared. We always had quite a lot in the pantry etc. However, about 10 years ago, we stepped up our game a lot.