Are you prepared?

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Yep, we are now in a new paradigm...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/01/05/hackers-caused-a-blackout-for-the-first-time-researchers-say/

Are you ready?

vash · vash's Garage

I kinda think you just have to be more ready than the average joe.

Sent via Jedi mind trick.

HardDrive · 01-06-2016, 07:16 AM

Fire up the Honda generator and enjoy a day off.

dafischer · 01-06-2016, 07:31 AM

Mr. Generac says I should be good to go.

John Rogers · 01-06-2016, 07:35 AM

Yes sir, two generators, more than 2 dozen free Harbor Freight flashlights, full medical kit w/ everything except IV solution, lots of ammo, night vision goggles and two vicious Pugs to stand guard!

Tobra · Tobra's Garage

I like to keep IV start kits, tubing and fluids, just in case

afterburn 549 · 01-06-2016, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by john rogers

Yes sir, two generators, more than 2 dozen free Harbor Freight flashlights, full medical kit w/ everything except IV solution, lots of ammo, night vision goggles and two vicious Pugs to stand guard!

Trouble is, is the only gas you have for your gen set is what yo have on hand as you will not be able to buy anymore,

flatbutt · 01-06-2016, 01:08 PM

Still waiting for solar to hit my price range. Till then I have the gennie and 30 gallons of gas that I rotate thru the truck.

ckelly78z · 01-06-2016, 04:26 PM

Got plenty of ammo, currently sitting in a 72 degree house heated only by our flat top woodstove (also good for cooking), two full freezers in a cold garage, and a pantry full of food, 20 individual gallons of drinking water along with 800 gallons in the hot tub, and 50 gallons in the water heater. 6 cords of split and seasoned firewood, a BBQ grill with 5 30 gallon full tanks, Plenty of flashlights, batteries, candles, and hurricane lamps with oil.......not too worried.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by flatbutt

Still waiting for solar to hit my price range. Till then I have the gennie and 30 gallons of gas that I rotate thru the truck.

Solar isn't going to get much cheaper. PV panels are no longer the major cost.

John Rogers · 01-06-2016, 05:08 PM

The gas question came up when I bought the first generator so when I sold my race car I kept the 5 gallon gas cans and rotate the gas through our cars every couple months. I use Stabil to help off set the weird CA gas we have and combined with the three cars gives me a total of 50 to 70 gallons total depending on how full the cars are. I also bought a small hand pump so I don't have to put gas in the generators when they are running and possibly blowing myself up!!!!

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

John, do you have Solar? I think anyone in So Cal should have Solar.

fastfredracing · 01-06-2016, 05:36 PM

I have 250 gallons of diesel on hand, usually 30-50 gallons or so of gasoline( In vehicles ) , a generator, our well has a hand pump , so we can get water any time, also , there are 2 small streams on our property . Guns, and ammo, and tons of wildlife in our yard every day. I could bag a deer, or turkey from my bedroom window any day of the week. We have a safe place to hide from the zombies also . I think we could hold out for a while here if we had to

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

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Originally Posted by Tobra

I like to keep IV start kits, tubing and fluids, just in case

I have beer and enuff grain, hops etc to brew many gallons of fluids, get my water out of the ground too, 150 gallons of petro stored at the airport:

Hugh R · 01-06-2016, 06:52 PM

I have a 20K pool, a Honda 2000 watt generator, a 5,500 watt generator in the RV with hookups to the house, (80 gallons of gas in it) 3 months of emergency dehydrated food, several 1000s rounds of ammo and a list of all the Mormons in the neighborhood. Beer I need to stock up on.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

I know where Hugh lives.

VINMAN · 01-06-2016, 07:00 PM

Whole house, auto start, natural gas genset. Plus a few mid-size portables. Always have at least 30 gals of gas on hand.

If we lose electric, and natural gas, we got bigger problems to worry about!

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flatbutt · 01-06-2016, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

Whole house, auto start, natural gas genset. Plus a few mid-size portables. Always have at least 30 gals of gas on hand.

If we lose electric, and natural gas, we got bigger problems to worry about!

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nah...if we manage our fields of fire we're good!

aigel · aigel's Garage

I had a prepper coworker who lived in Berkeley. He went over all his stuff in a lunchtime conversation - it was pretty extensive. I asked him if he had any guns and ammo. He seemed puzzled and said "no" and asked "why?". I explained to him that all you really needed was a gun & ammo and know where the unarmed preppers live.

I am not sure if he went gun shopping or not, but he sure looked like he was considering the thought!

All I can say is that we will not starve or go thirsty, but I will not be able to keep electricity and will lose my frozen food after a while (depends what time of year). That risk is very low and while it'd be a shame, I'd just organize a couple good size BBQ and invite the neighbors - if they bring beer!

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aigel · aigel's Garage

On the subject of SOLAR! I considered it for emergency more than anything else but then learned that the run of the mill solar people put on their roofs is worthless in a power outage. That's terrible ... I guess you could build a standalone system, but it would not feed into the grid during 'regular times'?

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