(12-08-2022, 09:41 PM)Jags Wrote:

(12-08-2022, 09:32 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Our major weak spot was lack of a generator. That has been rectified. I bought one Tuesday that will support our fridge/freezer, deep freezer, fans, lights and more, but most importantly my husband's CPAP machine. Dude can't sleep without it. 

We can recoup if we lose our freezer and fridge of food. We have plenty of clothes to wear. We have rain barrels of water to flush our toilets, food I prepped and pressure canned, soups from the store, plenty of other stuff we need. But why should we have to recoup anything when we can be better prepared in the first place? Or hope restaurants are open to feed us? Food trucks were the major source of meals because they run on generators so they were perfect for that but they can prep only so much food at a time. 

What is stressful is the things we don't have control of like prescriptions that need to be filled but can't be. My husband has bad asthma and has to have an inhaler. Or elderly parents who aren't prepped at all and it falls on us to make sure they're squared away.

It’s stuff like this, and more, I bought freeze dried foods that last 25 years.  It wasn’t cheap, I really shouldn’t have done it.  But, the 3 of us can eat for 3 months if need be.  I’m guessing it’s more so 2, but still.  Wife wasn’t happy I spent the money, but I want to cover our butts.  I’m glad things are looking up now