tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post1219603019360557519..comments2023-12-23T02:16:43.463-08:00Comments on "Rational Preparedness" : The Blog: What Happens If Your Friends Change ?JaneofVirginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-85065773181952792013-09-11T06:00:36.138-07:002013-09-11T06:00:36.138-07:00This is why I don't understand the show "...This is why I don't understand the show "Doomsday Preppers". Why would you go to all the effort just to tell millions of people what you have? Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845268534571646512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-64109980676135758682013-09-08T14:03:53.351-07:002013-09-08T14:03:53.351-07:00When my husband and I designed the house we live i...When my husband and I designed the house we live in now, we knew from the last time we did so, that we needed certain rooms. Because this house has a secondary electrical system which allows a generator or a marine battery array with a whole house inverter, we needed a specialized room for this. Ours also includes a tank for the well, a hot water heater, and the NID (telephone network interface device, which we chose to have put INSIDE the home so no one can cut any wires on the security system. It also has a box which regulates the water which leaves the house and goes to the barn and the dog kennel. This isn't a utility room because the utility room is on the next floor above it. When the plans came back from the architect, he had marked this room the "Mechanical Room". There is a Disaster Supply Room just beside it, which turned out not to be the most fabulous idea in the world. LOLJaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-13009590254896933622013-09-08T13:04:14.959-07:002013-09-08T13:04:14.959-07:00What is a mechanical room? I never heard that term...What is a mechanical room? I never heard that term before.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-5079061032809812302013-09-07T14:56:56.842-07:002013-09-07T14:56:56.842-07:00That's true. My plans change rather regularly...That's true. My plans change rather regularly depending upon a new strategy I am trying, or for example, when the mechanical room flooded and destroyed a bunch of preparedness supplies earlier in the year. We are not nearly as prepared as we were before that.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-32233916545557307192013-09-07T14:55:18.501-07:002013-09-07T14:55:18.501-07:00I personally will never trade ammo because in my o... I personally will never trade ammo because in my opinion it's too easy for someone to use it on you and take back what he traded to you in exchange for it. I will trade eggs, apples, pears, clean or sterile gauze, depending upon how much I have, and wine or liquor. We don't drink but I keep it as gifts for friends and trading items. Other than that, anything else we grow we need right here.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-28566756470641483222013-09-07T14:52:02.723-07:002013-09-07T14:52:02.723-07:00I think that can be a good plan depending upon whe...I think that can be a good plan depending upon where you are. I keep supplies in my basement and some in the garage. Since I found a giant black snake in the concrete generator house we built near the parking area for the RV quite a distance from the house, I haven't been very gung-ho about structures on dirt or in the ground. I worry that they would either flood or be occupied by snakes of one type or another. Of course this year we have had eight or nine inches of rain in excess of what is normal.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-77070201821848643882013-09-07T14:31:59.496-07:002013-09-07T14:31:59.496-07:00It's probably unwise to be too open about some...It's probably unwise to be too open about some aspects of your preparedness planning, outside of a very select circle of trusted friends. Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-88230067862747325332013-09-07T14:10:53.018-07:002013-09-07T14:10:53.018-07:00I've read that ammo and whiskey are the two be...I've read that ammo and whiskey are the two best trade items for hard times. Guess it may depend on your area and your perspective. ;-)Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-59481462181361826432013-09-07T13:28:58.265-07:002013-09-07T13:28:58.265-07:00Very good advice, I have been thinking of preparin...Very good advice, I have been thinking of preparing a secret storage area, not a bunker just a place for supplies. I don't like the idea of a bunker other than a storm cellar type of thing. Thanks.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-89729831779857562542013-09-07T12:36:32.477-07:002013-09-07T12:36:32.477-07:00Thanks, Angela ! You would be surprised how many...Thanks, Angela ! You would be surprised how many people do trade ammo. I don't have enough that I could, and I think it's a really bad policy anyway.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-1191987180924073012013-09-07T12:35:37.132-07:002013-09-07T12:35:37.132-07:00I also like "Loose lips sink ships" or b...I also like "Loose lips sink ships" or bunkers as the case may be !<br />Thanks for posting, Gorges.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-61036818188932191642013-09-07T12:34:50.144-07:002013-09-07T12:34:50.144-07:00I had forgotten that episode ! I think I saw that...I had forgotten that episode ! I think I saw that for the first time as a child. It's probably so deep in my psyche that I had forgotten the actual episode ! Thanks for posting.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-6863267484419083322013-09-07T11:48:07.779-07:002013-09-07T11:48:07.779-07:00Amen to that! Amen to that! Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240864960032938754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-9930911575556127202013-09-07T11:13:46.772-07:002013-09-07T11:13:46.772-07:00Look up the old Twilight Zone episode about a fami...Look up the old Twilight Zone episode about a family with a bunker. False alarm emergency and all the neighbors go nuts!! mizdebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11746364348066096911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-8149863133828008022013-09-07T10:24:11.280-07:002013-09-07T10:24:11.280-07:00"Silence is golden," goes the old saying..."Silence is golden," goes the old saying.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com