Vesta - You can purchase solar powered generators.
EVIL, I can buy one of them, but what about my family that lives in apartments with no deck or any place to put a generator.
I myself have a back deck to my home and have at times stored over flow refrigerator items out there in the winter.
The problem is that unless one lives in the boonies, there are all kinds of neighbors or strangers on the look out for any kind of stuff they can benefit from in storage sheds or on decks. Only thing I ever lost in this area was 3 cases of Beer covered and chilling for a big game on TV on the back deck.
We could see the tracks in the snow leading to another home but as the family had 2 teenage males we found it better to eat the loss then get the police involved cost was chump change. We just kept an eye on the family, said nothing and a year later they moved. Had they broken into our shed and taken Hubby's power tools, then a neighborhood war would have broken out.
Family that lives in apartments are at the mercy of the Electric Co., heat, hot water, range, refrigerator, when to do then when the power goes out for a week??---Impossible to install a wood or pellet stove in a rented apartment, no way to vent any kind of generator of any kind. Can buy a propain run fireplace, but the tanks are so small they will run out in less then a day when the temperature goes to -3.
BTW I know of one family that had rented a small trailer in the woods and raised Newfoundland dogs. They had a 3 month old baby and when the ice storm hit they were SOOL.
The ice and downed trees on the roads kept them from leaving. They could not leave the dogs alone any way as they were show dogs worth in the thousands. So they brought the dogs in and put the dogs in their bed with the baby, grabbed every kind of tarp they had in the barn, one huge piece was the sail for their boat, placed the tarp over their blankets, cloths and curtains and hunkered in.
They had the Yankee presence to bring into the bed a couple gallons of water and ONE coffee cup. It must have been a nightmare for the family, but it worked until 4 days later power was restored. Major complaint was the SMELL when they were able to get out of the bed, all those days of not being able to change the baby, the parents not wanting to loose any heat by getting out of bed, and the dogs that had to be kept in place to keep the baby warm, ----Yikes. ----
We all have different lives and must plan accordingly, in an emergency in the month of June comes about, jump forward to the next January, the same emergency at that time of years will be far different.,,
In my neck of the woods we carry in our cars and trucks survival gear, perhaps blankets, a can with chocolate bars candles and waterproof matches. Some who boat carry flair guns to alert others to being stranded., or lost.
All situations are different according to the time of year----Can you imagine had 9/11 happend in the dead of winter, this is my most worry some problem with the terrorists, what if they attack us when the weather is subzero and hundreds of thousands have no heat for weeks, the roads are blocked, no trucks with food or water can get in.??
Winter is a nightmare for us who think of the possibility's of how the weather can distroy us. Few of us know how to build an igloo, make snow shoes or hunt for game. Few of us have ever had to scavenge for the necessity's of life.
Picture this, in 1981 or so a blizzard hit Norfork Va. I was working at that time in a hospital and had 4 kids at home the oldest a 12 year old. Who did I and others think of first, our family's. The National guard was called out and we were told none of us could leave the hospital for any reason. ANYONE found on the streets were subject to arrest.
We were forced to stay where we were and wonder what was going on at home. We were fortunate to have power through the storm and the pay phones had lines of staff waiting their turn to check on family.--The hospital kitchen said they were running out of food and we the staff were fed watered down soup. A couple of vending machines were broken into as after our 8 hour shift and into being on call to fill in for the 2nd. shift that could not or would not get to relive us.
We were tired, worried about our own family's and hungry. But we managed to make sure the patients received their Meds and food. Fortunately this lasted but 24/30 hours, I wonder how we would have behaved had this lasted 3 days or more.??
Check out Katrena and what happend in the hospitals and nursing homes in that area.
Today Europe is shut down due to weather and has no way to deal with this event. One can manage to survive if they are at home with careful planning in an event.
Away from work, at school, or traveling, this is another thing. Evil has all her ducks in a row and she is one of the few that may survive.
