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baymule
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We lived in a small town 75 miles north of Houston, Texas. In 2005, Hurricane Rita came blowing in and Houston evacuated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita
scroll down to Texas
A 1-2 hour drive turned into 22-28 hours. People were supposed to go past our town, but they ran out of gas. Cars overheated, people actually died in their cars from the heat. We, as a town, opened up our churches and schools. I was a member of the Red Cross and I spent the nights in an elementary school behind the house. I also spent a couple of nights at church, staying awake, so that the evacuees could sleep. There was no power, it was hot, no preparations for the masses of people. We ran out of food at church, so I went scrounging. The owner of the Sonic (a fast food drive in) opened up his freezer and loaded my truck up. After giving the church all they needed, I spread it around the neighborhood.
It was pandemonium. Luckily, gas deliveries were made and people could go back home. If that had not happened, things could have gotten real ugly. Our Junior High campus was beyond vandalized by the people sheltered there. They even rubbed human feces on the walls. WTF?? WHY turn on the very ones trying to help you??
The school was closed for two weeks, scrubbed, cleaned and sanitized. Animals.
I saw enough to realize that I never wanted to be in the path of millions of scared, fleeing people again. It was a real eye opener. We couldn't just quit our jobs and move, but I began preparing for just that. We bought our place in September 2014. I spent several months painting the house, ripping up flooring and putting down new floors. With the help of a neighbor, built enough fence to hold our horses. We moved in February of 2015. We sold our house and paid for this one. We sold some land and paid for the improvements here. We have 8 acres. It's enough to sustain us and our daughter and her family if push comes to shove.
I get these scare-you-to-death-buy-my-newsletter things in the mail and they recommend buying a second home, get another country's passport and blah, blah, blah. Dude! I have ONE home and I don't even HAVE a passport of any kind. Gheesh. This IS my prep and we are working hard to get it all fenced, structures built, garden site improved, fruit/nut trees planted, berries, small livestock and connecting with our community.
If our dollar collapses, things will get tight. We will have the ability to raise chickens and sheep and a garden. We are stocking up on things that will be useful, collapse or no collapse. At the very least, we can live a very good life in a great place with wonderful neighbors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita
scroll down to Texas
A 1-2 hour drive turned into 22-28 hours. People were supposed to go past our town, but they ran out of gas. Cars overheated, people actually died in their cars from the heat. We, as a town, opened up our churches and schools. I was a member of the Red Cross and I spent the nights in an elementary school behind the house. I also spent a couple of nights at church, staying awake, so that the evacuees could sleep. There was no power, it was hot, no preparations for the masses of people. We ran out of food at church, so I went scrounging. The owner of the Sonic (a fast food drive in) opened up his freezer and loaded my truck up. After giving the church all they needed, I spread it around the neighborhood.
It was pandemonium. Luckily, gas deliveries were made and people could go back home. If that had not happened, things could have gotten real ugly. Our Junior High campus was beyond vandalized by the people sheltered there. They even rubbed human feces on the walls. WTF?? WHY turn on the very ones trying to help you??
The school was closed for two weeks, scrubbed, cleaned and sanitized. Animals.I saw enough to realize that I never wanted to be in the path of millions of scared, fleeing people again. It was a real eye opener. We couldn't just quit our jobs and move, but I began preparing for just that. We bought our place in September 2014. I spent several months painting the house, ripping up flooring and putting down new floors. With the help of a neighbor, built enough fence to hold our horses. We moved in February of 2015. We sold our house and paid for this one. We sold some land and paid for the improvements here. We have 8 acres. It's enough to sustain us and our daughter and her family if push comes to shove.
I get these scare-you-to-death-buy-my-newsletter things in the mail and they recommend buying a second home, get another country's passport and blah, blah, blah. Dude! I have ONE home and I don't even HAVE a passport of any kind. Gheesh. This IS my prep and we are working hard to get it all fenced, structures built, garden site improved, fruit/nut trees planted, berries, small livestock and connecting with our community.
If our dollar collapses, things will get tight. We will have the ability to raise chickens and sheep and a garden. We are stocking up on things that will be useful, collapse or no collapse. At the very least, we can live a very good life in a great place with wonderful neighbors.
