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It's a tie between the Weekend Warrior and the Almost-Ready Adaptor.

Camping section. They also have those fire lighters which are just big matches of paper and wax that last about 5 minutes. I use them...

Thanks, @Hinotori. I'm going to Freddys and Safeway today. I'll check.

I’ve lived in hurricane country most of my life. Still do, but a little farther inland now. I’m 177 miles from Galveston, just a short...

i could, the person i live with will fail "calm" but eventually we'd get through it ok.

It's said that the veneer of civilization is only 3 days thick. Then it devolves quickly in cities.

The Fred Meyer has them here. Or at least they did. I have that brand in my first aid kit. Lifestraws go on sale on Amazon...

You know, the most crippling thing a foreign enemy can do for immediate panic is hack into our electric & water grids....all...

Dang...that brand cannot be shipped to me due to my location. So I went to Amaz and got the same message. So I picked a different brand...

Wanted to add, good call on life straws :). My son and I took extended days/nights hike/camp trip in the Mark Twain national forest. I...

I am the one that needs to do this. Thank you, CC.

Our generator is dual use also, gasoline or propane. It's nice to have two options for fuel. We have ours on a monthly manual test. We...

I bought a large dual fuel generator last year. The plan is to hook it up on our exterior propane tank. Its a 50 gal one. With that I...

You know we went through a lot of this when the ice storm hit. Not an entire week but 5 nights and 3 days. I can't speak highly enough...

Been there, done that for a week. Hardly slowed us down. Difference is that was winter with snow I could melt for showers. Now I'd have...