How many people here are prepared for an emergency?

Prepared for an emergency? We seem to deal with them on a regular basis. We wanted to go "off grid" when we moved down here and we're doing so ... with the loss of one system after another.

I have a radio that my sister gave me years ago that you crank to power it. And I have one that my DD gave me that can be charged either by plugging it in, cranking it, or putting it out in the sun.

Hope things are going well Botar. Nothing like trial by fire?

Simple things like having some water stored, a good source of light, a simple way of heating up a meal make all the difference. It doesn't have to be fancy, or expensive.

wooddustmaker said:

Hope things are going well Botar. Nothing like trial by fire?

Simple things like having some water stored, a good source of light, a simple way of heating up a meal make all the difference. It doesn't have to be fancy, or expensive.

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Thanks. We're still working our way through knowing next winter will be better than this one ... our first winter on the new farm.

We are dealing with the first winter syndrome, too, so I apologize for all the bad weather! Lol
Every treat should get a little easier.

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We do have disasters to prep for here. Things that everyone here should have plans for.

I've bought more dog kennels. If Rainier ever starts bulging out (toward us) like St Helens did before it erupted, I'm stuffing everyone into a kennel in the truck, taking the important things, and heading down to some relatives house. I'm not waiting for an evacuation order. We're only 24 miles from the thing.

If it is only a normal eruption, we have dust masks and I'll be locking the birds up. Wind normally blows away from us. We'll leave if they think it's going to be bad. You have to get out before the ash starts coming down or you're stuck. Cars can't handle ash. We don't have to worry about lahars. I wouldn't look at any properties down in the valley.

I'm not horribly worried about an earthquake. We're not near the Sound or the Ocean, so the Cascadia fault going wouldn't really do much to us other than rumble a little. Normal fault line and volcanic quakes aren't usually huge in this area. We don't have some of the sediment issues that Seattle does. The big pond out back is actually pretty shallow except for the stream channel that runs through it and we're high enough that even it splashing up won't get us.

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Pardon me I am new and reading through this thread. I know this post is over a year old.... But a suggestion for Volcanic dust if it hasnt been offered before is to commandeer some panty hose to protect your air filter on your vehicle.

deb

I have lived through Two Firestorms here in San Diego.... First one was while my house in the desert was in Escrow.... second about two years after.

Southern California Fire season starts a little after June.... and goes till the first rains.... We haven had enough soaking rains to qualify for that even though we have had a full nine inches of rain this year. So.... Burn permitts are something of an oddity. To say the least.

Fire preparedness is just about the same as earthquake preparedness. Food Water shelter...
Markers to write on your livestock so if or when they get loose they can be returned to you. The kind that Auctions use to mark horses works. Or in a pinch plain old spray paint. Id tags on halters, collars, Have drills with your small livestock in packing them into crates for transport. Because yiou may not be the ones transporting them.

Because of our history of fires there is an army of people on lists prepared to evacuate your animals incase you cant. Often times they are brought to the rodeo grounds or baseball fields for safety.

I went to a ranch where I sold some Draft sized training equipment after the fire. The ONLY things left of their barn were Nails The wood had burned down into the ground leaving concrete molds with Wood grain inside them. The forecart I sold was ok the wood on it was gone as were the tires...

She had not been allowed to evacuate and was hysterical. But the volunteers had gone in and because her horses were good at loading they had got them all out.

My horse had been evacuated by my Trainer. Shoved into a four horse trailer with six other horses of varying sizes. Partitions removed. I found her about 48 hours later at a ranch In imperial beach living the life as QUEEN (lead or Alpha Mare) of a herd of evacuees. LOL.... I watched her a couple of horses were drinking out of the water tank she casually walked up Gave them the Stink eye and they scattered.... She had her drink and decided to take a nap.... No one would come back.

As a city person at the time I had to rely on a network of incredibly dedicated individuals to keep my horse safe while I was being evacuated with my family from one place to the other.

So... Bottom line... Being prepared sometimes has to be portable.

deb

perchie.girl said:

Pardon me I am new and reading through this thread. I know this post is over a year old.... But a suggestion for Volcanic dust if it hasnt been offered before is to commandeer some panty hose to protect your air filter on your vehicle.

deb

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It's not over a year old. This thread isn't two weeks old yet.

When St Helens erupted, it really messed up vehicles. Family and friends who were over around the ash fall areas told me about it a lot growing up. I can just remember being out in the garden eating strawberries and the sky going dark from the west to the east like the sun was setting in reverse. I remember seeing people on the news having to wear masks to go outside.

We didn't get but a dusting of ash in my hometown as the wind mostly blew it north of us and we were 200 miles east. Mom does have a little baby food jar full of ash sitting in her hutch from the eruption still.

Whew .... I been replying to stuff in various threads and just as I am getting ready to post realizing they were over a year old .... then having to delete the post.
So glad to find a current thread .

You were lucky with regard to getting ash. Here the Sand Can be as fine as talc and can be as bad as ash if the air cleaners arent checked periodicially. If your running a diesel engine it can cause a hole to be sucked in and you get your engine sanded. The only way to fix it is to replace the engine.

deb

If the thread is old, post anyway. You never know who it could help at that point in time.

I know a few years ago, I was standing by to help evacuate horses if need be. We had a major fire in a section of the Pine Barrens. And, even though I was a distance away, I have a 16 ft. stock trailer.