Warmish, damp.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe clear after the rain yesterday.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0\u00a0 The shadow knows.\u00a0 Weather liars certainly don’t.<\/p>\n
Yesterday’s predicted high wind and storm missed me here in Northwest Houston.\u00a0\u00a0 Southeast Houston didn’t get so lucky.\u00a0 I got about 1.5″ of rain in a couple of hours, with misty drizzle the rest of the time.\u00a0 Some thunder and lightning.\u00a0\u00a0 They got high winds and tornadoes.<\/p>\n
Looking at the pictures, you can clearly see why you should have preps stored offsite.\u00a0\u00a0 It was years ago, looking at pictures of the aftermath of several tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma, that I got serious about putting some resources elsewhere.\u00a0\u00a0 I haven’t kept up with clothes as the kids have grown, nor feminine products, but we’ve got food, heat, cooling, light, power, etc. and some place to stay if needed.\u00a0\u00a0 Adding the BOL has really helped my peace of mind that we now have somewhere to go, and stuff waiting for us there.<\/p>\n
If you don’t have a BOL, and most people don’t, talk seriously with friends or relations.\u00a0\u00a0 Put a plan in place ahead of time.\u00a0\u00a0 In California they used to suggest NOT keeping your earthquake kit in the house.\u00a0\u00a0 Instead they suggested bins in a light shed, or out behind the house.\u00a0\u00a0 The idea being the kit wouldn’t be buried under collapsed house when you needed it most.\u00a0 Think hard about doing something similar, no matter where you are.<\/p>\n
Another option would be a small storage unit.\u00a0 Ideally it would be out of town, not too far away, but on your most likely evac route.\u00a0\u00a0 Should have 24hr access even without power.\u00a0 A few bins of canned food, some water, some clothes, some hygiene products, a couple of toys for the kids, an encrypted thumb drive with critical paperwork stored on it- doesn’t take up that much room, but could go a long way toward keeping you alive, comfortable, and sane if something should happen to your home.\u00a0 Doesn’t have to be like a prepper novel… just enough to keep body and soul together for a few days while you figure out the next step.<\/p>\n
Prepping is fractal in nature.\u00a0\u00a0 That is, for every task, there are dozens of prerequisite tasks, and follow up tasks, the deeper you go, the more tasks reveal themselves.\u00a0\u00a0 Like a mandelbrot set though, they keep repeating their basic nature.\u00a0\u00a0 Get some stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Learn some thing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Learn about more stuff to get, more stuff to learn.\u00a0 Rinse and repeat.\u00a0 It’s a journey, not a destination.\u00a0 You can put as much or as little into it as you are comfortable doing, but do SOMETHING.<\/p>\n
Stacking is easy.\u00a0 And useful.<\/p>\n
nick<\/p>\n
–as usual, if anyone is in the affected areas and needs something we can help with, let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warmish, damp.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe clear after the rain yesterday.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0\u00a0 The shadow knows.\u00a0 Weather liars certainly don’t.<\/p>\n
Yesterday’s predicted high wind and storm missed me here in Northwest Houston.\u00a0\u00a0 Southeast Houston didn’t get so lucky.\u00a0 I got about 1.5″ of rain in a couple of hours, with misty drizzle the rest of the time.\u00a0 Some thunder and lightning.\u00a0\u00a0 They got high winds and tornadoes.<\/p>\n
Looking at the pictures, you can clearly see why you should have preps stored offsite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n