Ok i have to ask!!

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2005
Ok i have to ask!!
29
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 12:57am

How self contained are you?? Now what i mean is ...


1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food at home?? yes


2. Is your pantry full? do you have a pantry?yes


3. Do you have a garden?? not any more


4. Alternate heat/ lights in case of a power outage?yes


5. What do you have in a vehicle incase you get trapped in a storm? a box of stuff


6. a cell phone?yes


7. a fire escape plan? emergentcy plan? Yes


8. first aid kid, degree..ect? both


We are supposed to get a storm here the next two days. we have to drive to Winnipeg on Wedesday for aj's appt. I am trying to think of a survival kit to put together. Have a list here. you know flashlight, cell phone, tp(always have toilet paper or a big box of kleenex, boots, shovel, candles, firstaid kit, a heat source ect.


we have lots of food to get by. camping stove, heaters...ect water. i fill the tub so i can flush the toilet. ect. The plastic storage tubs are great to keep frozen food in and outside. Thaw only white snow LOL


A person needs to get a list going and make sure it is together at all times.

Glenda's Christmas

Photobucket

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-10-1999
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 10:48am

1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food

photo

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-07-2001
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 11:43am

1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food at home??

-> Yes, but it is to the point that we really don't need the freezer anymore as the family has grown up.

2. Is your pantry full?

-> Yep

3. Do you have a garden??

-> No, but I have grown some stuff in containers on the deck. Soil is too rocky and the temps too cool up here for a good *in the ground* garden.

4. Alternate heat/ lights in case of a power outage?

-> Piped in gas fireplace and lanterns.

5. What do you have in a vehicle incase you get trapped in a storm?

> Nah, storms are rare here and we usually are not on the mountain passes during the winter.

6. a cell phone?

-> Yep

7. a fire escape plan? emergentcy plan?

-> Yep

8. first aid kid, degree..ect?

-> Yep, been trained in CPR and first aid and own a kit.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-12-1997
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 12:42pm
Great questions!

How self contained are you?? Now what i mean is ...


1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food


Powered by CGISpy.com

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2005
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 12:50pm

I sure do not know what i would do without a freezer here.


always roon for improvement. I too need to start bringing in some stuff from the rv for the winter. you just never know!

Glenda's Christmas

Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2005
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 1:04pm

Deb


we have a very heavy clay soil. i plant a lot in raised beds and pots too. I have one long ground level flower bed...but weeds up fast and ground gets hard fast.


The fireplace and lanterns sound wonderful. I can't wait till the wood stove gets installed here.

Glenda's Christmas

Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2005
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 1:20pm

Ann


you are set for food! I bet you have a bbq if you need to cook in an outage.


Love rubabrb. need a patch here too!


I bough a heater thing for the top of my bbq propane tank. you have to keep a window cracked...but is comfortable and keep the pipe warm too.


your car sounds pretty well prepared. You need chocolate or energy bars too. wet wipes(for after toilet use ). just remember batteries in the cold die fast! Maybe a ziploc of spares in your purse??


A degree...like maybe a first aid course??


Here we are on the end of the power grid. if we loose power for any length of time we have to be prepared! My fear is the dog or cat freezing. Nowhere to take them in the cold!

Glenda's Christmas

Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-03-2008
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 2:47pm

Don't forget batteries...especially C;s and D's


1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food

HummerTulips

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 3:34pm

Oh Glenda you and everyone here knows my answer to these questions,, in case of

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2003
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 6:48pm

I am so lucky to live in a place where severe weather warnings just mean hail and they don't happen very often.


1. Do you have a freezer to have extra meat/ food

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2003
Tue, 01-05-2010 - 6:50pm
I haven't had rhubarb in a hundred years.

Pages