Sub-Topic: survival in emergencies.
I had a good "taste"of that a few years ago when the road from
Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula (pop 60K) (where I live) was blocked
by avalanches for three weeks. All store products come by truck down
that 180-mile road (there is only one road). Power ties were cut but
we have local generation plants plus a hydro-plant, so outage was
short. My biggest emergency was feeding my twelve sled dogs; stores
ran out animal feed real quick.
I use to live in a small town which lost power and phones during the
avalanche. Convenience store's freezers thawed out and town had a
serious supply problem. National Guard flew in a standby generator
for them after two weeks. Town had one gas station so ran out. One
ham lived there to get the word out.
Having lived ten years off the grid in that town, I had good training
on surviving. I had no electric, telephone, or water. Fifteen
gallons of chainsaw fuel was my annual heating bill. Lights and
stove by Coleman were propane (bout three months per
bottle). Freezer was a military container out in a snow bank.
So about eight years ago we bought a 6500w Honda generator to power
the house. We have natural gas appliances and a well so only need
electricity to be independent. I keep 20 gallons of fuel for the
generator which will carry us about five days. Only have one house
dog so that is easier.
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
Dubus-NA Business mail:
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