tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post3960609336554914148..comments2024-03-27T15:54:10.505-07:00Comments on Homesteading in Hawaii: Being Prepared on a Homestead?Su Bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-15466187399252242962014-08-23T17:27:27.908-07:002014-08-23T17:27:27.908-07:00The Lifestraw is a super idea. So are the little s...The Lifestraw is a super idea. So are the little solar water stills. But a homemade still is simple and cheap to make as long as one knows how. The Mylar blankets are also a great suggestion. Thanks Barry. <br /><br />You betcha...don't rely upon the government. Hurricane Iselle just showed us how inadequate help from the government was. Gee, and this was only a category 1 storm. People who had expected the government and help organizations to come to their aide were sadly surprised, and suffered accordingly. Su Bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-26666666485746898282014-08-22T23:22:27.856-07:002014-08-22T23:22:27.856-07:00Lots of good points, and always restock/review/rep...Lots of good points, and always restock/review/replace or repair. I learned to think in layers, from shelter to safety. When the SHTF it happens FAST. You are really lucky to have a decent solar setup. Some Stabil in every gas can, every fill-up, is a good practice. Gas can go stale, gum up engines, and Stabil is cheap insurance. <br />Put a Lifestraw in your bug-out bag, but don't open the seal. Watch for sales on those flimsy mylar "solar blankets", along with some paracord. Don't count on help from the government. Better days will come later, but you won't see them if you aren't prepared for taking care of yourself to get through a disaster, natural or man-made. Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483102573957001593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-22314399760451877472014-08-21T19:50:53.727-07:002014-08-21T19:50:53.727-07:00Fineartgourds said via email.....
Having lived out...Fineartgourds said via email.....<br />Having lived outside the social safety net most of my life I early learned the most effective way to protect oneself against the neighborhood looters is to share wildly. Invite the whole gang to dinner, offer buckets of water, rides to town, etc. Pretty soon you are in possession of your own private army.... which poses problems of itself, but if things have gotten bad enough then bad is what you need to be. I always tried to stay mostly in back of the man with all the guns.... Of course, when the situation finally normalizes you can find yourself with some embarrassing friends....but often staunch and loyal and somehow loveable? Since you already practice good community building skills you won't find yourselves alone "come the revolution", as we used to say in our youth.Su Bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.com