I have a pair of those and should have been wearing them yesterday. There was some ice under the snow and I landed on my arse 3 times while clearing snow.
Four rechargeable double length cr123 batteries. Can’t remember exact name but they are double battery use type. That’s a lot of power on very low to medium power.
Started packing up or getting bags ready to pack up things like propane bottles and all the extra stuff one could quickly throw into vehicles.
Also making up a reminder list so we don’t forget something/ bag with my bottle cap collection/ just kidding.
Been tidying a bit and condensing stuff into two groups. One for casual emerg use in the home, hunting, camping and another if I needed to leave with. Where the heck I would go, I haven’t figured out yet and that is also on to do list.
Picked up another 90 triple rolls of bumwad, an 8 kg bag of rice, and off to Bulk Barn today with a 20% coupon if you bring your own containers.
Being a Tupperware dealer means we have containers coming out our wazoo!
Update - ended up getting about 10 lbs of dried beans, peas, and lentils.
Gotta be honest, with the firearm ban looming, my focus has been on that side. A lot of selling and buying/ reorganizing. Just finished a couple builds.
Starting the garden plan
Lowering debt, wife got a job.
We buy extra supplies with every grocery trip.
Reaching out to more local farmers to increase my network.
Picked up another 90 triple rolls of bumwad, an 8 kg bag of rice, and off to Bulk Barn today with a 20% coupon if you bring your own containers.
Being a Tupperware dealer means we have containers coming out our wazoo!
Ah yes, the much forgotten but loved toilet paper and Tupperware. Handy stuff
Two lanterns (wind up) with LCD lights in them, with an emergency radio, and connection to plug in and charge the mobile phone. (Local surplus store had them for $8 each...grabbed the last two!)
Also some additional collapsible water containers to the supplies. And then took stock to ensure everything was ready for a major or minor outbreak of some pandemic. So a variety of PPE, special filters for the furnace, tarps and tape, etc. Better safe then sorry I suppose.
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Picked up another 90 triple rolls of bumwad, an 8 kg bag of rice, and off to Bulk Barn today with a 20% coupon if you bring your own containers.
Being a Tupperware dealer means we have containers coming out our wazoo!Ah yes, the much forgotten but loved toilet paper and Tupperware. Handy stuff
You would be surprised how much more toilet paper one uses when affected by say, a flu-like virus!
Two lanterns (wind up) with LCD lights in them, with an emergency radio, and connection to plug in and charge the mobile phone. (Local surplus store had them for $8 each...grabbed the last two!)
Also some additional collapsible water containers to the supplies. And then took stock to ensure everything was ready for a major or minor outbreak of some pandemic. So a variety of PPE, special filters for the furnace, tarps and tape, etc. Better safe then sorry I suppose.
Sounds like nice find on lanterns! For eight bucks, it’s hard to go wrong. If light doesn’t work you still have charger.... perfect
Oil, air and oil filters for cars.
4 large tubes of Clorox wipes
Rubbing Alcohol
Large bag of flour.
500 Tylenol
Restocked on all the canned and dried goods we’ve been using.
N95 masks and goggles for our current situation.
Nitrile gloves, but I use them at work already so just moved a couple boxes into the house.
Extra gas
Filled the house propane tanks
Filled the gas tank In the pickup
Cleaning supplies for 6 months
Extra first aid supplies
Added various filters to tractor part order today.
8 bottles of hand sanitizer
100 nitril gloves
another dozen candles (12 hours each)
Not a new prep but revisiting of existing bags.
Had six brand new AAA Duracell’s. Vintage Winter of 18, but checked in September of 19
along with many other types of batteries and some in and others out of original packaging. All in a ziplock. In truck
The six AAA Duracell’s were in package and so was a nine volt and many CR123. None were touching each other. All badly corroded! First time I had this happen for good quality batteries in short span, so will be checking more often.
Guess I will be checking more often, bad manufacturing date? Doubt two different types would be affected, so maybe overall quality. Rayovacs, and all other AA Duracell’s were fine
Took 3 members of our group out for basic winter survival and an overnight winter camping trip. They learned a few harsh realities.
Took 3 members of our group out for basic winter survival and an overnight winter camping trip. They learned a few harsh realities.
As we are all here to learn, can you in general terms tell us what the issues were? Sleeping bags, hygiene, fear of the evening, footwear....
Having done winter camping, it’s a lot to adapt to.
If you did it in ottawa area, it was a decent / non harsh weekend to try it out.
Let’s learn about the experience of others and tweak our ideas or plans if need be.