edited post as I offended a few people, sorry
Almost 3 days without power and landline.OK now,'''' saved most of the fridge/freezer contents, and didnt have any waterline freezes. It was close tho...
I found with the care of my mom, the nurses were great at having me "do stuff" just in case it needed to be done before "help" arrived. In all cases...
Relined? you mean with firebrick?I forget where I saw it but someone said you can order firebrick by the box (12 or 24pcs) from Home Hardware at a gr...
Great advice Helicopilot
Nothing really happened here but it gave me a nice kick in the butt to get my wood stove relined sooner rather then later.
Oldschool,I hear you and wish I could give you a hug and helping hand.The sooner we can start working in groups the better. Our needs here feel so ov...
Wow, sounds like you've got experience and a great safety net of people to depend upon. Good for you. Advice yes but not with the physical help - m...
Hey Old School Were did you stash your solar radio with weather channels ???? It was on my kitchen table. Problem was all the news was about Toronto...
I already miss having TV. Had a heck of a time trying to find out storm info yesterday. I was too used to just being able to turn on the weather net...
for power outages, nothing close to me yetgot extra crickets & silk worms for my critters, closed up less used rooms in the house, turned up the t...
Hi oldschool,What kind of projects/farming/homesteading are you looking to get into? It would be helpful if we know a bit about your plans before mak...
Thank you for all of the ideas. A few of the things that I had not thought of:-extra pails-hoses-ropes-chain-accounting - nasty thing that it :)-mous...