SPinoff: Being Prepared!! - Page 3

Amberlove · 04-27-2008, 12:54 PM

Our 72 hour kits could stand a little work and it really would be a good idea to have some cash around the house. It feels better when you are prepared. We have 6-12 months of food stashed in our basement and it's nice to know that we have a backup no matter what happens. Even if it isn't a natural disaster, just my husband being laid off of work, or suddenly needing to buy a new car, we have a way to save money and stretch our budgets.

bargainbabe · 04-29-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by llee

Living in the south, we do not get snow storms very often. As a matter of fact I am 37 years old and have only seen one. And that one storm taught me a lesson of preparedness. We had no electricity for two weeks. My house WAS total electric and ds was only two years old. No stock of food, no heat, no water (frozen). I know this sounds silly but in the south we never prepare for snow so everything was down for two weeks and some things longer than that. After a few days I promised myself that I would always be prepared for what ever comes and I have until this day. It has been 15 years since the storm and people think I am crazy but I bet they will think of me if anything of that sort ever happens again.

I remember that storm!! I was in 8th grade, I think. I lived in AL for a few years. We were out of school for a full 5 days, and the power went off for almost a week for us. Luckily we had a fireplace, gas grill and a lot of canned goods. Actually, now that I look back it wasn't luck at all. My parents insisted on getting a house with a basement and fireplace, we always had a lot of canned goods. I guess my parents were prepared. All I know is that we ended up hosting 2 other families for a few days because none of them had heat or a fireplace!!