I'm puzzled by your comment on climate change. I live in the Marshall, NC area. We were hit very hard. They called it a tropical storm when it got here, but we had hurricane conditions with winds as high as 107mph and as much as 48" of rain in some places. Hurricanes don't go 600 miles inland and still act like hurricanes. I wrote several articles on this at the time. This may help get you started: https://stumur24.substack.com/p/hurricane-helene-lahaina-20. This interview with Dane Wigington is critical to watch: https://stumur24.substack.com/p/another-dane-wigington-interview
I'm sorry to hear that you are in a hard hit area and I hope you are doing okay. I did a quick read of your post and didn't watch the interview yet but I will. I agree that weather is manipulated by the DoD and has been for years. It sounds like from your post, that may be a factor in this recent storm. What I meant by climate change, is that a large subset of the public blame everything on either C19 or climate change and to resolve it, humans need to be controlled, suppressed, live in 15-minute cities etc to resolve it, which IMO is a load of socialist garbage. Also, what I was referring to in my “ever changing climate” comment was in the shifts of how the world is going- again towards suppression, lies, censorship, etc. I believe that everything we are seeing such as the transgender push, labeling truth as conspiracy, vaccines, vaccine passports, central bank digital currency and so forth are just pieces of one large socialist puzzle. Once all the pieces are in place the crazy, wealthy schemers will have their dream come true.
I'm glad to have you as a neighbor in this area of the country. My wife and I were very fortunate with Hurricane Helene. We had many large trees down, but none on the house. We have doubly redundant back-up power, water from a well, and we grow our own food as much as possible. We have a small herd of beef cattle.
I'm glad you are ok. Weathering this storm will help you get prepared for future events. If I can be of any assistance, let me know.
Thank you, and glad you and your wife are okay! It sounds like you are very prepared as well! I think getting a generator is one of our first priorities after this experience. I definitely do not like relying on city water and glad to hear you have well water. You have food, water and backup power so you have the essentials for sure.
Sorry to hear about your 'welcome' to the area. The community here is amazing. We were estimated to be without power for three weeks, but were lucky and it was only eight days. I have a cistern and propane and we got to have hot water and cook easily.
Walkie talkies are our newest addition since our mobiles were useless. And we're getting a tractor so we can do our own drive - grading and getting the downed trees out.
Glad you were okay Rochelle- sounds like a very self sufficient family! A cistern is very useful. We had a large one where we used to live but now are on city water. Once we get more settled in (quite a few projects on our list) I'd like to look at the possibility of digging a well and switching off of city water if possible. Walkie talkies are good for short distance but I'm wondering what to use to communicate long distance. The only thing I can think of is the ham radio.
Preppers recommend satellite phones - which are very expensive. I don't know anyone, personally, with Starlink but one was put up at a church down the road for people to use.
Yes, excellent post. That type of temporary failure of some modern life aspects is what everyone really should prep for. It’s far more likely to be experienced than a long term everything-fails scenario. I’m glad things worked out well for you despite the emergency occurring during a transition period when you are more vulnerable.
Unfortunately, I have heard that those Berkey filters have not been available for a while due to some agency (FDA?) attacking them with beaurocratic BS.
Yes, true on the berkey filters. Thankfully there are other options. I will probably have to transition to one of the other filters as I have only one set of black filters left.
I'm glad to see you posting again. I was worried something had happened to you, and thought maybe the hurricane had impacted you.
I didn't see big government on your list of items that are useful or necessary during emergencies. Without government, who would forbid private helicopter rescues, or confiscate incoming emergency supplies, or rebuild the roads? Wait, scratch that last item.
Yes, I did not mention the government because from what I saw it was the small local community helping out. Although the work on the power lines and water lines was amazing and there are clean up crews on the bridges every day. I heard from people who made their way to NC, that people were stranded with no government assistance at that time.
Welcome back, Karen! This is an INCREDIBLY HELPFUL post. A gift, really. Thank you.
Thank you
I'm puzzled by your comment on climate change. I live in the Marshall, NC area. We were hit very hard. They called it a tropical storm when it got here, but we had hurricane conditions with winds as high as 107mph and as much as 48" of rain in some places. Hurricanes don't go 600 miles inland and still act like hurricanes. I wrote several articles on this at the time. This may help get you started: https://stumur24.substack.com/p/hurricane-helene-lahaina-20. This interview with Dane Wigington is critical to watch: https://stumur24.substack.com/p/another-dane-wigington-interview
I'm sorry to hear that you are in a hard hit area and I hope you are doing okay. I did a quick read of your post and didn't watch the interview yet but I will. I agree that weather is manipulated by the DoD and has been for years. It sounds like from your post, that may be a factor in this recent storm. What I meant by climate change, is that a large subset of the public blame everything on either C19 or climate change and to resolve it, humans need to be controlled, suppressed, live in 15-minute cities etc to resolve it, which IMO is a load of socialist garbage. Also, what I was referring to in my “ever changing climate” comment was in the shifts of how the world is going- again towards suppression, lies, censorship, etc. I believe that everything we are seeing such as the transgender push, labeling truth as conspiracy, vaccines, vaccine passports, central bank digital currency and so forth are just pieces of one large socialist puzzle. Once all the pieces are in place the crazy, wealthy schemers will have their dream come true.
I'm glad to have you as a neighbor in this area of the country. My wife and I were very fortunate with Hurricane Helene. We had many large trees down, but none on the house. We have doubly redundant back-up power, water from a well, and we grow our own food as much as possible. We have a small herd of beef cattle.
I'm glad you are ok. Weathering this storm will help you get prepared for future events. If I can be of any assistance, let me know.
Thank you, and glad you and your wife are okay! It sounds like you are very prepared as well! I think getting a generator is one of our first priorities after this experience. I definitely do not like relying on city water and glad to hear you have well water. You have food, water and backup power so you have the essentials for sure.
Glad you are safe!!
God bless and protect you and your house. So be it.
Thank you!
Sorry to hear about your 'welcome' to the area. The community here is amazing. We were estimated to be without power for three weeks, but were lucky and it was only eight days. I have a cistern and propane and we got to have hot water and cook easily.
Walkie talkies are our newest addition since our mobiles were useless. And we're getting a tractor so we can do our own drive - grading and getting the downed trees out.
Glad you were okay Rochelle- sounds like a very self sufficient family! A cistern is very useful. We had a large one where we used to live but now are on city water. Once we get more settled in (quite a few projects on our list) I'd like to look at the possibility of digging a well and switching off of city water if possible. Walkie talkies are good for short distance but I'm wondering what to use to communicate long distance. The only thing I can think of is the ham radio.
Preppers recommend satellite phones - which are very expensive. I don't know anyone, personally, with Starlink but one was put up at a church down the road for people to use.
Okay good to know. Thank you.
Yes, excellent post. That type of temporary failure of some modern life aspects is what everyone really should prep for. It’s far more likely to be experienced than a long term everything-fails scenario. I’m glad things worked out well for you despite the emergency occurring during a transition period when you are more vulnerable.
Unfortunately, I have heard that those Berkey filters have not been available for a while due to some agency (FDA?) attacking them with beaurocratic BS.
Yes, true on the berkey filters. Thankfully there are other options. I will probably have to transition to one of the other filters as I have only one set of black filters left.
I'm glad to see you posting again. I was worried something had happened to you, and thought maybe the hurricane had impacted you.
I didn't see big government on your list of items that are useful or necessary during emergencies. Without government, who would forbid private helicopter rescues, or confiscate incoming emergency supplies, or rebuild the roads? Wait, scratch that last item.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/us-news/west-va-boys-build-road-so-helene-victims-can-go-home/
Yes, I did not mention the government because from what I saw it was the small local community helping out. Although the work on the power lines and water lines was amazing and there are clean up crews on the bridges every day. I heard from people who made their way to NC, that people were stranded with no government assistance at that time.