tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4449063986884900946..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: None so deaf as those who will not hear...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53610007798261969752022-12-08T09:59:34.201-06:002022-12-08T09:59:34.201-06:00You just moved and it takes time to learn from you...You just moved and it takes time to learn from your neighbors and acclimate to a new area.<br /><br />That said I expect you bought a shovel the next time you saw one. That same lady would not have.MNWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707029620445695318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7877273886749701122022-12-07T20:11:29.829-06:002022-12-07T20:11:29.829-06:00We were without power for a week. I had just had m... We were without power for a week. I had just had my second cancer surgery a week before the storm. <br /> We didn't have a problem, we actually had a bit of fun getting to use preps we had been working on for years. 😁<br /> Had heat, hot food, water...everything worked without power and without a hitch. 🤷♂️<br />SLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810899623778113221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80225829578705716382022-12-07T18:06:56.450-06:002022-12-07T18:06:56.450-06:00I've carried a shovel in the back of my car fo...I've carried a shovel in the back of my car for at least 30 years, just in case. I've used it once, to put dirt on a muddy spot on a softball field. I wouldn't dream of not carrying it. It fits nicely with the Coast Guard emergency food bars, down blanket, gloves, jumper cables, 12V air pump, roll of tp, tire patch kit. etc. (You get the idea.) The TP gets used fairly often. The rest, not so much. <br /><br />Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73087805711558051482022-12-07T15:46:21.611-06:002022-12-07T15:46:21.611-06:00Darwin will have his due, and the rest of the worl...Darwin will have his due, and the rest of the world will neither miss her and her ilk, nor mind her passing.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38402363655972857942022-12-07T11:18:45.483-06:002022-12-07T11:18:45.483-06:00And now do everyone who lives in snow country who ...And now do everyone who lives in snow country who doesn't have chains or snow tires or kitty litter. No wool or space blankets stashed in the car. No granola bars or emergency waters. No basic first aid. No jumper cables. No preps.<br /><br />Stupidity used to be a major filter for continuation of the species.<br /><br />As to the house preps, gee, those could be used after a tornado, after a major power disruption caused by a drunk driver or other idiot, after a hurricane, after any disaster where the house still stands.<br /><br />Same with car preps. I live in Florida, for crying out loud, and I've got e-water and e-food and e-blankets (including wool) and and and in my darned van, because I've almost been stranded in freezing weather, here in Florida. <br /><br />Again, stupidity should be Nature's way of saying "Thanks for playing, enjoy the dirt nap as a consolation prize."Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52492834019513429442022-12-07T11:15:08.707-06:002022-12-07T11:15:08.707-06:00The answer to this question is essentially the ide...The answer to this question is essentially the identical answer to a previous question you asked. On November 29, 2022 you asked readers for their thoughts (in the post regarding mass unemployment and illegal immigration). Although at first glance, it may seem these these two topics are completely unrelated, and they are - except that the answer is the same. In the previous post you asked incredulously, "We can't just let these people starve!"<br />Yes, . . . we can.bultaco1495https://www.blogger.com/profile/03049132671108191371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90921161969810995722022-12-07T10:40:19.309-06:002022-12-07T10:40:19.309-06:00"Once in a lifetime event." In 2009, due..."Once in a lifetime event." In 2009, due to a job transfer, I moved from Florida to Northern Virginia. During the month of February, we had THREE "once-in-a-hundred-years" 20-inch snowfalls in the space of two weeks. Having just moved from Florida, we no longer owned a snow shovel. I made four trips to the orange hardware store and discovered that they were out of stock. We had food, heat, and the necessities of life, but we had to borrow a neighbor's snow shovel to get out of our driveway. <br />We try to be prepared for emergencies, but there's always one thing you forget. We no longer live in NoVa, but we now have three snow shovels. Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15249459108621010372022-12-07T10:02:43.167-06:002022-12-07T10:02:43.167-06:00She's obviously a Beto voter. You can't f...She's obviously a Beto voter. You can't fix stupid, and unfortunately Texas has lots of stupid people. June Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327786101441126271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-656081139339090472022-12-07T08:18:13.065-06:002022-12-07T08:18:13.065-06:00I have a propane heater - and ready bottles, and a...I have a propane heater - and ready bottles, and an adapter to use larger tanks (and those). I also have a kerosene heater and good amount of kerosene (as well a number of kerosene lamps/lanterns...) and then, in an off moment, I committed this:<br /><br />https://elegantungulate.wordpress.com/2022/09/09/dubious-slapdash-heater/<br /><br />I have some ways to go for some things, but I know from cold and dark. Oh, and various means of heating food (alcohol, kerosene, butane, propane, charcoal OUTSIDE!!) a good amount of water set aside, and I can fudge the rest - it won't be pretty by any means, but survivable. As I've put it, "I won't enjoy a week off-grid, but I'll be alive to bitch about it."Orvan Taurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889662143359248647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91808282561073461562022-12-07T07:49:41.626-06:002022-12-07T07:49:41.626-06:00Oh, for the love of ...
My daughter and I, as well...Oh, for the love of ...<br />My daughter and I, as well as most of our neighbors sailed through Snowmagedden very easily. Of course, we already had begun stocking up on food, and the power came on for a couple of hours, just long enough to keep the freezers frozen. What saved a lot of us was having camping gear, or propane BBQ units. I had a small BBQ with a burner plate and a griddle plate that I moved to the front porch and used to cook meals on. Some of our neighbors had working fireplaces, and a stock of wood. We collected snow and runoff from the gutters when it began to warm up, and used that water to wash and to flush the toilets.Celia Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261103494038415027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80768132665131260562022-12-07T07:40:06.872-06:002022-12-07T07:40:06.872-06:00Some people never grow up. They live their lives i...Some people never grow up. They live their lives in the realm of wishful thinking.Mind your own businesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275026895680246324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22920938131531602362022-12-07T07:34:43.475-06:002022-12-07T07:34:43.475-06:00The problem with dying bravely is that at the end ...The problem with dying bravely is that at the end one is still dead...Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17130818798960866812022-12-07T07:12:58.316-06:002022-12-07T07:12:58.316-06:00Once in a lifetime?
I've lived in North Texas...Once in a lifetime?<br /><br />I've lived in North Texas most of my life and we get at least one big snow/ice event every decade. <br /><br />With the insane demand on the infrastructure due to invasions from other states and countries, plus deregulation and "green" energy, it's gonna happen again. Chris Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815496959546126551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2716053245297135972022-12-07T07:01:57.916-06:002022-12-07T07:01:57.916-06:00She's a gambler, some people are.She's a gambler, some people are.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-14231754516202813212022-12-07T06:54:00.475-06:002022-12-07T06:54:00.475-06:00Sadly what you do say when next the feces hit the ...Sadly what you do say when next the feces hit the rotary impeller is "sorry, but no, I do not have enough saved to share with you."<br />Punctuated with the racking of a pump shotgun slide as needed.<br />Purely for auditory effect of course. You already had them covered upon their approach naturally.Uncle Larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008207593205949098noreply@blogger.com