How long can you (and your family) survive if the grid went down for an extended period?
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I live in a corner of a small town. I have thought the way to protect us from societal breakdown in an event of a power failure is to invite neighbors to use our extra bedrooms. Pull the vehicles out of the garage and put in more cots. If still have enough power bring in rv's so more neighbors can be comfortable. Have everyone bring their perishables and any outside cooking implimants. Cook all tbe perishables and share them first. Bring all non perishables, guns,ammo etc. and put them under gaurd in just two or three houses. Working together from there we might be able to hang on until power is restored.
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
But you wreck a lot of partridge that way
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
I keep hearing this.
Yet I’m not convinced.
Either way what will be will be. Anything and about the only thing other than food, heating fuel supplies that will precipitate a threat is weeks of grid down imho
I won’t starve right away but it will be a long and tedious winter if all loose breaks into hell. I’m on a main road in rural vermont so I feel like I’m easy pickings. Yet if something major actually transpires I’ll burn my last gasoline moving solar and basics to my friends who live way deep in the wilds but only a few miles away.
I’m no mega prepper but I do not intend to die when the first two waves of the deranged panicking looters pass through.
Nevertheless I feel that is an unlikely scenario to expect. Lessons one can glean from War of the Worlds comes to mind. Not the plot: what happened with the airing of the radio show.
Brett V
Mad Scientist
Shot size adjusted as appropriate…But you wreck a lot of partridge that way
Daddy Tanuki
Solar Wizard
#1 buck shot on rabbits and pheasants? how big are the frigging critters in your woods?
anthonydsouza
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Assuming your solar roof setup includes a decently stocked Tesla Powerwall, you're looking at a pretty cozy apocalypse scenario. If the grid decides to take an extended vacation, your family could keep the lights on, the fridge running, and phones charged for quite some time. The key? Sunshine and moderation—think of it as living off a solar-powered diet. If it's sunny and you're not binge-using energy like it's a Netflix series, you could play hide and seek with the grid for days, or even weeks. Just remember, every day can't be a pool party if you want to keep the essentials going. So, in the great blackout of whenever, your house could be the cool oasis in a desert of darkness—just maybe skip the 24/7 air conditioning marathon.
Yeah… we used .22LR shot shells on pheasants when I was a kid…
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
and still do!
One of the reasons I live in three countries on two continents of what US folk call 3rd world. The bigger reasons are the lack of most everything survivalist and gun related. I doubt many would understand. That’s a good thing.
The downside is the high cost and lack of availability of quality solar equipment, countered with a livable system of 400w panels and a 24v200a battery as overkill. No cold, no need for A/C.
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
The genetics are incredible in some locales…
Daddy Tanuki
Solar Wizard
Dude a rabbit or pheasant that big would feed a family for months.
Probably a Northern Rabbit, aka Moose.
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
You should see the size of the bugs they feed on!
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
We call them "Swamp Donkeys"
Daddy Tanuki
Solar Wizard
sounds like females sailors to me.. but they call them sea donkey's or sea cow's....
Hedges
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Brett V now says he adjusts shot size according to critter.
(My post was in response to his, when he didn't understand "wreck a lot of partridge that way")
Considering his avatar, I'd have expected something like fishing with an electrical wire.
As for me, I'm an animal-loving carnivore, so I couldn't bring myself to shoot game.
I buy my meat at the grocery store, where I don't have to look it in the eye (in most cases.)
However, I don't believe in wasting anything. So when my dog Tweety brought me a pheasant, later a turkey, laying it at my feet, I did prepare and cook it. Shared some with her too, of course.
(My post was in response to his, when he didn't understand "wreck a lot of partridge that way")
Considering his avatar, I'd have expected something like fishing with an electrical wire.
As for me, I'm an animal-loving carnivore, so I couldn't bring myself to shoot game.
I buy my meat at the grocery store, where I don't have to look it in the eye (in most cases.)
However, I don't believe in wasting anything. So when my dog Tweety brought me a pheasant, later a turkey, laying it at my feet, I did prepare and cook it. Shared some with her too, of course.
Q-Dog
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I wonder if the 12 ga would be enough for Rodents of unusual size?
Oh, R.O.U.S.'s i dont believe they exist.
Partimewages
Solar Addict
South American Capybaras are semi-aquatic herbivores that can grow to be 3.5 to 4.4 feet long, 24 inches tall, and weigh 77 to 146 pounds.
42OhmsPA
What's in a title?
I bet they would be pretty tasty after a nice brine, rub and long smoke session.
Q-Dog
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We have Nutria here ... also a large rodent. Invasive, brought over from South America for fur. Released into the wild when the fur trade crashed. They weigh up to 20 or so pounds, burrow into levees and eat almost any plant including the roots.
We had a campaign many years ago to get rid of them by eating them. People didn't like the idea they were eating a rat. I think there is a bounty on them and you can get paid for each one you kill.
Ruff
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I was in Houston when that big freeze happened. We did not have any solar setup there, but I was prepared for no power as part of hurricane recovery (usually in the late summer or fall). We had 2 small window A/C / Heat Pump units that kept the house from freezing. They were each powered by a seperate 2,000 watt generator. Usually we would plan to run one generator for A/C and the other for the refrigerator, but since it was winter, I just put the freezer food on the patio table and the fridge food next to the garage door, that allowed us to run two heating units. We had a gas stove for cooking and always kept at least a weeks worth of food in the pantry and enough jerry cans with gas to run those generators for 10 days. We had several propane tanks to cook on the grill in case the gas was shut off. We only needed 7 days of gas before the power came back on. In our new place in Missouri? I intend to be even more prepared.
Similar problem up in Oregon. I don't know if the bounty is still available.
