I was in Houston for hurricane Ike. We had trees down all around making the roads impassible for a few days, so having a few days of food was enough for us to get them cut and moved enough to go anywhere. 3 days is also enough to get food/water distributions or drops set up. It’s basically enough to get out of needed or to get by until distribution logistics are in place. If bombings start, your stash could go up in smoke so 3 days or 30 wouldn’t really matter as much as a go-bag with more compressed calorie bars or something.
Ah, and yes to not relying on the grid. Now, I have a battery backup that can run my well pump or keep the fridges going and recharges with solar. We have a cannister gas stove and a charcoal grill. I have a kerosene stove and several litres of fuel around for the colder months as well, but I think some of that is hard for those in small apartments and the like.
I’ve been on solar since 2023. My heater is Diesel powered, and I have a store of that, but below freezing, despite my insulation, I flee to other situations. Thankfully, a friend was willing to let me crash on the air mattress in his garage for this year’s Arctic blast. Never thought I’d see that as an upgrade, but I was able to place the space heater so that it was blowing at the bed.
Even with 600Ah of LFP, running an 1800W resistive heater is not a solution. It was nice not to have to worry about freezing to death.
I was in Houston for hurricane Ike. We had trees down all around making the roads impassible for a few days, so having a few days of food was enough for us to get them cut and moved enough to go anywhere. 3 days is also enough to get food/water distributions or drops set up. It’s basically enough to get out of needed or to get by until distribution logistics are in place. If bombings start, your stash could go up in smoke so 3 days or 30 wouldn’t really matter as much as a go-bag with more compressed calorie bars or something.
Ah, and yes to not relying on the grid. Now, I have a battery backup that can run my well pump or keep the fridges going and recharges with solar. We have a cannister gas stove and a charcoal grill. I have a kerosene stove and several litres of fuel around for the colder months as well, but I think some of that is hard for those in small apartments and the like.
I’ve been on solar since 2023. My heater is Diesel powered, and I have a store of that, but below freezing, despite my insulation, I flee to other situations. Thankfully, a friend was willing to let me crash on the air mattress in his garage for this year’s Arctic blast. Never thought I’d see that as an upgrade, but I was able to place the space heater so that it was blowing at the bed.
Even with 600Ah of LFP, running an 1800W resistive heater is not a solution. It was nice not to have to worry about freezing to death.