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indes · 09-09-2017, 09:26 PM

This is a pretty cool topic and one that I've been looking into recently. It is pretty eye opening to look up some of the possible disasters and their effects, such as power loss over a large section of the continent. Living in a big city I think you're pretty much ####ed if anything happens.

I started looking at wood gasification last year and hope to have time to make a gasifier one of these years. It would be the ultimate 'survive in comfort' tool to have 'unlimited' power. I figure if you wanted to be totally sufficient you would need to invest 20,000 into equipment for gasification and wood gathering/chopping/splitting.

As for right now,

Our water at home is gravity fed from a creek and we keep a few 40lb bags of rice in the basement.

We have a root cellar full of heirloom carrots, potatoes, squash, canned tomatoes, salsa, canned fruit, pickles, pickled beans.

We have a full garden that covers all our vegetables for the summer, and all heirloom seeds. (Heirloom is important as you can keep gathering seeds and planting year after year. If you buy hybrid seeds they are a one off.)

Along with guns, wood and woodstoves, chainsaws and a couple freezers of meat I think we are at a pretty decent level of preparedness.

Other things would be;
First aid kits
Booze
Usually only around 100L of gas

As for a wildfire...all that stuff is gone.

In case of an apocalypse you are more than welcome to come over! Just ensure you bring proof of your CP Membership.

09-09-2017, 09:26 PM	#9
indes First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sherwood Park, AB Exp:	This is a pretty cool topic and one that I've been looking into recently. It is pretty eye opening to look up some of the possible disasters and their effects, such as power loss over a large section of the continent. Living in a big city I think you're pretty much ####ed if anything happens. I started looking at wood gasification last year and hope to have time to make a gasifier one of these years. It would be the ultimate 'survive in comfort' tool to have 'unlimited' power. I figure if you wanted to be totally sufficient you would need to invest 20,000 into equipment for gasification and wood gathering/chopping/splitting. As for right now, Our water at home is gravity fed from a creek and we keep a few 40lb bags of rice in the basement. We have a root cellar full of heirloom carrots, potatoes, squash, canned tomatoes, salsa, canned fruit, pickles, pickled beans. We have a full garden that covers all our vegetables for the summer, and all heirloom seeds. (Heirloom is important as you can keep gathering seeds and planting year after year. If you buy hybrid seeds they are a one off.) Along with guns, wood and woodstoves, chainsaws and a couple freezers of meat I think we are at a pretty decent level of preparedness. Other things would be; First aid kits Booze Usually only around 100L of gas As for a wildfire...all that stuff is gone. In case of an apocalypse you are more than welcome to come over! Just ensure you bring proof of your CP Membership. Last edited by indes; 09-09-2017 at 09:30 PM.