Biggest Lies You Were Told About Prepping

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Prepping 2020: Starting prepping can be confusing. Many say you must be fully self-reliant, buy preppers supplies & a BOB to survive the zombie apocalypse, TEOTWAWKI or the SHTF, but these are all LIES!
This mentality discredits the prepping community and causes new preppers to get confused and overwhelmed. Although the zombie apocalypse COULD HAPPEN one day, you are far more likely to live through a bad hurricane or tornado that leaves you without power for a month and cut off from the outside world. These are the scenarios you should start prepping for FIRST.
In my opinion, your prepping goals should be as followed:
-Blackout Bag for 24 hr power outages
-Supplies for 1 week without power
-Supplies for 1 month without power
-Supplies for 3 months without power
-Long-term self-reliance for over 3 months
-Bug Out Bag
It makes no sense to focus on being long-term self-reliant and building a responsive bug out bag if you don't even have the supplies to last a week without power.
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[@bugoutbrothers]

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[@moderndaypoet2518]

haha ,,, now your like is tied 1-1 small Pee Pee Prepper

[@nonaaxelrod6855]

2 weeks

[@natsirttrebor1425]

I see in the disciption that "the zombie apocalypse COULD HAPPEN" and I have to ask you, how exactly do you think the zombie apocalypse COULD HAPPEN? Yes, I've seen the top 10 scientific reasons how it could happen.

[@gustavocastroortiz7645]

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[@stevew6138]

I am prepping for the end of the world, since 1985................. however in that time I've been laid off 4 times and experienced 2 plant closings. Never missed a meal, missed a beat or suffered a repo. Survivalism, it's not just for the apocalypse anymore!!!!!

[@grandpa9607]

Amen Steve.

[@ewanmee9877]

How incredibly sane.

[@lsmith992]

It was a way of life for previous generations who didn't have hand outs to fall back on. I learnt this and have always applied it in my life and there have been many really tough times when this knowledge kept us afloat.

[@radcow]

Did you have weeks when you didn't buy food then

[@stevew6138]

radcow, yes we did continue to buy a little food from the store. At the time there were children in the home and $10 or 15 in fresh fruit and vegetables every week was the norm. This was, after all, a financial hardship, not a post nuclear war. radcow, I don't mean to be rude, but I'm not sure if your post is an honest question or a "gotcha" moment.

[@BubbaBlackmon]

Hurricane Isabelle in 2003. No power for 12 days. I remember trying to heat water for coffee with a candle and a tin can. That's when I realized how unprepared I was. MUCH more ready now.

[@URBANGRANDPAPREPPER]

good story,stay safe

[@TheNecropolis20]

same thing here, there was a black out in August 2003, no power for 12 days, it was like a doomsday black out.

[@tedeng9428]

In the 70's we had a huge blizzard and my family didn't have power for over 3 weeks. Our home had a huge fireplace in the living room and we always stocked up wood for the winter. The back wall of the fireplace was the hall wall, so it sort of radiated out all over and took the edge off the whole house. We also had two kerosene heaters and put one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. We kept a pot of snow always melting on each stove and used the water to flush the toilet. We had some chests and put snow in them and our fridge food (we stored freezer food outside). We had two couches in the living room (parents slept on each) and us kids brought the mattresses from our beds and lined them up in front of the fire. We had kerosene lamps and candles. My parent's had stocked up on things like hot dogs and marshmallows, etc, we could cook on the fire. They also had a beat up old metal percolator coffee pot they put on the fire. They had a Coleman white gas camping stove also to cook on. School and work was closed. At night we listened to "Radio Mystery Theater" on the radio. We actually had fun! We had power losses throughout the year, but the longest were always in the winter. My parents always planned ahead, stocking up on things like batteries, candles, lamp oil, whenever it was on sale, etc., so we were always prepared.

[@generalredneck6998]

Ted Eng don’t you need electricity to power kerosene heaters, if not most of them? Unless it’s a lamp

[@edl617]

We did that in the 60’s one winter for a week. I remember that period from the 70’s I was in the Mediterranean on deployment. My parents wrote me about it

[@smc1942]

You had smart parents!!! These day's, we have a lot more warning, & people STILL get caught unprepared! Because they ARE STUPID!!! I have seen people warned a week ahead of a coming Winter Storm, & IF they do anything, it's at the last minute. Most are last second panic-buying, & complaining there's nothing left on the shelves. I shop year-round. If something is on sale, I buy A LOT of it cheap. Case in point, last week, my local grocery store had canned soup on sale 60% off normal price. I bought 40 can's of various soup's I enjoy. As I don't eat soup everyday, these will last a long time. This morning 1-22-19, I woke up to find myself SNOWED IN by yesterday's & last nights Blizzard! No Worries!!!! I called into work, & took the day off. I'll spend it digging out. But I'm NOT in panic mode. I'm well stocked across the board. Once the Sun comes out, & the storm passes, I have a day-long date with a snow shovel, but that is my only problem. Cheers!

[@thethinker5284]

wow that must of been an Wonderfull adventure when you were kids, but it must of been a lot of hard work as well.

[@tedeng9428]

@ the thinker - We all pitched in. We cut and split the trees during summer vacation so the whole family helped. During the time of the blackout, everyone pitched in, in different ways. For example, if you used the water melted for flushing the toilet, you had to refill the pot with snow and put it back on the kerosene heater to melt, etc. For the first week, my father didn't have to go to work (when his work resumed, he hiked through the woods into town to a plowed street and caught a ride with other random workers driving to work).

[@indianprepper2478]

Prepping is a "SKILL" which help you to survive better in emergency. I face 2 earth Quack ,7 floods & 1 Economy SHTF situation in India. Also volunteer in Nepal EQ. From My Experience I can say that Prepping is must do activity

[@Blackwolf5116]

I love your country it is a vast amount to see.

[@borktheswedishchef1190]

"prepping is a skill" sure.. so it taking a shit and buying shoes 😂

[@melodytenisch6232]

Indian Prepper. Great job! You have been through a lot of catastophies and prepping is hard work and calls for focus, organization, diligence. I commend you for your efforts and volunteering too. I wish you well. Many blessings to you and yours!🙏🌱🌻🌱🌷🌞

[@melodytenisch6232]

@@borktheswedishchef1190 Ever hear the expression; "To belittle is to BE little?" Ever try playing nice? Mocking others has never been acceptable where I come from. Thanks! Up the bar, buddy. Be well.🙏🔆🌱

[@HollowWeird]

Sounds like moving to a safer place would be smarter

[@pjcolella8190]

I was born in the 1930s and well remember the food shortages of WWII. Some foods were rationed, others unavailable The World is more uncertain today than it was then. We at least knew who the enemy was. Today we can't be sure. It is certainly a good idea to be ready for, not if TSHTF, but when

[@vocalpatriot]

@John Kugelfischer especially those of the left leaning persuasion..dems and repubs alike.

[@delljohnson172]

I remember in 1952??during Korean war seeing lil reddish fiber board coin like RATION TOKENS IN A KITCHEN DRAWER..here in Fairbanks. And Black outs when war planes were Susposed to be flying around..never knew North Korea had long range bombers in the early 1950s..

[@broadbandtogod]

Atleast now 2 years later we have a face on the enemy, World Economic Forum. Do the opposite of what they want and one should be fine atleast a couple of years more

[@nathanielcarreon5634]

Live in a third world country and it is survival situation everyday. You get a lot of practice and get used to it after a while.

[@richardmiller2049]

Those are almost entirely in warm countries so you don't have the pressures like warmth and shelter from cold. Significant benefits

[@nefelibata4190]

Nobody is forcing you to stay in cold areas, but I know many of you are probably nationalists and such

[@kimwarburton8490]

@@nefelibata4190 nah, in my case im too poor to buy a boat/plane ticket off UK n couldnt move to another country anyway cos the people i love have strong reasons to stay. Plus my mum doesnt tolerate summer here very well, let alone somewhere hotter

[@jaclynchevrette774]

And yet you have internet?

[@fmac6441]

@Richard Miller, I agree with your answer. I'm from Brazil, I never had to worry about running water and food in the market. I can only remember a period of energy rationing in the early 2000s and the maximum time I was without electricity must have been for 12 hours, due to a failure in a transmission line of the largest hydroelectric plant in the country. I was really impressing with the rapporteurs on the natural disasters I read in the comments. Don't get me wrong, the life of a poor person here is terrible, I am not minimizing the problems in my country, but nothing that "prepared" me to be a preper.

[@bwya4558]

Great video for new comers, absolutely. At 40 years the longest I've been without power is 2 weeks. The longest time I've heard the appocolyps is coming is from internet start. Start small, unless you can buy it all out at one time, and work up. Just like training for anything. Start with water and food supplies

[@bugoutbrothers]

You got it. I always recommend buying water and food before you buy guns and ammo.

[@theprophetez1357]

Those are two of the most important things, but there are two things that are even more important kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqvMd3-Zq6mgjs0.

[@hawkhollar1228]

Exactly.

[@theamoore6892]

Totally agree. Basic needs, food, water, heat source, cooking means. Then work up.

[@theprophetez1357]

Here is a video I did showing the absolute most important thing for preppers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqvMd3-Zq6mgjs0.

[@norwegiannightmare8843]

When I was a kid we had a bad winter storm with freezing rain and it took out the electricity in the entire area for about a month.

[@norwegiannightmare8843]

KENTUCKY BLUE WATER nope. We just wore lots of layers and slept with lots of blankets. It was almost as cold inside the house as outside.

[@tinamartin4001]

Four months. Lost my job, I let everything go I could first. Then power and kept water. We also used mostly stored food so we didnt have that expense either. Just fyi, oil lamps are great and several will warm up a small bathroom pretty well.

[@dps1689]

Ive been told a cheap way to warm up a room in your house by placing flowerpots with waxine lights in them. The bigger the room the more youd need obviously.

[@electromech7335]

Don't forget to prop a window open a little bit for fresh air.

[@debbiehenri7170]

When I was really young and living in England, we had electricity strikes regularly for a while (I think they used to call it the 3 day week strikes at the time). Been homeless a couple of times (once for a week, once for a month). Storms have left my present home without electricity for a day or two at best. So, nothing much. Have had a wood-burning stove for past 15 years now, and have been chopping my own wood this morning. For years I've grown some of my own food (really stepping it up this year), know how to forage a bit (a keen daily gardener and know my wild plants, which really helps), can hunt and butcher my own meat, have fishing equipment and live 2 minutes from a trout river - oh, and nothing beats having a metabolism that's been subjected to so many blasted diets over the years it is almost permanently stuck on famine mode. I bet I'll still be chunky when everyone else looks like a fricking stick!!!!

[@Bra-a-ains]

You are absolutely correct. This is the number 1 lie. I consider there to be 3 levels of prepping: Disasters, Catastrophes, and Apocalypses. 1. Disasters include layoffs or other job losses, civil unrest like Rodney King riots, and all your natural disasters (tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes, mud slides, fires, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, etc.) These are local and help will arrive. a. 6 months income in liquid savings b. 3 months supplies for your household EVERY citizen should be thus prepared. 3. Apocalypse - This is where life as we know it ends. There are very few such scenarios. A nuclear war that makes the northern hemisphere uninhabitable is one. Alien invasion is another. My plan in the case of an apocalypse is to be dead. 2. Catastrophe - This is where prepping actually occurs. In a catastrophe civilization will reemerge in less than 3 years, whether it be governmental breakdown (a la Somalia), an EMP strike, a dozen nuclear bombs in the US, meteor strike, or even the zombie apocalypse. You simply don't need more than 3 years worth of supplies. You will die of a lack of drinkable water or poor sanitation long before you run out of food. Within 3 years you will be part of a community or you will be dead. "Our four and no more" is not realistic. The #2 lie in prepping (level 2) is that prepping is accumulation. WRONG! Prepping is 10% accumulation and 90% skill development. In a catastrophe you will be living like the 1850's with the added bonus of the ability to generate power. (1) Have you practiced with your weapons? If not, you are not prepping, you are playing. (Btw, you don't need 15 guns. A rifle, a sidearm, and a shotgun is all you need. Bullets will be much more valuable than guns. (2) Have you taken 2 weeks off and lived off the land with nothing but a bicycle, traps, and a knife? (You can do this at home, even suburbia. If not, you are not prepping, you are playing. (3) Have you taken an EMT or similar course? If not, you are not prepping, you are playing. (4) Have you built an off grid power supply from scavenged parts? If not, you are not prepping, you are playing. (5) Have you made sodium hypoclorite (bleach) from salt, water, and electricity? If not, you are not prepping, you are playing. Do you know how your going to get a consistent supply of water (while competing with others)? Do you know of a salt source within 100 miles? Holy crap. Why is my printing red now?

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

Michael Sanches the thing about having fifteen guns is that’s fifteen different forms of ammo you can use. Imagine your pistol is 9 mil and you got a 45 ammo instead.

[@USMC6976]

If you think what you do is prepping and what everyone else may be doing is playing, then you are not prepping, you are playing. Just because someone hasn't completed YOUR checklist, doesn't mean squat. Prepping is a journey, not an end result.

[@josenavarro1973]

@@ultimaterecoil1136 Good point. You never know when might come into a treasure trove of ammo. I would suggest accumulating used guns over time. However, don't do so to the detriment of other necessary preps, training and practice.

[@josenavarro1973]

I like your last 7 points without the added commentary. One word of caution: Be very careful with the use of bleach. It causes health problems.

[@nefelibata4190]

Zombie apocalypse? Is that like people who are severely addicted to their phones who has a major detox episode coming up? Lol

[@Ksehsatoo]

Any1 else here cos of the coronavirus? Time to educate myself bro😂

[@Anna-dh4ut]

Same! 😂 What are you doing to prepare besides buying food?

[@Ksehsatoo]

Anna 2000 hi ! Well if the world doesn’t end this year id like to go on a holiday trough Canada , like actual survival. So I bought some gear now. If shit will happen now I got useful stuff IF we ever need to leave the house. Bought survival tools , batteries , lights , a knife and a worktool 3 in 1 (axe, saw and hammer). Purchased a small portable tent/sleepingbag. Firearms are forbidden here but crossbows aren’t. Thinking of getting one considering how cheap they are. What about you? 🤗

[@jimstanley5239]

Hell yeah let's get it!!

[@frugalmum7943]

How's the preps going? Water? First aid?

[@frugalmum7943]

@@Ksehsatoo have you practiced by using your gear yet?

[@chaser22081]

Lost power for 36 hours. Was the longest I’d ever been without power. It was early October and we hadn’t had our wood stove out in yet for the winter. What shocked me most was how quiet the house was. You don’t realize it but there is almost always a constant hum, and motion in the walls and vents of your house. When everything goes off and you have to SLEEP in complete silence, that can be very weird!

[@franciscoaraujo6624]

Lol I live in Angola power goes out all the time for days at a time, and the country is very politically ubstable so there's at least one big civil unrest moment every two years where the authorities lose most of their power. basically everyone is a "prepper" here lol

[@imover9999]

I enjoy that silence sometimes though. Black outs aren't fun, but not having that constant hum going on all around you is like a breath of fresh air. At least to me. Just need a way to keep my book light charged and I'll ride out the storm.

[@catherinesyme901]

Not weird, natural!

[@drivenbyrage5710]

Agreed. Preppers shouldn't prepare for the end of the world. They should prep for when society cannot provide for their needs anymore. I was in the ice storm of 1996. 2 weeks without power. Stayed with friends who had gas heat and stove. Played Dungeons and Dragons alot. Good times.

[@bobbrawley2612]

Yea that 96 snowstorm moved my mother from the country in to town . Western NC

[@nefelibata4190]

How is society going to come down according to you guys exactly?

[@drivenbyrage5710]

@@nefelibata4190 to expect things to always be this way forever is called normality bias. To think the world is immune to calamity is nieeve. But to say exactly how, that's diificult. Some possibilities however exist. Climate change is altering our planet. Countries are cancelling treaties and developing new and more dangerous weapons. Wealth inequality is the worst it's ever been in history. Artifical intelligence is developing at a rapid and frightening pace, and automation is poised to replace humans labor at a scale unprecedented in history. These are just a few examples. All of which are prevelant and happening now. I don't expect the world to end. But I do expect the world to end, as we know it. Unless society prepares pro actively, things will get worse. Good luck. Hope that helps.

[@bobbrawley2612]

@@drivenbyrage5710 that helps a lot . The upshot is no one can predict the future. So prepping at best must be considered as a hobby or business. A business to sell interested peppers their fantasy. Accumulation of wealth is the best preparness. Whether that's $100,000 or millions in assets . Wealth that's liquid of marketable. Better to have cash. You know the cash that's going to be worthless when s#^t is suppose to happen Get cash first before guns gold and bugout pack. . How do I know cash is mist important? Because preppers predict its not important.

[@drivenbyrage5710]

@@bobbrawley2612 agreed. Know one knows. To assume cash may be worthless in the future is premature. However, since we all live under a FIAT system, money has become increasingly worthless since 1913. This is when then president Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve act. Later, in the 70s, then president Nixon removed the dollar from the gold standard. Since then, money is created from nothing and loaned at interest with no limits. This is the true reason for inflation. For every dollar created, (or borrowed), devalues the last dollar. This is why a dozen eggs that once cost 35 cents, now costs over 2 dollars. So yes, covering your bases is good but, don't count on cash. Some things retain their value, like gold and silver. Even items like food, water, medicine and candles can be used to buy and sell. Point is if there's a sale on bottled water, why not get a few cases. And these suvival stores are just preying on the gullible and uninformed with over priced gimmicks. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst if fine. But, learning how to survive after the freeze dryed lasagna runs out is probably the most important form of hoarding. Good luck.

[@evopwrmods]

This very issue is what is so wrong with our country and our world today. People want someone else to take care of them. Be it the government or someone else....But all this Stuff and their job, their bank account, their new car, etc. Stuff and other entities can not care for you as well as you can care for yourself... Preparation... is a MINDSET... that no matter what is Happening that you can take care of you and your family and loved ones. You need nothing from the government or any other entity. What if you lost your Job because of a debilitating auto accident, or became sick ? Its this mindset that you are PREPARED to weather that storm.

[@duggydugg3937]

q p it's orders of magnitude worse...a ferocious criminal syndicate is in place with power over every one of us.. gvt debt.. rotten schild owns the NGO 'fed' lends scrip bux to gvt... gvt splends (spend splurge i.e. foreign aid) you get the bill for the ensuing debt..the income tax is an order of magnitude bigger than necessary

[@evopwrmods]

@@duggydugg3937 we live in a system that is based solely on Perpetual growth. There comes a point where growth wont work anymore. Like the desert southwest, has way too many people for it's lack of fresh clean drinkable water. Yet go visit out thee in Vegas and see fountains and everyone has a swimming pool. SMH....we are paying for this stupid growth at all costs....Im preparing I surely as hell dont expect the government to help when the SHTF or a TEOTWAWKI situation. Ill take care of myself and fully expect that our government will try and make things much much worse than rather try and help .Government is for government, plain and simple. The Government employee class of the usa population, the rest of us are Consumers, forget citizens, we lost out on that like 200 years ago.

[@duggydugg3937]

@@evopwrmods sadly true..the economy depends to a major extent on gvt borrowing ... gvt spends all that it borrows.. a. the econ shines but the deficit grows with the econ b. the second munchkin delays repayment of t bonds as they mature...or holds back monthly interest checks , my way of life is over ! stone age with some gunfire at first...

[@evopwrmods]

@@duggydugg3937 I totally agree with you. Our government has Massive debt. And that debt is all based on Paper, a Fiat currency that truly has no value other than what is perceived. Trust is what keeps this and all modern governments operating. Our own government has to manufacture false crisis after manufactured crisis; to get us consumers to Trust that we NEED our government for our own security. Isis will come into your bedroom and slash your throats at night while your sleeping...UNLESS you trust the government to Save and Secure you from them. All these Enemies that we have; we Created each and every one of them. The Taliban, Ossama Bin Laden, Iraq and Saddam Hussein, Iran, North Korea...etc. etc.. we - our government through our continued daily support; has created each and every one of these so-called enemies. We helped arm them all, by our stupid Military Industrial Complex selling weapons to anyone and everyone. War is supremely profitable where the war machine supplier can sell bombs and bullets to both sides and then play them each towards the middle. But I am not telling you something that you already know about. we all know all this; but few will actively want to realize it, and live a life where these facts are in the fore-front of their daily lives. Sweep it under the carpet, there's nothing we can really do, but go to work, and keep paying the man. we want that new car and 100 inch plasma 3d screen tv, because we gots to watch those big 300 lb dudes slam into each other every sunday......SMH......It's all a ruse, smoke and mirrors. But people like us see thru the smoke, and have decided to OPT - OUT....that's what I am currently doing. Preparing to live a life on my own; far away from this evil corrupted to the core system of life. And its not easy to just walk away, you can not just throw away a life - times worth of material possessions; without loosing every penny you worked so hard to buy. I was extremely stupid for falling into that trap of Working myself too death; to Buy Buy Buy stuff that made me feel important. But at least my eyes are fully opened at this point. I honestly have never felt more alive than I do now. I might not be where I want to BE. But I at least am not living a lie anymore. I may not be Free, but I have way more Control over Who I am and BEcome. Good Luck to you all. I hope that we all can achieve some sort of Peace in all our Futures !

[@duggydugg3937]

@@evopwrmods we have to demand gvt to resume printing united states notes..real fiat...free from debt... we have to. demand gvt cease printing treasury bonds..with which they borrow scrip fed res notes ...as debt plus vig...from criminal syndicate fed res bank corp... then we have breathing room to take up the next issues...endless war...supporting Israel killing Arabs..world pollution...etc..

[@morgandebruler9281]

Once in my house the circuit breaker shorted. The whole house was in darkness! I had to walk through a hallway and navigate 17 stairs before climbing over 2 sleeping dogs in order to get to the utility room to flick the switch!! It took absolutely minutes to get there. I was exhausted. Luckily I still had battery on my phone so it wasn't until about 30 YT videos later that I even bothered.

[@AlanTuringWannabe]

When I was a teenager I experienced a 3 week power outage. It reinforced in my mind the need to be prepared.

[@eljuano28]

It's nice to see more responsible prepping/survival channels lately.

[@pablosantiago3145]

In 1992 we had a hurricane in South Florida,I didn't have power for about 1 month! And we were not prepared for the hurricane since we had just relocated at the United States. But being prepared for emergencies is nothing new to me since I am from the Caribbean. That's just the Caribbean way of life.

[@mikecline2499]

SNOWED IN NO POWER ALMOST 7 DAYS .

[@bugoutbrothers]

Yikes, that's the worst time. Did you at least have a fire place?

[@mwnciboo]

All good? Being snowed in and you are prepped, is quite relaxing in some circumstances but I always get concerned about the load on the roof, light and fuel supplies.

[@susandestefano1820]

Wow thanks just starting, and was so overwhelmed! My family is not on board at all!

[@em2012ish]

The logic behind insurance, people don't seem to mind but as soon as you us the word "prepping", then your nuts. Go figure.

[@suehowie152]

@@em2012ish So true..We pay for insurance for just in case..Same with prepping..It's an insurance..

[@arstrahan]

15 days and nights without power in home. Not so bad because we knew it would come back on soon. It was during and after hurricane Katrina. We had lots of cash and lots of gasoline on hand. We went beyond the affected area and bought 3 generators. We already had one. This was done on the 4th day. We were able to save the food in the two refrigerators and two freezers. We even fed some of the neighbors. We went through a flood in 2016 and lost almost everything, yet it did not get us down nor did we become overwhelmed by it. I am not sure though how we would fare in a world wide event. Since the flood, we have become prepped using some of the experiences we have had in the past to guide us we stay prepared for at least one year. We are now beginning to prep for several years. It has become somewhat of a hobby and we enjoy it.

[@moonchildasmr1]

Longest time I've gone without power was a week. I've learned that things get frustrating when daylight is gone.

[@elewmompittseh]

Blizzard of 1978, and the no name storm 1991...both times we lost power for weeks.

[@carolmaciel6922]

I was in the blizzard of "78" in Mass was 13 and got through it cold as hell tho

[@bobbrawley2612]

@@carolmaciel6922 my first big blizzard Alexandria va. The only thing moving were VW bottles. 4 x 4 were rare then but not a year later

[@brucemagruder4340]

The most dangerous words, I am here from the government ,I am here to help. How long I have been with power 24 days.

[@TonyTooTuff]

I survived Charley, Francis, Gene, and Ivan. The 4 hurricanes that hit Florida back to back over the course of 3 months in 2004. Some of my neighborhood was out of power for the entire time. Widespread flooding with standing water, no AC, mosquitos and 98* in the shade with 95% humidity. When your family is looking at you and says we are hungry and so are the dogs, what are YOU going to do? That is when I became a prepper.

[@isabelskalski4604]

I grew up in Vermont and it happened often in the winter that a big snow storm would put everyone on lockdown, but you learn how to handle it quick and my parents where always prepared. I think the longest without power though was just 5 days

[@BeverlyAcupuncture]

Totally agree with your assessment except people need a bug out bag first. Flooding is a major event and forces most people to leave their home. Then fires as these events seem to be the most frequent disasters.

[@chaser22081]

Beverly Lawrence, PhD, LAc agreed. But only if you live in an area where fire and floods are a concern. In some areas they are not.

[@no_peace]

Fire is a concern almost everywhere. Over the years I've known several families that lost their homes because of household fires. It might not be as likely or as bad if you live in a fire-resistant building but even then you can still do enough damage that parts of your home won't be livable or have electricity. The Red Cross usually comes in after a fire and gives people clothes, food and hotel money even if the entire home isn't destroyed because even a smaller kitchen fire can make the whole dwelling unlivable

[@jason-t.boisvert8910]

most of the time fires are preventable. i guess you could consider fire extinguishers, being mindful when cooking, keeping your electrical system in good order (preventing water leaks is included in this), cleaning dryer vents, etc. as prepping. proper behaviour to prevent forest fires (humans , i think, are number one cause.) good bug out planning (and to a certain extent property defense against forest fires) are essential in forest fire scenarios.

[@oakleave]

Well, sometimes it can be as simple as a cold snap which causes pipes to burst. Had to move out and i was sure glad to have some dry clothes in my truck bag then the piles of soaked ones in negative degree weather.

[@wingabouts]

And don't forget earthquakes! Or even "just" a car accident. Having a proper bug out bag with you can save your life!

[@robininva]

I’d never heard the term “blackout bag” but I love it! Love your rational, smart thinking, too. The longest we’ve been w/o power is a couple of days. I think we’ve been “lucky” enough to be on a major/priority power grid (fire station nearby). Still ...a day or two or three can be miserable w/out preparations. Why suffer if you can plan ahead?

[@bugoutbrothers]

yea....I might of made that one up lol Pretty sure I have a video about it as well. Yea, a couple of days without power can really make you appreciate electricity!

[@robininva]

Survival Know How you should “patent” the saying. 😉 It’s so clever and so applicable....sooo many more times than bugging out. Take the credit! You earned it!

[@desireeretiree]

@@bugoutbrothers peaceful though....

[@jabbawoods]

@@bugoutbrothers You didn't make it up. It is a real term and bag idea. I do like the way you laid it out. Most new preppers only see a huge mountain in front of them. A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step and of course the subsequent steps after.. You just have to be willing to do it. I hate saying this, most americans aren't willing to do it, untill its too late... then they will look for hand outs...

[@gaillewis5472]

3 1/2 days during Sandy. I had the fireplace ready and a full day's worth of cut wood inside the house. Lanterns, candles, portable radios, camp stove and grill kept us ready, well lit, fed and warm. A quick trip around the neighborhood scored a downed tree for round the clock fires. A visitor didn't realize our power was off until we told her. We were just relaxing by the fire, reading the paper and listening to the radio. It was like camping indoors.

[@proehm]

My mom lives in the city. But for some reason she seems to be without power for a day or more almost every year. In the winter, she cracks a window and turns on the ventless fireplace in the enclosed back porch and props the door to the house open. She has a coffee pot for the burner on the gas grill and her water heater doesn't require electricity. She says even this is better than when she was a little girl. (She is 88 years old.)

[@lucylu7389]

One and a half days. But...I worry about an earthquake large enough to take out either the flimsy grid or the aqueduct in California.

[@johnlindsay9062]

Toronto Canada, I lost power for 7 days just after Christmas about 7 years ago

[@themisiek2]

7 days, 7 years ago, posted 7 months ago.

[@gumboot65]

As a bush and rural Alaskan . I've lived without the grid services for months at a time. The trick is, to make it so that when the grid services ( electricity, sewer, water, natural gas, ) ect . Are not available . You can not just survive, but actually live. Enjoy life without electronics.

[@TheRichellis79]

I’m 41.... lost power for 2 weeks in 1998 (ice storm in Maine) that’s the only time I’ve ever lost power for more than 24 hours. But I prep for the hobby. There something about collecting guns, gear and gadgets that I really enjoy

[@1986turbozcs]

Longest power loss for me, in my recollection, was about 20 hours. My in-laws lost it at the same time for about 28 or so. 99.44% of our power losses here last less than an hour. In ten years I've seen power losses of greater than a few minutes only three or four times, not counting natural/weather causes.

[@104Tomcat]

8 days, when hurricane Hugo came through Charlotte in '89. Been a prepper ever since.

[@PanhandlePimp]

Hurricane Michael hit my town back in October. Cat 5. Been prepping since, our town was decimated.

[@fouledanchorfarm1192]

I lost my home to Hugo in Charleston. I was riding it out on a US Navy warship at sea. Had to leave the wife and kids to deal with it.

[@papasfatcat8648]

During an ice storm in 2009 we lost electricity for 11 days in below freezing weather. Blessed to have a well insulated house. During this time, trees were down all over closing a lot of roads. Even after clearing roads ice was so bad I could not drive my car (4 wheel drive). I did not have a generator. Stores sold out of them before I was able to get to a store. Waited on a waiting list. Gasoline station in area did not have electricity to pump. I did not have solar. Cell phone soon went dead. I admit this has only happened one time in my 70 years. It was a good experience and I learned a lot. Thinks for you video.

[@nanaszu]

We lost power for 5 days in December a couple of years ago. Used our fireplace and wood for heat, flushed the toilets with hot tub water. Had bottled h2o and plenty of food, if the fridges go too warm moved food to the porch to keep it cold. It was inconvenient, but we got by. Now we are building on our emergency supplies.

[@Narffles]

Lost power for a week and a half when hurricane Francis came through Florida.

[@DisabledUKPrepper]

Lived off grid for a couple of years, until we could afford to get the house connected to the mains power. The place needed a lot of work, and not having power was something we were able to work around. Does that count? 😉

[@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093]

Why yes it does. Yes it does.

[@phonecards1]

Working without power shows your adaptability.

[@rokkinjohann]

You were on a longterm camping trip. Any camping trip is dress rehearsal for the next. You are ready for the next long one!

[@URBANGRANDPAPREPPER]

you got skills,stay safe

[@carryon5163]

20 years ago we lost power for one week after a tornado touch down south of Tucson and took out a power station. I’ve been stranded for several hours and I had my EDC with me and that got me through the moment. Had an unexpected doctor appointment in another city and had to stay the night. My wife was happy I had my EDC and it swayed her to accept what I am doing as a preppier.

[@nathanlynn2010]

We lost power for over 2 months due to an ice storm. Plants were down so nobody was working or able to buy food. Gas prices were through the roof for weeks until a national emergency was called and caps were set. We all looked for relatives with gas or wood heat and brought food and clothing with us.

[@rodshehan3886]

the world: 0.0001% chance of TEOTWAWKI. Venzuela: hold my beer Ive been fully offgrid for 2 years.

[@ianmcdougall739]

What does TEOTWAWKI stand for?

[@LibertyFirst1789]

You know the internet is "on the grid" right?

[@sharononeill8729]

When i was a child, power cuts on a weekly bases.That taught me to always have a portable gas stove,extra food stored,candles,matches.Where i live now has power cuts in the winter, so i bought oil lamps which give off heat too.Plus don't forget to run off some water into containers just in case.It's gonna be a big blackout box never mind a bag lol. Great video.

[@Jshjo91]

My husband and I lived for 2 years completely off the grid and 100% self reliant our main issue was running out of fuel for lamps as a long-term solution and usually re seeded crops don't have as higher a yield the second-year. (Seeds from which you harvested from your own crop) the only technological advances we had were a solar-powered pump for our well and a solar powered heat lamp for are brooding house. Our biggest reason for stopping this lifestyle was inadequate nutrient levels and the need for healthcare. I will say that starting from zero as an adult is a lot easier than when you're a teenager.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

Longest power outage was two weeks due to a hurricane here in Florida. That was before I built my own solar power system and now we will never be without power again!

[@stephaniedubois4964]

Hi, I live in France and we hat a 72hr black out last year and I was prepared. Cool info.

[@bugoutbrothers]

wow, once a year is pretty bad.

[@jabbawoods]

How did the unprepared public act?

[@bakeryamaker1025]

@@jabbawoods they died

[@johnganshow5536]

I'm good for 4 to 5 months...

[@V.Hansen.]

I read *minutes and laughed

[@bajamus69]

are you really?

[@jabbawoods]

me too...

[@ooohhitskaren63]

My dad was part of a family of 8 kids..they were poor...they canned to save money...everyone helped...they were better prepared than most nowadays...my mom survived wwii in France...they had a summer home in the country...Mom learned from her grandma how to make meals from nothing...so both of my parents believed in being as prepared as one can be...we had a pantry with supplies and food. I got my preparedness from them...I have always had a pantry...shop sales...stuff like that. We got thru many things when I was growing up...blizzard of 1978...we never lost power...but we still had the fireplace going for 2 weeks straight until the town was done plowing out. I was 15...we helped but we had fun..Mom and dad never paniced...just took it all in stride. We went thru a coal shortage one winter...we were told to save energy by closing down non essential rooms...so in came the fireplace yet again and we slept in the livingroom. We also went thru a mandatory boil order for 2 to 3 weeks because some ameba was found in the water...yeah those were fun times..I am 56 and still waiting for another blizzard..lol

[@struggleprepper311]

Three days. I lived in a high rise, so the toilets didn't flush. Kitty litter was my friend. I was starting to prep so I could ride out the crisis without having to schlep down endless flights of stairs.

[@rcflightseeker3488]

In the year 120AD when Rome was the leading world power, no one though it was going to collapse either 😁 lol.

[@relaxverse3986]

True. Nobody knows which country will fall like Rome from it's privileged position downwards. It helps to prep.

[@lesa2094]

I lost power for 5 days after Hurricane Ike.

[@markhoneck5555]

I love your 'let's get real' mindset. The first thing a prepper should be is a 'protector' and the first thing they should ask is: 'what is the most likely thing that might happen to me or my family?' I've taught all my kids to have a hidden spare key in case you get locked out of your car or home. Have jumper cables and/or back-up 'jumper battery' in your car, a can of fix-a-flat, and a res-q-me car-escape tool hanging from your rear view mirror. These things are far more likely than a TEOTWAWKI event. Prepping is a real world process where a prudent person addresses the most likely events first to protect themselves and their family. My only (minor) conflicting opinion is to be careful planning on hunting for long-term sustainability. During the depression, hunt-able game was reduced by almost 90% and even the best hunter, sharing the woods with armed & desperate hoards, makes it dangerous to transport venison back to a location where your family is seeking to be safe. There may be a 'season' where that is not the best sustainable plan and you need to consider other options.

[@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh]

Three, almost four days, just over two years ago, but I had friends from neighbouring towns who were out for upwards of two weeks. The worst part was not that we didn't have power, because it's the sort of area where most people are capable of dealing with that, but that the power companies and the emergency services kept telling us, "Four more hours. Just six more hours. Just three more hours." After a day and a half we stopped believing them but at that point the damage had been done and the chance for a lot of the things we could have done to mitigate the situation had passed. And after four days, the rest of the state had already forgotten it was happening. My town is part of a conglomeration of four neighbouring towns who prep as a community, in a wider area where most people prep. We don't call it "prepping", though, or think of it as such. Once a generation there's a bushfire that devastates the area, burns down houses, and kills people. We're a wooded area, so a storm can knock over five or ten trees and that's enough to put us all in darkness for a day or two. We're remote enough that a lot of general services, like piped water or reliable internet, haven't reached us yet. We're connected enough that we swap garden produce regularly and share livestock with our neighbours. And we do what the local government tells us to do in dozens of television ads every year: Create survival plans, pack evacuation bags, buy electric generators, keep a two-way battery radio, and stockpile non-perishable food. The TEOTWAWKI scenario so many "career" preppers are afraid of seems a little ridiculous and far-fetched to us, but the things you're talking about here? That's just ordinary life for us. You're absolutely right that people need to prepare for a three-day black-out before they start preparing for the end of the world, because it looks really silly to be thinking about marauding armed neighbours while still being reliant on the electric grid.

[@RJM1011]

The longest time with out power here would be when I was born and my mother and father only had power for three days of each week because of the three day week here in the UK because of strikes by the workers of the power stations other than that it has only been out for no longer than one or two days. Thank you.

[@willjezewski5595]

Agree with the concept but I'd argue that a self defense firearm IS a fundamental first step to prepping for any event of any magnitude... heck, for walking down the street. Now do you need 15 different guns that all cost $1000+ and level 3 body armor and 350 mags and 50k rounds of ammo? Not before you get your other shtuff together. I'm partially guilty of this myself but that's because I'm a pretty serious firearm COLLECTOR. If I was just a prepper and not a collector I doubt I'd have more than 3 or 5 guns total. The only real firearms that I see as necessary to a prepper are a pistol, semi auto defense rifle, 22, shotgun, and maybe a large caliber hunting rifle. And a 22 could even possibly be supplanted by a high quality pellet rifle... possibly. After you have one or 2 defense arms you should focus on your other branches of your preparedness. Basically there's nothing wrong with wanting to be tacticool or having a man cave stuffed with guns and ammo... but dont delude yourself into thinking that it makes you more prepared than the person with a years worth of food, water, misc tools and the KNOWLEDGE to use those tools to lead a self sufficient life.

[@Bra-a-ains]

Ice storm - 10 days. 50% of trees in city lost major branches. 10% of power lines were down. No electricity in 32 degree-ish weather. Mud slide - 3 days- We had power. But, road wiped out for 3 days.

[@tux7]

I live in Florida so I'm a hurricane prepper. I don't live anywhere near a flood zone but everything in my house is electric. That's what I prep for. Regardless of what specific prepping you do, the basics elements of prepping will get you through all kinds of different emergencies, at least until you adjust to the new situation. When people tell me "Oh, you're prepping for the zombie Apocalypse". I tell them " No that's easy, run fast and shoot them in the head. I prep for hurricanes seasons which come every year." I also tell them the best time to prep for hurricanes is off season. You find everything, cheap and without competing for supplies 3 days before a hurricane hits. That usually gets them thinking a little different about prepping.

[@bettyhilyer1684]

8 days and we made it fine...Family of 5

[@bugoutbrothers]

Yikes! I hope you had plenty of board games! Did it turn into a good family bonding experience?

[@kambrewhite7719]

2019 is going to pass by like any year

[@augustnex110]

Kambre White and then 2020 hit like a nuke...

[@joyceonthego8317]

I lived through a 3-day blackout which impacted much of northeastern US and into parts of eastern Canada. There have also been rainstorms which knocked out electricity for anywhere from a few hours to between 2 and 3 days. In all cases the blame was put on aging equipment and faulty wiring. All this took us by surprise. Fortunately, I had a supply of granola bars, meat jerky and canned baked beans, plus a can opener and the flexibility to eat those beans at room temperature. I also had a supply of bread and a few jars of various kinds of nut butter that got me through. Being able to see the constellations of stars from my home in an urban area was a rare treat.

[@buddhistbushcrafter4589]

During and after Hurricane Sandy in NJ, I lost power for 6 days. Had a cooler and moved my food right away. Flipped my hours - slept during the day, defended my apartment all night. (They tried my doors all night, every night.) Had cash on hand because Shop Rite couldn't process credit cards. I learned a lot, quick.

[@robadams2773]

10 days hurricane Ike in Texas.

[@bugoutbrothers]

Yea, hurricanes seem to be one of the biggest causer of black outs.

[@havocmaverick]

Hi Malcolm where have you been? About three or four days with no power. Great video, nice to hear a level headed person talking about prepping.

[@bugoutbrothers]

Hey Havoc Maverick!

[@bugoutbrothers]

Yea, I took a small hiatus from youtube but want to slowly get back into it.

[@belladonnaodd3983]

Not my home (didn’t have one at the time) I was staying at a friends house and they lost power for three weeks. Remaining water pressure was gone in the first week along with the food in the fidge and freezer, after two weeks the gas stove was inconsistent, thankfully his parents have a god outside bbq.

[@woden_the_wanderer]

Longest I have went without power was 5 months. Hogmanay, (new year Eve to non Scottish) 1999 at 3 second to midnight the power went out and that was it untill may 28th. Our home was built in the 1820s, a whole 100 years before any other on the street and because of that we weren't on the blueprints to the streets power supply. Basically we were on grid but also off the grid in a way. The rest of the street got power back in 2 days. My mother and father just got rid of the coal fire place the month before and replaced it with Central heating (against the advice of my grandfather) and it was a tough old time. My mother was very reliable and resilient though and her and my old man carried us through with traditional home made meals such as stovies and mince and tatties you could make on a bit pot and it would keep for 2-3 days depending on room temperature

[@RippleAffect]

WELL IT'S COMING SO YOU SHOULD GET PREPPING

[@theprophetez1357]

Merry Christmas you are totally correct.

[@theamoore6892]

Agree.

[@patriot1902]

Wow. You put it so well. Told my family I'll be arbitrarily turning the power off from time to time and couldn't understand that their tablets wouldn't work without electricity. I think we all take it for granted. Two weeks would be Hell for my family but they need to know.

[@jabbawoods]

@@patriot1902 and do it in the winter too... They will learn... Take them remote camping where there is no cell service...lol. We do, the kids lose their minds... I tell them find something to do. There is the lake, take a hike, ride your bike... kids have no imagination anymore....

[@averagejoe3312]

Oh yeah. The entire system is going to collapse sooner or later. No way around it, and big brother government will to. Only those who have been ready are going to be prepared.

[@tillerwils5765]

Ten years by choice as caretaker of Burgdorf Hot Springs

[@queserasera7395]

Hi Burgdorf caretaker...I'm in Weiser! I don't prep, not enough room to store stuff but it's interesting to read and hear about.

[@gumby442]

I live on the island of Puerto Rico. No power for 3 months 2 weeks 4 days. No water for 2 weeks, then yellow water for 2 days followed by smelly water for a few day......now a earthquake. No power for 8 days, still had water. Thank the Lord. Am now watching all manner of pepper videos

[@lynnhowland2456]

After Hurricane Ike, we had no power for two weeks. Hurricane Harvey, about 2 and a half days.

[@joford5133]

Ppl

[@MrKelvinRamirez]

7 days 2006 hurricane Wilma

[@janetbotkin3673]

One week it did get cold but we made it and we had gas stove

[@andrewgacutan7335]

Youre back!

[@doncrocker916]

Yes! It is more likely that most lost power would be for 3 days to a week in 2004. Northern New Hampshire here. We lost power for 4 days and survived it. We were brought closer together by playing cards by lamp light and the BBQ still worked. Fortunately we were prepared with an old fashioned coffee percolator and a coleman stove and BBQ with a side burner. After that we put in a 35,000 watt generator so we could still get water with the pump out of the well. And the best thing to buy for lights is the solar lights! We had ten of them, left them out in day light in a bucket to charge and brought them in after the sun went down. Ten lights and one in every room so you can move around normally. Recharge the next day. 97 cents each at WalMart. Great investment. You do have to repace them after 2 years.

[@terryrodbourn2793]

I was in in Army in Northern Virginia in a built up suburban site! The the 2012 Super Derecho came through andI was without power for 15 days!

[@christopherellis2663]

Plz plz plz, no more wish adverts ☆🖤🇸🇰 the economy and the weather are most likely to pull the plug on twawki The US is obviously not good at infrastructure repairs. I lived without electrickery for nine months. It was a bit old fashioned, but I got to bed early

[@dyoung4850]

2008 I was in middle school it was three days, in the middle of winter. My dad was (still is) cheap as hell we always heated with wood growing up. He is an electrician and we had a generator. Nothing really happened life as normal just 3 snow days in a row and we even had our satellite tv working.

[@seecanon5840]

I prep for the weather and power blackouts. Been without electric for 2 weeks during the summer and what I missed most was a hot cup of coffee. Now, I have that solved with other ways of cooking, keeping warm and cool, pre-prepared foods and watching my neighbors leave asking me to watch their house for them. Can dig and plant that heirloom garden, feed my dog and since I've lost a few jobs in the past know how to survive.

[@vincee5463]

The longest we have had power go out was 72 hours. I keep my generator well maintained, and we were the only house on the street with power. We were able to run the refrigerator, TV and cable modem/wireless. With gas stove & fireplace we were warm and dry had internet and netflix. Neighbors came over to cook their food (as not to waste it), and charge cell phones. By being neighborly, we now have several neighbors that are now better prepared for the next time.

[@joash480]

My prepping goal is to last 1 year in a disaster scenario. Any time longer than that or like a mad max world and i just might off myself. We're not hardwired like the early men were in bush craft or non electronic living, thus a mad max world isnt our world and frankly its not worth living.

[@no_peace]

I don't believe in just surviving for the sake of survival. The world a lot of these people talk about is not a world worth living in

[@matc8085]

When collapse comes, I know who the first targets will be. Prepper youtubers that everyone knows where they live and what they have. Pretty sure many people can infer their location. ;)

[@ratherbewargaming3753]

I lost power for about one week. Wasn’t too bad because when I was a kid, I would go and stay with my great grandmother in Mexico. She had no power, running water at all, not even a bathroom. All the business was done outdoors, you took a roll of toilet paper and a small shovel. Lol It was a small one bedroom Adobe house, we used kerosene lanterns, had a large 50 gallon drum for water collection. It was very rustic.....but that was how she lived her entire life. Being Mexican Indian we learned to live off the land. Maybe that is why I really dig the preparation lifestyle. Great vids by the way.

[@anthonyromano8565]

650 Trees fell down everywhere during a windy storm and took out power lines in multiple locations requiring removal of extremely large trees. We went without power for a week.

[@waazal8921]

I agree that you should at least be prepared for simple SHTF occurrences, but your statistics show no mathematical basis. Did you pull the .0001% out of your head, or is this a researched probability?

[@bugoutbrothers]

That's my estimate. I don't know what it is but it's got to be really really small. I was just trying to show the point that no matter what it is, it's FAR less then the chances of you loosing power for a week or a month which is why I say you should prepare for those first.

[@MrGwrider]

7-8 days in an ice storm isolated where we could not get out because the roads were ice. Found out a very important fact....fire places without an efficient burn/heat insert do not do much good. We lived in a drafty home and had just had new puppies...4 or 5 plus the Momma and Daddy dog. We did the best we could. All of us lived in 1 smaller room and we used the welder to run the fridge off and on, hung quilts up in entry doors and lived in that one room for that time. Makes you appreciate the pioneers for sure!

[@HotDoggin75]

Longest i was ever without power.. 8 months. Granted i was homeless at the time due to being laid off and had trouble getting work. I managed to start slowly. Slept in port o potties so i could save money. With saved money, got a tent and made a hovo stove to cook and for warmth. Then got a bike, a couple good clothing outfits, and a better job. Now im back on my feet.

[@simplyputhere]

Just lost power for 16 hours. Due to thunder storms and downed wires. I inmediately got a new heater for winter, it's coming.

[@TheReslers]

Lost power for over a week due to a derecho. Then the next year a huge chunk of our area (300,000 people) couldn’t drink or even shower in the water due to an MCHM leak. It’s been years and some people still won’t drink it.

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

People don't realize how hard it is to grow your own food. This year, my tomatoes got to about 5ft high and beautiful. Then, in one night, something ate them all down to 12" main stem. I'm guessing a bunch of them green caterpillars. No tracks/poop from deer feasting. My squash/peppers are fine. I won't have time for plants to recover and fruit before winter. I went out at night with a UV flashlight, but only found the bugs poop on my plant stems.

[@belladonnaodd3983]

I live in cali, we have constant droughts and rights being restricted. I’m just prepping for a black out and forest fire

[@jimmcginnis8830]

Lost power for 30 hours or so. I was looking in the dark home at night for only 2 flashlights I owned. Now I have 40 led light devices both USB, rechargeable, and regular batteries and I have lots batteries and 2 4 channel battery chargers. I learned the hard way. No stores ,gas stations ,ice available.

[@matthewmcbroom8571]

I remember the blizzard of 1998 in northwest Indiana. We lived out in the country and were buried in a few feet of snow and had our power knocked out for a couple weeks. Thank god my parents had prepared for such a thing. You never know when a disaster, natural or not, may occur.

[@brandtwebber5761]

Didn't loose it but we lived without power for 6 weeks when we first bought our property. We had a 3 year old and twin one year olds... My wife was and is a badass.

[@daveschurman8588]

In 2002 we went 36 hours without power after a strong thunderstorm ripped through our community. Thankfully I had relatives not to far away who could let us borrow a generator (which we now have one of our own)

[@lostcause2137]

The biggest lie told to preppers, "everyone else is going to die but you and your family will survive."

[@stephenowen1644]

'04 ice storm lost power for 8 days, ran out of toilet paper! Man! It was Hell on earth! Lost it for 3 weeks in '11 tornado. Don't forget to prepare for kitchen fires, had a close call a few weeks ago! But I was prepared.

[@razorwire3056]

Longest time without power in my home. Hurricane Juan. September 2003. Ten days. It's funny now... Hurricane Dorian his here this past September and the evening it hit we took a drive to town to see what was happening. At Walmart, people were going insane. Generators, cases of water, canned food.... frozen pizza. No one could explain to me how they planned to heat up their pizzas though.... but carts were full of everything. We got in line with our 'supplies'.... a bag of M&Ms and a can of whipped cream. A man behind me commented to his wife, "They're going to die." I said, "M&Ms are to eat on the way home." he said, "And the whipped cream?" Well, that's in case the power goes out.... We didn't need to buy anything. Completely and totally ready and 100% confident.

[@mrmarkspencer8314]

5 days. All our fish died, froze, basically. (March, in BC, Canada). Our fridge/freezer/ died, and all that food went bad. Our deep freezer was still keeping things at about 4 Celsius, so it was slowly spoiling, but not spoiled yet. We cooked on a Coleman stove after the bbq 's 20lb'rs went dry. 8 days was about the limit, for what we had on hand. Without prepping. that was 25 years ago. I can now go a month without leaving the house, with a family of 6, based on what is in the fridge, deep freezer and pantry/cupboards. Including water. I can go much longer based on what I have stored elsewhere, after what I learned then.

[@eddyclark5026]

Between 1971 and 1975 there was no Electricity on the ranch. Total back woods living. Great times. No TV no radio. lots of time to learn what to know about living off grid. As its known today. I have 3 months of provisions for two people in storage. I swore after 9/11. I would not get caught off guard. God bless the United states. I pray I will never need to bug out.

[@URBANGRANDPAPREPPER]

great story ,good to be ready,stay safe

[@eddyclark5026]

@@URBANGRANDPAPREPPER You stay safe also Ray

[@Magician1263]

i remember in 1998 we had a really bad blizzard in my town (like 3 feet of snow). my town was literally closed for four days. i was living in a basement apartment at the time. it was surrounded by trees and the driveway was the only way to get in or out. snow piles up and brings a tree down across the driveway, and scrapes against the building tearing the power meters off the wall. took over a week to get it fixed because there was so many lines down and i lived kinda far out. so i went eight days without power and couldn't really get out of my home because of the weather