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Where are You in Your Preparedness? , by B.L. the Texican
I hope that what I have to say will help someone that is just getting started with their survival preparedness situation, SurvivalBlog has helped me in streamlining our preparations, and I believe in giving back some of what I have received. I have read many different blogs and forums, and come away with the impression that most of the blogs are for the arm chair survivalist that do not try anything for themselves, but only go on what they have read or heard. SurvivalBlog.com is one of the few that have individuals that seem to have tried what they say they have done and shared their experiences.
My experience with a survival mind set started almost a decade ago, but only limited for a few weeks or month at most. That all changed several years ago when I started really looking at the way our country was headed. I will admit that I still have a long ways to go, but with God’s help, and if the world will hold together long enough, I will get to where I desire to be. If not, then my family and I will survive with what we have on hand for a long time.
FOOD
We do have enough for me and my family for at least a year, longer if we just go to two meals a day. My youngest daughter is almost 17, and I have 4 boys that range in ages from 19 to 33, then two older daughters and their families. You can imagine the appetite of young men so I have taken that into account. Only one son is married and has two small children. I have endeavored to teach my children to always be prepared for as much as possible, if only for a short time. Again, that has changed over the last couple of years. We live in a hurricane prone area, so it is imperative that we always have plenty of food on hand that can be eaten with little or no cooking. I am not talking about MRE’s. I do have two cases of MRE’s that I obtained during the last hurricane that was not eaten, but I like to store what we usually eat daily, and eat what we store. I read that on a blog and it made sense to me.
It was very difficult to get my wife onboard, but during the last hurricane a few years ago, she and my daughter went to my sister’s house because it was further away from the coast than our old house (built in 1925). My sister and her husband had nothing to eat but a few bags of chips and some crackers, and two bottles of soda. They did not even have matches to light the one decorative candle that was in their house. My brother-in-law had unplugged the refrigerator before the hurricane hit so it would not be damaged from power surges. Hence, all the food that was in the refrigerator and their freezer was ruined before it was truly needed.
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