Just sitting here reading some comments on another post, and remember hearing something on the radio last night. Those thoughts togeather made me think of the statement and song by Hank Williams Jr. The radio last night was talking about an economic breakdown in the US, like back in the 30s. How todays families are not like they were back then. In the 30s most folks did not have refrigerators, or any knid of electric appliances, other than lights. And a lot of rural folks still had no electricity anyway. So the fact that an electrical company went under ment little to them. Or the fact they may have their electricity shut off ment little to them. The loss of the job market only hurt the city folks. Country folks still had food on the table, and a means of getting more. I talk to my Dad about those times, he said yes they had livestock, but they were too valuable to eat. They ate squirrils, rabbits, groundhogs, feral hogs, and that's when all the whitetail deer disappeared from Tennessee.
We Alaskians have to be prepaired for anything to happen. We have Earth Quakes, and sever weather that can render us with out electricity for days or even weeks. And in the middle of winter two hours without electricity can be devastating for the average household under these conditions. Last week we had a power outage that lasted for four hours, at 40 below. I got the generator out and fired it up after three hours to get the boiler, and well back on. But this got me to thinking, what would we do in the event of a major catastrophy. No power for months. The food chain deliveries stop. Few houses have more than a few days supply of groceries. Water? Could you go without water from the water main for a week? If the sewage plant shut down what would you do? Last thrusday I found my freezer had quite. Not a big issue with me, I just unloaded everything into big boxes and put it outside. But if it had been summer it would have been differant.
How many people could feed their families without the local grocery store? How many people could keep their family warm without electricity. What would you do if there was no gasoline tomorrow? I've given this some thought, I have my own plans, but how about the rest of the folks. Then if you can provide for your family, how about those that aren't prepared and would take everything you have by force? Are you prepared for that?
I have a cabin 70 miles back in the mountains. No one knows it's exact location but me, my son has a general idea where it is, he's been there a few times when he was younger, he's just not sure which river. The wife knows the river, but has never been there since I built the cabin. I always have more than enough fuel to get the snow machines, four wheelers, and my track rig there, on hand. Once there everything we would need to stay there indeffinately is already there. What would you do?