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Urban Prepping — Emergency Preparedness in the City

Great read! Thanks for sharing!
I've got a solar generator that doesn't make a peep AND I can run it inside without fumes. My only concern is that my house is lit up on an otherwise dark night when the power is out. Like a giant beacon saying "loot here!".
 
Urban survival training is available in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, NYC etc.
 
Although I haven’t been camping in years, I’ve always kept my various Coleman lanterns and stoves. Some run on the small propane bottles while others run on the Coleman fuel. They have come in handy a few time that our house has lost power during stormed. Also, don’t forget the little things. You can pick up oil lamps and lamp oil for a few dollars at Kmart or a similar store, no batteries required.
 
I remember reading an article by someone who was in Katrina but not New Orleans. The gist of the article was that her family had a generator and the neighbors didn't.

The neighbors started out expecting the generator family to provide water for bathing and ice for coolers and laundry facilities and ended up demanding it.

There was also a blogger named Xavier Breath who went through the same thing. He said the sound of a generator carried for miles when every other house around you was silent and dark.

He also said if you're going to have a generator you'd better have a guard on it.
 
If we can make it till October we will be living at the Goat Ranch 30 or 40 miles from the nearest city and seven miles off the nearest paved road. It's already off grid. Our plan then will be to OPbug in.

My biggest concern for now is that we live in an apartment so our fate is tied to our stupid neighbors.

We have an Ecoflow solar generator that will run our refrigerator, freezer and stove. It will also keep our phones and camping lanterns charged
 
The Night Rider said:
I remember reading an article by someone who was in Katrina but not New Orleans. The gist of the article was that her family had a generator and the neighbors didn't.

The neighbors started out expecting the generator family to provide water for bathing and ice for coolers and laundry facilities and ended up demanding it.

There was also a blogger named Xavier Breath who went through the same thing. He said the sound of a generator carried for miles when every other house around you was silent and dark.

He also said if you're going to have a generator you'd better have a guard on it.
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Hence why the hand pump for the well is going on the spare house where the well head is inside. As for generators, last weekend proved one thing. I was virtually the only one here who needs to invest in new generators. :ROFLMAO:

$700-ish for a 6 circuit box with a transfer switch and a locking 30 amp outlet. Hundo on the 10/2 to get it to the outside back wall, $1500 budget for the 10,000 watt ( minimum) dual fuel generator I'm going to buy and I got no worries for water, fridge, lights, etc. Then another $1000 for a unit that mounts to the wall with a line going out to my 100lb propane tanks and I got no worries for heat.
 
The Night Rider said:
If we can make it till October we will be living at the Goat Ranch 30 or 40 miles from the nearest city and seven miles off the nearest paved road. It's already off grid. Our plan then will be to OPbug in.

My biggest concern for now is that we live in an apartment so our fate is tied to our stupid neighbors.

We have an Ecoflow solar generator that will run our refrigerator, freezer and stove. It will also keep our phones and camping lanterns charged
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Is it an inverter type ? I am under the impression you shouldn't use a regular generator to charge phones or computers.
 
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