Equipped To Survive Survival Forum - Long Term http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php Equipped To Survive Survival Forum - Long Term ETS Forums - UBB.threads(tm) Re: Great Honking Storm Jan 2026 - Everyone Okay? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302785#Post302785 Posted by Eugene:
Got a few inches here but nothing substantial.]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:55:36 UTC Re: Long Term Food Strategies and Choices http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302755#Post302755 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
My long-term food strategy is to cover one year of items tailored to my needs, along with my family’s plan. For example, because throat (...)]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:38:35 UTC Re: Any shortages where you are? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302585#Post302585 Posted by adam2:
A local discount retailer recently had well over 100 single size white cotton sheets for a modest price.(£ 6 each)
A local nursing home bought (...)]]> Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:53:56 UTC Re: Hurricane Milton http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302516#Post302516 Posted by Herman30:
This is how bad it was/is with the flooding in USA.

Same house in both pictures.

https://scontent-hel3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...amp;oe=670C2B9E

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DW, DD1, GD3, & I took our Hurri-cation to Decatur, Tx. We’re going to Aurora, Tx tomorrow to check out the 1897 UFO crash and the galien (...)]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:58:20 UTC Re: New York Earthquake http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302366#Post302366 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: adam2
This was much less serious than I feared, and IMHO does not belong in this forum.
Suggest moving it.


This didn’t turn (...)]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:27:37 UTC Re: Updating the Storm Preps: 2023 Edition http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301844#Post301844 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Good advice from all regarding training -- especially if you haven't been directly tutored by highly competent people. Chainsaws are amazingly (...)]]> Mon, 26 Jun 2023 04:53:01 UTC Re: SMOKE GOT IN MY EYES http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301820#Post301820 Posted by CJK:
Martin.... it worked quite well, but it was ugly. I feel this goes to the old 'If it's stupid and it works....it isn't stupid.' As long as (...)]]> Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:31:46 UTC Re: Wildfire Evacuation Checklist for campers http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301627#Post301627 Posted by dougwalkabout:
This thread deserves a bump. Excellent advice above!

Last week, a colleague had to bug out from his acreage due to a fast moving wildfire (...)]]> Fri, 12 May 2023 13:49:02 UTC Re: Train derailment/explosion in Ohio http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301506#Post301506 Posted by Acropolis50:
This reminds me of then EPA Administrator’s Statement ( who was a respected former female R. Gov. Of NJ) , immediately post 911, that the (...)]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:50:49 UTC Re: Dealing with the 'Bomb Cyclone' http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301356#Post301356 Posted by Phaedrus:
Today it's in the low 40s and rainy. Danged odd! It's going to slick for sure but otherwise we seem to have weathered the worst of it.]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:31:45 UTC Re: Gas Storage http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301330#Post301330 Posted by roberttheiii:
Thank you to all that have responded. I think my current plan / situation is in line with others.

Since folks are discussing 2 stroke (...)]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:03:31 UTC Re: Natural gas crisis in UK. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301301#Post301301 Posted by MartinFocazio:
I have MANY friends in UK, so far, they are planning to keep their house cold and lights dim. So, yes, a crisis, but there is a LOT of room for (...)]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:18:25 UTC Re: Hurricane Ian Check In http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301287#Post301287 Posted by airballrad:
Sarasota here. We were in the crosshairs at one point, but it shifted to hit an hour south of us. We are on a relative mountaintop being 30 (...)]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:35:40 UTC Re: Jacksonville Mississippi has no drinking water http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301241#Post301241 Posted by brandtb:
One place many people forget about is their water heater. It has a supply of drinkable water in an emergency. One thing, though, when you (...)]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:38:28 UTC Re: Montana floods http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301079#Post301079 Posted by jshannon:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VGJodudBif4]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:42:03 UTC Re: WW III http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=300941#Post300941 Posted by Acropolis50:
I remember from reading about this subject in the late 1950s-early 1960s, that the clear survivors would be swine, rats and cockroaches.]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 07:13:15 UTC Re: West Coast Flooding http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=300677#Post300677 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Yes, major highways and road accesses have been rebuilt in a quick and dirty manner. It was a massive effort. Major bridges generally survived, (...)]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:43:16 UTC Re: Generator Advice http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=300578#Post300578 Posted by hikermor:
That's one way to keep up with current events.....]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:42:55 UTC Re: Black Starts: How The Grid Gets Restarted http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=300488#Post300488 Posted by brandtb:
Originally Posted By: roberttheiii
That link didn't work for me. This might:
]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:33:18 UTC Re: Hurricane Ida - Aug. 2021 http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=299966#Post299966 Posted by Chisel:
Truly humbling, Blast !

Respect.]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:54:02 UTC Re: Henri http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=299822#Post299822 Posted by LesSnyder:
re; predictions.... my first hurricane was Donna in 1962, we had moved to Florida in 1955....

from TV news... something like... oh, by the way, (...)]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:06:49 UTC Re: Planning ahead during the covid-19 lockdown http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=299711#Post299711 Posted by Chisel:
I also had health issues and Covid added more to the pressure

Generally speaking, there were no shortage (other than face masks). I had face (...)]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:52:10 UTC Re: Do you leave your weather radio on? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=299509#Post299509 Posted by teacher:
Good time of year to check your weather radios and apps....]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:32:43 UTC Re: F150 Hybrid as Power Source in Texas Freeze http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=299440#Post299440 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: Nomad
I have been told it is not the engine that is the problem, but the transmission. I was told to put it in drive (...)
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