Are we allowed to post on this yet? I'll be unable to post for several days, so I'll leave it to the moderator to delete if my post is inappropriate. Hope that's OK...............I've lived off the grid in a houseboat. What I found most helpful:1. Aladdin lanterns. Besides heat (lots of it) and practical light, the psychological help of having the equivelent of a 60 watt bulb was very important. Crack a windo (duh) but not much more. Kerosene, in sealed metal containers is said to have a shelf life of 20 yrs, if kept sealed. For no stink use ultra pure lamp oil; although the Aladdins burn their fuel so completely they don't stink much, with fresh kerosene. 2. We adored our Honda 1000 watt gas, incredibly quiet generator. Even old fuel started easily, though not recommended. 3. Store food you normally eat, so as not to interupt your digestion or morale. 4. Bees Wax candles are said not to give off the same toxic fumes as regular wax candles. 5. Never did figure out a good pre-filter for water for sediment. 6. A widemouth stainless steel thermos to cook in. Add boiling water to grain and wait maybe 24 hrs. Needs experiments for various grains. 6. I just bought a kelly kettle for heating the water. Haven't experimented yet. 7. I have used one of the large wind up radios which gets short wave, fm, am, and has an led light. The sound is good, but you can only wind it 1000 times for about 40 mins power. I've heard a portable wind up radio gets good reception, name something like Keta. Same brand given to Gulf war troops I hear.8. If you buy kerosene for the lantern, get a kerosene stove too. Not sure on brand. I used to use one of the old Swedish designs which required alchol preburn. 9. Goatskin gloves are not ruined by water. 10. I recently bought canned supplies from a survival food site. Mostly #10 cans of brown rice, but hot chocolate mix too. Morale is really important......A few weeks ago I started a thread about what I should pack to be a refuge for long term. That seems more applicable now....My best to all, Capt