Posted December 2, 2015 7:00 pm by Comments

By Jeremy S

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Yesterday Sara posted “Why I Don’t Have a Bug-Out Bag” and injected a dose of reality into the prepping-for-the-apocalypse mindset. I’m no prepper either, but the last two weeks have taught me that it doesn’t take an apocalypse to truly benefit from a BOB (bug-out bag) and some prepping best practices. Eastern Washington got hit hard by a freak windstorm on November 17 and most of the area around where I live was an electricity-free disaster zone for 3 to 10 days. For me it was 13 days without power because my house was hit by a falling tree. Later this week we’re moving into a rental while repairs are being done, which will take a good two to three months. . .

In fact, hundreds of homes were hit by large trees. It’s hard to be, as Sara said, “hunkering down in my warm home” when a tree has just turned the previously-indoor kitchen into an al fresco disaster. In winter. Falling trees don’t just target houses though. Cars were smashed. People died. Cell phone towers were taken out by trees or just the winds, and many of the surviving towers had no power. The end result was …Read the Rest

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