RV Bug Out….

Grid collapse, internet attacks, extended winter, forest fires, massive floods and other natural disasters. They have happened before and they will happen again. And what did you witness? Mass chaos, limited food and water, panic and desperation. Most people want to pretend that emergencies will never happen to them and will do nothing to prepare, but advanced emergency preparation could be a life saver for you and your family. As in large scale catastrophes, your local government agencies will be overwhelmed, even if they are operable and the Federal Government is useless during emergencies as seen by their past recent history. So, you will need to depend on yourself to endure an emergency situation.  So why do I keep writing about this?  To wake people up to the fact that in most emergencies… most people are not prepared.  

Do you own a motor-home, travel trailer or 5th wheel trailer?  Then you are ahead of the game.  If you do not own one of these RV’s, this time of the year is the best time to purchase a used camper.  There are many units out there at very reasonable prices.  

 

Get ready in advance

If you are fortunate enough to own a travel trailer, you can use it as an emergency shelter. And prepping the trailer and having it ready to roll is paramount to survival.

Realistically, you need food and water for several weeks. Plan simple meals, and purchase what is necessary. Use freeze-dried foods as much as possible. Ensure that you have propane for cooking. Include cleaning and toiletry supplies as you pack.  

Store copies of all of your important papers in the RV in case you lose your home.

Pack clothing suitable for your climate, and the season and pack enough as washing them will be difficult.

Have a list of possible safe parking areas in the travel trailer with maps and directions to get to each of them.  These are called BOL’s.  Bug out locations.

Keep your vehicle’s gas tank filled up, and store extra gasoline to take with you.

Maintain your RV in good mechanical condition, and check the fluids regularly.

Remember to take a battery operated radio, and replacement batteries.

If you have everything ready to go, you will save precious minutes when they count.

Disasters can happen without warning.

With preparation, you and your family will be ready for almost immediate evacuation.

For lots of free information and resources…Survival Quarterly

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Why Go Green???

One of the victims in this time of economic worries is the philosophy of “going green”. When our concerns are that of financial security, we tend to place less importance on a sustainable environment. And there lays the problem in which important natural resources, energy savings, and pollutant reductions are being lost each and every day, causing unnecessary damage to our planet. We do not need to immerse ourselves in a completely 100% green lifestyle, but by each one of us making just a single change, the collective results would be immense and the change to an individuals lifestyle would be minimal. With one individual change, we can leave a sustainable planet to our children and our grandchildren. And personally, I think they are worth it….Do you?

Did you know…

For every ton of paper that is recycled, the following is saved: 7,000 gallons of water; 380 gallons of oil; and enough electricity to power an average house for six months.

You can run a TV for six hours on the amount of electricity that is saved by recycling one aluminum can.

By recycling just one glass bottle, you save enough electricity to power a 100-watt bulb for four hours.

Restaurants account for 33% of all U.S. Retail electricity used.

The average operation uses 300,000 gallons of water a year.

Approximately 100 billion pounds of food is wasted each year; food scraps alone make up almost 12% of all the municipal solid waste generated in the country.

Restaurants account for 33% of all U.S. Retail electricity used.

The average operation uses 300,000 gallons of water a year.

Approximately 100 billion pounds of food is wasted each year; food scraps alone make up almost 12% of all the municipal solid waste generated in the country.

So…….Why Go Green?

The number one answer why we should “go green” is:

It’s the right thing to do.

Our planet has a finite amount of natural resources and many of them are being rapidly consumed. The food service industry is a major user of these resources.

 Drinking for world peace was never this much fun.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                             

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Tidal Turbine…

A company called Marine Current Turbines will be installing a 1.2 megawatt tidal turbine in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough in August. The SeaGen turbine will be the world’s largest ever tidal current device by a significant margin. It will generate clean electricity for approximately 1000 homes. The turbine is a prototype to be replicated on a large scale over the next few years. The rotors on the SeaGen turbine turn slowly: about 10 to 20 revolutions per minute. A ship’s propellers, by comparison, typically run 10 times as fast. The risk of impact from SeaGen rotor blades is small, because the marine creatures that swim in strong currents tend to be agile, and can avoid slow-moving underwater obstructions.

 

Commenting on the future prospects for tidal current energy, Martin Wright, Managing Director of Marine Current Turbines said: “We will build on the success of SeaGen to develop a commercial tidal farm, of up to 10MW in UK waters, within the next three years. With the right funding and regulatory framework, we believe we can realistically achieve up to 500MW of tidal capacity by 2015 based on this new SeaGen technology.”

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