Boondocking in a natural disaster
Events last week have Betty and I talking about how we might have been better prepared and we are wondering how others might have handled our situation. Here is a link to the photos, story and the cha...
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I lost my house in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake so have some perspective but earthquakes which tend to occur in any given area about every 50 years. Earthquakes do not happen year after year and they are not occuring with increasing intensity and there are seldom oil well drilling and fracking induced earthquakes that compared to the damage to states like LA and AL with the canals dug by the oil companies that contributed so much to the devastation that resulted from Katrina.
If I was going to live in such an area I would have my house jacked up 8 feet and use the space below it for my getaway vehicles. If natural gas was available in the area I would pay the $3k to get a generator installed as seldom is the flow of natural gas interrupted but electrical power often is lost of days or weeks or with the black areas of New Orleans, for months.
Cash is also important as with power down stores will not be able to process credit cards but will continue to take cash. Gas pumps need electrical power so having full fuel tanks in the cars and RV's may help.
If you add a small amount of bleach to the fresh water tank in the RV and to any 5 gallon drinking water containers at your house the water will be drinkable for up to 12 months.
If I was going to live in such an area I would have my house jacked up 8 feet and use the space below it for my getaway vehicles. If natural gas was available in the area I would pay the $3k to get a generator installed as seldom is the flow of natural gas interrupted but electrical power often is lost of days or weeks or with the black areas of New Orleans, for months.
Cash is also important as with power down stores will not be able to process credit cards but will continue to take cash. Gas pumps need electrical power so having full fuel tanks in the cars and RV's may help.
If you add a small amount of bleach to the fresh water tank in the RV and to any 5 gallon drinking water containers at your house the water will be drinkable for up to 12 months.
