Getting Down To Business

I'll be the first to admit that I have completely dropped the ball when it comes to getting prepared for an emergency.

I was in halfway decent shape when I was still single and living in the fifth wheel a couple of years back but let most of my preps go because when I got married and moved into my parents house for six months I had no idea what my long term plans were going to be at that point.

My dear wife is not on board with the concept  and even gives me shit when I do try and stock some supplies.

I have been keeping a close eye on the rolling disaster that is coming and have decided that I need to sit her down and tell her where the bear shits in the woods.


As the head of this household and the one ultimately responsible for the well being and security of my wife and family I have come to the conclusion that I am going to get quite a bit more serious about getting and staying  prepared for, at the very least, any short term emergency that I can foresee happening around this neck of the woods.

Long term preps will be addressed as the opportunity arises.

The probability of a strong earthquake around here is when, not if.
We have also had three fucking tornadoes in the last four years, this being in the vicinity of Portland Oregon, not exactly known as being Tornado Alley.

We had a very mild winter this year and I am very grateful for that. I have seen winter storms around here that completely shut down the whole region.
Ice storms, snow and freezing rain on top make travel near impossible because of all the hills surrounding the two rivers locally.

This whole area is a series of hills and valleys with a few big assed volcanoes thrown in for good measure.
Add that to the list of possible disasters, a volcanic eruption.
Huge earthquakes followed by huge clouds of gas and ash blotting out the sun and covering everything around with gritty particles that get into everything.

So now that I am attempting to get my head out of my ass I have started getting a few things straightened away already.

Personal defense had some major upgrades recently. I got the generator my brother gave me a couple years ago running and tested. He said the front oil seal was leaking and it certainly kept leaving a small puddle wherever I had it.

After finally getting it up on a work bench where I could see what the fuck was going on, I cleaned it up, charged the battery and after about ten minutes of dicking with it got it going.

I put some new gas in it and let it run for few minutes then plugged in a skill saw to put a load on it and it worked just fine.
I let it run for a while then shut it off and fucked around with something else for whil to give it a chance to start leaking.

Pretty soon there was a drop running down the frame.
I walked around, took one look at where it originated and then grabbed a wrench .
After tightening the drain plug on the crank case I now have a leak free, perfectly usable 3500 watt portable generator to add to my preps.

Even with all the fucking tools I have I can still see a few holes there too.
Most of those are geared towards automotive repair and I actually don't have many wood working tools.

Being a bonafide tool junkie that just gives me a little chubby and an excuse to go get some!.

Food preps are my biggest concern right now and where most of the friction originates with the wife.

She is one stubborn lady and the whole lot of them are picky eaters.
This is going to be a real challenge but I feel I am going to stock some basics either way.
Just as soon as I am done here I am going down to Bi Mart and get a couple of water storage jugs to replace the ones I left at the trailer park.

I do have some things covered that I am not going to go into at this point so I will have something to write about in the future but I feel it is way late in the game and I have a shit ton to do to even come approximately close to where I was even two years ago.

I am going to start over again with a renewed focus on the basics so I will be updating my status here occasionally among other things.

Natural disasters happen, it is the looming man made one that I am keeping a close eye on.

At this point I feel that it is inevitable that there is going to be run away inflation and I could give a fuck what the government says about it because they have been trying to hide it already and are failing miserably.

Update;
Alrighty then.
I had a short discussion with the wife as promised.
She is on board with some caveats.
We have different perspectives, naturally.

There will be further discussions as to how we go about this and what we need to do as for long term food storage that is acceptable but she named a few that made me do a fist pump inside.

I told ya she is a good woman.

My only problem now is she is still after me to make more room in the garage so she can get her car in to unload groceries when it is raining by way of getting rid of some things that I really don't want to part ways with.

There will be much diabolical planning in my future.