I see that folks in Florida are going to have the chance to either:
a) be glad they live a Zero lifestyle
or
b) wish to hell they had
Im always somewhat fascinated when the news shows people standing on lines for ice (whcih, I guess, is very important in the south) and bottled water. I dont get it..a hurricane doesnt just appear magically you usually have at least a couple days warning. Dont these people ever pause and consider that perhaps some bottled water and flashlights might not be a bad thing to have around when you live in an area that gets hurricanes?
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Over on misc.survivalism some nutjob has a very complicated zodiological chart that he swears shows that theres going to be a nuclear event during the Republican convention. While I may (opr may not) agree there’ll be a nuclear event Im pretty confident it wont be because planets are lining up in a particular order. This is only slightly less absurd then the people that use biblical prophecy.
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The Commander’s garden (which really isnt the Commander’s garden as much as it is the Commander and his girlfriends garden) is coming along pretty well. Its very inpsiring. I am looking forward to canning tomatoes in a few weeks. There is something absurdly smug about going into my fenced yard and pulling food out of the ground…completely independent from the rest of the world.
Next year will be more tomatoes, onions, peppers, possibly corn, carrots, maybe celery, and whatever else can grow in this clime. I’m reading “Square Foot Gardening” which is directed at small-space growing and its very interesting.
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And finally…
From the St. Petersburg times: (http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/13/Weather/Residents_prepare_for.shtml)
Other bay area residents planned to stay put in their homes in evacuation zones.
At the BP station on Fourth Street near 62nd Avenue N in St. Petersburg, Mark Hillis hurriedly filled four 6-gallon containers with gas for the generator he plans to use if the power goes out at his Venetian Isles home.
“I’ve got the house boarded up, sandbags, gas generator, food and water for three days,” Hillis, 44, said as he loaded the full containers onto the bed of his pickup truck.
“I got all the precautions to survive without going to a shelter.”
Mr. Hillis has the right idea. Not a sheeple. (on the other hand, lets h ope no one who read the article finds their house destroyed and decideds to stay with ‘that guy in the paper with the food and generator’)
I’m about as Zeroed Out as I think I need to be. Which is not much given where I am.
Two years ago, I was watching a woman from Palm Beach who rode out the hurricane in her apartment and in the pool on the roof. With a webcam. She claimed she could judge them and refused to evacuate. She was online as long as the battery in her laptop cooperated, and rode through it fine.
Personally, I think I would have found a business or pleasure trip that called for me about a week ago 😉
These are also quite good:
McGee & Stuckey’s Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers
by Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey, Michael A. Hill
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By the way, do you have much experience with sprouting? Have you tried the Easy Green Automatic Sprouter?
I tend the garden in return for your not selling me as a slave after the revolution. 😉
And there will be no celery. What possible use could you have for it???
I dont have much need for carrots, cukes or mint and we’re growin’ em anyway.
A bit of experience with sprouting. Enough to know it works and is a viable source of fresh greens when its -35 outside.
I’ll bet he’ll be fine. I still love that picture I saw taken following one of the big hurricanes that hit Florida. Spray painted on a wall, “LOOTERS WELCOME. WE NEED TARGET PRACTICE.” Fucking with people who laugh at hurricanes probably not a wise idea.
Phhbbbtttttt!
Hello, how are you, get the Fk back……
I can still remember seeing video footage of the aftermath of Andrew, where a newscrew was interviewing people online for water. There were 4 or 5 people in the frame and the topic turned to looters. The usual complaints about lack of police and NG troops, etc, except for one guy in the picture who said “No, I’ dont worry about that much” and as he said it he slid his hand into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a Seecamp .32!
eviltwin2
“You loot, I shoot”
My best bud just rode out the hurricane two blocks from the bay. Because of his preparedness, he survived just fine. His porch, on the other hand, is currently on his roof – but that’s another story.
no excuse
for people doing stupid things at the last minute. be prepared for the worst means you can worry less about anything. Celery is a good nerve tonic and provides fiber to keep colon clean. but do keep a low profile on actual preparations, for the freeloaders will try taking it away even over your dead body. live free forever, Wildflower!
Re: Hello, how are you, get the Fk back……
“You loot, I shoot”
I’m definitely making an icon with that on it for next hurricane season. (I live in Florida.)
Gardening
Another great gardening book is John Jeavons’ “How to Grow More Vegetables…”