Reply #73: Actually, this sounds a lot like what people in my area have to do [View All]

[pipi_k]

not only in terms of being comfortable, but sometimes even for survival.

This past December parts of the Northeast were hit by an ice storm. I live in a very rural area of the Hilltowns of Western Mass that took a pretty good hit. People out here know that snowstorms and ice storms can make it virtually impossible to travel anywhere at all, and there's always the danger that power will be cut off for some time. So, many people keep extra supplies on hand anyway because of the distance into town. Then we stock up a little more. And we have generators. And four-wheel drive vehicles and ATVs and snowmobiles. Snowplows...chain saws...guns and ammunition.

And people generally watch out for each other.

That's just the way it is, and it makes sense.

Self-sufficiency mixed with interdependence.


:)