Being a prepper means that you know how to prepare for anything that could happen. It doesn’t always have to be the end of the world or SHTF that you have to get ready for. Preparedness is about knowing what to do when faced with a survival situation. One of the scenarios that will test your prepper skills is a power outage.
How to Prepare for a Power Outage
When a blackout occurs, people like you and me should be excited. This is not to say that we are pessimists wishing for the end of the world to come right now.
The reason that we like it when there is no electricity is because we get to put the skills that we have been practicing and reading about for some time to the test. Survival kits that have been in store will be brought out and put to good use. A power outage is a great opportunity for preppers to find out whether a survival skill is truly useful, as well as identify what materials and tools are really handy in the said situation.
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Don’t Be Left in the Dark: Prepare for Power Outage Now!
I’m watching the rain and snow beat on my window pane during the first storm of 2013 in Central Oregon. But the rest of the country is facing major storms and power blackouts.
A survival situation can develop in your home when the power goes out. The backup plan must include emergency lighting.
If you lived in those affected areas, let’s hope you are prepared for power outages. Here are some tips to keep you from sitting in the dark.
by Leon Pantenburg
This brings an important topic to the forefront : What happens when high winds, heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures combine to knock out the electricity in your home?
Emergency preparedness means you should have backup systems or plans for heat, lighting and water. If you’re lucky, the power won’t be off long, but batteries are gone after a few days, unless you have a way to recharge them. A generator will only work until it runs out of fuel.
One of the more important aspects of urban survival during winter storms is lighting. Without a lighting plan, you could end up in the dark from when the sun sets at around 5:30 p.m. until dawn. The right lighting supplies can make this situation more bearable.
This scenario is familiar to Tom Dumalt, manager of Globe Lighting in Bend, OR.
Dumalt lived in the Milwaukee, OR., area from 1978 through 1981, he said, when days-long power outages were common. While various battery-operated light sources work well, Dumalt also recommends stocking up with plenty of candles and matches because emergency power only lasts so long.
For the long term, candles may be one of the best choices, he said, because they’re cheap, easily available and easy to use safely.
A power outage is like a field day for a prepper; a dry run for when the SHTF.
We learn very valuable lessons from these occurrences the way we do in almost any challenging situation. You may need to change a few things in your bugout bag and you may add more of this and take less of that. Even your mental preparations may have to be reworked. The same can be said about the procedures that you considered standard.
Freezing cold winters, heavy snowfall, powerful tornadoes and hurricanes… it should not matter what caused the power outage because we really do not have any control over it. However, we humans have the ability to learn and to adapt to any situation, especially survival situations like these. Getting through may be a survival instinct but we should know how to increase our chances.
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