Practical Prepping Protocol even if Poor

Hey all~
I am making preps for a potential lights out scenario.
Tampa is fixin to get hit with high winds, lots of rain and I know this area is prone for lights out even in a T-storm sooo

We here have lots of stored canned goods,batteries of all kinds,flashlights and hanging batt operated lights, lanterns, oil lamps, crank solar radio (charged as of now),generator, extra propane, gas if need be.
Lots of water to last a week or so.

Blanching potatoes to keep for a quick breakfast and making coffee ahead of time and storing it in fridge to be re heated up later.
Making up other meals that can be re-heated easily. Should be pretty well set.

Have to say it feels good to have the necessities ready for what we planned for anyway. Tropical storms are a good basis to go by to be prepared and even if it was going to be a worse case scenario I would still feel pretty good.
We made it thru Irma with lights out for 3 days. Unfortunately didn't have a generator at that time and lost a good amount of food.

Will report back or in as soon as I can after to give an update.

{{Hugs all}} and Much Love~

Thinking about a second fridge or chest freezer since we have solar and tesla wall now!

I combine them all for processing. Most commercial operations do as well.

Some will create specialty oils, in which there is a certain variety harvested 'green'. Koroneiki is popular for that, as it produces a sharp, peppery taste. Of course, they charge more money for oils like that.

This video gives us even more information most of us have not glimpsed about olive oil. Thought you might enjoy, Crunch, if there are parts you did not know

Thanks for that. I can assure you my oil is genuine extra virgin with nothing added.

I made an olive oil lamp today. I had bought a few of these 'lamp kits' from Lehman's several years ago.

They contain wick supports and wicks to turn a jar or a bowl into a lamp.


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It really does work well. I used a short square pint mason jar, but any jar or bowl will do.

The literature states that many vegetable oils will work for this. Olive, peanut, sunflower, canola, etc. Even has instructions for making your own wicks using cotton thread.

Hey Crunch...

What do you do with the left over olive scraps after pressing? Animal feed? Compost?

- MC

At no point would I have ever thought you had made less than then very best. I posted that video only for information we might not have had.

If I had access to your olive oil I would consider it an extreme privilege and the very best olive oil I could ever have.

Not sure if I have the rona or not...I haven't been tested.

The symptoms are very mild except for one. I wake up in the middle of the night with a tough time breathing because my lungs are plugged up with mucus.

If it weren't for ciggies I would never be able to cough the crud out.

But I went back to info I saved on a "cytokine storm"...it said to avoid:
- Dairy
- Chocolate
- Bananas
- And Micro Algae (which I have in my "Super Greens" nutrition powder).

I avoided those 4 things and poof...no more trouble breathing & no more waking up in the middle of the night.

I wanted to tell you guys just incase it happens to you...avoid those 4 things like the plague!

- MC

I DONE IT!

For years I've been thinking of getting one of those little $20 air compressors you plug into your cigarette lighter to inflate a tire.

I figured that the shit will hit the fan...electricity will go down so no air hoses at the gas stations will be working...and that's right when I'll need 15 pounds in one tire.

I saw one today at the hardware store & picked it up...it's safely in the back of my truck for when ever I might need it!

- MC

Not sure if I have the rona or not...I haven't been tested.

The symptoms are very mild except for one. I wake up in the middle of the night with a tough time breathing because my lungs are plugged up with mucus.

If it weren't for ciggies I would never be able to cough the crud out.

But I went back to info I saved on a "cytokine storm"...it said to avoid:
- Dairy
- Chocolate
- Bananas
- And Micro Algae (which I have in my "Super Greens" nutrition powder).

I avoided those 4 things and poof...no more trouble breathing & no more waking up in the middle of the night.

I wanted to tell you guys just incase it happens to you...avoid those 4 things like the plague!

- MC

Where can we get more of that info on cytokine storms? Interesting about the algae. I buy all sorts of green powders, whatever looks decent and is on sale for my own preps and I know that stuff is in some of it; fortunately for me, not all. I prefer to buy single ingredients that I can mix myself. That makes it easier to share with the cats too, since we can't always take the same things.

Bananas? Really? I guess they're kind of 'snotty' when you mash them up, lol. But so is slippery elm bark and that's one of the best anti-inflammatories I know. Dairy makes sense; it's usually the first thing you have to cut with sinus troubles. But chocolate? This list is so exotic I'll have trouble remembering it so I must know where you got it. Maybe understanding it better will keep it in my mind.

What may help is...

Raw Garlic, Vitamin C, Green Tea, St. John’s Wort, Vitamin E, Apple Juice, Resveratrol, Cranberry Juice, Curcumin (Tumeric).