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Message Subject Coffee Crowd for Civilized Discourse on World Events
Poster Handle Riff-Raff
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Anyone else feeling numb? I used to feel more emotions, good, bad and all in between. Lately, I am more numb.

I understand "things" are not good, in my country or the world. I do care and hope "things" will improve but, I don't think they will any time soon. I am trying to prepare my household for all the potential bad that could occur next.

For example, I am concerned about power grid failure, even more so in the Winter since I live in a cold climate. Without power, healthy water could be an issue. My solution was to purchase a wood burning stove, firewood is coming soon and the chimney installation. The house could be heated with the wood stove and water boiled on top of that stove. In the event of an extended power grid failure, the heat and water issue are solved.

I spend time thinking about what should be done, to protect my household during this crazy insane times. On a day to day basis, I do what is expected of me; go to work, clean the house, do laundry, mow the lawn, shop for food, etc.

I am functioning, but, I don't feel much emotion. There are moments when I feel happy or sad but in general, I am numb. Anyone else having a similar experience?
 Quoting: delicateflower


You're not the only one. A lot of us are just going through the motions because until something actually happens, real life goes on, laundry needs done, bills need paid, house needs cleaned, etc.

I've found the best thing to do (for me) is to focus on one task that needs done right away, and finish it. That takes my mind off other things, and if you do one of those each day, your daily life continues as before.

The wood burning stove was a good choice. Having actually gone through a major winter storm without power but being able to heat the house with firewood gave me a big boost on my confidence that we can survive a complete loss of technology for an extended period of time.

One suggestion: When it gets cold enough to have a fire, do a practice run and heat the house for 24 hours with it. Keep track of how much wood you use in that 24 hours so you know how much you need to get through an entire winter.

Did you get one with a catalytic combustor?


 Quoting: Riff-Raff



No catalytic combustor, many where I live do not like them and not sure how easy it would be to replace one, if needed. We ordered 15 face cords of seasoned and pre-split hardwood.
 Quoting: delicateflower


15 cords, wow. That could not have been cheap. But a damn fine supply of wood if SHTF.

Fortunately for us, in addition to the four racks I already had stockpiled, we took down nine dead ash trees on our property last month. Only have half of them split and stacked so far, but once I'm done, we can easily make it through an entire winter with that.
 
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