#video by #survivalists reflecting on Hurricane Helene: what was valuable was having a small 2kW gasoline generator, having chainsaws for the fallen trees, having oil and spare chains for the chainsaws, having a lot of gasoline stored up for the generator and chainsaws, having cash on hand (especially small-denomination bills like US$5–20), having a small propane cookstove (with propane, ideally in 20-“pound” canisters, from which you can refill your small one), have a water reserve and a way to filter it (like a LifeStraw), have lots of lighting (flashlights, lanterns, enough to give to neighbors), keep a Crockpot full of hot water next to your sink to provide you with hot water for washing dishes (which also can reheat food in mason jars), watch BBC farm series like Victorian Farm and Tudor Monastery Farm to get ideas, have a way to do laundry (he had his kids stabbing a tub of laundry with a wooden stick, and wringing it with a mangle), have fast-charging portable power stations or battery packs, which they used to keep their neighbors’ freezers going, and have compassion. In his area SMS would go through from time to time.