We have the canned goods, the dry goods, the water filter, the ammo, an emergency trunk filled with everything you can think of—drugs, first aid, lanterns, etc.
But I’m sitting here in the dark for hours after a transformer blew in our small village. Totally failed our dry run. I can’t get the lanterns working. Our batteries seem corrupted and I don’t have the right kind of batteries in some instances. And I need a lantern that uses another kind of energy too.
Big fail! I’m off to Home Depot when the lights come on to truly get prepared. Glad this happened today. I thought we were in good shape. Didn’t make it an hour.
Always good to have a test run before real problems hit.
I am able to power my fridge for a few hours per day & recharge some electronics with the few solar panels I picked up & the battery I have. Worst case, I have some power. We have lots of stuff for heat if needed & a neighbor showed me how a 9v battery should power my fireplace heat if. The absolute worst happens. Still, it is good to have these back ups as we bukld for total off grid preparedness.