I'm right behind you Al!

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> But... if you live in a coastal zone, the van is a great escape pod.
> You don't need enough gas to get across the country, just up a hill.
> Then you have a self contained wee house. Despite the weight penalty,
> I have some canned food and basic gear in the van at all times.
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> On 16-Mar-11, at 6:12 PM, B Feddish wrote:
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>  I always keep a good amount of "survival" stuff in my van including
>> the book
>> "How to Survive in the Woods" but it's all for minor emergencies.
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>> As Steven posted below, if there was real disaster we aren't going
>> anywhere
>> in our vans.  When we had a major storm here about 7 years ago and
>> lost
>> power everywhere for days there was no where to buy gas as all the
>> stations
>> were closed.  I had to drive 40 minutes away to buy gas for our
>> generator.
>> I used all my camping gear to live at home, including the outdoor
>> shower
>> stall, Zodi shower, propane stove, etc.
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>> Soooo, in a disaster, we may need to find ways to survive at home....
>>
>> Bryan
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