Hurricane DISTRICT 10 Preparedness

  Ampace is having a great sale on their Portable Power Stations right now. There are many good brands out there but this is definitely one of the most solid and reliable. Like pretty much all of them, they have solar options you can buy with them. These are great for camping and for preparedness (The sale price doesn't often show up until you are checking out, but it does apply, in our experience). Check it out at https://ampacepower.com/

So, honestly, not as many people accepted the challenge as we had hoped, but that’s okay if folks are willing to at least think about it and begin to put some ideas together. We did it and experienced quite the learning curve. For me personally, the biggest takeaway was at least a minimal understanding of the necessary intentionality involved with performing life’s mundane tasks without modern conveniences. I can better understand why life’s pace was “slower” in “the good old days” and why people had more opportunity to talk with neighbors as they went about daily tasks (without the distraction of hand-held electronics). We were forced to take our time and appreciate what goes into more basic processes of running a household than today. My parents’ and grandparents’ stories now have a context and richness I’d forgotten since childhood, when some of their methods still lingered in the home where I grew up. Some things we expected and some were surprises. Camping comes natural to us, s...

Hi friends. Check out the  March 2025 Back to Basics Newsletter in that section of this blog. This is a good one, folks. As usual, a great section to help us keep up on gardening for our area. Also, a how-to section on raising chickens. With the price of eggs, you might find this helpful...and it's not as hard as you think, once you get a decent pen built (and you don't necessarily need a rooster if it would bother your neighbors). There are other great sections as well. Thanks again, Jarolyn Ballard Stout !!! 30 Hour Off-Grid Post Mortum: Remember about our post-30 Hour Off-Grid Challenge recap. You don’t have to have done the challenge to come learn from those who did. Come learn from our successes and from our mistakes (that’s what it was for!). If you did attempt the challenge, please view the Off-Grid Reflections PDF below and be ready to share! It will be a week from today (Sunday, March 9 th ) at the pavilion in back of the Heritage Chapel at 1178 S 700 W in Hurricane (...