What would you do if your cell phone and internet stopped working during an emergency? How would you get updates or keep in touch with family?

I thought this might be worth sharing. It's called “Emergency Communication Equipment Inventory: Could You Stay Connected During a 14-Day Emergency?” and covers different emergency communication options and how to find out if your backup methods would actually work when you need them.

There's a free printable Emergency Communication Equipment Checklist included, along with links to other free preparedness guides and printable checklists covering food, water, first aid, backup power, and more.

Hope you find this useful!

https://preppingcommunities.com/emergency-communication-equipment-inventory/

Additionally, my sister has hired a guy to clear 2 acres across the street for her house. Gotta clear it enough to do a PERC test for septic. I'll get photos as the work progresses.

Her plan at the moment is a walk in basement into the side of a hill. The basement will be flanked by 8ft wide storage areas that are covered by a concrete porch. So we've got to dig into the hill 10ft deep.

At this moment the plan is ICF walls EVERYWHERE... in my house the outside of the basement is 8" concrete blocks. But ICF straight blocks replace 6 CMU blocks. Once you pay $2.50 a block and pay a guy $2.50 to lay it, 6 x $5.00 is $30... and ICF is $25.

The main floor of the house may end up being from SuperFloorUSA. It's a steel joist system that will hold the concrete floor and not need shoring during the pour. I've mentioned several times before that my house costs $350 a year to heat and cool. With the additional thermal mass of a concrete floor in her house, she may end up with even less energy needed.

More about sis.... We are looking at building a pole shed like the one I recently built that will cover two shipping containers, likely 40ft wide and 50ft long. That way she can open the doors of the 40ft shipping container and still have a roof over it. They'll either run power to that pole shed or we'll do a temporary solar setup, haven't decided yet. She and her husband will move their camper up here to live on site while building.

Rural South Carolina hardware store.

Often when we calculate the payback time on a solar system, we look back at our bills. We need to look at the future cost avoidance. How much will power rates rise in the future?

Bobby the Bobcat is around....

Here's a handy corner umbrella holder. You should always have umbrellas available in case of tyrannical reign.