Survival Preparedness Challenge

by Dave Jones
(Kingston. Ontario, Canada)

In regards to this challenge, I started this 1 year ago, I shut off all the power to my home. I live off of my emergency supplies, canned ready-to-eat foods, plus bottled water, and have on hand a good supply of vitamins. In actual fact, it doesn't bother me living this way as I'm an avid camper and am used to living this way. Plus I have enough water for pouring down my toilet to flush it. This water can be obtained from using a rain barrel.

Lights can be from a power box charged by using a solar panel hung in my window, plus the power box can run a small TV for a few hours.

In the fall when the weather gets chilly I use my kerosene heater, but using the heater you must have a window cracked open to get fresh air once in a while.

It's not hard to live this way, you just have to prepare yourself into thinking that you have no electrical power. Also have plenty of reading material on hand and warm sleeping bags. You will survive.