Yes

 

No, we'd start preserving and root cellaring after about a week.

 

Maybe

Yes

Yes

 

Yes++

 

Yes

 

Yes. For my home and the trusted neighbors. 3 weeks is just a nap in the hammock for us…

 

No. My backup plans do not rely on electricity.

 

Yes

...but to make this more interesting and informative, you need to be asking us why!

 

Yes.

 

Yes.

We would need to water haul though. Or liberate a diesel trailer generator to power the HOA's well(s).

The question is will the ammo hold out after everyone goes crazy on day two or three.

 

I only "need" electricity for the fridge and freezer. Portable solar panel can top up the battery that can run one at a time to keep them limping along indefinitely, weather permitting.

Cooking is propane, got 6mo-1yr of that.

Flushing and washing are rain water, 2500 gallons stored uphill of the house and able to gravity feed into the rain manifold. Just need to re-route a couple garden hoses to make that happen.

Even laundry is ok, got the wood stove to heat water, got a mangle for squeezing the wet clothes so I don't ruin my wrists hand-washing like my mother did.

Drinking and cooking come out of the gravity water filter, which can fill from water out of the rain manifold or the well, whichever.

The question is will the ammo hold out after everyone goes crazy on day two or three.

Out here we get power outages of 1-2 weeks at times, and the social order remains unscathed.

 

Yes, <5 gal a day for the generator* 21 days =105 gallons. that’s running 24/7, probably run off batteries/solar at night.

Can’t cook with electricity unless it’s all microwaves, crock pot and air fryer, but I have propane, and yes the oven on one stove is pilot lit, not hot rod.

 

No. It's a goal after the move

 

Yes

No electric needed to flush anyways.
Fire cook.
Fridge... use it up, no electric needed after 3 days

 

Yes X 2
at home and cabin

 

For about 7 plus months of the year, I don’t need electricity to keep the food in the freezer frozen, and yes for the other months. I missed the water part, no issue as I could draw water from the well by hand if needed. And well water is only one of several sources.

 

Yes, this last week of arctic cold has let me test the waters so to say. It is an inconvenience, but more than easy enough. For a lot of people thinking they can, it wont happen. I have been using alternative approaches to what most people just take for granted. Or is that granite?

The one big hurdle is having enough water. You will need so much more than what anyone has posted previously.

I didnt see this thread until after posting a similar one. But could be a lot of cross over between them.

 

Yes

 

Yes Home. Yes RV. Yes Work van.

 

We configured our camper trailer with enough offgrid power to run the house fridge freezers too (with big solar, LiFePO4 batteries and a 3000W continuous inverter).

That makes it a powerstation for the mother ship and a lifeboat too.

 

My Toilets are gravity flush, dump a bucket in the bowl.
I think drinking water would be a challenge for most.

 

I think drinking water would be a challenge for most.

Rain water through a Brita or Sawyer Mini is wholesome and delicious.

 

Yup, no problem. Wood stove and LOTS of dry wood for heat.
20 gallons stabilized non E gas in the shed.
Small inverter gen for fridge/freezer/charging, running 1 hour every 8.
Big gen to run well pump and restore water tanks, 30 minutes a day (or less).

 

1/2 of that time yes, other 1/2 no.

 

Yes

 

Yes. 2 medium sized solar setups. But I can’t handle a string of cloudy days.
Yes. 3 non-electric cooking methods.
Yes-ish? may have to collect rainwater to flush the toilet so I don’t eat into potable water.

 

Yes, we've already experienced it once for 3 weeks.

 

yes.
planned on a taking a month to empty the refrigerators and freezer.
solar, generator, propane, blah blah blah.