Grid

I love my grid. Right now, I'm sitting in my climate-controlled, illuminated office. I was working outside earlier, and I took myself a nice, hot shower before sitting down to eat a dinner. We had breakfast for dinner, which is a thing we sometimes do. My wife made waffles, eggs, and bacon. I had ice-water with it. Now I'm on my laptop, blogging it up in the world-wide … [Read more...] about Basic Emergency Preparedness – Losing the Grid

One one hand, you can think about the 'Grid' (power, water, sewer, internet, etc.) as a convenience. On the other hand, our lives are now built to assume that these conveniences are there. Most people don't have a way to get water if the tap stops running. Most people don't have a way to heat their home without electricity or gas. When these systems are working, you can … [Read more...] about How to Die: Lose the Grid