Staying warm this winter 2022

[Straight Shooter]

With the onslaught of a predicted hard winter this year ( the prediction will eventually become reality ) this year we will also have to deal with (predicted) power outages , fuel shortages, natural gas shortages , supply chain and distribution problems and just to top it all off food shortages along with price increases of everything ! .

There has been a steady uptake in wood stove sales and installations around my area , a new near neighbour is refurbing a old farmhouse has just had two fitted …..a cooking range and room heating stove ..they are now predators for the wood supply on a local level ! I can be sure of that but I do not blame them or their foresight .

I have mentioned in previous posts , that there are more and more people looking for firewood , car boots , trailers , and vans are being filled more frequently and it’s getting obvious that the supply of firewood will become scarce as time moves on …..that’s the way it is ! ……some collect for their homes , others for financial gain either way more predators that I will have to deal with …….and so will YOU .

Most all people have been made aware of fuel price increases and the probable grid outages coming this year and beyond ,and still they do nothing to mitigate the coming events , they just wait thinking the gov is going to save them , boy are they in for a big surprise ! Not only are they not prepared but have no inclination to even start to get prepared and many can not afford to prepare anyway.

Most on this forum are very well prepared and have several methods to heat and cook and lighting arrangements , which suggests we will do a lot better than most , growing food will become normal for us as we do it everyday anyway and having a stockpile of food is our insurance policy along with other meaningful supplies .

Forum activity has become slow these days …..I put this down to members are as prepared as they can be and have not much to say or talk about survival issues in general , it’s not a loss in interest ! It’s more lack of participating newbies to help along the road .

As MB pointed out Most people now use Facebook and other social platforms to gain the information they seek to get what they need in an instant ……our forum and ones like it may be old hat , but still remain relevant …..to us old farts anyway .