A high limit credit card is helpful to get a hotel room out of town for an extended stay.
Its gonna take months to rebuild a city from a disaster.
Id rather live on the street than rack up credit card debt, especially now that your out of a job.
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A high limit credit card is helpful to get a hotel room out of town for an extended stay.
A high limit credit card is helpful to get a hotel room out of town for an extended stay.
Why would some one get a room in the disaster area?If I bug out I have places that I would go and stay with family or friends. A hotel room in the immediate area is probably out of the question since it has probably suffered the same loss you have on your home.
How is cash gold etc going to buy a room for a while when the house is flooded ,burnt to the ground or collapsed?With all due respect, you don't wanna pile up more debt when you already stand to lose big in a natural event. Keep caches of cash and or PM's. To be honest I keep cash, silver, gold and gems in my safe and a couple of other locations. If needed I can load up in a small strong box that will fit into the lockable console in one of the trucks.
Why would some one get a room in the disaster area?
How is cash gold etc going to buy a room for a while when the house is flooded ,burnt to the ground or collapsed?
Not sure I understand your question.
If the house is gone and you've EVACed you could easily use the funds to pay for a motel, or rental. If you're referring to rebuilding, the same holds true. In a real SHTF situation and someone wanted to buy what you were offering, what would you rather they pay with-a credit card or sliver/gold/loose precious stones? I know what I'd take..
So long story short. I have a buddy that lives in Corpus Christi Texas. He is not a prepper by any means but very handy and always ready for what might come at him. His background is retired coast guard.
When the latest hurricane came through he grabbed what he needed boarded up his house and hit the road. Now keep in mind that what preps he did have he stored in his shop. I haven't had the opportunity to talk to him first hand to see what was all lost. But I do know that its not good.
When they returned home he found his house with severe water damage and his shop totally gone! Yep GONE!
My question to you all is what do you do now? No preps house is damaged and not liveable and the people closest to you are in the same boat or worse.
Since this is real life I thought we could all talk about it and help each other out for what could happen.
Biggest difference between and earthquake and any other natural disaster is this: You have SOME warning about any natural disaster EXCEPT an earthquake. It would be a nuisance but any essential items that you would not want to lose (ever) could be boxed up and shipped to a family member or even a hotel out of town if you had to up and leave for awhile.Difference between earth quake and flooding is an earth quake you could potentially dig your stuff out, as for flooding you essentially watch it all washed away. What's left behind is potentially toxic.
We've actually talked about buying a used steel shipping container at some point - partially for extra storage onsite, but it could also be a good place to put some preps, since it wouldn't be vulnerable to a collapse of the structure or two a fire in the house. Plus, it's fairly secure, probably more secure than the house. Might be a worthwhile investment at some point. We've got 1/2 acre, so we can pretty easily put a 20' container on our property without it being a big eyesore.
I thought about doing that when I built my shop. I wanted to burry it in the ground and then have a set of stairs going down to it. Unfortunately price out weighed want.
The problem with burying one is, they aren't strong enough, they won't take the weight of the soil. The strength is in the four corners, not the top and sides. Another consideration is condensation, they can actually develop water droplets inside if not insulated and have either air conditioning or a desiccant to absorb the moisture. Also, the wood floors are treated with anti-fungal agents and insecticides so an overlay of some kind would be desirable ...... plywood works fine.
I had all that planned out in my head. Which was going to be the expensive part. The can I can get from a buddy for about 1k.
All planned out in your head ....... hmmmm, hmmmmm.
1K is a really good price, especially if it's a single trip container, you could have probably sold it for more than you would have paid for it.
Even if it's at least what they call "wind & water tight" that would be a good price. There are different grades and people should know what they are getting.