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Prep today. Loaded up my KCI 95 round drum for the AK-74 that came in the mail today!
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Just found this and installed it on my phone:Got the SDXC card I ordered on Amazon. Inserted it into the slot on my laptop and presto! I have 512GB (actually 476GB) more storage space. Copying my backups/downloads to it now. This will be my upgrade to my laptop (only has a 256GB SSD), but it is tiny so I can pull it and carry it in my wallet if needed. When they come out with a 2TB card and it is a good price per GB, I will get one of those instead.
I can now download pretty much any large archive file without juggling files - like Wikipedia and other wikis in ZIM format (compressed and readable offline). I have another very small USB thumb-drive of 512GB coming. That will be the one that I can move around.
These and my other drives will be my backups for important personal files (financials, etc.).
I need to find my card reader and put it in my BOB/etc. in case I need to bugout.
The thing I've heard about from friends moving East, they have to pay "delivery" charges for their electricity over the wires...Seriously considering moving to South Carolina. We've checked out the area pretty good. There's a cool farm in the area that sells RAW milk for $7 a gallon a bargain compared to $15+ back in Washington. As well as eggs and meat. I haven't seen ONE homeless person let alone camp of people since I've gotten here on Wednesday. Looking at homes they are very reasonable!! And I just filled up our car here for 2.69 a gallon!
110 Quincy Dr, Greer, SC 29650 | Zillow
110 Quincy Dr, Greer SC, is a Single Family home that contains 1972 sq ft and was built in 1984.It contains 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.This home last sold for $310,000 in December 2022. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $331,300, which has decreased by $823 in the last 30 days.The Rent...www.zillow.com
PGE charges a distribution fee per kW, and a "transmission" charge, the two add up to about the same as they charge for "energy" - so I basically pay about 13 cents per kWh. When someone says PNW electricity is 6 cents per kWh, remind them that they also pay for the wires and power distribution stations, and that effectively doubles the cost. No one gets those things for free.The thing I've heard about from friends moving East, they have to pay "delivery" charges for their electricity over the wires...
Lookup the utility costs and such..
The rate charge here from Benton PUD is $0.0739/kWh. There is no other charge other than a Daily System Charge (DSC), which is $0.63/day, which I would guess pays for the meter and the other charges that you mention, like transmission and distribution charges. The rest is taxes equal to WA State sales tax + local tax, which amounts to a total of 8.6%.PGE charges a distribution fee per kW, and a "transmission" charge, the two add up to about the same as they charge for "energy" - so I basically pay about 13 cents per kWh. When someone says PNW electricity is 6 cents per kWh, remind them that they also pay for the wires and power distribution stations, and that effectively doubles the cost. No one gets those things for free.
A most excellent idea. I shall endeavor to do the same.Paperwork.
Got around to flipping through the 'manual'. It's a 3 ring binder of emergency related reading. Started out and is still tagged "Generator", just held the generator manual. It's expanded. Driving idea is no fluff, just a single place that holds important info. So making sure it's all in order. Consists of:
1) Manuals/instructions. Manuals pared down in most cases - don't care about any cancer warnings from Kalifornia - just the "Switch this on, set this to that, toggle that" info.
2) Inventories. Check lists from long ago became inventories. Just lists and dates along with where it's located. Not fanatical about being up to date, every now and then count stuff and update it.
3) Preventative maintenance logs. This is the most common reason I use the binder month to month, probably doesn't even belong here but it's where it is.
4) Personal info, where they are, how to contact. Important health stuff.
It started when I added a one pager on how to purify water to the generator manual binder. Grew from there. Idea struck me that if the SHTF and I immediately keal over from a heart attack what would be useful for my survivors to know.
When I found out about DragonOS I found a Samsung 256GB micro SD card with USB reader, on Amazon, for $27 and ordered it. I've already downloaded DragonOS so now I am reading up on how to make the card bootable to DragonOS. I will start researching SDRs, probably get a RTL SDR. Once I get all done I will post a thread on this.I need to find my card reader and put it in my BOB/etc. in case I need to bugout.
I bought the batteries today.When I found out about DragonOS I found a Samsung 256GB micro SD card with USB reader, on Amazon, for $27 and ordered it. I've already downloaded DragonOS so now I am reading up on how to make the card bootable to DragonOS. I will start researching SDRs, probably get a RTL SDR. Once I get all done I will post a thread on this.
Yesterday I ordered some 5 gal buckets - when they get here, if they are decent and the price is still good, I will buy a bunch more.
Tomorrow, I will buy some LifePo4 batteries from a NWFA member. I got 2 more 100W solar panels two days ago, so now I have about six or seven 100W panels, some with an attached MPPT. I may setup some of those panels on/near/in the shop and setup a small scale solar power something or other - maybe something to power the freezer and some lights? This would just be something of a trial run, and something in case of a long term power outage. Not enough for anything special, but maybe enough to keep my power stations charged during the winter if I lose power for more than a day or two.