Preparing for "Whatever" !

Let me see if I have this summed up. The Bible has scriptures that state there shall be earthquakes everywhere, Matt 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21.11, all from the Gospels. Mentioning this in three out of the four Gospels seems to lend some truth to the statement. There is no doubt that our globe has been experiencing what appears to be an ever increasing amount of "earthquakes in divers places". So, what are we to do?

I am not a pessimist or an overly optimistic person when it comes to end of time things. However, I sometimes find myself thinking, in relation to where I live, just what would my life be like if we did experience a major quake within 50 miles of my home. Based upon the recent earthquake in Chile 50 miles is a small distance from an epicenter in geologic terms. There might just be considerable damage with an epicenter that close by. What does that mean?

I live in a rural community with about 125,000 population within a 10 mile radius and over 300,000 people within a 20 mile radius. Within my 5 mile radius we have one Walmart; two Lowes; two Targets; one K-mart; one Home Depot; only four supermarkets, and four drug stores. The first thing that concerns me is that there is only one major freeway that comes through our area, interstate 15, and should that roadway be damamged how would the supplies get to our stores, if they are still standing and if their computerized checkout stands still work. Have you ever noticed that when the computers fail at the local gas station then they won't pump you any gas?

My best guess is that the markets, super stores and drug stores will be wiped out of any supplies within hours, provided their checkout stands work and they better work or we might see the same things happening to them that happened in other countries when hit by a devastating earthquake. So maybe I should think this thing through.

I'm making changes! Begining to plan for the "Whatever" that might just happen. The exciting part about this is the choice I make to embrace the changes as adventures and to make it fun.

My first step, water storage. I now have a 5,000 gallon storage tank which is filled by a solar submersible pump providing 2.5 gallons per minute as long as the sun shines. The tank fills with clean fresh water with the excess flowing into my 1/4 acre pond which will be stocked with catfish along with the four turtles and a few goldfish that call it home. I will use the nutrient rich water flowing out of my pond to water a portion of my garden. So, I have the water thing covered. What's next, I'm thinking solar and seeing as though my savings account isn't giving me a great rate of return it's time to take some of that money and put in some solar arrays and see if I can get a check from the electric company for a change.

Now for the chickens, I enjoy meat with the vegetables that will come from my garden. Not quite ready to do the pig thing and the neighbors raise beef and they are willing to sell me one. I think I will just let them raise it and have it taken care of and then I can go to the butcher and just pick up the packaged meat.

My two sheds should provide a storage facility for dried goods in plastic containers to keep the critters out. I figure that the sheds are just sitting there so I really don't care if they shake, rattle and roll. There won't be anything in them that will break. So, the adventure begins...

Good Times!