This is going to sound silly, but how are the seals on all your windows and doors? What kind of construction is your home? The adobe style places in NM I grew up in were insanly good at temp regulation in even the most extreme swings and after we replaced all the windows and doors, it was even better.
Depending on your budget you could get a 500kwh+ power bank with built in features to power about anything and set up for quick plug solar power recharing or recharge off a gen. Then a 2500watt inverter quiet gen that runs of a fuel source both with 100 watt solar panel kit for $1000. That is a really good starter combo that would keep lights/fridges and such going in a cycle. If you have more fuck you money, invest in a home unit for $5k or a powerwall but then you need serious fuel or solar cost to go off the grid any length of time.
It's fucking horrible and I'm still renting so I'm not doing shit to the house. There's a nearby community I've been looking at houses in for a little over a year now. One caught my eye last year when I saw it pop up on zillow, but it was sold in under a week. Everything else doesn't have the land I want.
Renting you are pretty much SOL when it comes to being able to longterm weather proof/prep your house. You need to be able to replace or repair every single egress of internal temperature and unless your landlord lets you start knocking holes or replacing doors, you are kind of stuck with things like temp rubber seals or doorway blockers.
Landlord is the Firechief I used to work for and a friend, but he's a cheapskate. I do most of the repairs and maintenance in there anyways, especially the electrical. Did a damn good job of fixing a plate-sized hole in the wall recently, too. I think that's the first time I've ever gotten the drywall texture to match on a repair. He'd let me do whatever I want to do in there, but I'm not doing any of it with my own money.
Copy that. I was more curious because the NG setups I have seen for more remote areas are INSANELY expensive (7 digits and up) and pretty much require you to have an engineering degree to even maintain. No idea if that has changed in the last few years.
Don't think the FCC has any say about ARRL so I have no idea why they would even care about taking down the repeater stations. We have CB, HAM and a more basic shortwave burst radio at the cabin (it plays havok with our handhelds though when it's used). We no joke even built a smoke signal station that you can see from the three major peaks in the area so long as you have a decent spotting scope or binocs.
i have two bug out bags in my pantry, it's also where my safe is, inside the safe in a fireproof bag (so i just grab the bag) i have all essential docs, cash dvds(pics etc) and first aid
(a canvas molle one, not the hard plastic kind)
this is just get gtfo in under a min with at least something and not lose your whole life (documents, memories).
and i know you fucks, no i don't have a bottle of soy sauce in my bugout bag (i have packets)
This is correct, for the most part. Skills are always going to beat out gear, but even the most skilled guy is going to have a much easier time if he has access to reliable food, water and shelter and doesn't have to expend energy scrounging for those things immediately.
Not if you do it to produce fuel and pay the $5000 fee for the ATF to drop by whenever they choose. All dishwashers make good dehydrators and old water heaters cut in half with metal screens and fish pumps make good fermenters. It's the yeast we had issues with and the large pallet boxes of corn everywhere. Corn gets everywhere.