[Chipper]

Got our first snow of the season. Sure it's not much and others have had more. However it sure gets things going for the next week or so. Always that last minute chore to get done. We had snow til April last year.

Reason I posted this is to remind people. Are you actually prepared to leave your house and live in such conditions? Everybody plans on bugging out to survive whatever situation. Go live off the land in a tent or truck. LMAO. The weather will kill you long before you starve. Unless you have a good shelter and 6 months supply of heat, without electricity. Make sure to run south when the time comes. Once the ground freezes we won't be able to bury all the bodies.

 

[Mr.penguin]

As a New Englander I am triggered by your use of the S-word, totally not Wicked Awesome of ya.
(please read in Boston or Jersey Accent)

The leaves are holding on here for dear life as the temp went down to 40 degrees last night. It's still jacket weather but not for long. I'm thinking solid precipitation after Halloween. My town is already talking about leaf pick up and parking bans.

 

[Spenser]

Reason I posted this is to remind people. Are you actually prepared to leave your house and live in such conditions?

Other than Native Alaskans and those working in Antarctica, I think a majority of Americans are not prepared for bugging out in winter, with a few exceptions.

I personally have gone camping and gone upstate NY during brutally freezing temperatures. The biggest problems is that people do not have the right type of gear to handle extreme cold conditions. I am one of those few exceptions.

Any ol' ski jacket is not going to cut it. I have an Artic extreme cold weather Down jacket, which as jackets go, is quite heavy. These jackets are literally designed for places like Alaska & Antarctica. With that said, to handle the harshest of freezing weather conditions, you may still need heavyweight wicking Base layers, a wicking insulating layer, and an Artic jacket like mine.

The next problem for most people will be their legs. Not only do I use heavyweight Base bottom layer, but on top of my pants I have an insulated snow pants.

One of the more dangerous issues are hands and feet. Yes you have your wicking insulated wool socks and insulated boots, but I add to that a Swiss Army Pull-over-boot, Artic boots rated for -30 degrees F.

I also swear by those charcoal burning handwarmers.

You will need a 4 season tent, a 10 R value mattress pad, and a sleeping bag that is rated at least 20 degrees lower then the outdoor temperature. I wont go in detail about why unless someone truly wants to know. Let's just say I am a Freelance Outdoor gear reviewer, on top of being a professional outdoor survival writer.

My point is, thinking that one can survive in sub zero temperatures is naïve without the proper equipment, clothing, gear, etc. Flashlights and fuel based stoves can stop working under these conditions as well, so you literally need specific gear that is designed for this. Think of the gear used by people that climb Mount Everest.

 

[justinsane]

Prepared? F*[email protected] no! But Preparing? Yes, Our Family has a BOL +/- 12 ac about 75 south. My Brother in law (a full blown prepper) who is the captain of that ship has an RV trailer there and I've assisted in putting in sewer piping to the septic and bringing electric to the trailer. We have a nearby spot picked out and reserved. When the concept was novel my wife went with me to look at RV trailers.........
Good news is last time I sent her a link to a trailer, she said "I thought we were off of that".
This may not seem like a good thing but the least expensive trailer she looked at was...
I emphasize LEAST expensive! was $37K and this is a trailer we aren't expecting to spend that much time in unless SHTF. Since she no longer cares about it, now the decision-making process is... uh let's say less complicated. I am seriously looking at a shipping container build. Sadly if it was up to me we'd have built out a 53' container a few years ago.
But I'm convinced that I really need to get started on a 20' unit right away. Do I want a 20' single unit F*@k no, but I'll have to accept that it can be added on to. I have a couple of inside sources for the container thorough my work that I have not yet approached but will before 2023.

 

[Chipper]

Thought it was time for an up date. This is looking out my kitchen window basically 6 months later. Still couple feet of rock hard frozen ice. As we've had some rain on the snow pack then below zero temps again. Nearly impossible to even walk on. 6 inches of crust then break through to knee deep powder.

Not sure how the critters are surviving. Will be a really bad year for them. Living off the land, yeah right on what?? Hoping in the next couple weeks it breaks to good weather. Meaning above freezing snow melting temps.

Don't know if I can handle 7 months of winter.