|
"The
truth is...no one really knows for sure. Prepare for the worst,
hope for the best, and weigh the risk of preparation with the
risk of non-preparation? "
---George
Grindley (State Rep. District 35 Marietta,
Georgia)
"It's better to have a plan for an emergency that doesn't
come than to have an emergency and no plan."
-- Red Cross
Lehman's "Non-Electric Catalogue"
http://lehmans.com
Supplies
for simple living
Photovoltaic Links Page
http://solarmike.interspeed.net/links.html.
330+
verified links.
Real Goods Trading Corporation
http://www.realgoods.com/
"Real Goods Trading Corporation
- Helping people create renewable, energy-powered, eco-friendly
and sustainable living in an energy efficiency environment." They've been in the off-the-grid
business for years, and are well-respected.
Candlemaking
http://home.att.net/~da-jkmiller/candlelinks.html
Candlemaking
and supplies links. Make sure that you have reviewed candle
safety with your family, and that you have fully charged fire
extinguishers on hand.
Jade Mountain
http://www.jademountain.com/sollantflsh.html
Solar
lanterns and flashlights, other supplies.
Steve Heller's Y2k Library
http://www.koyote.com/users/stheller/y2klib.htm
List
of reference material and literature available on CD-ROM
(this assumes you have a battery operated CD ROM player!)
Oil lamps and replacement parts
http://www.oillampman.com/start.html
http://www.honda-generators.com/generators/howto/index.html
Brand
specific, but gives online calculations that may help in general.
Micro-power
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/micrpow.htm
Dan Drasin's
"Micro-power -- practical energy backup for Y2k."
Sweep's Library
http://www.nas.com/~chimneysweep/library.htm
"Sweep's
Library: Answers to Woodstove, Gas and Chimney questions"
Home Power's renewable energy links.
http://www.homepower.com/links.htm
Quite
a substantial number of links.
Y2K "Off-the-Grid" Resources" Distributors
http://www.wild2k.com/offgrid.html
Wild2k's
list of suppliers, some of which are rated by the site.
Equipped to Survive
http://www.equipped.com/devices.htm
The outdoors
gear, survival equipment, and survival techniques website.
"100 Items to Disappear First in the Panic of 1999"
http://www.y2knewswire.com/Essay-100scarcity.htm
You are
not panicking. But are these on your shopping list? And are you
shopping earlier in the fall, when the supply chain can still
handle an increase in purchases?
Generators for Simple Folk
http://www.grnet.com/therhinosuite/y2kandgenerato/index.htm
If
you are thinking about getting a generator for Y2k or other emergencies
and have never had any experience with them, check out
the information on this site first. It gives the pros and cons
of various kinds of generators in plain English. Highly recommended
by a non-techie.
"...Always consider the generator as an unreliable luxury,
and you'll do just fine. Not that they are that undependable.
But when they break, they are usually running. And they are usually
running when you need them the most...Don't let your survival
plans revolve around the function of the generator...."
Home Power
http://www.homepower.com/hp/
"The Hands-on Journal of Home
Power."
Stonehenge Y2k t-shirt
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dreamland/3913/y2khenge.html
Stonehenge
as a Y2k-compliant site. Shirt locally designed, locally printed,
not widely available. You've been there, done that, now it's
time to buy the t-shirt...
How Emergency Power Systems Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/emergency-power.htm
Good article on generators vs battery/inverter power. If "Generators
for Simple Folk" have put you off generators, this may give
you some alternative ideas for lightweight power.
|
|
