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Guys I don't post very often and this may be the wrong forum.
Here in the Oklahoma City area we have been recently rocked with extremely dangerous weather. The tragedy in Moore did not affect me but got entirely too close for comfort. This last Friday the round of tornadoes did get us. The house is structurally sound and I'm thankful for that.
I was caught away from home and my comfortable well stocked shelter when the storm hit. I was in my vehicle. I had an old hatchet and a Glock folding spade in my trunk. They were both god sends. My back pack in the back seat had two SureFire Flashlights and spare batteries. They were the most used items in my kit over the last few days. I was not able to make it home the first night because of the flash flooding so I stayed with a friend. The following morning we had to clear some debris from the driveway to get the vehicles out. The hatchet worked but a chainsaw would have been much better. The Sure fires were my only source of light the first night and they worked like a champ. Looting has happened in the aftermath of all of these storms so I kept my Glock 32 I was carrying very close the first night.
The next morning I made it home after a long detour because of flooded roads and downed power lines. We still have no power or water. But because of previous preparation we are very comfortable. The generator is running the refrigerators and allowing us to charge our phones. Candles are providing light at night and parts of town have power so we can get what we need. We keep an eye on our neighbors properties that are not inhabitable to make sure no one is helping themselves to anything and there is tons of water around if we were to run out of bottled water. The generator is also hooked up to the well.
This is what I will do differently next time. I had just left work when the storm hit and had in dress shoes. I will never not have a set of solid boots in my trunk again. I already put an old pair if Oakley combat boots in my trunk with a package of socks. I will also make sure I have some glow sticks.
My BMW 3 series sucks for these type of conditions. I'm thinking about picking up an older 4x4 just to have around.
I know this isn't a super cool survival situation but it is very much one that is likely for those of us that live in this part of the country. So I thought I would share what I learned.
Here in the Oklahoma City area we have been recently rocked with extremely dangerous weather. The tragedy in Moore did not affect me but got entirely too close for comfort. This last Friday the round of tornadoes did get us. The house is structurally sound and I'm thankful for that.
I was caught away from home and my comfortable well stocked shelter when the storm hit. I was in my vehicle. I had an old hatchet and a Glock folding spade in my trunk. They were both god sends. My back pack in the back seat had two SureFire Flashlights and spare batteries. They were the most used items in my kit over the last few days. I was not able to make it home the first night because of the flash flooding so I stayed with a friend. The following morning we had to clear some debris from the driveway to get the vehicles out. The hatchet worked but a chainsaw would have been much better. The Sure fires were my only source of light the first night and they worked like a champ. Looting has happened in the aftermath of all of these storms so I kept my Glock 32 I was carrying very close the first night.
The next morning I made it home after a long detour because of flooded roads and downed power lines. We still have no power or water. But because of previous preparation we are very comfortable. The generator is running the refrigerators and allowing us to charge our phones. Candles are providing light at night and parts of town have power so we can get what we need. We keep an eye on our neighbors properties that are not inhabitable to make sure no one is helping themselves to anything and there is tons of water around if we were to run out of bottled water. The generator is also hooked up to the well.
This is what I will do differently next time. I had just left work when the storm hit and had in dress shoes. I will never not have a set of solid boots in my trunk again. I already put an old pair if Oakley combat boots in my trunk with a package of socks. I will also make sure I have some glow sticks.
My BMW 3 series sucks for these type of conditions. I'm thinking about picking up an older 4x4 just to have around.
I know this isn't a super cool survival situation but it is very much one that is likely for those of us that live in this part of the country. So I thought I would share what I learned.
