One of the best things you can do in the near term to reduce your dependency on the modern system and take steps to march off grid is to prepare for emergencies. Jenny Cazzola, writing at Traditional Cooking School, provides some good thoughts on how to prepare for emergencies that come out of a particularly frightening experience on her homestead.
I have never felt a fear like I did the moment I saw it touch the ground. The hair on my neck literally stood on end…
We grabbed our shoes, keys, purse and the dogs and did what no one should ever, ever do: we got in the car.
Escaping by car was not some mindless act as a result of fear. It was an act of desperation: we had no place else to go.
Read the rest of Jenny’s thoughts on preparing for emergencies at Traditional Cooking School.