Stormy Weather, whether or not you are ready.

So last evening was another rainstorm where I live. About 35 minutes of pouring pounding rain and howling winds to make the rental house shake. All while it was 80+ degrees F. 

Of course we had planned to do things last evening out on the land, but had to get some stuff out of the bed of the truck first. - Here we are hauling a 300 lb electronic device (big office copier) into our garage. Huh, a drop or two fall while we are just pushing it in under cover. Then with a rush of hurricane force winds came a torrent like a firehose. 

We waited for a little bit in the garage, then made a run for it  to get back to the house. In the 15 yards or so we ran we got SOAKED. We got into the house and the grid electric went out - and back on - and out again 2 minutes later - and so on for about 10 minutes. 

Which is more or less what prepping and living independently is all about. Dealing with the vagaries of the environment (natural and human). 

I leaned the value of having a large sheet of water proof plastic at hand, and reading the local indicators.

What storms are out there on the horizon or overhead, that you might need shelter from? 

How suddenly can those storms hit? 

How will you know they are about to hit?

Is your shelter ready enough to keep you dry and safe?

Political, Social, Economic, fields are all areas with 'human storms, but they are still storms. Even if they only hit your house or if they hit the whole Globe they are storms. Shelter, and warning to take that shelter, are needed. 

The best shelter in the world is useless if you don't take it in time to avoid the worst of the storm. 

But at the same time you cant live you life huddling in a safe room in the bunker on an island. 

You have things to do - besides that bunk wont shelter you from every sort of storm (foreclosure anyone?). 

Reading the indicators for every sort of storm, and having a plan is at least as much a part of prepping as growing a garden or storing food or taking security measures. In fact it is more of a part of prepping than those sort of things. Reading the indicators in 1937 caused a lot of bright people to try and escape the Holocaust; where as, just moving to a farm in the country with a rifle would have not done them any good at all.  

Adapting allows one to Overcome.