I sit and write this piece at the end of February 2023. After a mild winter, nature is returning with a fury. Many people have been caught off-guard and unprepared.
I’ve been there. Until you experience a winter storm, you have no idea what it’s like. I’m talking snow, ice, and freezing cold; storms that paralyze entire regions.
My wife and I bought our home in New England in the late 1980s. Our goal was to be semi-self-sufficient. The purchase of our home and the birth of our daughter made our budget a bit tight, so we had to put off some purchases, including a generator and the fuel to run it, which would’ve made a big difference during our first major storm
