Monthly Inspiration

Reflections

Hello and Welcome. August is well underway, and I am way behind in writing. I do hope to do some catching up over the next couple weeks, but I’ll start off with our monthly inspiration.

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.”

This quoted is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but according to this Quote Investigator article “Quote Investigator: QI has found no substantive evidence that Benjamin Franklin employed this adage.”

I selected this quote because over the last 4-6 weeks we have experiences several system failures: electrical outages, internet outages, poor cell phone signals, a water main break which resulted in water shut off during repairs, and flooding in our community. Thankfully they were mostly short-term issues that didn’t have much negative impact on us, except for how flooding has affected our gardens this year. More about that in a future post.

All this has made me think about how well we are prepared if any of these things or another type of emergency were to happen long term. I find it scary how dependent we are on systems that so easily can fail us, and I always like to have a backup plan. Today I decided to revisit three posts that I previously published about preparedness.

Perhaps they will inspire you to look at how prepared you are for various types of system failures or other emergency situations.

Ready or Not…
When The Power Was Out
When Technology Fails

Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Thanks for reading.

8 thoughts on “Monthly Inspiration”

  2. Hi Ruth – I remember these tips from the past, especially Winter-time survival. Since then I got the all-house generator, so that is one less worry (as long as there are no fails). They are all good things to know in advance. My boss had a quote about preparation he used a lot. “Fortune favors the prepared mind.” -Louis Pasteur Now, if we can just get through the rest of this Summer with its volatile weather, I’ll be happy. According to the site Raindrop Farm, we have had 1.68 inches of rain since midnight. Your pond may be overflowing soon.

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    1. When our neighbor was moving he offered us his generator so we bought it from him. This spring we bought a second one so we have one at the farm and one at the house. Last week we put up a rain gauge at the farm (I’m surprised we waited so long to put one up.) My husband said we got a hair under 2 inches today. It was actually last month when our pond overflowed – everything else was flooded too.

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      1. I thought your pond likely would overflow again today with that rain, but maybe not with just under two inches. Those floods the last torrential rains were. I’m happy for the generator as it gives peace of mind.

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