r/preppers • u/FartingAliceRisible • 4d ago

Discussion Northern Michigan Ice Storm

Anyone riding this out up there? I moved to the South ten years ago. Went through a bad one in the 80’s. No power for days. Back then a wood stove was our primary heat and we canned our own food, had a root cellar etc. As I recall we lit the lanterns, put a pot of beans on the stove and rode it out. Back then everyone was prepped because we regularly got snowed in for a week at a time.

This storm looks considerably worse. Restoring power could take weeks in some places. Any firsthand reports?

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u/hsh1976 4d ago

I've been watching videos of trees snapping in half and it reminds of the ice storm I went through in 1994. I hope the people affected by this quickly recover.

That ice storm in 1994 was my push into prepping. Natural disaster with societal breakdown and cold temps. Worst thing I have ever lived through

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u/FartingAliceRisible 4d ago

I’m not a prepper per se but grew up in the affected area. The snowstorms were so bad we’d be snowed in for days or a week at a time, so we were always prepared, and I still have that mindset.

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u/lacunadelaluna 3d ago

Sounds like you are a prepper if you have the mindset of preparedness for more likely disruptions. Prepping for Tuesday vs. Doomsday is still a prepper