I have spent what seems a lifetime as a "Prepper"...preparing for the proverbial wtshtf scenerio. Today I sit here our ranch surrounded by encroaching wildfires and I am feeling totally unprepared. We sit at 8300' elevation on the floor of the highest Alpine Valley in the entire world. That being said, we are basically on the high plains. We graze our cattle on La Veta Pass during the summer months and the Pass is now engulfed in part of the 30,000+ acre fire with zero containment. We have managed to round up all but 4 cow/calf pairs and it simply isn't safe to push back in there now to find them. Our stock is home but fires to the south near Sante Fe, NM and fires to the west from South Fork, CO combined with the La Veta Pass fire to the northeast have made our air quality non-existant. How long will our chickens, ducks, goats, cattle, horses, dogs and cats remain healthy? Our organic garden is here, our food storages, our ponds, river, and wells are here. Should we have to evacuate....I cannot imagine. In our 20+ years in the Valley, there has never been this type of fire threat. Thus my question: Until the past two weeks, fires were not a perceived threat for us, not a scenerio I considered in my Prepping. So... for future reference, do we buy another piece of property, say several miles away and "prep" there also? In addition to our Bug-In Home? For now, we pray........
Blessings,
Shenandoah
Blessings,
Shenandoah