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Pic of the Day, Prepping Is a Year ‘Round Activity

February 19, 2025 by Fred Rowlands Leave a Comment

Normally we have one good cold spell here in NW Florida each winter, 5 maybe 6 days where the nights are below freezing and the days are maybe 40deg.  They already enjoyed a beautiful white winter in January this year (complete with 9 inches of snow) while I was attending SHOT Show in Las Vegas.  That would normally be it for the year.

My neighbor heats with wood and thought he was good for the rest of the winter, after all, that was our “one cold spell” so even though he didn’t have much wood left for his stove he was good.

Enough Semi Hard Wood to Last For 1 Day and 2 Nights

Enter the third week of February and we have, nights forecasted to be in the upper 20’s and days in the 40’s.  Yes, a second cold spell, almost unheard of lately in this world of “Global Warming”.  My neighbor was a little concerned but since we both plan ahead, there is wood available I just have to get it pulled from the pile and over to him.

Pulling Logs From the Pile, With Proper Supervision of Course

Being prepared isn’t just for hurricanes here in NW Florida, it’s what we do year ’round so we can spend our time doing what we enjoy and not worrying about how we are going to survive.  And frankly any excuse I have to get on the tractor I’m going to take!

Garfield out.

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Fred Rowlands Fred “Garfield” Rowlands is a 21+ year Navy veteran who spent his career in strange and diverse places like Diego Garcia, Wintering Over in Antarctica, the Southern Border, and Burbank CA. Has spent over 30 years working in Military Physical Security, Law Enforcement, and Private Security, and has “more luck than a cat has lives” supposedly. He now resides in NW Florida with his wife and a Great Dane named Layla.

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