Off-Grid Solar

My wife and I enjoy a well-built home on the edge of town, with a large yard and a lot of trees. Our electricity comes from a pole in the street, our water from the city water utility, and our natural gas from the natural gas supply company. We live in South Texas, the energy center of the world, so what’s there to worry about? That’s what a lot of folks thought until a devastating winter storm hit Texas in February 2021. Many people were left without water, power, or gas. Those with wells had no electricity to run their pumps, and if you had a generator, you couldn’t get fuel. Temperatures inside even the best-built homes were dangerously low. Fortunately, our electricity and gas stayed on. Even if they hadn’t, though, we were prepared for the worst. Had we lost our power and gas, we might’ve been uncomfortable, but we would’ve made it through thanks to our proactive preparation and my self-sufficient skill set.

My know-how to get through that type of situation comes from a lifetime of surviving in harsh and difficult environments. I grew up on a farm in rural