Pam, we're on the same page. I don't have a generator, but do have knowledge of primitive skills to help us get by.
At the risk of sounding like a nut, here's one more little thing to think about - foraging. I started thinking about the poor people in Haiti after the earthquake there. Everything was gone, just flattened. We are familiar with a few of the families there as our church sponsored the building of a school there. But what do you do if the cities and towns are flattened like that? Would you know how to head out into the countryside and find something to feed your family? How to get water?
I'm a former scout leader, so survival skills wasn't a foreign idea to me. This past summer my husband and I started hiking on our island and in the state parks specifically to identify wild foods and to learn how to prepare them. We had a lot of fun, got in some good exercise, and we had a ball trying out new foods. Quite a surprise for my "meat and potatoes" guy.