Your brother-in-laws lack of foresight. Important repost
Print this and save for later. Trust me, you'll be glad you did Your Sister, Husband and 3 Kids, just came through the back door. You had planned and practiced for your immediate household to be resolve and to stay the course with any crisis that comes to your neighborhood and you, your wife and children are ready to handle what comes your way. And so it happens. The disaster. Now the immediate crisis has passed and it's time to take inventory of your situation. Family, ok/check. Supplies, enough for several weeks-check. Skill set, wife and yourself are well seasoned in many modalities-check. Water and medical supplies are adequate-check. Yep, things are well and under control, when. . . Two days later Your sister, her 3rd husband, their 6 kids, two big dogs and a cat show up at your house expecting you to take them in because they know you have an alternative source of heating and it is getting cold. They took notes when you were bragging ...