At
this time of year, all kinds of spring/summer “yard entertaining” products
surface to snag those pesky excess dollars from your wallet.
One
such item is the venerable Tiki torch. Tiki torches came into vogue when Hawaii
became a state and ushered in “Hawaiian cool” to the back yards of many.
I
love everything about Tiki kitsch, but it occurred to me that having a few Tiki
torches around could be a great preparedness move.
Mine
were three dollars a piece, but serviceable ones are often available at places
like Dollar Tree for—you guessed it—one dollar.
You’ll
also need Tiki torch fuel, but that is plentiful and cheap because it’s in
season as well.
There
is nothing particularly difficult about storing Tiki torch fuel. Use common
sense. I keep my bottle of torch fuel in a cupboard in the laundry room. The
room is inside the house so it is climate controlled.
During
winter, I would move the fuel to the garage, which is finished off but not
insulated. Thus from October to May it’s perfect for storing dried good, but
from May until the end of September, temperatures above 100 degrees is pretty
much the norm.
During
summer, all food and fuel has to come inside because the garage heats up. I installed
an air conditioner in the window when it was my Tiki “manspace” in my
pre-divorce revelry. Running the air conditioner to protect food would be
idiotic.
Buy
some torches.
Buy
some fuel.
They
could come in handy.
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