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Elizabeth Hunter & Alahna Kindred

Doomsday-prepping mum living off-grid and training her kids for disasters

A doomsday-prepping mum says she has started living off the grid and training her kids for disasters.

Morgan Rogue, 37, has been preparing for disasters including a zombie apocalypse since 2010.

It started when she couldn't charge her mobile phone during a brief power-cut, and she realised how serious it would be if her electricity was permanently shut.

Morgan started researching and her husband then got involved with the prepping community - a group of people who share tips on doomsday prepping.

They started preparing for a zombie apocalypse, but Morgan then looked into all potential disasters to keep her family as safe as possible.

Morgan and her family moved to rural Alaska in 2020 (mediadrumworld/@roguepreparednes)

Morgan also encourages her kids to pack their own emergency supplies and help with food preservation.

In 2020, Morgan took it a step further and decided to move her family to rural Alaska to live off-grid and self-sustainably.

Their secluded home runs with a combination of generators and solar power.

The family keeps a small animal farm and are growing a garden. They hope to build a greenhouse and get more animals soon.

Morgan has a goal of becoming at least 50 per cent self-sufficient within the next five years (mediadrumworld/@roguepreparednes)

Currently, the family has enough dried and canned food to last them six months if a disaster were to happen today.

Morgan is also digging a well, with the aim of becoming at least 50-per cent self-sufficient within the next five years.

She hopes that her children continue to appreciate the value of being prepared and shares her family's lifestyle online to encourage others to think about how they can protect their families.

The family has enough dried and canned food to last them six months if a disaster were to happen today (mediadrumworld/@roguepreparednes)

She said "The biggest reason I began prepping was because the power went out one day.

"My phone was low on power, and I didn't know what I would do if I needed to charge my phone - that sent me down a rabbit hole of ideas.

"When I first started prepping, it was specifically for one or two types of disasters, but as I continued to prep and become involved in the community, I realised that if I'm prepared for one type of emergency, I'm prepared for it all.

"The more I started prepping, the more extensive my preps became, and the more self-reliant I wanted to become.

Morgan says she hopes her children continue to appreciate the value of being prepared (mediadrumworld/@roguepreparednes)

"So many things are out of our control - natural disasters, car accidents, attacks, contaminated water and so on.

"Look at 2020, and how unprepared people were for a pandemic - that should give anyone reason enough to have a few weeks of supplies just in case."

Morgan and her husband have also been keen hunters for around ten years and would use their skills to feed their family in a disaster situation.

Morgan added: "We run on solar power, generators, and soon, wind power. We will soon have a well with a pump that will run on solar power, as well as a hand pump.

Morgan encourages her kids to pack their own emergency supplies and helping with food preservation (mediadrumworld/@roguepreparednes)

"We have chickens already and are planning to acquire more animals and grow a larger garden, build a root cellar, and build a greenhouse.

"I'm constantly working to learn new skills so that I'm less reliant on others. I hate buying bread, so I make my own and I realised I needed to grow the grain, grind the grain and harvest wild yeast in order to make it.

"Preparedness is a part of my family's everyday life. We're all very open about whatever needs to get done.

"I've gotten my kids involved with building their own bug-out bags, as well as helping with inventory, since they were born.

"My kids bring up preparedness topics all the time - we involve them in everything we do.

"I encourage my children to be whatever they want to be, but it's my hope that I will instil self-reliance, self-defence, confidence, and preparedness, so they're ready for whatever life throws at them.

"You can be prepared and still live a normal and happy life. Preparedness is part of your life - it doesn't become your life.

"Every single person can be prepared, regardless of where you live or how much money you have. It's never too late - conquer tomorrow by preparing today."

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