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Disaster preparedness
Is it cold in here?:
What motivates you to break routine and actually do something to prepare?
Do you have preparedness ideas that are not common?
Bluesummers:
Finally, all those years of being in Boy Scouts can pay off...as a lecturer.
*Ahem* ...I carry a full survival kit in my vehicle at all times. It includes various things needed to survive in hot or cold climates, with the assumption that there will be no prepared food outside of my direct control, in whatever situation I find myself in.
It's got three days ration of water for one person, ready-to-eat food for two days, military-issue MRE's for two weeks, a ridiculous amount of clothing and blankets, a buttload of glowsticks, self-lighting road flares, a flare gun, three or four LED flashlights with extra batteries, a tarp, plastic wrap, 2 rolls of duct tape, about 200ft of rope, a complete first-aid kit, an elongated grill lighter, a NOAA emergency hand-crank radio, two aluminum 4-quart pots, several knives of various lengths and serrations, a collapsible fishing pole, and a mummy bag. The whole thing fits in (and on) a hiking frame-pack, and weighs about 90 lbs.
As far as being prepared at home...not so much. I'm kind of a hypocrite.
jwhouk:
So. What do you do when you want to actually drive the car somewhere?
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 01 Nov 2012, 20:14 ---Finally, all those years of being in Boy Scouts can pay off...as a lecturer.
*Ahem* ...I carry a full survival kit in my vehicle at all times. It includes various things needed to survive in hot or cold climates, with the assumption that there will be no prepared food outside of my direct control, in whatever situation I find myself in.
It's got three days ration of water for one person, ready-to-eat food for two days, military-issue MRE's for two weeks, a ridiculous amount of clothing and blankets, a buttload of glowsticks, self-lighting road flares, a flare gun, three or four LED flashlights with extra batteries, a tarp, plastic wrap, 2 rolls of duct tape, about 200ft of rope, a complete first-aid kit, an elongated grill lighter, a NOAA emergency hand-crank radio, two aluminum 4-quart pots, several knives of various lengths and serrations, a collapsible fishing pole, and a mummy bag. The whole thing fits in (and on) a hiking frame-pack, and weighs about 90 lbs.
As far as being prepared at home...not so much. I'm kind of a hypocrite.
--- End quote ---
MacGyver called. He wants his car back.
I have a first-aid kit at home and a flashlight. Ireland is not known for its natural disasters.
Is it cold in here?:
Here in 'murrka we may be away from our homes but never far from our cars.
I like to fill up the gas tank when it gets down to the halfway mark. That gives me the ability to evacuate without depending on gas stations. In our last big storm, the police had to be called out to keep order at the few operating gas stations that the fire department had not commandeered.
A roll of quarters is still a good idea. If you know of a place where there is still a pay phone, it will get priority in restoration efforts and is going to stay operational longer than the cell system.
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