Bird flu outbreak (Ministry of Health simulation exercise)

[Jantar]

Serioumously though. How many people actually have a stash of food and water to last them a week?

I've a 20litre container of water with some yummy bleach added. But have been a bit broke recently so have eaten through my previously plentiful stash of tinned baked beans, fruit etc.....

We have 25000 litres of water, a dozen sheep we can kill, hens still laying eggs etc.

[u4ea]

Well my family and I are in close ties with a free range poultry farm.....chicken any one?????

[Zukin]

Serioumously though. How many people actually have a stash of food and water to last them a week?

I've a 20litre container of water with some yummy bleach added. But have been a bit broke recently so have eaten through my previously plentiful stash of tinned baked beans, fruit etc.....

We do
Always have and always will

We have quite a bit of water and food stashed away
Never know when a natural disaster may happen

[Squeak the Rat]

Good point. So Disco, even though you used your secret sources to alert us to an exercise it may have done some good by reminding us how easy these exercises can happen.

I'm off to PacknSave to stock up on some supplies.

[Krusti]

Saw the first post of this thread and bolted out the door. Went through meon3s aviaries and killed all the birds.

Just got back inside.

We should be OK now, thanks for the heads up.

[Slingshot]

Bout time you came for a ride bro.

Yeah...you're right, might get out this weekend if the weather is good.

Serioumously though. How many people actually have a stash of food and water to last them a week?

I've got 68 liters of home brew at various stages of fermentation....so I'm set!!!

[Disco Dan]

Just got back home from AWNMR....

Just rang Palmerston North Hospital.They said theyre not on alert.I asked them if they have plenty of Tamiflu I was told they have "some" ......
Disco Dan if this is all shit then Ill come up there and take you out on a date youll never forget....
If it turns out to be true Ill be staying the hell out of Auckland!!!!

As nice as that sounds *snigger* ...I was told the email was real.

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/index...ickshank-dates

and:

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/index...an-8may07?Open

Sorry to spoil your pandemic folks.

My Girlfriend lives in whangarei and is at the Whangarei hospital watching her uncle pass away due to sickness but while she is there noticed that the hospital has closed one of its wards due to a bad flu i dont see this as a coincadence so heed what Dan is saying

I'm not into rasing false alarms on shit like this

It's a 3 page email, nowhere on it does it mention that it is an excercise. The person has also told me, previous excercises have been labelled as such - they knew it was a drill. This does not appear to be the case.

I take it as 'the real thing'. Like others have posted, I hope its only an excercise.

My household has a emergency stash of 8 litres of water per person, and food and toiletries for 6 days. You have to be prepared.

[Indiana_Jones]

weren't we all meant to be dead from this years ago? lol

-Indy

[Hitcher]

I have contacts in the hospital. The person leaked their confidential email to me.

Let me assure you this is NO JOKE.

The Ministry of Health is running a simulation exercise over four separate days called Exercise Cruickshank. It is a simulation exercise only, it is not a real human flu pandemic.

And people in hospitals who release information like this to deliberately cause mischief should be shot.

[skelstar]

Can we shoot Dusco Dan by proxy then?

[Nasty]

The Ministry of Health is running a simulation exercise over four separate days called Exercise Cruickshank. It is a simulation exercise only, it is not a real human flu pandemic.

And people in hospitals who release information like this to deliberately cause mischief should be shot.

Just spoke to another staff member here in MOH land - this is what was said -

MOH is running a whole government exercise into pandemic influenza go to our website www.moh.govt.nz/pandemicinfluenza click on latest updates and then exercise cruickshank.

For further information email birdflu@moh.govt.nz

Cheers
MOH Employee!!

[Hitcher]

It's nice to know that I wasn't making stuff up. Thanks for the validation, Nasty!

[Winter]

An all seriousness, I'm certain the world is going to come to an abrupt halt sometime in the not to distant future (ie, whilst I'm still alive and young).

I'm stock piling food, water, medicine, fuel (lpg, diesel, and unleaded), gas stoves, weapons, veggie seeds + potting mix, batteries, matches, maps, glow sticks, and lots, lots more. I've an entire garage full of this stuff.

Sure, Its an effort (using and replacing the fuel every month so it doesn't get too old) - but one day, I'm sure i'll be thankful.

Anyone seen Jericho?

[Ocean1]

The Ministry of Health is running a simulation exercise over four separate days called Exercise Cruickshank. It is a simulation exercise only, it is not a real human flu pandemic.

Correct. Not a bad idea but such exercises tend to highlight concerns well outside the scope of the DHBs. When (not if) there is a pandemic we will all eventually be exposed. Way I see it you got a choice of two strategies: hide for as long as you can and get exposed late or deliberately acquire the contagen early and get it over with.

Option 1 has the advantage of the possibility of a more benign variant being current and health services being better practiced at treating it (if there's a health system)

Option 2 has the advantage of a higher likelihood of access to whatever innoculation is available and a less damaged health service.

Option 1 1/2 is less attractive, being sick at the peak of the curve would not be good.

[skelstar]

...will be just my luck that I manage to pass someone on the hill with my knee-down and the f**king World will end.