Disaster planning?

[Disco Dan]

Hey Disco, I'm in the Air force, so in the event of a disaster, we'll be either getting the choppers off to where they'll be needed or we'll be filling sandbags etc.

Tax dollars in action!

cool, well i'll send u my co-ordinates hehe

[Trudes]

Being a Cancerian, I naturally prepare for everything. Under my bike seat I have pen, paper, first aid kit, tools etc. Boot of the car everything form spare clothes and toiletries to first aid kit, tools and spare water etc. At home we have a stock-pile of bottled water, tinned food, battries, radio and torch and toilet paper.
Yes, toilet paper. I hate running out of toilet paper so always buy it when it's on special, and seeing as there's only two of us living here we have tons. A friend came to stay for a few days and hasseled the crap out of me about my paper stock-pile, and we decided that if ever there was a disaster we could trade toilet paper for food!

[MsKABC]

Hubby has been talking about doing this for ages. One day he'll get round to it I guess. To be fair, we do have most of the 'ingredients' for it in the house/garage, just need to put it all together and store it.

What about what actions you will take in the event of an emergency, especially an evacuation? Our plan is for me to disappear to the in-law's farm, where they are mainly self-sufficient (think lots of vegies, beef in the paddock, tank water and a generator, etc) and they are easy to reach from where we are.

The concerning factor for me is that because of hubby's job, he would be required to stay behind in the event of an evacuation to assist with disaster control, cleanup, maintaining services, blah blah. Not a nice thought to have to leave him

What about your pets? Way I see it, it will take me 5 minutes to hook up the dog trailer and throw the mutleys in, and if I can catch the cats then they'd come too. Not too sure about the bird.....

[Disco Dan]

Being a Cancerian, I naturally prepare for everything. Under my bike seat I have pen, paper, first aid kit, tools etc. Boot of the car everything form spare clothes and toiletries to first aid kit, tools and spare water etc. At home we have a stock-pile of bottled water, tinned food, battries, radio and torch and toilet paper.
Yes, toilet paper. I hate running out of toilet paper so always buy it when it's on special, and seeing as there's only two of us living here we have tons. A friend came to stay for a few days and hasseled the crap out of me about my paper stock-pile, and we decided that if ever there was a disaster we could trade toilet paper for food!

very impressive Mrs K !

Hubby has been talking about doing this for ages. One day he'll get round to it I guess. To be fair, we do have most of the 'ingredients' for it in the house/garage, just need to put it all together and store it.

What about what actions you will take in the event of an emergency, especially an evacuation? Our plan is for me to disappear to the in-law's farm, where they are mainly self-sufficient (think lots of vegies, beef in the paddock, tank water and a generator, etc) and they are easy to reach from where we are.

The concerning factor for me is that because of hubby's job, he would be required to stay behind in the event of an evacuation to assist with disaster control, cleanup, maintaining services, blah blah. Not a nice thought to have to leave him

What about your pets? Way I see it, it will take me 5 minutes to hook up the dog trailer and throw the mutleys in, and if I can catch the cats then they'd come too. Not too sure about the bird.....

as long as the farm is not in a low lying area prone to flooding?

would it be safe if a tsunami hit?

[Steam]

We have about 2 weeks food at our place, horrible tinned beef and beans and stuff. And water for a week. Four litres a day x four people x 7 days.

... trying to interfere with nature and evolution

If you think about it, interfering with nature and evolution is called "civilisation".
Humans do it really well, and it's the reason why we have become the dominant species (for now).
If we didn't interfere with nature and evolution, we wouldn't have houses, electricity, crops or deliberately grown food, hell, we wouldn't even have bows and arrows. That's interfering with nature. We'd have to catch wild food with our bare hands and eat it raw in a cave.

Survival of the fittest means 99% of the people you call friends and family will die horribly, leaving the last 1% alive in desperation and ruin, subsistence living.

[The Pastor]

in a big enough distaster the atms wont work, without a crowbar that is

[MsKABC]

as long as the farm is not in a low lying area prone to flooding?

would it be safe if a tsunami hit?

We have discussed/considered this and feel that it is safe. Far enough inshore that a tsunami shouldn't be an issue. I have had the same thoughts, but hubby thinks there is no problem.

[Mike748]

I think its a load of crap. In the event of a disaster Ill cope and im sure lots of others will without some red tape.

Survival of the fittest. The government is trying to interfere with nature and evolution.

You may well cope but there will be thousands who won't, and you don't have to spend a fortune to prepare, just having a stock of tinned or dried foods in the kitchen is a start and a backup gas bottle for the BBQ for cooking and boiling water.

Something as simple as a sustained power outage will cause major grief if it were to go on for a few days, for many no power = no water, no phones, no fuel, no heating, no cooking.

And that's before the panic sets in.

[Morcs]

Looting is the way forward.

[MsKABC]

If you think about it, interfering with nature and evolution is called "civilisation".
Humans do it really well, and it's the reason why we have become the dominant species (for now).
If we didn't interfere with nature and evolution, we wouldn't have houses, electricity, crops or deliberately grown food, hell, we wouldn't even have bows and arrows. That's interfering with nature. We'd have to catch wild food with our bare hands and eat it raw in a cave.

.

Actually, civilisation is evolution. Evolution takes several forms - cultural, technological, biological.

It's a really interesting topic, and raises the question: "Are humans stunting their biological evolution via enhanced technological and cultural evolution?" E.g. medical technologies allowing people to stay alive (and breed) when once upon a time they would have died. Our cultural evolution also encourages this sort of thing to take place.

[peasea]

Actually, civilisation is evolution. Evolution takes several forms - cultural, technological, biological.

It's a really interesting topic, and raises the question: "Are humans stunting their biological evolution via enhanced technological and cultural evolution?" E.g. medical technologies allowing people to stay alive (and breed) when once upon a time they would have died. Our cultural evolution also encourages this sort of thing to take place.

Don't forget the baking evolution, there was a time when mum baked everything that was wholesome right at home, barefoot and preggy, but now you just rock down to Foodtown and bang it on the plastic. What's the world coming to?

[sinfull]

In case of emergency ??
Why i have a spare bike of course !!!

[Mike748]

Looting is the way forward.

Each to their own, but it would be safer facing the disaster than looting private property. This isn't called "the wild west" for nothing.

[Mike748]

Don't forget the baking evolution, there was a time when mum baked everything that was wholesome right at home, barefoot and preggy, but now you just rock down to Foodtown and bang it on the plastic. What's the world coming to?

Have you also noticed how empty shop shelves get around xmas public holidays?
In the constant strive for bottom line profits shops are not carrying stock, instead they rely on frequent orders and deliveries. Interrupt that routine and the shelves empty PDQ!

As consumers many of us stop off to buy supplies for dinner on the way home from work, we are so used to things being available we do not stock supplies ourselves.

[MsKABC]

Don't forget the baking evolution, there was a time when mum baked everything that was wholesome right at home, barefoot and preggy, but now you just rock down to Foodtown and bang it on the plastic. What's the world coming to?

Hey! I bake! Just ask Mike748 about my baking. Afghans, banana cake, chocolate chippies, peanut brownies - all the old favourites. Although he can't eat it at the moment coz he's on a diet

Can't remember if I baked when I was pregnant or whether it was barefoot.....