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10/26/2007 10:02:03 AM · #1 |
I always… constantly, think about if anything goes wrong such as flood, fire, war, earthquake or any other disasters that might keep us in the dark and what would I do.
The apartments I live in flooded once after we moved in. Water came about 3 inches close the stairs and we were lucky it didn’t go into home, and I was quick enough to pull my car from garage which was flooded half way (they are in separate location in our complex). There was flood in same area and our apartment which we didn’t live that time was flooded about 4 feet high.
At this point, I have nothing. And if one of these happens today, I am out eating trees thinking they are standing still.
I am planning to get a survival kit, can foods, batteries, even a small generator, few extra gallons of gas and drinking water... lots of it to be ready at least for a while if something strikes.
How ready are you? Are you just carrying extra battery for your camera and photograph whatever happens, and that's it... or you have an underground secret basement filled with supplies and guns to protect them?
Just wondering :)
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10/26/2007 10:08:30 AM · #2 |
I am totally unprepared. Let's face it, a disaster should be just that, a disaster. I am not gonna spoil that by any preparation.
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10/26/2007 10:13:25 AM · #3 |
| I live in Delaware, bad things don't happen to us. Not like those hedonistic non-believers in the south and west! /sarcasm |
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10/26/2007 10:15:58 AM · #4 |
There is not really much you can do, short of the remote compound thing. Sure some extra camera batteries are helpful :-) as might a few cans & water but the bottom line is that it's not practical... just the amount of water a normal family would need for drinking is far more then most have.
When you look at generators... sit down and figure out what you would require to run a small part of a household for any length of time... It's more expensive/involved then most think. Besides in a real disaster, you better keep the lights off or as you say have the guns to keep crowds away :-/
Edit: The best I could do would be to grab the RAID box on the way out of the house.... It has pretty much all the family slides, videos, pictures, financial e.t.c. so that would be the first thing to grab in our place.
Message edited by author 2007-10-26 10:19:29.
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10/26/2007 10:17:59 AM · #5 |
my husband could have been a boy scout.
:)
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10/26/2007 10:29:15 AM · #6 |
Water + canned foods (enough for a couple weeks), dogfood, flashlights, batteries, medical kit all on hand here. My neighbors have an outside, auxiliary generator that can power their whole compound up as well, so that's accessible to me. About the best I can hope for.
Cape Cod is basically a sandbar in the Atlantic; if/when the next big hurricane gets up here (it's been 25-30 years since a real bad one) we have to be ready to survive. My house is high enough (50 feet above sea level) and far enough inland (1/2 mile) to be relatively safe. It's also buffered by a small hill to windward, so it's in a sort of lee from the hurricane direction. It's an old structure, and it has survived several big ones with only superficial damage, so I feel pretty secure.
R.
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10/26/2007 10:40:35 AM · #7 |
| I live in Louisiana and my house is in sight of the levee. I HAVE to be ready for a disaster! The main thing is an evacuation route. |
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10/26/2007 10:40:36 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
I live in Delaware, bad things don't happen to us. Not like those hedonistic non-believers in the south and west! /sarcasm |
That's because it already happened to you. Like you say, you live in Delaware. What worse could happen ? :O
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10/26/2007 10:41:27 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
I live in Delaware, bad things don't happen to us. Not like those hedonistic non-believers in the south and west! /sarcasm |
That's because it already happened to you. Like you say, you live in Delaware. What worse could happen ? :O |
Living in New Jersey, of course :-) (drumroll)
R.
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10/26/2007 10:49:47 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Living in New Jersey, of course :-) (drumroll)
R. |
I suspect Robert and I should now retire to our respective bunkers until the coming storm blows over...
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10/26/2007 10:50:37 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
I live in Delaware, bad things don't happen to us. Not like those hedonistic non-believers in the south and west! /sarcasm |
That's because it already happened to you. Like you say, you live in Delaware. What worse could happen ? :O |
Living in New Jersey, of course :-) (drumroll)
R. |
Hey hey hey! Watch them fightin' words! :)
And this from someone in Taxachusetts? Ha!
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10/26/2007 10:55:23 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Living in New Jersey, of course :-) (drumroll)
R. |
I suspect Robert and I should now retire to our respective bunkers until the coming storm blows over... |
I am already hunkered down: the wrath of  papagei blew right over me, I didn't even feel a tremor :-)
R.
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10/26/2007 10:58:25 AM · #13 |
Then you truly are prepared for a disaster LOL
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10/26/2007 10:59:00 AM · #14 |
If you want to really be prepared, you need to move.
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10/26/2007 11:03:48 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Cape Cod is basically a sandbar in the Atlantic; if/when the next big hurricane gets up here (it's been 25-30 years since a real bad one) we have to be ready to survive.
R. |
You missed hurricane Bob? The Cape was without electicity and water for over a week, at least Brewster was, after Bob.
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10/26/2007 11:04:04 AM · #16 |
As I was telling the Guys on my DPL team.
Being packed and ready to go (Tuesday), we was never evac'd but I had a lot of time to think about it.
I have come to the conclusion that about 2/3s of the stuff in my house is just that...stuff. If you look past the stuff it is pretty easy to keep track of the items you really need to go on in the event of a disaster. Granted the reverse 911 worked really well here and people had time to react and it isn't always that way.
Important papers, Cameras, All computers backed to an External USB drive, something you may use in your job (or to make money) and I was good to go.
Think of that room you spend the most time...that is probably where the items that mean a lot to you.
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10/26/2007 11:08:25 AM · #17 |
My challenge entries are usually a disaster.
Living in Poway has made me think about this twice now. Last time the fire came within a mile of my house and this time I just grabbed a few things and took my family to stay with my parents.
All that stuff that we collect in our homes is mostly just junk and makes no difference with an eternal perspective. The most important thing is that we have security in our salvation through Jesus.
I really didn't mean this to be a sermon, but it is important. |
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10/26/2007 11:08:55 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
If you want to really be prepared, you need to move. |
That is ultimate of being prepared. We have missile silos for sale here in Kansas.
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10/26/2007 11:12:57 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by emorgan49:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Cape Cod is basically a sandbar in the Atlantic; if/when the next big hurricane gets up here (it's been 25-30 years since a real bad one) we have to be ready to survive.
R. |
You missed hurricane Bob? The Cape was without electicity and water for over a week, at least Brewster was, after Bob. |
Well, I missed it, yeah, I didn't come here until what, 2001? But Bobw asn't an epic, full-out disaster of a hurricane:
"Ten years ago to this day, Hurricane Bob tore into Cape Cod. He left behind a swath of destruction that caused pain and inconvenience for 155,000 people. And it was considered a weak hurricane. Here we look back on that day - and the aftermath - to help us prepare for the next storm.
You go back, I think, to 1978 for one that was really major-league destructive on Cape Cod proper. Most of the damage from Bob was at the head of Buzzard's Bay, and on the Islands — Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. For the most part, as I understand it, Bob was a major inconvenience but not that destructive overall. The biggest problem was it came early, smack in the middle of tourist season, and that made things pretty hectic.
But what do I know? I'm just a washashore :-)
R.
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10/26/2007 11:16:13 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by sher:
I live in Louisiana and my house is in sight of the levee. I HAVE to be ready for a disaster! The main thing is an evacuation route. |
John boat in the attic? |
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10/26/2007 11:17:40 AM · #21 |
We have a couple of options.
Plan A: Pull the slides in and hit the road. Our RV is self-contained and more comfortable than most apartments I've lived in.
  
 
Plan B: Throw the camping gear in the boat and head for an island.
 
We've evacuated from a hurricane and were on standby when a couple of fires got close, but the one thing we haven't figured out how to escape is something like this:
I would also like to get a filtering water bottle. Has anyone tried these?
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10/26/2007 11:29:16 AM · #22 |
Haha, "Giardia Club", LOL. Known to geologists as "Beaver Feaver". I worked with a guy who carried a small pump and filter so he wouldn't have to carry a canteen. You just need the filter to be finer than the bug you're trying not to drink. I've never tried any filters, I pack my water, or boil it, which doesn't do any good for metals. I probably have a brain full of mercury, aluminum, and many other metals. What was I talking about? :-P
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10/26/2007 11:32:56 AM · #23 |
| More of a mobile disaster unit - I keep everything I could need in a container in the back of my Jeep. That and I trained for awhile with a nature survivalist. I did it out of curiosity and a desire to learn tracking techniques for photography - but they are skills I'm glad I ended up having along the way. However, if I ever got stuck in Post-apolocyptic New York ala I Am Legend I'd be completely screwed and have no idea what to do. LOL |
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10/26/2007 11:40:21 AM · #24 |
Don't they make drugs for that?
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10/26/2007 11:48:45 AM · #25 |
Until I get my emergency survival kits, I am working on this position... just incase if I need to kiss it goodbye :P |
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