Seriousness are you prepared? - Page 11

james.matthew · 10-19-2010, 03:35 AM

It never really gets that cold in California, so I am not too worried. Just for kicks I bought the Etna Tabletop Fireplace from fashion4home.com to create a nice atmosphere. My friends in the East Coast keep making fun of me over it, but I think it adds a little something to my living room! :P

Stitchawl · 10-19-2010, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by james.matthew

It never really gets that cold in California, so I am not too worried. Just for kicks I bought the Etna Tabletop Fireplace from fashion4home.com to create a nice atmosphere. My friends in the East Coast keep making fun of me over it, but I think it adds a little something to my living room! :P

Hey, that's cute!! Can we come over and make s'mores and sing Kumbaya?

That looks a lot nicer than the fireplace I downloaded from the Net; a ninety minute video of a of a fireplace with a couple of logs burning down... sound included, and watched on the computer monitor. With a little balsam fir incense pumping smoke into the room I almost feel like I'm back in the log cabin. Almost.

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 08:35 AM

hey stitchawl! I was wondering... your bug out packs sound so comprehensive would you mind unpacking them and taking a photo of everything?

Stitchawl · 10-19-2010, 05:31 PM

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hey stitchawl! I was wondering... your bug out packs sound so comprehensive would you mind unpacking them and taking a photo of everything?

No problem. Which part are you most interested in?

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 05:36 PM

I just thought a general spread of what you would be informative. you know much like displaying your field gear on your bunk in basic training? (I seem to recall you were military?) give the name of the item, and a brief description of its use. I think it might be handy for a lot of folks who just now may be considering putting some of this gear together.

you are certainly FAR more organized than I am and I thought I was doing pretty good!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-19-2010, 05:37 PM

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I think it might be handy for a lot of folks who just now may be considering putting some of this gear together.

And interesting for those of us who have to get ideas of how to make it better

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 05:38 PM

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And interesting for those of us who have to get ideas of how to make it better

that too!

desertgrandma · 10-19-2010, 05:57 PM

Um...........did anyone mention first aid supplies?

did I miss it?

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 06:01 PM

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Um...........did anyone mention first aid supplies?

did I miss it?

I think it's been mentioned... or at least assumed. my search and rescue pack has a fairly large first aid kit. (that actually needs to be replenished

)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-19-2010, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Um...........did anyone mention first aid supplies?

did I miss it?

I thought I mentioned it

but I may have just overlooked mentioning it (well, them). It's mostly stuff for dealing with varying severities of cuts and sprains, plus eye wash.

montsnmags · 10-19-2010, 07:43 PM

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in my neck of the woods we are being told to expect the worst winter in 55 years. winters here can be very whacky indeed. a couple of years after I first moved out here we had a truly wild storm on christmas eve that knocked out power all over the area (we were without power for 8 or 9 days), literally made trees explode from freezing, and ended up with my entire family sleeping in one bed for warmth. the house was completely electric and had no fireplaces. the next year we bought the farm that I am on now. even though the house is still a disaster from a contractor gone bad, it is a survivable house.

when I had kids at home I always had a couple of crates that were kept in the garage with our disaster supplies. in addition to crazy storms, this is also the land of not "if" but "when" the BIG ONE (earthquake) comes, are you prepared? I have rudimentary supplies in place, nothing like when I had kids at home, but now with all of these dire warnings, I'm thinking maybe I need to take inventory and stock up again.

how about everyone else? how do you stay prepared?

We are not prepared. It's probably time we did, as there is the possibility of a bad Tropical Cyclone/storm season this year (note, we're not in the full-on TC zone though). By coincidence just yesterday I was looking at our Queensland government's Emergency website. They have a checklist for Home Prep., a checklist for an Emergency Kit, and a checklist for an Evacuation Kit. I'll find them again later (I'm about to go out) and post links to them (PDFs) for consideration and criticism, if anyone's interested.

Cheers,
Marc

Greg Anos · 10-19-2010, 08:41 PM

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Booby trapped, huh. VERY smart.

Hmmm. This might be harder than I thought.

I may just have to take all my friends and family over to Kindlekitten's place.

Here's a broader hint...Robert A. Heinlein's I will Fear No Evil, around the death of Jake Solomon. Ask how could you walk up to the front door....

bjones6416 · 10-19-2010, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

By coincidence just yesterday I was looking at our Queensland government's Emergency website. They have a checklist for Home Prep., a checklist for an Emergency Kit, and a checklist for an Evacuation Kit. I'll find them again later (I'm about to go out) and post links to them (PDFs) for consideration and criticism, if anyone's interested.

Good idea -- that made me go and look at the website for my state's Emergency Management Agency, and they have a list of recommended emergency supplies also:

GEMA Disaster Supplies

Stitchawl · 10-20-2010, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Um...........did anyone mention first aid supplies?

did I miss it?

Sorry, DG. You missed it. My wife and I each carry one in our Earthquake bug-out bags. (page three, post #34) These are different first aid kits then the ones we carry camping, and different from the ones we carry when traveling to more remote parts of the world. Each scenario has its own special needs above and beyond the band-aids, triple-antibiotic cream, gauze pads and tape.

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 10-20-2010, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I just thought a general spread of what you would be informative. you know much like displaying your field gear on your bunk in basic training? (I seem to recall you were military?) give the name of the item, and a brief description of its use. I think it might be handy for a lot of folks who just now may be considering putting some of this gear together.

you are certainly FAR more organized than I am and I thought I was doing pretty good!

I've been thinking about how best to do this all morning. A photo of a jumble of gear on the bed (read: floor. We don't sleep on beds in Japan,) might be less helpful than a good close up analysis of each item.

Coming up and photo heavy!

Stitchawl

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10-19-2010, 03:35 AM	#151
james.matthew James.Matthew Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: San Gabriel Device: none	It never really gets that cold in California, so I am not too worried. Just for kicks I bought the Etna Tabletop Fireplace from fashion4home.com to create a nice atmosphere. My friends in the East Coast keep making fun of me over it, but I think it adds a little something to my living room! :P

10-19-2010, 08:35 AM	#153
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	hey stitchawl! I was wondering... your bug out packs sound so comprehensive would you mind unpacking them and taking a photo of everything?

10-19-2010, 05:36 PM	#155
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I just thought a general spread of what you would be informative. you know much like displaying your field gear on your bunk in basic training? (I seem to recall you were military?) give the name of the item, and a brief description of its use. I think it might be handy for a lot of folks who just now may be considering putting some of this gear together. you are certainly FAR more organized than I am and I thought I was doing pretty good!

10-19-2010, 05:57 PM	#158
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Um...........did anyone mention first aid supplies? did I miss it?