Rockin' & Rollin' in L.A.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Other than that, the safest place in the world to live! It hasn't killed me, yet, as far as I know.

well, as long as you're sure you're okay...

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, natch is on the plane right now so i'll have to fill in for him : so glad you made it away from the left coast of darkness !


yeesh. i'm so glad earthquakes are not a problem in paris. the people who keep rebuilding san francisco every time it's razed (how many times has it been ? plus the fire, let's not forget that time as well...) just amaze me. i can't decide whether they're suicidal, homicidal, or just completely insane.

And, I wonder why Paris rebuilt after the flood of 1910?? People just love their cities ... no wonder what is likely to happen to them. Let's face it ... we can't all fit on the one plot of earth where nothing happens ... and, in fact, no one knows if that spot even exists. So, we make due with what we've got.

[RickyMaveety]

And ... you know, if it isn't nature, then it's man doing it to himself. I just watched a movie about the 2.4 megaton explosion in Halifax Harbor on December 6, 1917. Nearly 2000 people dead and 9000 wounded. The entire city was basically knocked flat.

People just tend to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, bury their dead and get on with their lives. I'm not sure if that makes us insane, or freaking wonderful.

[zelda_pinwheel]

to be fair, floods in paris are rare occurences.

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

People just tend to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, bury their dead and get on with their lives. I'm not sure if that makes us insane, or freaking wonderful.

both, possibly.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

to be fair, floods in paris are rare occurences.


both, possibly.

Well, so are earthquakes where people are actually killed, unless you happen to live in Turkey or China or Afganistan, where they seem to happen every other year or so.

Even places like Missouri can have killer earthquakes. Not often, but then it only takes one to make a dent in your life. And, the New Madrid fault is still active.

The thing is .... there isn't a place on the planet that is so safe that you can be guaranteed that nothing is going to happen to knock the whole place down. With some places, it's maybe once every 100 years or so ... but we call that "rare" and we choose to ignore it the best we can.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Quake kit:

1. Several gallons of bottled water;
2. Crash blanket;
3. Change of clothing (preferably with sneakers);
4. First aid kit;
5. Supply of long storage food;
6. Supply of pet food (if you have pets);
7. Flashlight;
8. Battery operated radio.

What Ricky said except my radio is a hand crank type with a built in light and it will charge a cell phone (if the towers are up and working).

I don't carry as much water as I should but I do have special filtering water bottle. I also have:

• A Swiss Army knife
• My medications (my doctor gave me samples to keep in my kit)
• Latex gloves (don't want no stinking cooties)
• An old pair of eye glasses (I keep the last pair for my kit when I get new ones)
• MREs (they're not just for the military anymore )
• Miscellaneous other stuff in a rolling backpack.

In the trunk of my car, just because I might them need it for work, I have all kinds of weather gear, chairs, a block battery, a fire extinguisher, some Crocks.

[zelda_pinwheel]

chairs ????

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

chairs ????

I have what I like to call a "mobile office". I'm totally self contained and carry everything I need except for a few things... power (though sometimes that block battery has to come out) and a video feed (which I get from the appropriate person).

[zelda_pinwheel]

ok. now i think daffy is the spy. elsi travels a lot, but daffy is *equipped*.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ok. now i think daffy is the spy. elsi travels a lot, but daffy is *equipped*.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

What Ricky said except my radio is a hand crank type with a built in light and it will charge a cell phone (if the towers are up and working).

I don't carry as much water as I should but I do have special filtering water bottle. I also have:

• A Swiss Army knife
• My medications (my doctor gave me samples to keep in my kit)
• Latex gloves (don't want no stinking cooties)
• An old pair of eye glasses (I keep the last pair for my kit when I get new ones)
• MREs (they're not just for the military anymore )
• Miscellaneous other stuff in a rolling backpack.

In the trunk of my car, just because I might them need it for work, I have all kinds of weather gear, chairs, a block battery, a fire extinguisher, some Crocks.

The hand cranked radios are really nice. And, I also keep a supply of my meds in my first aid kit, as well as my reading glasses. MREs are a great idea. I used to just keep a lot of granola bars and such, but I think now I will see about picking some of those up as well.

The big reason I keep so much pet food in the garage here (usually about a three month supply) is because of the occasional natural disaster (such as the ice storm we had here winter before last) that can keep people from being able to get out of the valley to stores. (During that storm I took in those animals that got lost nearby and wandered into the valley ... for ten days this place was more of a zoo than usual.)

I generally keep several weeks of non-MRE but very long date storage food here for me as well. Also 30 gallons of bottled water, with 5 gallons as a back up (on hand at all times).

I'm not in the car as much as I used to be ... so most of my disaster supplies are just here at the house ... but I would never be without them because ... as they say ... shit happens.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I'm not in the car as much as I used to be ... so most of my disaster supplies are just here at the house ... but I would never be without them because ... as they say ... shit happens.

Oh, that was just my car kit. I have the same and more in my home kit!

After New Orleans, I knew it was every person for themselves and there is no guarantee that any help will come, let alone within 72 hours. I want to be able to take care of myself as much as possible.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Oh, that was just my car kit. I have the same and more in my home kit!

After New Orleans, I knew it was every person for themselves and there is no guarantee that any help will come, let alone within 72 hours. I want to be able to take care of myself as much as possible.

I started keeping my kit stocked in 1984. That was when I started working at LARC, and began to see the importance of it.

I really worried about my friends in NYC when 9/11 happened. Most didn't have any kind of disaster relief kit in the house ... and some lost their money and id in the towers (and were just thankful to get out alive). They walked home only to realize that they had no way to purchase food ... no way to get out of the city ...

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I started keeping my kit stocked in 1984. That was when I started working at LARC, and began to see the importance of it.

I really worried about my friends in NYC when 9/11 happened. Most didn't have any kind of disaster relief kit in the house ... and some lost their money and id in the towers (and were just thankful to get out alive). They walked home only to realize that they had no way to purchase food ... no way to get out of the city ...

Yeah. I also save all my $5 bills to go in my kits for purchasing whatever.

[Spartacus2112]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned TP?