@saodell I've got a pile of lifestraws and sawyer filters, and a natural spring on my property, plus I can boil rainwater.. so I'm good without the tabs ;)
I have a backpack in my trunk with radio, flashlight, water, energy bars, space blanket, and a phone charger. Also, I always keep my tank over half full. I live in earthquake country, learned from experience.
@jaremelz Flashlights and batteries. Flashlights are fun! And the tech is changing so rapidly that there's a perfectly valid reason for acquiring more periodically!
I have 4 containers with emergency rations, bottled water, and a bug out bag at the ready. Also, we have a field guide for what wild berries etc not to eat, and a guide for how to do pretty much whatever might come up. Any more than that would be getting weird.
I like to think I'm pretty prepared but in reality all my stuff isn't organized enough to be effective. I do keep a more reasonable "go bag" type thing more for everyday situations (so it has tools,laptop, battery pack, flashlight, etc, but not anything for say, water purification)
@juststephen on the plus side. I can now swallow a water damaged phone and when it comes out. It's smelly but the rice drys it out! I'm sorry for eating your supplies :(. was thinking of a witty fema joke but it may still be too soon.
I volunteer with several disaster relief organizations, and all of them encourage general preparedness. My go bags are geared more towards helping mitigate a disaster that happened to someone else, but all of them are useful in a pretty broad range of circumstances.
We have a giant hurricane kit here at work. I opened it up to inspect, and was sincerely disappointed; there is no way I will be able to assemble my own hurricane with those parts. I'm composing an angry email to both Safety and QA.
Living in the hurricane zone most of my life, we keep bottled water, canned food and a whole house generator ready at all times. (Fortunately, not needed the last 10 years)
I've lived through a few hurricanes and their aftermaths. What I learned is that it's important to know which hotel chains allow pets, and to have a big book of highway maps. (Cell phones only work when the towers are operating.) Working to help people after Katrina/Rita changed everyone who did it. Scan and upload all your family pictures and documents, even if they haven't been labelled. Gather your birth, marriage, divorce, car titles etc. into ONE plastic file box. Keep six weeks of all meds on hand. Get out of town before the storm hits, and know where you're going. Me, I'm heading for Tennessee.
I live in Florida and it's still hurricane season, so it's a pretty good idea to have supplies.
I'm prepared to discharge my fire extinguisher within 30 seconds.
I'd like to believe that I'm the kind of person that would rise to the occasion during some kind of crazy emergency.
The reality is that I would probably die super quick no matter how hard I tried.
@JonT
@thismyusername At least you ain't got red on you.
TIL:
Prepper is apparently an insult. I have never taken it as such before, though.
@rhrgrt
@rhrgrt Preppers don't think prepper is an insult... and theirs is the only opinion that matters.
Show of hands: who has checked the expiration date on your water purification tabs in the last six months?
@saodell what are these purification tablets you speak of ?
@ceagee you need them if there is an emergency and your water turns to wine...
@nadroj what do I need to get if my wine turns to water ?
@ceagee Better box of wine.
@saodell I just buy lifestraws when they are on sale.
@ceagee I turn wine to water every day!
@saodell I've got a pile of lifestraws and sawyer filters, and a natural spring on my property, plus I can boil rainwater.. so I'm good without the tabs ;)
@saodell I have always used Polar Pure but it is very hard to find these days. Damn meth heads.
However Polar Pure is Iodine and can only be used for a few months before your body starts to have issues.
Is that an asteroid hitting the earth type of emergency or a Donald Trump gets elected president type of emergency?
@uwacn Please let it be asteroid; I can see the human race maybe surviving that one.
@uwacn Kanye West for president (not my personal opinion, just a pop culture reference that is currently a topic being discussed)
@connorbush Kanye West does not care about Beck, people.
I have a backpack in my trunk with radio, flashlight, water, energy bars, space blanket, and a phone charger. Also, I always keep my tank over half full. I live in earthquake country, learned from experience.
@KDemo Always with the tank half full at least around here. And oh so many flashlights.
@jaremelz Flashlights and batteries. Flashlights are fun! And the tech is changing so rapidly that there's a perfectly valid reason for acquiring more periodically!
@duodec I love flashlights! They are all over my house, car, and camping supplies. And then there's the lanterns (the meh exchange added 2 more, yay!)
I have 4 containers with emergency rations, bottled water, and a bug out bag at the ready. Also, we have a field guide for what wild berries etc not to eat, and a guide for how to do pretty much whatever might come up.
Any more than that would be getting weird.
I like to think I'm pretty prepared but in reality all my stuff isn't organized enough to be effective. I do keep a more reasonable "go bag" type thing more for everyday situations (so it has tools,laptop, battery pack, flashlight, etc, but not anything for say, water purification)
I could be better prepared, but @sohmageek chewed through all of my supplies. Every water bottle leaked out.
The 200 pound bag of rice? Goat sized holes..
@juststephen on the plus side. I can now swallow a water damaged phone and when it comes out. It's smelly but the rice drys it out! I'm sorry for eating your supplies :(. was thinking of a witty fema joke but it may still be too soon.
I have an earthquake kit. Well, two, really. One by the door and one in my car.
@AnnaB a kit for making earthquakes? Too cool!
I volunteer with several disaster relief organizations, and all of them encourage general preparedness. My go bags are geared more towards helping mitigate a disaster that happened to someone else, but all of them are useful in a pretty broad range of circumstances.
http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm
We have a giant hurricane kit here at work. I opened it up to inspect, and was sincerely disappointed; there is no way I will be able to assemble my own hurricane with those parts. I'm composing an angry email to both Safety and QA.
@PocketBrain same here. There was glassware and fruit juice, but why is the rum gone‽
Living in the hurricane zone most of my life, we keep bottled water, canned food and a whole house generator ready at all times. (Fortunately, not needed the last 10 years)
I've lived through a few hurricanes and their aftermaths. What I learned is that it's important to know which hotel chains allow pets, and to have a big book of highway maps. (Cell phones only work when the towers are operating.) Working to help people after Katrina/Rita changed everyone who did it. Scan and upload all your family pictures and documents, even if they haven't been labelled. Gather your birth, marriage, divorce, car titles etc. into ONE plastic file box. Keep six weeks of all meds on hand. Get out of town before the storm hits, and know where you're going. Me, I'm heading for Tennessee.