Emergency/Disaster Preparedness

[Black Dog]

Do any of you take any steps toward being prepared for emergencies where the normal services and food supply could be interupted, ala Katrina? Extra food, water, "Bug Out Bags", etc.?

I was thinking that even if everyone in New Orleans had something affordable like this or even this, folks could have been a lot more comfortable than they were. The food probably tastes like crap but it beats starving.

For myself, I live a pretty rural life and I'm rarely far from home. I figure I have enough food in the pantry to get through prolly a couple months. I use bottled water so I always have 25 gallons or so of potable water. Woodstove for heat and/or cooking, oil lanterns and candles for light, guns for self-protection. All stuff that us less-urban dwellers tend to have around anyway.
How 'bout you?

 

[cvm4]

Nah I really don't worry about it. We have enough to live off of until things turn around. Hell when Katrina hit and took our power out, we made breakfast, lunch and dinner on the grill. Now that was interesting but very good! :grin:

 

[derek]

ummmm nothing. We are the typical "oh no a storm is coming lets run to the store" people.

However, normally we have a months worth of non perishable food in the house. Always have a good amount of bottle water. A large first aid kit (cause I'm accident prone), guns, flash lights, knives, gas masks, candles, a latern and some other camping equipment.

So we have a good amount of things that we use as are normal life style that would or could help us in the event of a natural disaster.

 

[Kingston]

When you live on a fault line, you'd be stupid not be ready. Food, water, cash (you really think atms are gonna work in a major disaster), and misc supplies

 

[AZsteelman]

all that and don't forget the need to have a passport, some cash stashed somewhere and a "non extradition country" in mind at all times...you can never be too prepared.

 

[Kingston]

:glassesgr
Just in case:
http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/912612.htm
Some of the countries are out of date (Afghanistan, for instance),
but Togo and Brunei sound nice :halfgrinw

 

[caudio51]

I'm good for a few weeks

 

[kirscovitch]

weve got enough for a few days. unlike you southern and western folks, we dont have to worry about hurricanes and earthquakes. an occasional tornado but thats not gonna affect food and water resources a whole bunch. for a while i thought about terrorist attacks, but unless al quida wants to blow up a few dairy farms and a cheese factory, i dont think i need to worry.

 

[David]

Y'all better start stocking up for the bird flu!!

 

[MCsommerreid]

Firearms and knives, medical supplies, fire starting stuff, and cookery. That basically covers anything during large cataclysims. Anything smaller and infastructure shouldn't be broken, and anything more and you basically are living in a wasteland.

 

[Maduro_Scotty]

Nah, I'm not certain anything can be truly prepared for. That, and it's fun to make fun of those people who have trailers filled with supplies from the Y2K scare.:headroll:

 

[tedski]

Living close to fault lines here in the Calif Bay Area and personally experiencing a 7.0 earthquake, I already know the absolute need to have at least a few days worth of supplies on hand. I probably have enough food, water and supplies to last 1-2 weeks.

And for those of you in the Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee area, if you think you are safe from big earthquakes ... think again.

 

[mitchthephoneman]

I live right across the street from a pizza joint and a block away from a chinese takeout so I guess Im prepared!!!!!

 

[Headbanger]

Not really, although I am close to DC makes me think hard about it. On 911 when the Pentagon got hit, I was looking skyward for more. We have enough food, water, and supplies in the house at all times for about 4-5 days.

 

[Rank_Tyro]

We have about two weeks of non-perishable food in the pantry, 15 gallons of bottled water, as well as any medication needed (GF is a drug rep, one of her samples is a potent anti-biotic).

I have tools, brains, guns and brew my own beer. Thus I have very little need to be rescued if things go bad. Not saying I am Rambo or anything, but I have every confidence I can keep my girlfriend, my kittens and myself alive, (am planning on eating the dogs).

If the US Coast Guard decides to fly over my house with a helicopter and offer a rescue, I would probably take it if others did not need it more than I.

But on the whole, I would rather rely on myself than whatever help the government might or might not send in time.

 

[cvm4]

Not saying I am Rambo or anything, but I have every confidence I can keep my girlfriend, my kittens and myself alive, (am planning on eating the dogs).

We all know how much you love them dogs! :agreeclen

 

[tobby4]

Not prepared at all... At ALL

 

[jwintosh]

. unlike you southern and western folks, we dont have to worry about hurricanes and earthquakes...."

worse! you've got snowplows!! ha!!!:waving:

jeff

 

[CWS]

At least a months worth of food. XXX cases of shotgun shells for each shotgun. A map to where the grocery stores used to be.

 

[jrohrer]

i could be awright...got a humi full of havana's and plenty of distilled water!!:grin: :smokingbo :grin:

J/K...but in all sincerity, it was definately an eye opener this past summer when the susquehenna river flooded...and than last month when the freak snow storm hit buffalo and left my paretns without power for 96 hours

you just never know....