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Question of the day #2:

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by genuinemommy, Sep 14, 2015.

  1. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    genuinemommy, Sep 14, 2015
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  2. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    We have a go bag with the bare minimum packed in the front closet. We have two totes loaded with our camping gear that are easily accessible, and they include emergency food supplies for at least three days. Our plan depends on the emergency. We are prepared to shelter-in-place for up to two weeks, if not longer. Were we unable to remain in our home, we would probably end up at my husband's grandmother's house in the country. That's the family meeting place.

    However, there's a reason why the town I live in always seems to survive the apocalypse in fiction. ;)
     
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  3. Stan

    Stan Resident Dumbass

    Location:
    Colorado
    BAU where I live.

    We have 2 weeks of everything if roads are out. From experience, we run out of milk for coffee and dog food first. I'm not sure which I ought to be more afraid of, an uncaffeinated wife or a hungry Newfoundland.

    In terms of bailing, we have 3 tupperware tubs with important stuff to grab. Everything is insured, anything that can be backed up, is.

    I'd probably haul the trailer out if I could, it solves a lot of the housing issues.
     
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  4. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    We're pretty well set if we have to hole up in the house for a few weeks. The pantry is well-stocked with both non-perishable food and water that gets rotated.

    It would be a bit trickier if we had to leave, but I've been slowly adding things over the past year or so that would help out. The next step is getting two decent bags for us, and day packs for the dogs (hey, they can carry their own food), so we can grab everything in one go.

    One thing I don't like about our house is that it isn't easily fortified, if it came down to it (yes, I think about these things.) We're in the middle of town, one story, with at least two windows per room. Work only has one entrance, but the entire front of the building is plate-glass, so that's out as well.

    Most likely, we'd head to Eden's aunt's (farm out in the middle of nowhere), or his friend's cabin in the mountains (our "everything is shot to hell, get out now" plan.) If it was something like wildfires or flooding and family in NC isn't plausible, we'd head to my parents' or grandparents' in Ohio.
     
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  5. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Location:
    The American Midwest
    Natural disaster is thousands of times more likely than enemy action or the collapse of society.

    Within the next 20 years, a catastrophic flood is a statistical certainty in this town. Fortunately, our place is on high ground, 200 feet higher than the normal river level.
     
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  6. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    No real plan, but we have enough canned goods (heating not necessary) to get by for about four days.

    I do need to go through our Coleman gear to replace mantels, check/replace the glass, oil plungers, etc., and buy fresh fuel.
     
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  7. spindles

    spindles Very Tilted

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia
    No plan really. I am surrounded by lots of very flammable gum trees, so wildfires like noted in the OP are a very real possibility. The exit strategy is probably to my parent in law's place - semi rural and unlikely to be affected by something happening here, but not too far away. I don't see any need to prepare for a zombie (or any other kind of) apocalypse, though. Do have camping gear and a 4wd, so could pull together a decent "let's get outta here" kit fairly quickly.
     
    spindles, Sep 14, 2015
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  8. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    I learned a lot of Oregon geography reading S. M. Stirling's novels Dies the Fire, A Meeting in Corvallis, and the others in the series. I've backed off the last few books when they turned so hard toward fantasy and magic that I had a verisimilitude breakdown.:eek:

    We had a three day power outage a couple of years ago, which meant no furnace and no heat or lights. I put extra blankets on the bed and kept the water running a trickle so the pipes wouldn't freeze and we spent a lot of time at the library and various eating and drinking establishments.
    I don't really have a bug out plan. I would be nice to have a wood stove, or, at least a gas range to get a little heat when the electric goes dead.
     
    Lindy, Sep 14, 2015
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  9. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    We have a bag with a.change of clothes for each of us. We have another bag with our important documents like passports and birth certificates. I have a couple of gallons of water on hand, and staples of food (beans and rice) to last us a couple months, if needed. We don't have clear plans, honestly, for most scenarios.
     
    genuinemommy, Sep 15, 2015
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  10. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    We have no emergency plan. We are unprepared.

    I suppose it would be a good idea to have one.
     
    Charlatan, Sep 15, 2015
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  11. POPEYE

    POPEYE Very Tilted

    Location:
    Tulsa
    no plan here either, Sandy and I stock pile food and supplies just due to our location and it is less expensive to buy in bulk.
     
    POPEYE, Sep 15, 2015
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