Preparedness for when

bornintoit

Pineapple The ikea bag is a great idea. I actually use those blue bags for my laundry at present but am going to look into growing runner beans in them now.

GreyQueen Thank you for sharing your story about your nan and grandad. It reminds me of my own grandparents, my grandad was middle class and my grandmother was working class. He fell for her and married her, she wanted to move back to the city and my grandad's family told him if he moved out of the country he would not get a penny from their fortune (a few millions in today's terms) and he would not be entitled to inherit any of the now grade II listed buildings. My grandparents moved to the city and his family were true to their word and my grandfather died a poor man. From, what I remember he always had a smile on his face though, he was happy.

VJsmum

GQ = couldn't your cut off milk cartons be used to store tea lights?

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Can you tell me how much the tealights were and if they are the ones which burn 3.5 hours?

They're £2 per hundred, and they're the 3.5 hour ones.

Butane stoves in little cases are in Wilko atm for a tenner.

B&M are selling an almost identical stove for £8-99

http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/portable-gas-stove-254176

They also sell the gas cartridges @ 4 for £3-99.

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That's my BOB pretty much completed, and boy can you fit a lot in a day sack, if you choose carefully.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

That's my BOB pretty much completed, and boy can you fit a lot in a day sack, if you choose carefully.

Would you be willing to list the contents and the thinking behind them? I was thinking that a bit of a show-and-tell would be educational for us all.

We don't have B & M stores in this part of the forest, more's the pity as they sound excellent. Think Wilkinson is pretty much all over the place, isn't it? I did notice that they had wellies at £9 each. I was overladen at the time but will go back another day and examine them more closely for quality. I don't have a lot of use for wellies but we do have a river 50 yards away with an exciting (read; fatal) history of flooding in the 20th century and if it overflowed it's banks, a pair of wellies would go some way towards comfort.

VJsMum, will attempt stackeroonies with the tealights and the milk jugs. At this rate everything I own will be stored in them, bar the milk.

Been looking at the pix online from Moore, Oklahoma, and OMG those poor people..............:(

thriftwizard

We have good friends in Moore & have stayed there. We've heard from most of them, but not the eldest, aged 90. His house was right in the track of it, from the little I can see & work out. Praying our socks off for his safety; his house is old enough that it doesn't (or possibly didn't) have a storm shelter...

Also interested to see what others keep in their BOBs - mine is very vestigial, consisting of wash bag & small towel (in case of overdoing the pangalactic gargleblasters) clean undies, first aid kit, torch & mending kit, tea bags etc. & notes of important document numbers, as staying put is our best option in 90% of foreseeable major disasters. We're in a small but reasonably well-supplied town well above sea level, pretty much above any known flood levels (going back to medieval times) reasonably sheltered, have a good stock of food, means of cooking with very little fuel & a decently productive garden, plus animals to care for.

D&DD

Very sad news this morning There's nothing you could do against the power of that.
Thriftwizard hope you find good news about your friend XX

There's a lady who posts on some of the forums I read who's from there but lives here hoping for the best for her loved ones too.

Gotta dash out will read back later

Have a great day all XX

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Would you be willing to list the contents and the thinking behind them? I was thinking that a bit of a show-and-tell would be educational for us all.

Sure. Here you go.
(NB. I'm only attaching a comment, where the reason for inclusion isn't obvious)

1x Emergency Shelter.

2x Emergency “Space” Blankets.

2x Disposable Plastic Ponchos.

Roll of heavy duty refuse sacks. (Shelter building, rainwater collecting etc.)

Folding Shovel.

50’ of Paracord.

2x Spirit Stoves and 500ml aluminium bottle of fuel. (Lightweight, nothing to go wrong, and suitable fuel available pretty much everywhere)

500ml aluminium water bottle.

Platypus water bag. (Super lightweight and collapsible)

Purification Tablets.

Potassium Permanganate. (Water purification, 1st Aid, fire lighting etc.)

Mess Tins (containing 8x packets of soup) (Mess tins double as plates, bowls etc.)

2x Stainless Steel cooking pots (containing the aluminium bottles). (Double as cups and quicker to boil due to reduced surface area)

8 Knorr stock cubes.

2x Bags of Boiled Sweets.

4x packs of Dextro Energy tablets.

Signalling mirror.

Compass.

Notepad and pencil.

Teabags, Sugar, Powdered Milk.

Knife, Fork, Spoon and teaspoon (actually a cocktail spoon - Cocktail spoon better for deep cups)

8x disposable lighters.

1x bar of soap and 2 face flannels (one to use as a towel), razor and 4 cartridges.

Wind Up Torch.

Wind Up Radio.

Pack of Craft Knives. (Very sharp, light weight, and suitable for things a regular
knife isn’t - eg. 1st aid)

Drawing Pins. (Securing Space Blanket to fence for shelter etc.)

Snare wire.

Fishing Kit.

Sewing Kit.

Rubber Gloves. (1st Aid, handling contaminated objects, animals, etc.)

1st Aid Kit, with added items (Ibuprofen, Imodium, Dulcolax, Anti-Histamine etc.)

2x packs of Insect wipes.

And finally, 2 small “luxury items“:-

Inflatable Pillow.

Playing Cards.



Wherever I have something stored in a Clip Lock container (eg. the lighters), I pack any remaining space with those round cotton wool pads used for removing makeup. This is because (a) it stops the contents from rattling and (b) they make excellent tinder for firelighting.

I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have.

I did notice that they had wellies at £9 each.

So £18 a pair?



EDIT: I'm having second thoughts about the wind up radio.

It weighs 10.6oz (300g). :eek:

Does anyone know of a lightweight (around 5oz/150g or lighter) one?

Alternatively, does anyone know of a radio which operates on button cells?

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2T huge congratulations on your wonderful sounding new position in Thailand, I wish you both all the very best things that life can possibly hold for your future, I'm so very glad you are able to move on from the distressing conditions that are currently being suffered by the greek nation and make a better life for yourselves in a much better place. Stay in touch with us if you can, we'd all like to know how you get on, good luck, Cheers Lyn xxx.

bornintoit

BedsitBob Thank you for that list. Really helpful. I will come back to that list as I start my own prepping.

My thoughts are with the people of Oklahoma, I hope everyone that has friends or family there have been able to contact them and know that they are safe. Thinking of you all.

Even though we in the UK aren't prone to natural disasters, this does show us that our daily lives can change so suddenly and we have to be ready to react and adapt to our new situation.

This serves to remind me that being prepared is the right thing to do even though many people think it is not needed or think that it is crazy in some way.