Preparedness for when

Perplexed_Pineapple

I guess previous generations who used paraffin lamps all the time had better ventilated (aka draughty) houses compared to modern double glazing etc.

lyrolee wrote: »

Thanks for that. I spotted this one too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bug-Book-Package-ebook/dp/B00DERYYUS/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1378380997&sr=1-4&keywords=free+kindle+books+prepping#_

pineapple wrote: »

Another good catch! I downloaded the app and it has opened a whole new world. There's actually quite a lot of free kindle out there. ...

There's just one downside to downloading free prepping e-books for kindle which is that you have to have an amaz0n account so you will forever get spammed with "recommendations" to buy more prepping books - so much for the ol' OpSec :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I guess you could set up a fake Amazon account just for this - tsk why didn't I think of that before?

ragz_2

Regarding the Kelp discussion, I have an underactive thyroid (hashimotos, the autoimmune type) and we are told to avoid it due to the iodine content. Which seems counterintuitive as I am sure there's iodine deficiency linked in there somewhere. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders whether perhaps the drug-lords would just rather we quietly took our prescribed meds and left cheap, healthy, natural remedies alone...

ETA - answering my own question! http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2011/05/iodine-and-hashimotos-thyroiditis-part-i/

However, for those of you planning to take Kelp for a while, this may be worrying

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/58411-heavy-metals-in-kelp/

especially given Fukishima is right by where the kelp is harvested!

Could take potassium iodide instead, I think it is good for radiation too?

On a prepping note, really must stock up on ketchup as we just ran out. Be no good trying to get DD to eat our odd combinations of prepped food if she has no ketchup to dip it in, I think she would starve herself!

Perplexed Pineapple - I never get spam from Amazon, do they email you or it it just when you sign in?

Perplexed_Pineapple

Both! I've opted out of the emails, mostly, but there's the "recommended for you" bit when you log in, when it's full of prepping books you know that they've identified you as a closet loony....

westcoastscot

I'm very envious of those who've found kelp beneficial. I did speak to my consultant and was advised it's not suitable for anyone with a compromised immune system and/or on liver toxic medication.

happy for those feeling better though!

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A folding Pruning Saw, with a 7" blade, from the 99p store.

It cuts on the back stroke, so less likely to bend the blade.

A couple of other things of interest (but not for the BOB), from the 99p store.

8 conforming bandages, in 3 sizes.

2x trays of instant noodles. Tray made from expanded polystyrene (so it'll stay warm) and includes a fork, so no washing up. :cool:

BessieBooBoo

Hello all

Well, you lot have been busy!

I goes away to work, and you've been madly prepping....

Spotted this on the beeb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22002530

Some of it is good news, some not so good....:cool:

And for the zombie fans:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23931078

BBB

ragz_2

That course based on a fictional apocalyse show (which I love, by the way) looks pretty good. Free too. If I have time I will take it, love science anyway but am already studying a proper OU course so this may have to wait until next year. They didn't say which MOOC provider they are using for it, unless I missed that. Hope it's coursera as I am registered with them.

Read an article today about US moving nuclear weapons around secretly... rather scary. http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-high-level-source-confirms-secret-us-nuclear-warhead-transfer-to-east-coast/

I would like to know how a WWIII would affect us in the UK? Does anyone have any ideas or know where I can find some? I know little about the other wars but imagine it won't be quite the same, no one will bomb us I wouldn't have though but the effects of war far away may still hit hard like oil and food supply?

wondercollie

For the second day running we've been told to restrict our use of electric between 17 and 19 hours due to the heat.

Ironic, winter lasts about seven months here and when it gets hot, the system can't handle it!

Well, I figure it'll be about four weeks until the first frost, and after that I'm not even guessing on the first snow fall. Our first blizzard was the end of November last year.

GreyQueen

ragz, the Americans scare the **** out of me these days. And I'm old enough to remember parts of the Cold War, when preppers stocked iodine tablets in their medicine cabinets and were imagining facing fallout and nuclear winter.

I think a re-reading of Last Light will reveal what could happen if a major war happened in the Middle East. Oil is the lifeblood of industrial societies like ours. If the flow is cut, or dwindled to a trickle, or we face another OPEC-generated oil crisis like the 1970s, all bets are off.

The UK will grind to a halt without oil. And that doesn't just mean us as indivduals not driving our cars (or riding on buses, in my case). It means agriculture, food distribution, water, electricity, healthcare, industry, commerce, everything.

The other month my city ran dry of all water. The whole city and part of the surrounding area. I was talking the the water company's control centre; a pump had failed. One pump failure = a city of nearly 200,000 deprived of all its water within a few minutes. Plus some of the villages outside. And the first thing the water company knew of the failure was when the public started phoning in.

They got it running in less than an hour. Imagine if there was no power to run this pump and ones like it. Should scare any thinking person witless.

ragz_2

GreyQueen wrote: »

ragz, the Americans scare the **** out of me these days. And I'm old enough to remember parts of the Cold War, when preppers stocked iodine tablets in their medicine cabinets and were imagining facing fallout and nuclear winter.

I think a re-reading of Last Light will reveal what could happen if a major war happened in the Middle East. Oil is the lifeblood of industrial societies like ours. If the flow is cut, or dwindled to a trickle, or we face another OPEC-generated oil crisis like the 1970s, all bets are off.

The UK will grind to a halt without oil. And that doesn't just mean us as indivduals not driving our cars (or riding on buses, in my case). It means agriculture, food distribution, water, electricity, healthcare, industry, commerce, everything.

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Yes I am thinking mostly along the lines of Last Light... I am worried we are too close to London here (about 60 miles), if we had enough fuel (trying to keep topped up) we could possibly make it to my Dad in Scotland but only if we had a few days on the rest of the country, warning wise.

My biggest fear is Nucear... if it were just me I would try to survive but the idea of trying to keep three small children going through a Threads style situation has me wondering where the nearest cliff might be...

Now, I must go and do something cheerful and stop reading dangerously scary conspiracy type stuff before it goes to my head!