Preparedness for when

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paidinchickens wrote: »

_pale__pale_ cauliflower cheese

You would rather starve?

fuddle

A bit perturbed reading the kind of flat we'll most likely live in. So many of them have storage outside in the hallway :eek:
I'm definitely going to have to food [STRIKE]hoard[/STRIKE] prep under the bed. Also another problem with 'bugging in' in a flat will be cooking on alternative appliances... my garden has factored into so many of my emergency planing. I won't hae a private outdoor space in the next couple of months.

I feel so far out of my comfort zone moving from a life of a pretty private 2 up 2 down as the norm into a small contained community really. I'll suss it, I just don't like the anxiety that comes before the knowledge.

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Don't fret love, there are ways round every problem, look at how much GQ has managed to achieve by way of prepping in her tiny space. Find your home first and then we'll all come up with ideas for the spaces you have available, it will be do-able. It may be that you need one of the small camping stoves that run on gas cylinders. They were selling them off in Wilkos at the end of the summer for £10 and you can sometimes get deals on the cannisters to run them on too. If you run them in a room near an open window you will be fine and if you gear your food preps towards things that are either 'add hot water' or 'heat up only not cook' you should find that a cannister of gas goes quite a long way. The smaller your space, the warmer you'll stay if we have power outs in winter, it will be fine, Love Lyn xxx.

southantrim3

Got a gas bbq in the shed which should do if required, also has a section where you could boil water on it in a saucepan if required.
If we run out of gas, then could easily be converted to burn charcoal, wood etc. Useful to have .

southantrim3

Plus, did any of you notice the return of the potential black out problem appearing on the news again - was with regard to if Labour one the next election and forced energy companies to freeze energy prices - worth noting I thought...:o

ragz_2

I am doing the FSME challenge for today, but I didn't have my 72hr kit (Bug Out Bag) done yet. It has been on the list for a long time, hubby got me (well, I decided it is mine!) a lovely army rucksack (that turns into a stretcher!) so I used my 30 minute evacuation to pack it, hastily, as well as the other stuff we could take. I added a gas cooker, charged lantern, 2 bags of clothes (one set for each of us) and a bag of extra food (meat, bread and brandy!).

My hastily packed BOB includes the following (advice/criticism welcome please)
- Medicines I and DS need, plus adult and child paracetamol.
- Toothbrushes and paste
- Small towel and flannel
- Torches X 2
- Emergency light sticks x 3
- Water purification tablets
- Water 2ltr bottle (heavy!)
- Knife, Opinel
- Cash
- Documents (passports and birth certificates for all of us)
- Saucepan with lid
- Cuddly toy each for children

Plus the following food (no wonder I could barely carry it, that would be hubby's job!)
- 2 tins beans
- 2 tins chili
- 2 tins ratatouille
- tin corned beef
- tin rice pudding
- rice x 2 quick cook sachets
- pasta
- oats
- fig rolls
- pesto
- chocolate
- honey (makuka, from Aldi, thanks whoever mentioned that the other day!)
- Tortilla wraps.

Won't include photos as some/one of you are on dial up, but they are on the FSME facebook page.

I will actually practise bugging out with it at the weekend, hubby won't be back early enough to do it today and he would be gutted if I played without him.

Have learned plenty, now need to work out what to include when I actually have time! I definitely need something for the children, like cards or a travel game. Lighter food would be good, too as all those tins weigh rather a lot. Something to drink out of... eat off.

Butterfly_Brain

southantrim3 wrote: »

Plus, did any of you notice the return of the potential black out problem appearing on the news again - was with regard to if Labour one the next election and forced energy companies to freeze energy prices - worth noting I thought...:o

That is just the greedy energy companies panicking that their golden goose will be well and truly cooked, it is corporate blackmail and if they do turn off the power it will be classed as terrorism as they are all foreign owned, therefore the government can seize the power stations and take them back into public ownership with no compensation, so the companies are just blowing a lot of hot air

Butterfly_Brain

ragz wrote: »

I am doing the FSME challenge for today, but I didn't have my 72hr kit (Bug Out Bag) done yet. It has been on the list for a long time, hubby got me (well, I decided it is mine!) a lovely army rucksack (that turns into a stretcher!) so I used my 30 minute evacuation to pack it, hastily, as well as the other stuff we could take. I added a gas cooker, charged lantern, 2 bags of clothes (one set for each of us) and a bag of extra food (meat, bread and brandy!).

My hastily packed BOB includes the following (advice/criticism welcome please)
- Medicines I and DS need, plus adult and child paracetamol.
- Toothbrushes and paste
- Small towel and flannel
- Torches X 2
- Emergency light sticks x 3
- Water purification tablets
- Water 2ltr bottle (heavy!)
- Knife, Opinel
- Cash
- Documents (passports and birth certificates for all of us)
- Saucepan with lid
- Cuddly toy each for children

Plus the following food (no wonder I could barely carry it, that would be hubby's job!)
- 2 tins beans
- 2 tins chili
- 2 tins ratatouille
- tin corned beef
- tin rice pudding
- rice x 2 quick cook sachets
- pasta
- oats
- fig rolls
- pesto
- chocolate
- honey (makuka, from Aldi, thanks whoever mentioned that the other day!)
- Tortilla wraps.

Won't include photos as some/one of you are on dial up, but they are on the FSME facebook page.

I will actually practise bugging out with it at the weekend, hubby won't be back early enough to do it today and he would be gutted if I played without him.

Have learned plenty, now need to work out what to include when I actually have time! I definitely need something for the children, like cards or a travel game. Lighter food would be good, too as all those tins weigh rather a lot. Something to drink out of... eat off.

You need something to protect you from the elements,
a tent would be best but if you do not have one an emergency shelter from poundland for each of you plus a groundsheet and emergency blankets.

We have enamel camping gear and camping knives and forks, but we also have paper plates and cups and plastic knives and forks because there may not be a water source close by, baby wipes and hand sanitiser gel are another useful addition

A magnesium fire steel and a kelly kettle with tripod is a godsend as are billy cans to cook with.

I have pasta in sauce, flavoured rice, a few vesta curries and beef risottos, beef jerky, pouches of JW tuna, small tins of mackerel and ham, cheese sauce,soya mince bolognaise style, plus sausage mix, spaghetti (Which can be used as a firelighter as well as for food) instant mash, pouches of sundried tomatoes dried vegetables and fruit, , dried milk, sachets of coffee with whitener, sachets of sugar, sachets of ketchup, brown sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper, tea bags, sachets of hot chocolate with whitener, instant porridge sachets, chocolate plus chocolate raisins and chocolate biscuits, boiled sweets and chewing gum. Basically anything that is light weight, it may not be all that healthy but you can survive for a good week on it. I have also added a pot of multi vitamins and vitamin c tablets to everyone's bag.
You could have couscous or anything else that you can think of that is in packets.

Butterfly_Brain

Vodka would be a better alcohol to carry because it can be used as a base for a lot of medicinal uses such as linctuses, tinctures and poultices. Also pack a small copy of Food for free by Richard Mabey so that you can forage for food, it is clearly written and I have the smaller size that fits into a pocket. the SAS survival guide is a good one to have as well

mardatha

I seem to be prepping for SHTF and zombie invasion by eating a lot of peanut butter oatcakes and drinking a lot of tea. I am sure this will help.