Preparedness for when

bluebag

Good grief,

Has anyone seen the news of giant hornets in china, very sad that 41 dead.
The real stuff of nightmares.

WARNING !!! GRAPHIC IMAGES OF INSECTS AND SEVERE STINGS*****
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/killer-hornets-see-first-pictures-2327613

jk0

Good morning guys,

Last night I packed up the items I would need for a week in a hotel in the event my house caught fire. The question now arises as to where should I keep the bag.

I have a 3 bed detached house. I considered keeping the bag in my bedroom. I have an escape ladder for my bedroom, but I would probably have to throw the suitcase out first if I was going to use the ladder.

Of course this means that if fire broke out while I was out, my bugout clothes would be burnt/ smoke damaged along with everything else. Therefore I am wondering about keeping the bag in the attached garage. Would the clothes get damp, and if so, is there any way that could be avoided?

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How do you know the attached garage wouldn't go up in flames too?

GreyQueen

Monring all.

Jk0, do you have friends/ relatives who could hold a bug out bag, say change of clothes, washkit, copies of essential documents for you? In case of total loss of your home?

I have essential docs and a few clothes, washkit etc at my parents' place 30 miles away. I have a key to it but they are very seldom out anyway.

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Monring all.

Jk0, do you have friends/ relatives who could hold a bug out bag, say change of clothes, washkit, copies of essential documents for you? In case of total loss of your home?

I have essential docs and a few clothes, washkit etc at my parents' place 30 miles away. I have a key to it but they are very seldom out anyway.

Thanks GQ. That's a good idea. Now if I can just persuade my mother not to store my bug out bag in her garage.

jk0

jk0 wrote: »

Thanks GQ. That's a good idea. Now if I can just persuade my mother not to store my bug out bag in her garage.

Oh, wait. Scratch that. My mother would love nothing better than for me to have a suitcase of clothes there.

The only way I can avoid staying at Christmas is by pointing out I have no jimjams.

Yes, I know I don't sound like a loving son, but I visit every Sunday for three hours now. That's about as much of my sister as I can put up with.

taurusgb

I invested a whole £1 in a lovely oil lamp at the CS today, has a wick about an inch wide but not much of it so where do I buy replacement wicks from? And what sort of oil do I need please?

Am feeling all safe as have done major stocktake and major shop so cupboards are full to bursting and all my books are sitting on the front of the shelves.....it is astounding how much food you can hide in full view

GreyQueen

:T Well done taurusgb!

You'd be astonished at how much is hidden up in my tiny flatlet at Chez Gawditsmall. A devious person can hide stuff anywhere.

Doesn't everyone keep tins behind their books? They don't? Who knew..........:rotfl:

Tomorrow is another day and I'm getting flu-jabbed. I have a medical condition which means I'm considered extra-vulnerable to flu and get jabbed by the NHS - cheaper than possibly hospitalising me should I catch it. But you can buy flu vaccinations on the high street.

Considering that proper flu is properly awful, would anyone not eligible for a NHS flu jab consider purchasing one?

The next two weeks are annual leave and I aim to make the best of it by doing stuff on the allotmentino and also stuff around the home. Some of these matters will be preptastic and some of them will be fantastic. I may also play with incendiary devices and stoves up at the lottie, not to mention the Kelly Kettle.

I'm FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Considering that proper flu is properly awful, would anyone not eligible for a NHS flu jab consider purchasing one?

Yeah, mine's at Boots on Monday. It cost me £12.99 which I think is worth not getting the flu.

On the subject of innoculations, I recently read that some of the ones we have as children wear off. Should we really be having boosters?

(I had a bout of Meningitis last year, and it was dreadful.)

GreyQueen

Dunno about that, jk0; ask your GP, perhaps? Sorry to hear you had meningitis; hope you made a full recovery.

I've got a GP appt later this month to discuss a routine matter so will ask him about my last tetanus jab whilst I'm there. As a gardener I run the risk of puncture wounds, although I mitigate the chances by wearing steel-toed Doc Martens and gloves for some jobs.

An ounce of prevention etc etc.