Preparedness for when

westlothianlass

Hi all
Thanks for all the info about perennial veg seeds, I have rhubarb and chard and have attenpted asparagus (numerous times, but im optimistic so will try again) but had never heard of the broccoli. I have been putting together a list of seeds I need/want from real seeds over the past week so will get a move on and purchase them.

I was watchcing clips of people shopping/fighting for sale items in the states, makes you wonder how much worse it would be if they were fighting for food, made me shudder just watching it.

Thanks to whoever it was that mentioned American blackout(apologies but my brain is just refusing to work today:o), ive just found it on youtube so may give it a go later on if I feel brave enough:D.


My thoughts too are with the families and friends of those affected in Glasgow, awful thing to happen:(. I know there is never a right time but it always feels a bit worse when anything happens so near christmas.

Hugs WLL x

Memory_Girl

I daren't watch it today - cos the kids know that pub as the place opposite where we stay in Glasgow (the Hotel across the street) and I don't want them panicking next time I have to stay over after work ( I write a wee bit for a certain Scottish paper with offices just along the riverfront)

Completely unexpected as you say - but wonderful to see the emergency services take it all in their stride ........... although I bet there were tears shed at the end of shift.

So grateful that the copter landed without a fireball - whether by luck or incredible skill of the pilot it was truly a blessing.

MG

mardatha

Is there any way anybody can prep for a helicopter falling on the roof of a building they're in?

greenbee

mardatha wrote: »

Is there any way anybody can prep for a helicopter falling on the roof of a building they're in?

Make sure you have ID and emergency contact numbers on you.

maryb

someone posted a while back about putting next of kin's number in your mobile under ICE (in case of emergency). Apparently the emergency services know to look there if you have been injured

Memory_Girl

Thanks maryb - just done that ......... and for DS1 too

MG

westlothianlass

HI all
Been having a think about whether you can prep for something like that, not sure you really can but the things that came to mind were very general emergency stuff that would be handy when out and about or away from home such as having decent footwear so you can walk/scramble over debris etc or having a torch in your bag so you can see where you are going.

I know we have chatted before about clothing but I am still amazed by how many people don't seem to carry more than a credit card ot phone with them, unlike myself who looks rather fetching with my rucksack full of [STRIKE]crap [/STRIKE]useful stuff. Do you think theres a market for rucksacks with bling for clubbers:D?

I've been playing on fleabay this afternoon looking rather lustfully at hand cranked sewing machines and mangles , oh the life I lead:rotfl:.

X WLL

short_bird

Maybe keep a linen hanky for mouth and nose (possible tourniquet, even though I know it's not the recommended technique these days) and a whistle? From what I heard on the radio, one chap with 30 years experience in the emergency services was heading to the Glasgow pub to meet his friend, so he was useful to have on site to make the first report and be aware of the layout.

I may have mentioned this before but part of some health and safety training - when I worked in retail - was a discussion around the topic of "what do you do if an elephant drops on the Basingstoke store?" The topic was an example of things you don't need to prepare for as frequently as slips, trips and falls.

We have the landing space for the air ambulance just down the street and chinooks flew past our block (till fairly recently) to deliver wounded from war zones... concentrates the mind quite wonderfully :eek:

nuatha

mardatha wrote: »

Is there any way anybody can prep for a helicopter falling on the roof of a building they're in?

Checkout the exits from the space you're in, make sure you always know where you are in relation to those exits.
A small torch may help either to help you find your way out or as a location beacon (either if you can't move from where you are, or to help others follow a way to an exit).
Most importantly, Don't Panic.

westlothianlass

HI
I have been thinking about preps this evening and I have begun to realise I have learnt so much from you wonderful guys and gals.
In fact I was wondering if the younger me would recognise the "cough" slightly more mature me.

I have a larder that makes me smile, and more practically would feed us easily for a couple of months,
I have a better understanding of world events,
I have a much better first aid kit, at home, in the car and in my rucksack,
I have a big love of torches , got them everywhere,
Paper plates, water purification tabs etc are stored around the house,
I have different items to bring light in a power cut, candles and ways to light them, torches as above :rotfl:, solar lamps and oil lamps,
I have a kelly kettle and wood stove for outside,
I know how to store my veg better, and my jam and jelly making has moved up a gear,
I have saved my own seeds for the first time and I love spending time in my garden,
and I have also discovered that I love reading rather dodgy prepping novels that scare me at bedtime:D,
and because of one of these books I now refuse to go into a lift incase the power stops, so I am being healthy and walking up stairs.

So all in all I feel much better prepared for whatever may present itself,
So in a rather soppy way I would like to say a big thank you to you all xx