Preparedness for when

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ZTD wrote: »

If you want a massive light output - see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIBIqaeiE2M

The follow-ups are pretty interesting too.

Interesting, but not really practical, as lighting for use in a power cut.

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pm2326 wrote: »

I'm in the northeast

That puts you about 150 miles from the market stall.

Unless you are planning to buy a few thousand boxes, I don't think the trip will be economically viable.

The ones they sell in £land are quite reasonable quality, but there's only about 20 in a box.

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I am very grateful not to have to take the tube or bus to work. Squashed right close to whoever else is there, from wherever and carrying whatever. Bed bugs to ebola to flu, people breathing over me or sneezing above all of us, spreading bugs. I see that the uk is highly likely to get ebola cases and I also think that information is being supressed to avoid panic

Butterfly brain, that is definitely my thinking too and it will not just appear as cold but also rapid changes from warm to wet to cold to strong winds. Warm could well be very hot, think 40 degrees and cold could be -30 so shtf preps should incorporate how you would deal with this ie at the moment it would be how to keep a room warm and if all else fails then erect a tent in a room and get everyone in there. I have no clue yet btw, hints later as and when

twiglet98

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

The trees down here in Hampshire are more laden with berries than I've ever seen before, the hawthorns and ivy particularly and the holly is magnificent this year along with the pyracantha and rowans. We'll see if the bad winter in a good berry year theory proves itself this year won't we?

I'm sure the incredibly prolific crops of all kinds of berries resulted from the weather that preceded the crop, not the weather that will follow it. Everything from elder, blackberries, wild damsons, hips and haws, rowans and sloes, as well as the cultivated raspberries, have had massively more berries than ever before, it's been a fantastic year for preserving!

StanwithaPlan

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Here you go and, according to this, they're currently £4-99.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-5-october/product-detail/ps/p/led-light-bulb-assortments-set-1/

They are only the equivalent of 30w, these are the brighter ones for the main lights - I'm not sure the 30w is bright enough for the main lights, I think I have 60w in those

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-5-october/product-detail/ps/p/led-light-bulb-assortments-set-2/

Frugalsod

imho wrote: »

But Tesco Direct are selling Electric Blankets for £10,40 possibly £13 now as code has expired.

I use those old victorian ceramic hot water bottles. They stay very hot so need to wrap them in a towel or you get burned throughout the night.

Plus no need to use an electric blanket. If there are power cuts but you can heat water then you can put them into a bed and stay warm all night. I also have extra duvets if things get really bad and can stay warm in bed no matter how hold the place gets. Though an electric blanket is very handy when you know that you will be stuck in bed for several days and it helps avoid having to get out of bed as much as possible.

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I'm using a 4.8W, and I find it plenty bright enough.

You could always get a 6.3W (same price), which is roughly equivalent to a 50W.

ETA: Asda are selling 10W (equivalent to 60W incandescent) for £7.

thriftwizard

Interesting article here, mainly because it details which threats the Government see as most serious.

Frugalsod

thriftwizard wrote: »

Interesting article here, mainly because it details which threats the Government see as most serious.

While it is a serious threat solar magnetic storms while unpredictable can be detected several days ahead. When the last storm stuck a few years ago there was three days warning. I disconnected my computers and also had moved everything connected to surge protected multi-blocks as an additional safety back up. So if I had to disconnect my computers and electronic devices for several days I would be able to reconnect them when power was restored.

GreyQueen

Have been out and about and have been checking out disposable gloves.

My market stall hasn't got any and won't have any until his gaffer brings them, at some random and unspecified future point. I shall keep an eye, as he's told me whereabouts on the stall they'd be, when they have any.

Apart from that, I've checked out Wilk0s where you can buy 40 gloves (note, these disposables are numbered individually, so you'd have to halve that to get numbers of pairs of gloves) has 40-packs at £4.50 amd £3.50 (latex free ones being cheaper).

S@vers, if you have that chain where you live, have pkts of 10 gloves for £1. Poondlandia have pkts of 20 gloves for £1. Only they have 3 pkts less than an hour ago because I bought them.;)

Worth noting that these gloves are rated for light cleaning, food service, uses like that, so best to assume not proof against a Category 4 biohazard like Ebola, then.

However, if the water supply is down and you're having to manage your own wastes, or there is sickness or diarrhea in the household, these come in very handy indeed. I also use them when painting with gloss and using superglue, so they won't be wasted but for now will be roosting on the hygiene preps shelf, apart from some older ones which will go into my everyday bag.

Ultimately, all precautions are only about slewing the odds in your favour. Right now, I'm boiling a teatowel, because it was looking a bit sad and I didn't have a white wash for it to keep company with. I always feel rather OS and housewifely once I've boiled something.......:p