Preparedness for when

moneyistooshorttomention

Blindman,

I am struggling to see the connection between this thread and your comments.

It may be because you are in unfamiliar territory, as you normally post on the Holidays Board.

May I suggest that your presence here is proving disruptive, rather than helpful. That leaves you with two options:

- one being to be rather more helpful and understanding in the tone of your posts

nuatha

blindman wrote: »

Corrected the link-sorry-mind on other things-Meteor hurtling towards Earth next week-need to get some water in-Oh and put the bins out.
(Don't worry about the meteor-according to the title all of you guys\gals on here will be fine).

Thank you for the link correction.
I'd half expected a link to a Coleman Folding Shovel when you'd used the term Special Forces (a term I associate with USA Forces, as they seem to have a huge range of them).

If you care to read back you'll find there are a whole host of scenarios that different posters prep for. I think having alternate lighting is good common sense - alternate doesn't necessarily mean having a spare bulb/tube of the correct type. Having lighting that allows you co continue the task is all that is needed. I'll admit my preference is to have back up bulbs for all the light types in the house and I have a spare 4 foot tube as I use this type in my workshop. I also have battery and paraffin lights in case of electrical failures had one of those on Saturday evening as it happens.

As Greyqueen pointed out there's a message from our host about being nice to moneysavers at the top of the page. You may even find that the posters hereabouts are friendly, helpful folk - I know I have.

(and the meteor link dates from June 2009, if they're predicting an imminent devastating impact, they got the size wrong.)

GreyQueen

Morning all!

Another day of ambigious weather here in the South, overcast and cold, we'll probably have showers, which will probably include some form of frozen water in them. Stinging granules were yesterday's speciality, just the right caliber to hurt. Roll on spring.

The trouble with weather forecasts is that, good as they are, they ain't perfect. In a fast-cycling weather pattern, even those whose business is to take care of the roads can be caught out.

This week our gritters have been out in the evenings, gritting icy roads on clear evenings with clear skies and freezing temps. Then clouds come over, temps rise and it rains. Rain washes the salt/ grit combo off the roads, undoing all the good work. Then the skies clear in the small hours, the roads are wet, the temp drops and they freeze. And then the gritters go out again a couple of hours before dawn and do it all again.

All of which takes time, costs money, and means having the crews on duty all night. Tough job. Even if they results aren't perfect, I feel we don't know how bad it would be without them.

Even in a snow-free city like this, the pavements have been icy at morning commuter time, and colleagues are taking longer to traverse the same distance, due to walking more gingerly. I read somewhere that most falls which cause injury are happening to working age people, and the elderly may well be sensibly exercising discretion when decide to go out. I once saw a twenty-something man sustain a nasty head injury as a reulting of falling on an icy pavement about 50 m up the road. Blood everywhere, poor chap. Plus a few winters ago, two of my neighbours (twenty-something woman and forty-something man) broke, respectively, their ankle and their arm falling on sheet ice just outside our block.

A pal who is a high heidin in the ambulance trust tells me that day 3 of a big freeze is when the elderly venture out, having run out of milk and bread, and this is when the falls happen and the calls start coming in. I always make sure that my elderly friend and neighbour SuperGran has everything she needs in a freeze, and that she knows she can ring me before 08.30 am on any morning to catch me before leaving for work, and I'll get whatever's necessary/ post her letters or what-have-you.

jk0

Regarding falls, has anyone noticed the number of people who walk around with their hands in their pockets?

Okay, I know it's cold, but if you slip, it will be your face that hits the ground first.

Buy some gloves, and swing your arms. That will improve the fluidity of your progress, and make slips less likely. Plus you might be able to catch hold of something to break your fall if you do.

GreyQueen

Yes, I caught myself starting to do hands-in-pockets this week and stopped it immediately, as the ability to throw your arms out to correct your balance at the start of a slip is crucial.

mardatha

I've been MIA just been busy elsewhere. We went down to minus7 here and my kitchen was at 10C, seriously not fun. I bought a couple of thermal blinds for the kitchen and bathroom as they face north. We still have lying snow- that's been a fortnight now. It is slowly melting as today we have a sweltering 3C. I keep gazing longingly at my wee veg patch and wishing it was spring.

moneyistooshorttomention

I'm having to "watch myself" to make sure I don't just put my hands in my pockets too, in order to have them available if need be to mitigate falls.

I'm still not used to the idea of having to take gloves with me whenever I go out at this time of year (hence frequently finding myself starting to put them in my pockets) or a scarf or a hat. You can tell I've recently moved to a part of the country with worse weather than I am used to:cool:. I've not figured out yet how to just "grab and go" quickly and head out door and not be muffled up to the eyebrows with clothing and removing layers when I come back in indoors on the one hand and not be cold on the other hand....a little "how to" that didn't cross my mind when I moved here:o. I think I need a cloak made of thermal material...

THIRZAH

We've still got quite a lot of snow although most of the pavements are finally clear. There are still a few bad patches so I'm still going out in walking boots.

I agree with jko about people walking with their hands in their pockets-don't get me started on the ones who wear ballet slippers or high heels on icy pavements! I've been carrying my belongings in a small rucksack so both hands are free-I needed them a few days ago as had to cling to the railings while walking down one very icy slope.

Butterfly_Brain

blindman wrote: »

Hope their water is potable-doubt it

Everyone of your posts has been derisory or downright nasty.

If you can't join in the thread with helpful comments, then please don't bother posting

BHB

Has anyone seen "How I live now" 2013 - on n@tflix at the moment.


Very interesting film based on post nuclear bomb in this country.


A definite SHTF moment or two. Did make me wonder how we would go about protecting our stores from the masses.


It made me think as we are only 15 miles from a nuclear power station.


Interesting thread peeps, may take me a while to read from the beginning


Keep up the good work


BHB