Preparedness for when

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And it's flinging it down again.

Karmacat

Karmacat wrote: »

I've just been sweeping the stairs (I use a handbrush, vacuum cleaner so ill its useless)... usually when I do that, I have an allergy attack about 3 hours later, that lasts for the rest of the day. Today, I used one of those dust masks thats supposed to protect against, erm, dust :rotfl: plus a shower cap to stop it getting in my hair. I looked very odd I washed my hands and rinsed my eyes when I'd finished. We'll see if I still get the allergy attack or not.

:j:j:j dust masks work for dust, who knew no allergy attack!

Softstuff

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

And it's flinging it down again.

You just need a little perspective to make it look better Bob. Average rainfall in NW England is less than 100mm a month, over here in my particular location on the "Sunshine Coast" of Australia, we've had 554mm in 51 days. The wettest total day between 1996 and 2014 was 161mm. Combine that with high temperatures and indoors ends up with 80% relative humidity. It's damn near raining indoors here Bob

Perplexed_Pineapple

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

just because you have had new electrics doesn't mean something cant happen and it cause a fire.. a posh pub that had all new electrics had a fire in their attic not so long back... so even though it is extremely unlikely to happen, it can...

A thought re electric fires, a lot of people use charging devices for phones and portable devices, there are a lot of cheap replacement chargers available in the markets. A friend of a friend had a house fire start from an imitation iPod charger, perhaps one situation where it would be worth forking out a bit more for a branded product.
We don't have any fire-specific precautions beyond the smoke detectors (that's a good thought about having one in the loft, GQ). It's worth closing internal doors - even a standard panelled door can hold a fire up for several minutes and a solid wood one for longer. Proper fire doors are rated by how long they can impede the spread of a fire. Having a torch to hand might be invaluable if a fire damaged the electric lighting - I always make sure I know where mine is if staying away from home. It's been a useful habit on several occasions.

nuatha

Karmacat wrote: »

:j:j:j dust masks work for dust, who knew no allergy attack!

Hurray - always worth ensuring your kit works.

Softstuff wrote: »

You just need a little perspective to make it look better Bob. Average rainfall in NW England is less than 100mm a month, over here in my particular location on the "Sunshine Coast" of Australia, we've had 554mm in 51 days. The wettest total day between 1996 and 2014 was 161mm. Combine that with high temperatures and indoors ends up with 80% relative humidity. It's damn near raining indoors here Bob

Thank you but no thank you (and that's without the critter problems) sounds too like my idea of hell.

Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

A thought re electric fires, a lot of people use charging devices for phones and portable devices, there are a lot of cheap replacement chargers available in the markets. A friend of a friend had a house fire start from an imitation iPod charger, perhaps one situation where it would be worth forking out a bit more for a branded product.

A friend trialled a huge number of usb chargers, bought from highly respected (and expensive) electrical factors, high street shops and various markets. Each one was tested as to output, stability and temperature before being disassembled and the quality of the components and build examined. Several of the really expensive ones and some of the cheapest ones were passed on to trading standards for action.
Unfortunately the ones that came out as the safest and most reliable we were unable to source more than a dozen of. It is almost impossible to trace individual manufacturers of the product (3 examples of one major brand and model had completely different internals).
If you are dealing with a major brand piece of kit then if you need a spare charger, buying another of the same brand rather than a compatible may well be the only way forward. (Much as I hate to say it).

Frugalsod

Officially they painted the Mersey ferry in Dazzle colours to commemorate the centenary of the use of the scheme during world war one. Though could they have worries about Liverpudlian extremism?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32158049

Frugalsod

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-32156097

I wonder how many are preppers just practising?

Karmacat

Frugalsod wrote: »

Officially they painted the Mersey ferry in Dazzle colours to commemorate the centenary of the use of the scheme during world war one. Though could they have worries about Liverpudlian extremism?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32158049

Well, they're going to *create* extremists by painting the Snowdrop in that get-up :rotfl:I wonder if any commuters still use the ferries? They really will be dazzled, seeing that first thing in the morning :rotfl:

I quite like it tho

GreyQueen

:eek: Blimey, sales of migraine meds will go up with that ferry out and about. I'd be a bit alarmed to see that first thing in the morning, especially if I'd been having a few sherberts the night before.

Am visitng the parental homestead and we have a (most of ) a tree in the back garden, having gone through the panel fence like a hot knife through butter. It's a tree growing on council land so they have been emailed to come get it, then we shall bodge the injured panel with scrap timber from the sheds before getting quotes for replacement of the fenceline.

The fence about 20 years old and well-knackered and was scheduled for replacement at some point in the future, but that point has been crystalised to the more immediate future.:rotfl:

Parents are chilled about it, in fact are going out there with the camera to take some pix. Cats aren't overly impressed by it, as they'll not be able to jump the gap. Bless.

mardatha

Take a look at this effort that's been berthed in Lerwick for months! Be careful if you get migraines lol -
http://cdn2.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/3/8/3/1896383.jpg