Preparedness for when

fuddle

mardatha wrote: »

North east Scotland is in a bad way, and there's nothing on TV or news. Dozens of roads closed, rivers rising, sewage works flooding, Braemar cut off with no food deliveries now for 5 days, some of the members here are up there and can't get to work. Doctors surgeries flooded, people can't get their prescriptions as can't reach the chemist.... SHTF situation now and the media are nowhere.

Nope, I have the news on now. It's a debate with 2 new MP's over a labour reshuffle, Ben Stokes cricketing achievement and children's sugar consumption. It isn't like it's a fast paced news day. :cool:

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Please, please, please we aren't BAD people in the south I care as much for any other person who is in such an impossible situation in the north as in the east, west, midlands or any other place on the planet. Don't tar us all with the same prejudicial brush as you seem to be. I'll help anyone that needs help and I know many people who are 'soft southerners' who would not hesitate to do whatever they could to help others in such a dire situation. We aren't responsible for how the media do or don't cover events, have no say over what's on the news or what is left out but please believe we DO care and are just as anxious to see an end to the floods that are causing such havoc in your lives as you are in the north. Don't forget a couple of years ago the west country was in the same situation, we're only ordinary human beings down here not the self centred smug beings that you seem to think, not evil, not caring nothing for our fellow man, just the same as all of you in the north!

calicocat

Bits of it are on the Beeb website, and looking at the pics it was mentioned on the news last night at some point...although not Braemar in particular I don't think, and no mention of no food deliveries for days and folk not being able to get scripts made up etc.

However we can all be sure it will get way less coverage than if it were london or similar.

moneyistooshorttomention

calicocat wrote: »

Just got in from work to find no heating on ...........again.....

Not a major issue as menopausal so don't have it on much anyhow....but house was like a ruddy fridge....and Asbo-cat is not amused one bit.

Just googled how to re pressure the 'something' vessel, and have decided it needs a plumber. I know how to do the main water pressure...but not this valve thingy. It looks complicated, so will have to text him. It's more having a hot shower i'm bothered about....plus don't want to damage the whole system by constantly having to top up the water when the pressure is wrong somewhere else.

Hmmmm.......i thought I was quite the plumber being able to top the water up..... :rotfl: it appears not.

Also, when googling about, i've been bleeding radiators without opening the radiator valves...so may have even caused this myself.....being a google/youtube plumber.....:D .

House was 11 temp when I got in, so will have to it before I get eaten alive by the cat. I have filled the water up so it's on for now, and she is immediately under a radiator.....bless, she is old.

Her xmas pressie was having fan heater on in the conservatory for 3hrs so it was like a sauna. She was in kitty heaven.

Actually, now I have my new coat, I could give her my old one as a bed (size 8!.....how depressing, that was only 5 years ago). She would love it as a bed. So when Asbo has a SHTF moment of heating not working....she can create her own radiator in a down jacket...:)



Still rain and wind here on the east coast, and set for a few days apparently.

MARDATHA.........I hope you don't get marooned....there will always be some MSE'r on the go somewhere.

I was just thinking "Wonder whether Calico has something she could use to make a little cat-size duvet for Asbo-cat" and then read on down and that might well be a good bit of re-purposing for old jacket.

Failing that - I bought a cheapie single duvet from somewhere (think it might have been Arg*s??) at one point to be a "snuggle-under" duvet for sitting round purposes. Maybe one of them doubled-over and put into an old duvet cover (ditto doubled-over or summat) might do the trick to give her her own personal snuggle-under.

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I guess the north of the country is getting less coverage to a variety of reasons - probably a lot of it to do with the media being centred in the South basically. So - its certainly not that us "soft Southerners" don't care - its more that we haven't much of a clue as to what is going on in the rest of the country (unless we move there - ahem.....cough...) because we don't see it on the media and hence we often just tend to assume its like The South but a few degrees colder or a little bit wetter. Now - where are those embarrassed smilies when you need them....?

Shuffles off into corner - even though I can quote a lot of other Southerners I've come across who also once didn't have much of an idea at all .......

Hopes this Darn Rain will stop soon - for all of us and stop putting us all somewhere in between "Driven Up The Wall and stir-crazy" by it or flooded out by it.

fuddle

It's as much about a Northerner's attitude as to whether they can be happy in the South. It is different and I did get annoyed at situations and attitudes collectively but I met some cracking folk down there, many of whom I'd like in my corner in times of strife.

I think it's fair to point out that everywhere has it's places that aren't thriving, where people are struggling and I do need to say that I saw my first ever obviously real homeless person in Bournemouth, early one morning.

MITSTM BBC news is now based in Salford, Manchester. That's no excuse at all. There's reporters all over the world, in every locality in every region. If some of our own folk are experiencing difficulties I would like to know about it... there's no such thing as old news in my eyes.

mardatha

LOL MrsL I wasnt meaning it that way xxx Just that nowadays the Beeb and Sky seem to choose what they think we should know, instead of reporting the news. The BBC used to be brilliant, I don't know what has happened to them. And yes Calicocat its all about folk gettiing onto twitter and fb now and organising theiir own help- liike they did in Cumbria and Lancashire.
I think me iii is sticking lol
Def bound to get a lot more preppers after this eh??
Does anybody else wonder if the govt are going to be forced to get off their fat well-fed collective a$$es and DO somethiing about flooding now??
I'm doing a big Sainsbugs shop now, filling up with tins and packets and water..

Karmacat

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Please, please, please we aren't BAD people in the south I care as much for any other person who is in such an impossible situation in the north as in the east, west, midlands or any other place on the planet. Don't tar us all with the same prejudicial brush as you seem to be. I'll help anyone that needs help and I know many people who are 'soft southerners' who would not hesitate to do whatever they could to help others in such a dire situation. We aren't responsible for how the media do or don't cover events, have no say over what's on the news or what is left out but please believe we DO care and are just as anxious to see an end to the floods that are causing such havoc in your lives as you are in the north.

Absolutely!

A town like Braemar cut off for 5 days? There are articles, I've checked, but that should be headlines

fuddle

At least it's online Mar. Some awful photo's plus worry to read of 999 calls unable to get through because of phone lines down and that RNLI helped restore power lines over a river using rockets. The Red Cross have deployed communication vehicles to help with comms where it's been down. The West Coast mainline looks to be damaged for weeks and Rest and Be Thankful has slipped again. I mean if the news agencies want entertainment as news I think that stuff is pretty news worthy and a bit different. I dunno Mar :cool:

greenbee

mardatha wrote: »

And yes Calicocat its all about folk gettiing onto twitter and fb now and organising theiir own help- liike they did in Cumbria and Lancashire.

This may be WHY the BBC and Sky aren't reporting it - they're looking to report on stories that aren't being shared over social media, trying to find a niche for themselves as social media makes traditional media less relevant. What they need to remember is that social media isn't reporting - and we could so with some reporting on these things.

CalicoCat - you need to bleed the radiators AND any valves near the water tank to get rid of air. When you've emptied the system of air, you need to top up with water. So you're doing it right. It's just a question of where the air is getting in. In my system they've told me that it's partly because I've been having so much work done on it (emptying and refilling) and partly because there are so many (unnecessary) bends in the pipework where air can be trapped and take a while to move.

fuddle

Personally I very much doubt that news agencies are stepping back from stories because of social media hype. We may as well play a game of Chinese whispers to get relevant information. News agencies of decent cloth pride themselves on impartiality and it is this reason alone why social media, for me, will never replace or overtake.