Preparedness for when

siegemode

Just seen on RSOE tornado and extreme weather in Italy today. Alsorts of intresting stuff/news on here
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

ginnyknit

Finally a solution to the problem-you are thinking if I buy a 22lb turkey will it fit in the cooker? Borrow a 2 year old and see if they fit :rotfl: sorry it just appealed to my sense of humour:D

I think you would probaby get a pack of plastacine from the £ shops GQ

Its freezing here but the moon looks pretty.

meme30

Ginnyknit:- Love it! :rotfl: Bossymoo ...a whole new industry, hiring out your two year old for oven testing. :eek: Cheap rates -will work for food. :rotfl:

moneyistooshorttomention

GreyQueen wrote: »

Did anyone read about that person who protected his home from water ingress by using plasticine in the frames etc? I bethought me of the air bricks which lead into the cavity wall on the river side of the flat. They're just above ground level. Wondering the most economical way to get my mitts on a quantity of plasticine to stop those up if the river tops over.

There's no gas boiler in the flat, btw, and these bricks just lead into the cavity not into the rooms themselves, so I won't be risking gassing myself. Would only look at caulking them temporarilily if the water was about to come in.

What has come home to me after listening and reading to those flooded is how very fast water can rise, scarily-fast. Which brings home the importance of having preps pre-positioned for access and preferably above the water mark, so that you can grab-n-go or grab and run upstairs, for those who have an upstairs, that is.

Read about one shopkeeper who heard rushing water and it was coming in through the KEYHOLE and at such speed that it quickly caused a flood indoors. If there was ever a man who needed gaffer tape or a wodge of plasticine, it was he.

'Scuse a lurker popping in here. Had to respond to the point about airbricks though. Luckily, my house isn't one that is at risk of flooding, so it was done for quite different reasons. But I had a little sliding "metal door" put on the outside of an airbrick that was set so high in the kitchen wall that it was letting in a lot of cold air from outside. So, in hot weather I have that little outside "sliding door" bit on the airbrick open for ventilation and in cold weather I keep it shut to keep that cold air out.

It's only a fairly flimsy piece of metal and has a little "knob" on it to act as a handle for sliding to and fro type purposes. I would imagine it's possible for anyone with handyman/woman tendencies to add something similar to any airbricks they have and duly slide to and fro as wanted and perhaps with some sort of "fixing" on the shut side in case of a rush of powerful water trying to sweep the cover back open again?

I've heard of blocking keyholes before now. I don't have plasticine, but I do have blutack and imagine that could be used in the same way.

vanoonoo

oh my goodness its cold out there.

*evil grin* with regard to putting two year olds in the oven - could I suggest that the oven is not preheated at the point of testing for size - safety first and all that *rolls eyes*

hope you're all well and safe x

vanoonoo

siegemode wrote: »

Hi all, having a mini shtf moment here. My faithful tumble dryer has died following 19 yrs 5 days loyal service and I am in mourning and turmoil. I have spent the last 24 hrs researching and I think my brain has had a melt down. I am fried. I have read so much and am totally unable to make a decision, but time is running out. There is an offer on AEG with 5yr cover for £370 (offer ends Nov 30th!!!!!!) and it's between that and a zanussi for £329 with 2 yrs cover. What do you think. Should I look at Beko ? whats your experiences and what features wook best for you ?
Don't really have anyone else to ask, sorry if its a bit off topic, but I would really appreciate your feed back. It will have to go in the kitchen which is next to living room in a v small house so noise is a consideration too.
Off to catch up on the thread now.

it's so sad when a faithful servant goes to the great junk yard in the sky we got through three tumblers in 5 years and have now given up on them in our house - I think the husband puts too much in them and that's what knackers them for us (we've even tried repairing but with no luck). I'd go for the one with the longest and best cover, and, as you have done, read the reviews x

pineapple

unixgirluk wrote: »

Could you get a temporary one from freecycle to see you through in the meantime?

What a good idea thanks - I hadn't thought of that! Plus I could see if Comet has any closing down bargains .
In the meantime I always suspected my built in Candy was poorly installed and creating condensation in the room - and now I have the proof. The level on the humidity meter has dropped like a stone! So I'm in no rush just to have the existing one repaired. I'll save on the electricity used by the freezer itself and frequent use of a dehumidifier while I'm pondering. And what I'll lose on not being able to freeze bargains I'll probably gain by not having a glut of food on hand :T. Plus not working I'm not pushed time-wise for shopping anyway.
Meanwhile I need to look at other methods of preserving food which can't be a bad thing as part of preparedness and in the current climate.

vanoonoo

2tonsils wrote: »

I would like to know if you would like me to carry on posting the weather predictions from my friends? I am not sure whether they are helping people or not. Please let me know, thanks.

I'd like to carry on seeing them if it's convenient

vanoonoo

pineapple wrote: »

It looks like my freezer has bitten the dust. Repair or replacement - both expensive! Plus it's the integrated kind - not that easy to get at to try diy fixes.
I'll be eating rather a lot over the next couple of days - can't see good food going to waste. That's my excuse anyway...:)
I was running it down for a defrost anyway. All I had was a bit of home made bread, some butter, some veg (home grown or bought fresh) and a couple of mutton chops.
Heck I remember the days when we didn't even have a fridge - let alone a freezer. How easily 'luxuries' become 'essentials'! Perhaps it's time to look into salting, drying, pickling.....
Meanwhile - what's in your freezer?

sorry, working backwards through the thread here!

could you un-integrate it? we had an integrated dishwasher installed this summer and I am already regretting it - I cant tell if the damn thing is on or off!

as for my freezer, its pretty full at the moment with batches of stew and casserole to see us thru the winter along with some pots of chili, several part baked ciabatta we got from costco that were getting close to date in the pantry so needed to be frozen, various tortilla wraps and chapattis, frozen veg, ice cream, ice pops, ice cubes, stock, cheese, falafels, YS bread incl gluten free, soup, fish fingers, oven chips - fairly sure thats the lot but not done an audit since sept so probably need to check things out before christmas!

2tonsils

Will give you an update while we have a lull in the storms. The SHTF here in Greece last night. We got horrendous storms with high winds but at 2am we were got out of bed by the sound of water dripping. OH up the loft ladder in his PJ's to investigate and the wind was lifting the roof tiles at one corner. He sorted it (the tiles are laid loose in a pattern here not fixed to allow for movement during earth tremors). We put the dehumidifier on to dry out the wall while we were sleeping. It was very warm in both the house and outside and we had no heating on.


We had just got settled in bed again when there were three enormous flashes of light outside the window, the dehumidifier squealed and the village lost all the electric. You wouldn't believe how dark it was, not a pin !!!!! of light anywhere and the whole storm went silent. It was spooky. Thank God we had the prep torches ready and turned them on, checked the leak and the rest of the house and all okay. Went back to bed as it was safer there than anywhere else in the total darkness.

The storms came back about two hours later and the pressure was so low our joints were hurting and we both had headache. Got up this morning and had to clean the patio and outside drains as they were full of pebbles and masonry from the house above us. If I don't keep the upstairs patio one clear the house will flood next time it rains.

My friends have been in touch and parts of C have quite a bit of damage. It seems a tornado hit a few villages at 3am this morning (I think they were all below us on the island) and took off the roof on one, damaged others and brought chimneys, trees and electricity line poles down. As far as I know no one has been hurt but an awful lot of people were up in attics and on the roof trying to do temporary repairs. The bad news is that the storms are coming back again later today and the whole of Greece is still on the dangerous weather warning.

Hope you all have a good day. My plan is to stay home, I am not going on any mountain roads in that. We also have over 2 million trees on the island and I don't want to be sheltering under any of them when the wind and lightning comes back!