Preparedness for when

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If you haven't read it 'On The Beach' by Neville Shute is the ultimate disaster read but be prepared to get emotional.

elona

GQ

China has now announced 35 cases and also a very small number of cases that have a resistance to Tamiflu and Relenza.

Not sure I dare read "On the beach" especially now.

Making home made rolls for tonight with burgers and salad and have a pot of veg soup on hob for lunch.

Hug to all.

pineapple

VJsmum wrote: »

Erm, if it puts your mind at rest, North Korea would have to fire a missile the other way in order to hit the US - and they can only get as far as Alaska.

By the same token if they can reach US, they just have to point the other way to reach here! But actually I wasn't referencing Korea or nuclear terrorism/war in particular. Accidents, leaks, meltdowns happen - as we've seen over the years.

pineapple

sb44 wrote: »

If a nuclear attack does happen, it won't be safe to venture outside for food — you should stay sheltered for at least 48 hours, preferably longer.

Now that would be fun trying to train the dog to do her business on newspaper instead of going outside. NOT!

I've often thought about this - in relation to having to stay indoors for any biohazard - not just radiation. My dog is so well trained that she would end up in agony with all four legs crossed before 'going' inside.

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ELONA - I am perhaps alone in this but if there is going to be a problem of any kind, I would much rather know about it beforehand and try to weather the storm than not. I know there are some situations that arise without warning or time to do any prep at all, but if I can make some arrangements that will give us a better chance, I'd rather the whole picture and be a little scared than blissful oblivion!!!!! That's just me, Cheers Lyn xxx.

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MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

If you haven't read it 'On The Beach' by Neville Shute is the ultimate disaster read but be prepared to get emotional.

Was that the one that was made into a film with Gregory Peck?
I remember them surfacing in a submarine and there was no one left :eek:

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Yes it was, it's the saddest book I've ever read, but made a lasting impression on me and changed the way I looked at the world, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Rosemary_Jane

Those who enjoyed 'On the Beach' might well enjoy 'In the Wet', another of his books, where he describes Britian as he imagines it in the future (to him), (these books were written in the 50s).

A very typical Shute book, he tells about the rationing and the time when everyone lost all their money, how emigration led to vast numbers of empty houses, and the Ministry had to nationalise them and took the roofs off to try and maintain the value of the others; how everyone moved gradually closer to the centres of the towns to the empty properties.

A really good read.

Another great author for those who enjoy reading books written so long ago is John Wyndham. Especially 'The Kraken Wakes' - where the aliens raise the sealevel, and how it alters the climate and the starving hordes migrating to higher ground.
'Day of the Triffids' is good too, about how the risks of infection from the bodies affect collecting supplies, and the isolation of living under seige from the triffids.

R

2tonsils

Just having a break from spring cleaning the house now it has gone on the market ''for sale''. We have got lovely sunshine here today, the first day clear of the red dust from Africa for over three weeks. The birds are singing their little heads off.

I turned down a really good job I was offered in China because of the trouble kicking off in Korea and the bird flu outbreak. My email is full to the top with requests for me to start work immediately in China or Korea as it seems many foreign teachers are leaving. I must remove my resume from the sites before they crash my email, it takes ages to delete them all.

I am still waiting for an answer from Turkey, but no news is good news. It does say they will inform you by the first week in June so I am not worried. I will continue to apply for other jobs though as I just can't wait for them to answer . I plan to be leaving Greece by the end of August whatever happens. I have to visit the UK to renew my passport and if I get this job I have to apply for a work visa from the Turkish embassy in London. I don't mind, I am quite happy going to London for a few days on business and spending some leisure time visiting the theatre and shopping for suitable work clothes. I love London and all the delights it offers!

My OH is feeling a bit off colour today, he seems to have picked up a cough/cold like virus. My theory is that he got it from the microphone everyone was using at the karaoke night....

boultdj

Chocky and Chocky's children as well by Wyndham, read 'em at school back in the early 80's, bought back memories with the kracken book, not read it for year's.
Most of the Shute book's I'v read have been to do with aircraft, some of them true stories.