THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

That would be horrendous, of course. But if the air was hot enough to melt plastic on our faces, the area could well be too hot to get through. Or if somebody forced themselves to run through in any case, they'd have plastic burned onto their skin but their eyesight may still be saved

God, isn't it horrible to think about it? And we still don't know how many died in that inferno? The live update thread at the Guardian is saying the structure is unsafe.

Given that GQ has frequently mentioned that her flat is at risk of flooding, I think she'll be OK without a parachute...

BB, I am in a groundfloor flat, the drop from the (openable) part of my windows to the wee patch of grass outside is - pauses to check with tape measure - 48 inches. Or level with the middle of my rib-cage. I think I can safely drop that distance.

Re goggles as eye-protection, if it's hot enough to melt them on your face, your face will also be melting. There is an updated (as in updated post-Grenfell) article on the happypreppers website about this very issue. One of the takeaways is a pure woollen blanket per household member as a cloak to shelter you as you escape from a burning building but it mustn't be wetted as the wetness will increase conductivity of heat.

I'm sure I'm not unique in confirming this IRL by using her own oven-gloves before they were fully dried after laundering. Oww!

The fire brigade have told the council here to ban external doormats outside the doors of flats, much to the disgust of many tenants, and with much complaining and failures in compliance. The reason is that the fire brigade know what happens in fires - the mats melt and adhere to the feet of running residents as they evacuate. Obvs, a pure coir mat (coconut fibre) would smoulder not melt, but a lot of coirs have some element of rubber in them today, from personal experience.

I have some hopes that compliance may be better as tower dwellers (and flat dwellers in general) are scared s**tless about what they've seen. We have no cladded tower blocks here, thank gawd.

I have been hunting for my light-weight BOB-footwear-to-be at a TK Maxximoose and have found several contenders by big name sporting goods manufacturers. Unfortunately, as is often the case with this store, they didn't sell at full retail for a good reason; disgusting lurid colours. I will continue to haunt the premises and hope for something of a more restrained hue which also meets my criteria; very light weight, small pack-size, laces and could (in a pinch) be acceptable at my very low-key workplace environment.

http://www.peacocks.co.uk/146469.html

Not Maximus, not lace up, but these are my choice of 'grab & go'.

Discrete enough for work wear in emergency, good in the wet & more comfortable than they look: I have no problem driving in them. (Unfortunately I paid full price pre sale - all of £5)

I dono, they might be just the thing. In thick smoke or darkness we could all just follow Greyqueen's feet