If I were at home, and not in a hospital like I currently am, I would have access to at least 3 days food and water for everyone in my family, but sometimes I think that I should probably have about 2 weeks worth. I have plenty of tools but I think I need to get a chainsaw to remove any fallen limbs from the roads. There's no other way of getting those big suckers out of the road other than to break them yup into pieces. Plus, chainsaws are a handy weapon during an apocalypse.
But the one thing I've decided to invest in is a generator. Power goes out here quite frequently and sometimes for long periods of time. After a storm hits it can get quite hot and having power for a small AC unit can be a lifesaver.
The challenges for survival are different for every region, so what I need is very different than what people in Calgary might need. Heating would be my primary concern up there.
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I'd rather have to think on my feet at the unlikely opportunity of a survival situation than spend time, money, and space collecting things that I'll probably never need.
That's just me though. If I go on a hike I'll bring a few extra things in case I get lost or hurt, but I don't think worrying about natural disasters is necessary (living in Calgary out of the flood zone).
I'd rather have to think on my feet at the unlikely opportunity of a survival situation than spend time, money, and space collecting things that I'll probably never need.
If it comes to this, you're likely done. Those that think this way will be easy prey for those prepared. You may not have everything you need to withstand the zombie apocalypse, but you at least need a plan.
I would suggest you at least have a plan for sheltering in place. Have the basics that you will need if the power goes out for an extended period of time. Do you have a plan for getting water? Do you have a way of cooking food that you may have on hand? Do you have a way of protecting yourself from the likes of the Captain, who is going to forage and live off of others? Focus on meeting the basic human needs of water, shelter, heat, food, protection. You should be able to address those easily with a shelter in plan.
In the extremely slim probability that Calgary experiences an apocalyptic event, anyone who is well prepared is welcome to say "I told you so" before murdering me and taking my cornflakes and Gatorade.
Should the almost assured instance of me living my life and dying long before any such event occurs, whether from old age or other causes, I'll have lived my life not losing a wink of sleep over it.
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In the extremely slim probability that Calgary experiences an apocalyptic event, anyone who is well prepared is welcome to say "I told you so" before murdering me and taking my cornflakes and Gatorade.
Should the almost assured instance of me living my life and dying long before any such event occurs, whether from old age or other causes, I'll have lived my life not losing a wink of sleep over it.
I agree that the odds are pretty low... but if you have the means, being prepared seems like a good idea.
Plus, you should see all the cool stuff you can buy! I've never owned a chainsaw, but Cali says I need one, so sign me up!
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To me you should be capable of surviving in your house without assistance for a week. So I have candles, sleeping bags etc you should be good with the random dry goods you have in the house.
I also assume that you will get 24hrs notice to any of these events so that you can fill water jugs. Though I do have a flat of water bottles that would last a few days and water filters and bleach to treat water in a longer term scenari.
Really I just have all my backpacking and camping stuff which should be enough to survive 3-7 days which for things like floods and storms is sufficient.
I run a level three foster home, mostly downtown eastside native kids, gang members and the like, so disaster preparation is crucial to me, my plan is to send the kids out with barbed wire wrapped baseball bats to gather supplies and set myself up as a sort of east side Negan/Butcher Bill figure.
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It's a fun exercise in disaster preparedness. Levels include rushed trip, natural disaster or apocalypse.
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Car considerations:
Spoiler!
- Keep habit of filling up tank at half. Worst case scenario, gas is "low" abut you can get a few hundred KM away/get to a less busy gas station. (Or to a family/friend's place across city, then to hospital, no stop)
- Road side kit for misc items.
- Steel spreader shovel. None of that aluminum folding crap.
- Power bank/jump starter kit
- Case of water in the back. Drink them after sports etc. Worst case, you have 1-2 bottles of a 12 pack which buys you quite a bit of time. Still better than 0. Can be used as emergency windshield washer fluid if needed too.
- Solar powered power bank in case vehicle dies and you cannot use cig lighter to charge things.
- Flash light* A phone works great for this need so it's optional, but a metal flashlight can be used as a club.
- Object to shatter glass. Either used to save a dog/kid in a car, loot items from abandoned places.
Portable "activity" kit
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- Has to have enough useful items but not too heavy
- First aid kit
- Swiss army knife (knife, scissors)
- Sanitary pads
- Small toolkit screwdriver set
- Duct tape
2 minute home escape
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- You need to flee or do a last minute trip. What bag do you grab, what items do you bring?
- Hiking bag or carry on luggage. Don't want to overload bag or have issues running with it.
- Handful of valuable sentimental items. (Sentimental, barter)
- Camera (Barter or use lens for fire)
- Fist full of long sleeve tops, jeans, fist full of underwear, a pair of shorts, socks, belts.
- Shoes. Not sandals.
- Water
- 5-6 canned foods. Preferably canned fruit as it's a beverage and food. Other misc dried foods like granola bars.
- Bottle of spirit. A drink for the road, barter or antiseptic.
- Sleeping bag
I have backpacking gear, a shelf with canned food and a go bag from the red cross with first aid / and some basic toiletries.
I can manage 72 hrs with stuff on hand ... but I need about 45 minutes to gather the stuff for me and the dog
I was 1 block outside the 2013 mandatory evacuation zone during the 2013 flood. I had my gas range, canned goods, my car to recharge my cellphone during the week the power was out. ( It was kind of like camping -- but I could sleep in my own bed)
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In the extremely slim probability that Calgary experiences an apocalyptic event, anyone who is well prepared is welcome to say "I told you so" before murdering me and taking my cornflakes and Gatorade.
Yeah, in the event of a truly catastrophic collapse of society, those who have carefully prepared for such an eventuality are just buying themselves an extra 6 months - 6 months of brute survival in a hellish distopia. I've resigned myself to going in the first wave of die-offs, when there's still some semblance of civilization.
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I bought my Mormon father in-law's house.... I have everything!
Very prepared.
Yeah, I married into a Mormon family too so my already decent supply of staples and canned good has been taken to the next level. We have grain and a grain mill now! A couple hundred pounds of charcoal in the garage to cook with. I would like to have more water around, but I'm unsure on the stability of plastic water bottles.
I often joke with my MIL that I don't need to be as well prepared as the Mormon side of the family as long as I have more ammo.
I'm pretty well prepared for 2-3 days of 'shelter-in-place' type event: water, food that doesn't need to be prepared, etc.
Anything beyond that and I'm taking my chances with the mob.
Taiwan is quite well prepared for both natural and conflict-related disasters. There was an air raid drill last May. Super weird to watch the streets empty and then come back to life. This video starts while the drill is in progress and then shows it ending.
This is quite an interesting topic; the one that could actually turn useful one day. Generally, people tend to think that disaster preparedness is for the sudden nuclear war or other kind of apocalyptic event. Reality is, it could be something a lot more trivial and mundane. I did some research into this in 2013 after the flood, when I had to wait for 30 minutes to get some gas. The lists below are not to brag but to share, as they could save some time to those who's interested.
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Emergency bag in my truck:
Micro-Start XP-10 power bank (jump-starts a large vehicle with a completely dead battery in -30, has five different power outlets, stays fully charged for a year unused);
Multi-functional pump (runs on normal power, 12V and batteries);
Normal flashlight / head-light / flashlight with crank-power;
AM/FM/SW radio with transmitter;
Small trolley-jack;
Tool bag (power drill/bits/pliers/knife/hammer/adjustable wrench etc.);
Roll of duct tape;
Working gloves;
100' of towing rope;
A few ratchet tie-downs and bungee cord tie-downs;
Roll of poly;
Disposable breathing masks.
At the garage we keep the following for a "having to go away for a while" scenario (a lot of it is great for camping too):
Thule roof-top box;
Tent & sleeping bags;
Two inflatable mattresses;
Four folding chairs;
Folding 10'x10' canopy;
Folding table;
2x100' extension cords;
Hitch-mount cargo carrier platform + Cargo box (just bought these after going to see the eclipse in Idaho; great stuff, actually!);
4 x 20L gas cans (these are plastic; I might replace them with metal cans);
12V cooler-box.
The next level is making your home less-dependent on the utility grid. All of the things below are expensive and we do not have them. But something to consider:
Stationary generator for back-up power (diesel or solar);
Solar panels;
Water storage;
Composting toilet;
Electric heaters.
Of course, no real emergency preparedness is complete without proper supply of dry and canned food, water and fuel. The latter part is a bit tough to do, unfortunately, as you have to keep consuming and replacing the stored water and fuel. So, we are not doing it...
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