09-09-2017, 08:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Flames > Hurricanes so I'll be hunkering down in the Saddledome.
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09-09-2017, 08:29 PM
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#3
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Thankfully none of those really apply to us in Calgary so I think my total unpreparedness is somewhat warranted.
Edit: wait, don't you live here too? Should I be prepared? What am I even preparing for? Omg the panic is setting in!
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09-09-2017, 08:31 PM
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#4
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Franchise Player
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I'll definitely be one of the people dehydrated, starving and needing rescuing.
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09-09-2017, 08:37 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Winchestertonfieldville Jail
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I'd die real quick
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09-09-2017, 08:45 PM
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#6
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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I know where my neighbour keeps their stuff.
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09-09-2017, 08:57 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2005
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In my car I have a bag of clothes, water and granola bars. Does that count? Living in the middle of a city if anything that bad actually happened, we'd all be screwed regardless of what we have in a bugout bag
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09-09-2017, 09:13 PM
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First Line Centre
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I'm unprepared, but one thing I recently did is make a seed bank
Seeds will last, if something goes down a mix of certain seeds will be extremely valuable. There's a lot of info online and I'm fairly uneducated but I wanted to get a start
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09-09-2017, 09:26 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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This is a pretty cool topic and one that I've been looking into recently. It is pretty eye opening to look up some of the possible disasters and their effects, such as power loss over a large section of the continent. Living in a big city I think you're pretty much ####ed if anything happens.
I started looking at wood gasification last year and hope to have time to make a gasifier one of these years. It would be the ultimate 'survive in comfort' tool to have 'unlimited' power. I figure if you wanted to be totally sufficient you would need to invest 20,000 into equipment for gasification and wood gathering/chopping/splitting.
As for right now,
Our water at home is gravity fed from a creek and we keep a few 40lb bags of rice in the basement.
We have a root cellar full of heirloom carrots, potatoes, squash, canned tomatoes, salsa, canned fruit, pickles, pickled beans.
We have a full garden that covers all our vegetables for the summer, and all heirloom seeds. (Heirloom is important as you can keep gathering seeds and planting year after year. If you buy hybrid seeds they are a one off.)
Along with guns, wood and woodstoves, chainsaws and a couple freezers of meat I think we are at a pretty decent level of preparedness.
Other things would be;
First aid kits
Booze
Usually only around 100L of gas
As for a wildfire...all that stuff is gone.
In case of an apocalypse you are more than welcome to come over! Just ensure you bring proof of your CP Membership.
Last edited by indes; 09-09-2017 at 09:30 PM.
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09-09-2017, 09:50 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: The Honkistani Underground
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Oh, man, I have a lot of gear I have accumulated over the years. I do have food/water for three days for two people and two dogs. I always have an extra month of my prescription. I have extra eye glasses. I have a bag in each car containing first aid kit, tool kit and other supplies.
My preferences for packs/bags are 5.11 Tactical and Hazard 4. My EDC is the 5.11 Rush 24 but I also own a 5.11 Rush 72 and the Hazard 4 Patrol. The loadout varies.
Daily, I carry a Leatherman MUT, Victorinox Swiss Tools multi-tool, Topeak Rocket Ratchet, 6" Knipex Pliers Wrench, 6" Knipex Cobra and LED Lenser flashlight (with spare batteries). I load these in two Skinth pouches. I attach one to my belt and I attach the other to my pack.
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09-09-2017, 10:05 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Thankfully none of those really apply to us in Calgary so I think my total unpreparedness is somewhat warranted.
Edit: wait, don't you live here too? Should I be prepared? What am I even preparing for? Omg the panic is setting in!
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I think the most likely major disaster that could affect us here in Calgary is a major disruption to the power grid. Something like a big ice storm could be pretty disruptive.
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09-09-2017, 10:06 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
Oh, man, I have a lot of gear I have accumulated over the years. I do have food/water for three days for two people and two dogs. I always have an extra month of my prescription. I have extra eye glasses. I have a bag in each car containing first aid kit, tool kit and other supplies.
My preferences for packs/bags are 5.11 Tactical and Hazard 4. My EDC is the 5.11 Rush 24 but I also own a 5.11 Rush 72 and the Hazard 4 Patrol. The loadout varies.
Daily, I carry a Leatherman MUT, Victorinox Swiss Tools multi-tool, Topeak Rocket Ratchet, 6" Knipex Pliers Wrench, 6" Knipex Cobra and LED Lenser flashlight (with spare batteries). I load these in two Skinth pouches. I attach one to my belt and I attach the other to my pack.
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I don't know what half the things in your post even are! Looks like more research for me!
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09-09-2017, 10:22 PM
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#13
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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09-09-2017, 10:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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I have zero disaster prep at all outside of a first aid kit. I might get lucky and have a bottle of water in my fridge and some granola.
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09-09-2017, 10:42 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uzbekistan
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I have lots of jackets to stay warm in winter. I would have no other necessities whatsoever.
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09-09-2017, 10:51 PM
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Norm!
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My plan
Murder people for their food and water.
Rinse and repeat.
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09-09-2017, 11:37 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Winchestertonfieldville Jail
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^ savage
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09-10-2017, 01:33 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time
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Interesting topic. It's always an eye opener to see what others consider to be "prepared", and it really does range from "I have a solar panel to charge my phone" all the way to the guy who has ham radios and a full year's supply of food in his garage.
My experience is that the people who are really into this stuff (and generally the most truly prepared) don't like to talk about what they have. As a few of you have already stated, if you live in a big city your challenges will be multiplied in the event of a catastrophe and nobody wants to make themselves a target. History has shown us time and time again that in times of crisis people will do what they have to do to survive, and it's very possible that a neighbor who helps build fences and shovels your snow when you're gone for the weekend may turn into someone completely different if his wife and kids are starving.
It's actually pretty sobering to think about, but "civilized" society is often only one major disaster or prolonged food shortage away from complete breakdown, and it's alarming how quickly it can all come apart.
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09-10-2017, 02:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redliner
Interesting topic. It's always an eye opener to see what others consider to be "prepared", and it really does range from "I have a solar panel to charge my phone" all the way to the guy who has ham radios and a full year's supply of food in his garage.
My experience is that the people who are really into this stuff (and generally the most truly prepared) don't like to talk about what they have. As a few of you have already stated, if you live in a big city your challenges will be multiplied in the event of a catastrophe and nobody wants to make themselves a target. History has shown us time and time again that in times of crisis people will do what they have to do to survive, and it's very possible that a neighbor who helps build fences and shovels your snow when you're gone for the weekend may turn into someone completely different if his wife and kids are starving.
It's actually pretty sobering to think about, but "civilized" society is often only one major disaster or prolonged food shortage away from complete breakdown, and it's alarming how quickly it can all come apart.
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Timely posting between this and photon's post over in the hurricane thread.
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09-10-2017, 03:37 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Locked in the Trunk of a Car
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I bought my Mormon father in-law's house.... I have everything!
Very prepared.
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