tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post6322094222587215180..comments2024-03-22T14:13:55.418-07:00Comments on wmtc: emergency preparedness: in which climate change plus living in a remote community push this 60-year-old into more responsible adulthoodlaura khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-20037285559304599322021-12-08T05:44:17.937-08:002021-12-08T05:44:17.937-08:00Screwtop wine bottles is a great idea! If you have...Screwtop wine bottles is a great idea! If you have a dishwasher, putting one in for a cycle or two (if you can keep them upright) should result in sparkling clean glass. laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-57620108738400740122021-12-07T18:27:02.926-08:002021-12-07T18:27:02.926-08:00Hmmm...thinking around the idea of reusing househo...Hmmm...thinking around the idea of reusing household glass, I think I'm going to do a science experiment with screwtop wine bottles, see what happens when I wash them and fill them with water and let them sit for a bit. They're a more conducive shape for pouring drinking water, and if some leftover wine gets in my water it's less gross than food and less likely to give me food poisoning.impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-15028650974938760112021-12-04T06:14:00.786-08:002021-12-04T06:14:00.786-08:00I didn't see this anywhere, but the only way I...I didn't see this anywhere, but the only way I can think of to avoid the plastic water bottle degrading would be to store water in glass bottles. You would probably have to buy some expensive branded water to get glass large enough. If you saved and re-used glass jars (like from pasta sauce) you would need a lot of them -- but it would be doable.<br /><br />This is the CDC (US) on water storage. Not sure how practical it is. Replacing water every 6 months? Seriously, who is going to bother doing that?<br />https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/creating-storing-emergency-water-supply.html<br /><br />Thanks for the tip re solar/crank radios. We have an old battery-operated radio that I used to use to listen to baseball games. I haven't found/tested it yet. If that doesn't work I'm going to buy another battery op. Solar power doesn't seem reliable for life in a rainforest.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-79706743034075446532021-12-03T22:19:00.632-08:002021-12-03T22:19:00.632-08:00When you were looking into this, did you by any ch...When you were looking into this, did you by any chance come across a way to keep a cache of water in the home other than bottled water?<br /><br />I've always kept a couple of cases of bottled water in a cupboard as for emergencies and considered the matter closed, but I recently discovered the bottles were squishy and concave!<br /><br />I googled around the idea, and apparently the bottles themselves go bad! And the assumption is that you'll constantly use them up and replenish them, but I don't use bottled water at all! So now I can't figure out how to keep an emergency water supply without constantly wasting water and bottles for no reason.<br /><br />(I also learned that canned food goes bad and my little cache of canned pasta is probably inedible by now, but I'm less worried about that because I also discovered while trying to streamline my pandemic grocery shopping that I easily have enough food on hand when you count stuff that's in the fridge or freezer but that I could safely allow to reach room temperature - fruits & veggies, bread, etc.)<br /><br />(I also had one of those solar/crank powered emergency radios, but it turns out the internal battery loses its capacity after a few years, so you put it in direct sunlight or crank it, and it doesn't hold the charge. Then I discovered that my old walkman from high school, which I still have in a drawer, is actually the highest quality radio in the house and, even if I didn't have extra batteries on hand, it will run on the batteries from any of the half-dozen remote controls I have lying around.) impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-30842661532664763122021-12-03T06:58:40.702-08:002021-12-03T06:58:40.702-08:00Amy, that would be funny. The best thing is that y...Amy, that would be funny. The best thing is that you don't worry about it!<br /><br />MSEH, I'm so glad you all got through that safely. I wish everyone had. :( And I'm happy to have inspired your to-do list!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-2860313104743371272021-12-03T03:23:05.266-08:002021-12-03T03:23:05.266-08:00We don’t have go-bags, though I do keep intending ...We don’t have go-bags, though I do keep intending to out one together but don’t… for the same reasons you hadn’t. I.e., Living in the city… The closest I came was when the civil unrest after George Floyd’s murder was happening blocks away. The box with our passports and other important documents was at the ready, the gas tank filled, flashlights out, etc. The pharmacy down the street was burned to the ground and cars without license plates cruised the neighborhood but we were fine. The Twin Cities are safe from tsunamis, hurricanes, and even tornadoes are rare. It’s human behavior that is the biggest threat. Thanks for the inspiration. Winter break project!MSEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415018485671115445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-5260752526317682292021-12-02T11:45:49.450-08:002021-12-02T11:45:49.450-08:00My guess is that Harvey DOES have a flashlight nea...My guess is that Harvey DOES have a flashlight near the bed, and I know he keeps batteries in the kitchen. Who knows? Maybe we have an emergency kit, and he just hasn't told me. :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-60277443296724005172021-12-02T06:39:24.949-08:002021-12-02T06:39:24.949-08:00Amy, I am quite surprised! You don't have an e...Amy, I am quite surprised! You don't have an emergency kit for the same reason we didn't -- but you are both a worrier and a planner, so I figured you did. <br /><br />I wouldn't send Harvey out on a prepper mission, but I would keep a flashlight and batteries in the kitchen or your bedroom.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-8745460464356605232021-12-02T06:36:21.244-08:002021-12-02T06:36:21.244-08:00Hi Mound of Sound. Until this moment I didn't ...Hi Mound of Sound. Until this moment I didn't know that Mound of Sound and Disaffected Lib were the same person! I guess I have one less loyal reader than I thought. ;-)<br /><br />I hope you are also safe and dry, and were unaffected (or only inconvenienced) by the recent devastating flooding.<br /><br />We know about the preparedness info online, and of course we know about the state of emergency, being good citizens of coastal BC. We haven't dug for shellfish, but we do <a rel="nofollow">now own a generator</a>!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-44930147428474002712021-12-02T05:28:02.803-08:002021-12-02T05:28:02.803-08:00"I'm willing to bet that almost everyone ..."I'm willing to bet that almost everyone who reads this blog already had something like this in their home, and are amazed and possibly horrified that we do not. But by the end of this week, we will."<br /><br />OK, you will be surprised by this since you know how I am a worrier, but we have no such thing in our house. We have flashlights somewhere in the garage. That's about it. No extra water, no extra canned goods. Somewhere we have a first aid kit, but I am not sure where. If I mention this to Harvey, he will likely go to the store and set all this up because he is the real worrier and disaster planner around here. <br /><br />But we don't live in a remote place. The grocery store is less than 2 miles away as is the pharmacy. I am glad you are more prepared, but now I bet the rest of your readers and you will be amazed and horrified that we are not!<br />Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-81186774851554512622021-12-02T00:50:59.630-08:002021-12-02T00:50:59.630-08:00I will say that being stuck on the 19th floor and ...I will say that being stuck on the 19th floor and having two dogs that need to go out would be no fun.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-43508189660994627932021-12-01T16:57:47.290-08:002021-12-01T16:57:47.290-08:00Hi Laura and Allan:
I hope you're high, dry a...Hi Laura and Allan:<br /><br />I hope you're high, dry and safe. What a week it's been.<br /><br />The province probably still has a site where you can find checklists of things you should keep available to cope with extended periods of isolation in emergencies. Lots of tinned goods, lots of pasta, beans, grains and other dry foods. I seem to recall you have a wood-burning fireplace. Those can be handy if the power goes down.<br /><br />Have you tried your hands at digging clams, mussels and oysters? They're bountiful. Ditto for crabbing. At places like Sayward you can fish salmon right from the dock.<br /><br />For years I did long-distance motorcycling down the Pacific coast, sometimes to Cabo san Lucas, out to Quebec. I carried everything from tools and parts to tent and sleeping gear, cookstove, utensils and water bottles, and a really good first aid kit. Bedroom, kitchen,infirmary and garage all on one motorcycle. There are some sites that have checklists for that sort of adventure and you'll be amazed how much of that you might want to keep handy at home.<br /><br />On this island it seems there are two kinds of households - those that stay prepared and those that don't give it a second thought. You've got carbs in the pantry and protein on the foreshore.<br /><br />The authorities have just placed all of coastal B.C. under a flood warning. If you have to drive try to do it during daylight hours.<br /><br />If nothing else, we'll have stories to tell, eh?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MoS The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.com