Topic Takeover - What would you need for a 72-hour crisis?

[ThomasRichard]

No mains water supply.
No electricity grid.
No mains gas.
No public transportation.
Possible extreme weather: snow, heatwave, flooding, hurricane.

[atticusclaw2]

silicone sealer is a great idea

[atticusclaw2]

As is taping up the DCs!

[Sansoora]

right Im away to the shops.

Im going camping tomorrow and need a new kitchen sink.

[Stratter5]

Blimey, silicone sealer is genius. Adding that to the stockpile.

TBH the thing I prep against first and foremost is societal breakdown. Out of everything, that is the most likely outcome imo, in a major emergency.

[ThomasRichard]

:o On a serious note, one thing that stands out to me when parents in conflict zones talk about the associated challenges is the agonising decisions they have to make about cooping up their children for hours, days, weeks, months, years at a time.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I'm adding duct tape. That shit will do anything.

Stratters if you are prepping for societal breakdown, surely you need scary things like guns. I know we have bear spray here but in the event of Zombies or the breakdown of society, I don't think that's going to do anything.

We are on an island so that is good (it's enormous but relatively sparsely populated from about halfway up). My main concern if the SHTF is the Americans, who are armed and 15-20km away by boat.

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[Sansoora]

On a serious note, one thing that stands out to me when parents in conflict zones talk about the associated challenges is the agonising decisions they have to make about cooping up their children for hours, days, weeks, months, years at a time.

Thats where duct tape really comes in handy. If you feel you cant look at your 4 walls any longer you can just decorate them with kids. Wrap them up in double sided duct tape and you can hang them anywhere you want. They look far better than those Hilda Ogden type Murials. I used to laugh at her calling them Murials instead of Murals - my dads mum used to copy her.

[Stratter5]

DH and I can both shoot, and we used to belong to a SBRC. I'm deadly accurate I'd make an excellent sniper, far more so than DH, but he is better at clays than I am :)

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Rude place marking.

[RollingRollingRolling]

Take more MNHQ, we need a preppers board!
Have decided to buy one thing a month, last months was a compass!
Going to clean out a cupboard to out it all in.

[atticusclaw2]

Has anyone else had any sort of communication from MNHQ. I emailed by reporting my own post - nothing.

Perhaps the zombies got them because they weren't prepared?

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

Cheeky place mark.

[Stratter5]

Hopefully, they'll sit up and take notice. But we do need to ensure this topic stays up top on Active, and doesn't just peter out like so many others.

[winchester1]

I hadn't really considered having the kids actually stuck in the house. When we've had power cuts the aim has been to get out on the garden as much as possible.
If we are all stuck inside we'd go crazy. I think we (ma and OH) would have to take turns locking ourselves in the bedroom alone to maintain any sanity.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I think we (ma and OH) would have to take turns locking ourselves in the bedroom alone to maintain any sanity. What I imagine is DH 'training' DD as the warrior he thinks she is. Ninja training could keep them both entertained for some time. I may need the duct tape for both of them.

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

The weather is really awful here today. The wind is blowing everything over & the rain hasn't stopped all day. That & the news about hurricane Patricia have been thinking about buying extra things in such as warmer duvets, candles, a few more torches & maybe a wind up radio.

Must have a look soon

[atticusclaw2]

Popped into home bargains earlier today and have added four more large candles and four fray bentos chicken pies to the stash

[Artandco]

For 72 hrs you wouldn't really need to prep though would you? Most people have enough food at home for 3 days. If you don't shower for 3 days it's not the end of the world. Just hunker down, sleep, read, eat cake.

[DolphinsPlayground]

I have mini prepped bits all over the house. Tbh I really should get them together.

But, honestly when does everyone think it is going to happen? Is it likely? (Although I prep just in case because if it does happen it will be 'unexpected' and spiral quickly. Which reminds me I need a wind up radio...) anyway, what are the signs things are heading south, as it were?

[ChipsandGuac]

There's an Ebola topic on MN?!!

We lost power for 10 days after a hurricane and one of the most important things to have is a full tank of petrol in your car and spare petrol.

We also invested in a whole house generator. Naturally, we haven't lost power since.

[atticusclaw2]

I think we all "prep" for different things. I just like to be prepared for any emergency situation. Most of my prepping would be best for bugging in rather than bugging out. DS2 in particular would last ten minutes before he started moaning about aching feet!

I did step up my game a bit after watching "blackout". Its on 4OD and youtube and makes you realise how quickly things can spiral out of control with even a relatively short term crisis situation.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

For 72 hrs you wouldn't really need to prep though would you? Most people have enough food at home for 3 days. We're in an earthquake zone. There might be food in your house but if the house is flat, you can't get to it. That what the bug out bag (OFRS) is for. The water would be off, no power, clothes wet or gone, possibly fires, tsunami, maybe have to move to higher ground... Our bag is close to hand, everything is in waterproof sacs and we have torches and so on. And, what are you drinking for those 72 hours? You would need water at the very least. We have water in little bags, a life-straw and some water purifying chemicals.

For longer emergencies or for the, you know, Z-word, we would be bugging in. Hence the larger supplies for that. DH is trying to convince me to spend eye-watering amounts on three years supply of MRE. As he says, "like condoms; better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them".

[Artandco]

Mrs - but surely your rucksack is just as likely to be trapped under stuff in a case of an earthquake?

Most people are talking about generally just having to stay inside 3 days. I would just drink water from home, we always have a supply of bottled sparkling water for everyday use which would be fine 3 days. And we have rum so all is good!