Comments on: Being Prepared

By: gblued

gblued — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:27:34 +0000

I’m sorry, I found your site through a Mormon blog and incorrectly assumed. And being prepared is precisely my point in this post. As for the paranoid part, I’ve changed that because I realized that I’d been looking at another website that WAS paranoid, they had entire apocolyptic, chemical warfare scenarios. I’m sorry for getting mixed up.

By: clhend

clhend — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:20:26 +0000

Thank you for the link to our website under the subject of “Water” above. However, you do have one fact wrong. It is NOT a Mormon website. And if you think we’re a little paranoid…are you aware that in Haiti, the people that were prepared (usually mission-run facilities)had food and water stored? Those people, especially the children that were being cared for, have fared better than the majority that had nothing. So if urging everyone, no matter where they live to be prepared is paranoid, then so be it. Here’s my question: What if a “Haiti” or “Katrina” occurs in more than one location at one time…how long can you survive while waiting for help? Do your kids a favor…get prepared!

By: gblued

gblued — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:22:40 +0000

I wish we’d met then, too! I didn’t have my blog at that point, I didn’t even get internet until Dorian was nearly a year old.

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:45 +0000

Good you’re sorted with candles. We didn’t have any and it was fairly dark until day 3. Yeah, it was a pretty scary experience which occasionally still gives me bad dreams. We had no idea something so big was coming and were totally unprepared. The first 5 days in Solola weren’t even the hardest part… much worse was the way back to Antigua, seeing all that devastation.

Today, my spanish vocabulary includes words like “derrumbe” and I always carry my little torch-keyring with me. Kinda paranoid but who cares? The girlscout in me will aways be prepared better than before Stan.

Did you have this blog back then? I’ll look out for a Stan-post. I must have been driving right by your door, well sort of. I wish we’d have met back then. xoxo

By: gblued

gblued — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:40:43 +0000

Yup, we always have candles on hand because the power goes out so frequently here . . . I buy them by the dozen! I didn’t realize you were here during Hurricane Stan, it was pretty scary, huh?

By: gblued

gblued — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:39:54 +0000

Well, if we’re preparing for a zombie attack, I’d want an ax or two in the kit, as well. and something to block the windows up with.

Also, just because nothing has destroyed Australia recently (apart from that horrible fire) doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be prepared! You never know what could happen. And, it’s always good to have food and medical supplies on hand for daily use, too. If you guys both lost your jobs, you could survive a long time on your survival kit.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:09:35 +0000

Not only for quakes…did you realize that this can also be emergency kit for when zombie finally attack us? XD I still find that cute. This is an impressive list…makes me want to stock myself but haven’t had any disasters around here that I could think of to justify it. Great list to have around though, just in case!

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:57:08 +0000

Good list! Add some candles too, because it can really lift your mood when there’s a little light and warmth. I have been stuck in Solola during Hurricane Stan and it was a horrible experience… don’t want to imagine how it must’ve felt being preggo. xoxo

By: gblued

gblued — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:34:33 +0000

I was raised with lots of food, too, but just fell out of the habit. I think part of it was having to carry everything we bought on my back until we got the car. Now that we have it, I need to take advantage and load up on bulk stuff.

By: gblued

gblued — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:33:04 +0000

Michele, I’ve actually built solar ovens before but because of our location on the volcano, they don’t work too well. The clouds tend to move in and hover around the volcano in the afternoon, and the angle is difficult to work with. I would really like to make that work, though!

The charcoal is an excellent idea and I could easily rotate that. It would be extremely useful if the house went down and we had no access to the stove, as well. I’m planning on getting a second cylinder of gas, too, because it drives me bonkers to run out in the middle of cooking something!