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27 November 2012, 20:36
AAGh whole answer has disappeared into the ether. So I start again!
How many in your family or group
Five humans, 3 dogs, 5 cats, 2 geese, 9 chickens and a psychopathic parrot I'd happily eat if I could be bothered to pluck it
How much food do you have
Enough for at least a month or more, but much meat in freezer which would have to be salted/dried if power out.
How much more do you GRADUALLY need to get.
MOre tins/dried food and certainly more water
Have you got a decent gravity fed water filter. Clean water is the difference tween life and dysentry.
No, water is an issue. We have a small lake filled by field drain and field run off but clearly would need sterilising, but we are in dip so water run off is only a problem when it floods (like now!)
Do you have independant heating, lighting and cooking facilities such as wood burning stoves, calour gas camping cooker, lots of 12 hour candles and LANTERNS ( no naked lights please) Light Sticks, piles of logs etc
2 wood burners and an oil fueled aga. The latter used to be solid fuel but when I had 3 kids under 3, four dogs etc. I threw a tantrum and we went oil...... Reasonable supply of candles but need more, no night sticks 4-5 months of logs. 4 solar/wind up batteries (and radio) plus solar panel to charge car battery. 3 rechargable (from car battery) torches
Do you have enough water storage facilities
Hmm no. Am building these up for potable water. Non-potable from lake
Do you have a top notch first aid and dental kit
Not bad but needs replenishing. Husband is a doctor
Do you have suitable clothes and tools
I have no idea. I thought we did, but now not so sure. Need to do inventory of both
Do your family know what to do if something goes wrong
Until this summer no. But then daughters all stuck in school in Newcastle and couldn't get home to us (where we were cut off) in the summer floods. They learned how important planning is, though still think I'm a bit OTT.
How many in your family or group
Five humans, 3 dogs, 5 cats, 2 geese, 9 chickens and a psychopathic parrot I'd happily eat if I could be bothered to pluck it
How much food do you have
Enough for at least a month or more, but much meat in freezer which would have to be salted/dried if power out.
How much more do you GRADUALLY need to get.
MOre tins/dried food and certainly more water
Have you got a decent gravity fed water filter. Clean water is the difference tween life and dysentry.
No, water is an issue. We have a small lake filled by field drain and field run off but clearly would need sterilising, but we are in dip so water run off is only a problem when it floods (like now!)
Do you have independant heating, lighting and cooking facilities such as wood burning stoves, calour gas camping cooker, lots of 12 hour candles and LANTERNS ( no naked lights please) Light Sticks, piles of logs etc
2 wood burners and an oil fueled aga. The latter used to be solid fuel but when I had 3 kids under 3, four dogs etc. I threw a tantrum and we went oil...... Reasonable supply of candles but need more, no night sticks 4-5 months of logs. 4 solar/wind up batteries (and radio) plus solar panel to charge car battery. 3 rechargable (from car battery) torches
Do you have enough water storage facilities
Hmm no. Am building these up for potable water. Non-potable from lake
Do you have a top notch first aid and dental kit
Not bad but needs replenishing. Husband is a doctor
Do you have suitable clothes and tools
I have no idea. I thought we did, but now not so sure. Need to do inventory of both
Do your family know what to do if something goes wrong
Until this summer no. But then daughters all stuck in school in Newcastle and couldn't get home to us (where we were cut off) in the summer floods. They learned how important planning is, though still think I'm a bit OTT.