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Ok, UK, someone explain to me how an emergency kit is a novel concept and not basic common sense.
Ok, UK, someone explain to me how an emergency kit is a novel concept and not basic common sense.
Apartment complex fire alarms leaves you standing on the street bored & waiting? Actual fire renders you homeless?
FutureYou will appreciate a grab bag of necessities, comforts, & entertainment.
It doesn’t need to be a huge catastrophe for a kit to be useful.
FutureYou will appreciate a grab bag of necessities, comforts, & entertainment.
It doesn’t need to be a huge catastrophe for a kit to be useful.
The vitriol, mockery, and panic in the (BBC) replies has me thinking everyone hit Doom Overload with Brexit & cannot handle any more uncertainty right now.
Which, yeah, fair enough. We all have limited bandwidth and need to prioritize.
Which, yeah, fair enough. We all have limited bandwidth and need to prioritize.
Related:
Very few cultures on the planet have integrated disaster mitigation and preparedness into daily life like the Dutch.
It’s not “We don’t have disasters in Europe.”
(Everywhere has disasters. You’re just comfy with YOUR local hazards.)
Very few cultures on the planet have integrated disaster mitigation and preparedness into daily life like the Dutch.
It’s not “We don’t have disasters in Europe.”
(Everywhere has disasters. You’re just comfy with YOUR local hazards.)
Consensus seems to be “Brexit and I cannot even.”
It’s a bit demoralizing how many people are responding like this is the first time local first response departments gave boilerplate preparedness tips.
It’s not like we even rephrase most years. Just no one listened until now.
It’s a bit demoralizing how many people are responding like this is the first time local first response departments gave boilerplate preparedness tips.
It’s not like we even rephrase most years. Just no one listened until now.
Seeing lots of confusion over “grab & go” bags vs “stay & survive” bags.
Your go kit is what you need if you can’t go home but the city is functional (fire, flood)
Your survival kit is what you need to hunker down in place (industrial spill, blackout, severe weather)
Your go kit is what you need if you can’t go home but the city is functional (fire, flood)
Your survival kit is what you need to hunker down in place (industrial spill, blackout, severe weather)
Some people also prepare apocalypse kits for the breakdown of society, which seems to be what people are flipping out about.
Yeah, Brexit will make the UK significantly less resilient to disruptions.
But an apocalypse packing list is MUCH longer than a tweet.
Yeah, Brexit will make the UK significantly less resilient to disruptions.
But an apocalypse packing list is MUCH longer than a tweet.
Q: Ugh, but the list of things they said to put in the kit was awful and ridiculous and and and...!!
A: That, too, is normal.
It’s the same reason prefab kits are near-useless. Preparedness is inherently personal. What do YOU need? What are YOUR risks? What stresses YOU out?
A: That, too, is normal.
It’s the same reason prefab kits are near-useless. Preparedness is inherently personal. What do YOU need? What are YOUR risks? What stresses YOU out?
For me, cold wet feet are a direct pathway to misery even if things are objectively ok.
For me, an old book I’ve re-read a million times soothes my soul.
For me, if I don’t have glasses I will literally walk in to walls.
For me, a phone charger & toothbrush are non-negotiable.
For me, an old book I’ve re-read a million times soothes my soul.
For me, if I don’t have glasses I will literally walk in to walls.
For me, a phone charger & toothbrush are non-negotiable.
Q: Pfft, I’ll never have a Go Kit.
A: Do you carry a phone charger in your daily bag? Any snacks? Maybe a USB of documents? A wallet with money, credit cards, &/or ID? Possibly a keychain LED flashlight?
That’s an extremely lightweight Go Bag customized to your priorities.
A: Do you carry a phone charger in your daily bag? Any snacks? Maybe a USB of documents? A wallet with money, credit cards, &/or ID? Possibly a keychain LED flashlight?
That’s an extremely lightweight Go Bag customized to your priorities.
