Have at it.
Posted on 07/17/2007 7:18:00 PM PDT by blam
Sydney residents 'must carry survival bags'
By Mark Chipperfield in Sydney
Last Updated: 2:12am BST 18/07/2007
The easy-going residents of Australia's biggest city are being urged to carry personal "survival bags" to help them cope with a future terrorist attack or natural disaster.
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, says citizens should pack a "Go Bag" containing such essentials as toilet paper, running shoes, spare keys, a torch, disposable gloves, adhesive tape, a transistor radio and sun cream before they leave home each day.
Miss Moore, who has yet to pack her own Go Bag, says it is her duty to warn Sydney's four million residents of the potential dangers that await them.
"Living through the hailstorm [in 1999], I realized how unprepared we were for a catastrophe of that sort," she said.
The city council is distributing 200,000 booklets advising Sydneysiders on how to cope with a terrorist attack, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster. The booklet suggests that people find an "emergency buddy", develop a personal emergency plan and create a contact number on their mobile phones in case they are injured and unable to talk to rescuers.
A council website suggests that in the event of a bombing, earthquake or flood residents should carry their cats in "a cotton pillow case".
The public education campaign, which has been co-funded by the Australian government, has been greeted with skepticism by most Sydneysiders - even from the deputy mayor Chris Harris. "It's purely sensationalist," he said.
"Where are we supposed to go with our Go Bags? With our current public transport system, the roads would be clogged within minutes."
Sydney has already been warned to be on high alert when world leaders arrive in September to attend the 2007 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The latest announcement has only heightened the sense of fear surrounding that event.
(Disclaimer: I don't actually despise the French, as many do here. But I recognize their very considerable shortcomings. And my attitude toward their decades of America-bashing is rightbackatcha, frogs. )
Add a few rocks and a nearby source of water a foot or more deep, and they've got something !
May I please be a neighbor?
:-)
Since you guys wonderfully have each other’s back...I’d be happy to line up along side of you both!
Alabama will have pre-positioned gasoline tanker trucks and electrical generators strategically placed along hurricane evacuation routes from now on.
I don't think that will work during a terrorist attack because things won't be 'pre-positioned.'
Don’t forget glass beads, mirrors and other trinkets to trade with the natives you’ll encounter along the way.
Officially ratcheting up the paranoia.
Have at it.
When it comes to shoes men have it easier. I wear dress shoes every day, but I always buy something like Rockport shoes so that I can walk and walk and walk without all the usual problems you would have with dress shoes. They’re worth the extra money!
I wore one pair of Rockports all across Europe for three months. I then wore that same pair of shoes almost daily for at least three years before needing to get them new soles. The shoe repair guy put on the wrong kind of sole and they are now useless to me! Ugh!
I'll take a jab at that, and I'd frankly say that it's ~nonsense~ that we're living anything like they did during WWII and the "air raid" lifestyle. There's no blackout drills and no bunkers. We're not rationing food or steel or rubber or nylons. Except for the TV, you would never know that we're at war, and desperately so.
I would also argue that a "go bag" is an essential bit of preparation, whether it is just a few key items or a whole army-surplus-store in a box. The reason to keep it in the trunk of your main driver car is not so much to be ready to bug out from your house, but to ensure that it is with you when ~you~ are not at your house.
It's not just about terrorist attacks. It's just a sensible collection of stuff to make sure you've always got. There's any number of emergencies that can develop rapidly... especially depending on where you live. An earthquake, tornado, flood, volcano... and sure... a major bomb event. Heck, I've gotten into my kit when I was stuck at my office due to a snowstorm that gridlocked all the roads. Came in handy.
Don’t forget glass beads, mirrors and other trinkets to trade with the natives you’ll encounter along the way.<<<
A good supply of Brandy or Whiskey, would be far better trading stock.
We were cut off by a flood, years ago and we had a ball, as we could not get out to go to work.....but the drinkers a half mile away had it rough.
We were not drinkers, so were not caught up in the shock of being sober for the first time in years.
Bill was talking to the men who lived there and they told him how they wanted a drink.
LOL, I have to try odd recipes, and the year before had made a couple gallons of the wine you make in a gallon jar, with a balloon on top.........except I got bored with it and put it out in the shed and forgot about it.
Bill took it and traded it for a compressor and a bunch of other stuff and the men were so happy.
They told Bill it was good, but I find that hard to believe.
“Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.” Captain Woodrow T. Call when handing a pistol and gunbelt to his unacknowledged son, Newt.(Lonesome Dove)
Your list just said “Man” all over it.
Really, though, a mending kit could be handy for preserving clothes and maybe suturing if really desperate.
A mess kit would be good for eating out of.
snickering
Dildo?
He can bring his own bag.
Coffee’s not a bad idea. I’ve seen how my friends get without their morning coffee and when we had an ice storm a while back, that morning (only a couple hours mind you) the line at the local supermarket for hot coffee was unbelievable.
Caffeine withdrawals are not a pretty sight.
Besides, coffee goes on sale regularly and the stuff in the cans keeps great, especially if frozen. It wouldn’t be hard to be stocked up on it. And besides, even if the quality is a little off, anyone that desperate for coffee won’t care anyway.
A good thing would be to be ready to stock up at a moments notice, too, and that means having cash on hand. Sure there may come a time where cash isn’t worth much, but that isn’t likely to happen instantly.
My work van has a similar 'basic' load.
Where did you get the: Four Tourniquets Three packs Blood Stop Bottle Betadine and mini Trauma treat kit?
Just curious what you are using, and always looking for suppliers.
That’s what I was thinking-metal cans. We’re not coffee drinkers so I’m blissfully unaware of the finer points of the coffee world.
However, like I said, I’ve seen enough caffeine withdrawal to see it’s practical use for barter.
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