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.
I should have read first.
Only if you carry a pitchfork at the same time.
Well of course! You need both when you have the monster trapped in the Church Tower!
Expel all Muslims, and the need for carrying these survival bags would disappear (America take heed).
The backup gun(s); the primary is always with you, right?
And please don’t forget the 250 rounds of ammunition; the 25-mile-range walkie-talkie(s); $350 - $1,000 cash in mostly 5’s and 1’s; 2 rolls of quarters; improved first-aid kit; thyroid anti-radiation tablets; carton(s) of cigarettes; pint(s) of scotch or Rebel Yell bourbon; water bag and container; very good knife; space blanket, et cetera, et cetera.
I was wondering where to keep my can of gasoline to soak the head of the torch in...and I was worried about burning up the pillow cases! The poor cats!
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Oh, yeah, that’ll work real well! You’re trying to flee from disaster (wearing those running shoes you packed in your Go Bag), while you’re clinging to wiggling sacks of cats...(What if you’ve got more than one cat? Throw ‘em all in one pillow case? Riiiiight!)
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Hey...it worked for those folks that were going to St. Ives... :)))
- Major T. J. "King" Kong
I'll be taking my torch...for sure.
so...we can take our iPods too???
Whew!
Good thinking, then: THAT’s where I’ll keep the torch!
Do NOT keep your cat in a polyester pillow case. I case of leaking gas, the static discharge from a cat in a polyester pillow case could ignight the gas and kill hundreds.
Bloke for flashlight, I believe.
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$350 - $1,000 cash in mostly 5s and 1s; 2 rolls of quarters
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In a Real Emergency, it may be better to also have a small number of 1/10th and 1/4 th ounce gold pieces. Gold is far better palm grease than paper money anyday.
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