tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post3907880466400899543..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Post Electricity-Outage MusingsAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66241834047692002392014-06-04T16:31:41.591+10:002014-06-04T16:31:41.591+10:00Michelle, I think we'd all be goners in the Zo...Michelle, I think we'd all be goners in the Zombie Apocalypse - except our Rachel Bailey who is a dab hand at Zombies and Plants! She'd have her pot plants sorting out those zombies in double quick time!<br /><br />I can highly recommend a wind-up torch! That way you don't even need to think about batteries. The problem with emergencies is they have an annoying habit of happening at anti-social hours so that shopping centre, though only 15 minutes away, might not be an option!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66522725875671248832014-06-04T16:00:21.655+10:002014-06-04T16:00:21.655+10:00Oh, we'd be toast, Sharon. I mean we have a ca...Oh, we'd be toast, Sharon. I mean we have a camp stove with those gas cylinder things (bought way back when the Pashabulker storm wiped out the power for 24 hours), but heavens only knows where it is. Probably in the garage somewhere, but without a working torch (or batteries) in the house it'd be a little difficult to find. But I figure with the nearest biggest shopping centre only a 15 minute stroll away, I'd be able to get supplies. As long as those electronic doors could be opened that is. ;-) Yeah, I'm a goner in the Zombie Apocalpyse.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-74001014469750402882014-06-04T15:47:23.290+10:002014-06-04T15:47:23.290+10:00Sue, I had a chuckle at the image of you doing the...Sue, I had a chuckle at the image of you doing the Rambo thing with a machete! Just mind your legs on the through swing, okay?!<br /><br />Yep, tea and choccie (biscuits or blocks)! We've got our priorities spot on, haven't we! LOLSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-79057687703718794692014-06-04T12:54:06.912+10:002014-06-04T12:54:06.912+10:00Sharon, we have the exact same problems out here i...Sharon, we have the exact same problems out here in the sounds. Power failures are regular, and occasionally the road is blocked by slips which once took days to clear. Living so far from a supermarket my pantry and freezer are always full with the essentials, - tea being no 1 as well, closely followed by choccie biscuits. We would have plenty to eat and as we're on tank supply that is fed from underground stream that's ok - unless an earthquake were to tear all the pipes to pieces and destroy our tanks. thankfully it didn't do any damage in last year's big one.<br />I think people like you and I will be better prepared than our town friends because we're already sort of used to dealing with minor crises, and they're so reliant on local bodies to get water flowing.<br />After reading Amy's blog I'm wondering about a machete too. Not sure what I'd use it for but I could do the Rambo thing and swing around the trees looking fierce - or more like an idiot.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-71712109610380798092014-06-04T12:06:04.425+10:002014-06-04T12:06:04.425+10:00Certainly got plenty of chocolate and teabags, Bar...Certainly got plenty of chocolate and teabags, Barbara! ;)<br /><br />That earthquake must have been a scary time for you all. Though, there's nothing like an event like that to make us think about getting prepared, is there? So it sounds like you've taken great steps for the next time something happens. Mmm, going on to my list is to get a wind-up phone charger! Good tip!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-42821180982846758942014-06-04T11:20:17.677+10:002014-06-04T11:20:17.677+10:00Louisa, the Boy Scouts motto of "Be prepared&...Louisa, the Boy Scouts motto of "Be prepared" is a good one, isn't it! I know what you mean about the use-by-dates though. :( Actually, I'm preparing lunch for our hostess today with some things we bought for our Simpson Desert trip last year because the date is getting close on the dehydrated mince. I'm doing a spaghetti Bolognese... I have warned our lovely hostess and given her every opportunity to find an urgent need to be elsewhere! But she's game!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-18641687105876603352014-06-04T11:15:11.362+10:002014-06-04T11:15:11.362+10:00LOL on your pantry contents, Amy! Yes, I think we...LOL on your pantry contents, Amy! Yes, I think we all have some things that struck us as a "good idea at the time"! Maybe from watching a cooking show with wildly exotic ingredients in a delish looking recipe!<br /><br />Ooo, a Zombie apocalypse survival kit! Shouldn't every home have one! LOL Eeek on the machete though! Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-90887972985813783522014-06-04T11:10:25.523+10:002014-06-04T11:10:25.523+10:00It looks like your'e very well prepared, Sharo...It looks like your'e very well prepared, Sharon! <br /><br />We had a very big earthquake here last year and ever since then we've had a very comprehensive emergency kit that we keep in the shed outside. It has everything in it from a wind-up torch/radio/phone charger to food for the pooch! The kids all have torches by their bed and we've invested in phones that will work even in a blackout so we're feeling reasonably prepared now. I hope we never have to use any of it :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16901406136963950025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-17021103076152461242014-06-04T11:06:27.847+10:002014-06-04T11:06:27.847+10:00Helen, that's a good point about the e-reader ...Helen, that's a good point about the e-reader going flat! That's the thing with our love of gadgetry, isn't it - the reliance on a power source. So I think there's always going to be a place for good old hardcopy books! I can see a candle supply and maybe a torch being added to a shopping list in your near future! And the candle supply really does do double duty - note my Santa candles for Xmas, for instance!<br /><br />Having a lovely trip, thanks! AND I have connection... though maybe I shouldn't count that chicken until this comment is posted!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-44521604187583587722014-06-04T09:40:39.316+10:002014-06-04T09:40:39.316+10:00We'd do just fine for a few weeks, I think. I ...We'd do just fine for a few weeks, I think. I appear to be a bit of a food hoarder- but, like Amy, it would be weird and wonderful concoctions of things that don't traditionally go together-. When Christchurch had the earthquake a few years ago I stocked up a cupboard with emergency things- and then most of them went well passed their use by date, so I'm a bit reluctant to buy a whole load more. Perhaps I should. Be prepared and all that. Thanks for the timely reminder!Louisa Georgehttp://www.louisageorge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-22942127952539040762014-06-04T08:52:43.775+10:002014-06-04T08:52:43.775+10:00I reckon we'd last for a month with all the cr...I reckon we'd last for a month with all the crap in our pantry. It might not be gourmet and there might well be some odd things being served up but we'd last in the short term. We have a generator like you too, Sharon, so we'd be able to keep our fridges and pump running as long as we could access fuel. And with our tanks we have a huge supply of water. <br /><br />My husband bought our daughter for Xmas just gone a survival pack for the Zombie apocalypse (she considers it when not if....) and there are some very handy things in there including a whopping great machete that I can't believe Oz Post didn't notify national security about!! Or maybe they did and we're on some kind of watch list :-/Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-86305948937893404492014-06-04T05:31:53.907+10:002014-06-04T05:31:53.907+10:00Hi Sharon
I think we might cope OK we do have lot...Hi Sharon<br /><br />I think we might cope OK we do have lots of things in the pantry that would keep us going although it would have to be cold I don't have a little stove to heat anything up on and having a cup of tea or coffee would be hard although I am sure I could manage that is of course until my kindle went flat but then I do have lots of books but lighting would be a problem we really need to get a torch and some candles in LOL. Enjoy your trip<br /><br />Have Fun<br />Helen Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.com