So I just want to raise the question on disaster preparedness, how many of you out there are ready in the event that something bad happens? do you have a bomb shelter or disaster shelter? food storage, water or a way to get clean water? Do you think the government will save you? do you hide your head in the sand and tell yourself it could never happen here.YES this is a good time for a story. once there was a bear named Bart after sleeping in hibernation all winter long, he went into the forest to take a well built up shit. while he was grunting out his log, he seen a little Bunny rabbit doing the same so he asked Mr Bunny do you ever have trouble with shit sticking to your fur? The rabbit replied no mine comes out in nice neat little pellets. so Bart grunted and said that is nice to know then picked up the bunny and wiped his ass with him. Then said I'm glad to know you will have no trouble cleaning your fur off, mine can turn into such a crusty mess if I don`t get it clean right away. Now you are probably sitting there wondering what the hell that has to do with disaster preparedness? well not much except the bunny was not prepared for that little mishap either.

Well I don't know about everyone else, but I've got a few weeks worth of canned food / spaghetti / frozen food and if it gets really really bad I can always collect dew/rain for water. I'm prepared for a disaster.

The choices for bombing a place wouldn't start with Berkeley anyways, it would start with SF or another big city. I'm not in an earthquake or flood zone so I don't think I'll be struck with any disaster anyways. Truthfully, the only reason I have so much extra food is because I always shop at Costco and I like buying in massive bulk.

I lived on Florida's east coast for 13 years, we kept some stuff stored away during hurricane season, not a whole lot though. Mainly because if the hurricane was larger than a Cat 2 and headed for us we just left. That only happened once though, when hurricane Floyd was a getting close, that was a Cat 5 storm. We went to Georgia to stay with my grandparents. Thank god that thing turned north at the last second or Florida would have been screwed. But Ive ridden out probably 8 or 9 Cat 1-2 storms, had a couple of Cat 3's come kinda close, but we didn't leave, and then numerous tropical systems as well.

Haha. Seeing how I hardly eat, I'm set for months! :thumbs:

Silly rabbit! :D

Panzer,

As a fellow former Gary Indiana citizen, you should know we've been prepared for a disaster for YEARS.:)

I'm not ready for a strong wind really...but interestingly - I am going to work in Disaster Prepardness once college is over.

I'm not ready for a strong wind really...but interestingly - I am going to work in Disaster Prepardness once college is over.

A job with FEMA does sound good. It's a steady paycheck, and you don't actually have to to anything to help with the disaster relief. The perfect job for a slacker.

A job with FEMA does sound good. It's a steady paycheck, and you don't actually have to to anything to help with the disaster relief. The perfect job for a slacker.

Actually I interviewed a FEMA employee once and her thing was that it wasn't a steady paycheck. She only got paid when she was on duty, so to speak. And being on duty frequently required living in a hotel room for weeks on end.

A job with FEMA does sound good. It's a steady paycheck, and you don't actually have to to anything to help with the disaster relief. The perfect job for a slacker.

I was quite relieved to hear that we dont actually have to do anything with the cleanup....not that I am not a fan of hardwork (not that I am. :lolhit: )

Actually I interviewed a FEMA employee once and her thing was that it wasn't a steady paycheck. She only got paid when she was on duty, so to speak. And being on duty frequently required living in a hotel room for weeks on end.

Hmm... the hotel thing doesn't sound too bad if you don't have a family - otherwise - do you know if your family can join you? I had a friend that builds radio towers around the country and that's how it works for him. He gets called away for a few weeks...his wife comes with him...and if they get done early he has the rest of the time to ever have a paid vacation or go on home and get paid for that too.

As far as a steady pay check - I am also interested in owning property. (Rental Properties, apartment complexes, and possibly even trailer parks)

Get a job with FEMA, youll never see New Orleans or Drew.

I am also interested in owning property. (Rental Properties, apartment complexes, and possibly even trailer parks)

Sounds like a conflict of interest. First you build a trailer park and then charge FEMA to store their trailers there. :)

So I just want to raise the question on disaster preparedness, how many of you out there are ready in the event that something bad happens? do you have a bomb shelter or disaster shelter? food storage, water or a way to get clean water? Do you think the government will save you? do you hide your head in the sand and tell yourself it could never happen here.YES this is a good time for a story. once there was a bear named Bart after sleeping in hibernation all winter long, he went into the forest to take a well built up shit. while he was grunting out his log, he seen a little Bunny rabbit doing the same so he asked Mr Bunny do you ever have trouble with shit sticking to your fur? The rabbit replied no mine comes out in nice neat little pellets. so Bart grunted and said that is nice to know then picked up the bunny and wiped his ass with him. Then said I'm glad to know you will have no trouble cleaning your fur off, mine can turn into such a crusty mess if I don`t get it clean right away. Now you are probably sitting there wondering what the hell that has to do with disaster preparedness? well not much except the bunny was not prepared for that little mishap either.

It depends on what disater happens, as of course, it must. If someone drops a nuclear bomb on me, I'm gone. Blizzard, even of record breaking severity, well this is Wisconsin. We'll bitch about it and continue our lives. A hurricane, on the other hand, would probably devestate the state, much as a couple feet of snow would really screw up Florida.
Anything likely to happen, I can deal with. If I can't, I will die. So it goes.

It depends on what disaster happens, as of course, it must. If someone drops a nuclear bomb on me, I'm gone. Blizzard, even of record breaking severity, well this is Wisconsin. We'll bitch about it and continue our lives. A hurricane, on the other hand, would probably devastate the state, much as a couple feet of snow would really screw up Florida.
Anything likely to happen, I can deal with. If I can't, I will die. So it goes.
Well said.
I live in a rural part of BC, dead center.
We get hit with some pretty wicked weather some times mostly in the winter.
We have disaster plans here.
I have one if I have to leave my house type plan and one if I have to leave the area and one if I have to hanker down and fight it out.
lol
-The one for leaving the house is just going to the daycare and using it as command central per say.
(we had a forest fire last year and we were on alert that we may have to leave on a spur of the moment leave. My car was kinda packed with the things I treasured most. Everything else i have video of for insurance purposes. The fire brigade people were using the daycare and school to sleep in.)
-If I have to leave the area I just drive 45 minutes to my brothers place. And take again what I need or want.
-If I have to hanker down and stay with no support. hummmm this is going to sound weird but. lol
OK well for me I have a camp stove for cooking or my BBQ to melt snow for water. I also have the big bottles of water in a cooler. I always have three as a back up. Then as for food I have enough caned foods to last at least a month or feed the whole neighbour hood for a while. I have lots of extra blankets and such. My next door neighbour has a generator so we are good that way. I have lots of candles and stuff. For heat I have a big fire pit out back and also a portable heater that is propane. I have all the first aide items I would ever need too. So we are good to go



If I am traveling I have an emergency kit in my trunk.
It has first aid kit, blankets X2, and a space blanket, shovel, Flares, even candles and some snack stuff, water and matches and extra change of clothes(sweats and sweater, socks) boots, mitts and hat. I know to some this sounds anal retentive but for me if I break down on the road it could be a long time. If I go in the ditch even longer. I also have a cell phone but some places you don't get reception to well.

So I am good to go and my brother has all this info so if there is an emergency and he can't find me he know what my plans are.

Me I live In the middle of no ware, hell the nearest town is 26 miles, I live here not because I think the sky is falling, I like the quiet and the freedom it gives me, but that is also a double edge sword. I have learned when shit happens it happens fast, I guess that is true no matter ware you live. I get 10 feet of snow here because I'm above 6.500ft in elevation. it lays in for weeks kind of cool sometimes but it can be a little hard on my kids. I do have a bomb shelter or a disaster shelter i should say because if you say bomb shelter you are tagged as paranoid or a extremest, and maybe I'm a little bit of both I read the news. we have two years of supply's we rotate out on a regular basis everything we need is in our shelter already all electric equipment is stored in Faraday cages. the cold war is over so your told but the ordinance is still out there, also look at how the weather is changing I had a forest fire come within two miles from my place. I have a monolithic dome home with river rock on the outside it won`t burn but my barn and old cabin would. man I tell ya seeing a wall of fire coming at you relay makes you think. it is just interesting to see how prepared people are in this day and age we don`t have civil defense there are no public bomb shelters left and if there is the stuff that is in them is dam scary. personally I would not wast a squirt of piss in a rain storm on FEMA coming to my aid if the worst happens. thats right ya have duct tape and plastic! do you know all that stuff will do is just keep the smell of decay in your own home. this country needs to bring back civil defense take the money we are shelling out to other country's and help our own people. and don`t forget fight gun control!!!! all it dose is turn a citizen into a subject and a unarmed subject is easy to control. so with this long rant and rave being said have a nice day

I understand where you're coming from panz.
I'm pretty much set for a couple of months, provided I survive the initial disaster. The only thing missing from my shopping list is a Pinzgauer, so I can get the hell out of Dodge when the shit hits the fan.
I live too close to an active fault line, missle silos a mile away, and a prime target for the first strike. Floods, Mud/landslides, Hurricanes and Tornados arent something I have to concern myself with, unless I have to drive through it.

Ah guys, what sort of disaster are we on here.

Ah guys, what sort of disaster are we on here.
Armegeddon

Armegeddon

Well, I'm not ready for a 500000000 Kiloton asteroid hitting the Earth, guess I should work on that.

Do like the Dino's did,bury your head in the sand.

Do like the Dino's did,bury your head in the sand.

I've got a fifth of vodka, even better!

On my way,I'll bring the coke.
What sort you like,the white or the black,haha

On my way,I'll bring the coke.
What sort you like,the white or the black,haha

hahaha, I'd say a little of both

I understand where you're coming from panz.
I'm pretty much set for a couple of months, provided I survive the initial disaster. The only thing missing from my shopping list is a Pinzgauer, so I can get the hell out of Dodge when the shit hits the fan.
I live too close to an active fault line, missle silos a mile away, and a prime target for the first strike. Floods, Mud/landslides, Hurricanes and Tornados arent something I have to concern myself with, unless I have to drive through it.Wow ride I had to look pinzgauer up, dam cool rigs, I like the ppv. I have A old 56 dodge m-37 with a 440 magnum, sucks down the juice but drives like a tank.

Get a job with FEMA, youll never see New Orleans or Drew.

If I never see New Orleans or Drew it would be too soon.

(Just kidding Drew)