There are so many bloggers and U-tubers who are preparing for what seems like the Apocalypse that I'm beginning to get spooked a bit. Would we cope in an emergency? I'm not sure. We have plenty of food (and our tastes are simple and appetites are small), plenty of medicines, both prescription for Gray and over the counter things like paracetamol, ibuprofen, plasters, antiseptic cream, antacids, Imodium etc But we haven't prepared grab bags for emergencies, for example. We don't have many clothes and wear everything we own (although, on reflection, Gray has stuff he never wears) so I couldn't afford to put stuff in a bag and leave it somewhere where we would inevitably trip over it!
I have candles aplenty, torches to hand and last month decided to buy a wind up radio in case we lose power suddenly. It's this one....
It has a radio, a torch, a compass and emergency alarm. It has a small solar panel, a reading light and can be charged by USB, solar or wind up. It will even give a small charge to a phone in an emergency. For less than £30.00 it's a small price to pay for a bit of security, I think. I would love to have solar panels of the kind that Frugal Queen in France uses but they are so expensive to buy.
Have you prepared grab bags? What have you put in them?
Have you other plans in place in case of evacuation?
We feel so blessed that we are not prone to floods or bush fires but other things can happen and I'm getting more nervous the older I get 😕
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Angie 💗
I prepared a grab bag during lockdown in case of sudden hospital admittance, and had a checklist of stuff to pack in a hurry because my father made so many ambulance trips in his last couple of years. But no, we keep a fair bit of lon date food, and I always carry 24hrs of meds wherever I go, but that's it.
ReplyDeleteI don't consider myself to be a prepper but I have a good store cupboard. I make sure I order medications in very good time. I also have a couple of power banks which I charge up occasionally just in case of power cuts. That's as far as I want to go.
ReplyDeleteThose portable solar panels which Frugal Queen has are very expensive and she was given some for review. I couldn't move the batteries around so they would be of limited use to me.
The only "emergency"there has been in recent times for me was the pandemic. I didn't need to buy anything for a couple of weeks until panic buying was over and the shortages meant little to me because I always have enough in the cupboard even if menus became a little strange!
I think I would buy something like you have if I were to buy a radio now. No, I don't keep a grab bag - as you say it would just be something else to trip over!