How prepared are you? Water, non-perishable food, etc.

[edgie]

5 bottles of kracken spiced rum
2 bottles of captain morgans spiced
2 bottles of woodford reserve
3 bottles of patron gold
2 bottles of appleton estate rum

So thats 2 weeks im set for

I've got about 4 bottles of different Bundaberg reserves, 2L of Bundaberg OP, 2 bottles of Bundaberg Royale Liqueur
1 bottle Kraken
1 Sailor Jerry
1 Appleton
1 Foursquare Spiced
1 Havana Club

I'm coming to your house during the apocalypse.

 

[Papa Juggs]

With this ooga booga Ebola scare ramping up, I wonder if any of you are considering making preparations?

Ebola is just a way to sterilize Africans isn't it?

 

[edgie]

As many cigarettes as you can carry.

After a few weeks, people will trade their food for ****.

But what does that have to do with the cigarettes?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I have a complete set of Michael J Fox DVDs so I can study them for clues to what the government is going to do next.

 

[Smiling Buddha]

I have a complete set of Michael J Fox DVDs so I can study them for clues to what the government is going to do next.

See? This is why I don't mind you. Some good wit from time to time.

 

[Lensen]

Elaborate.

sorry, I forgot to reply to this. All I meant was that given your prospensity to play the contrarian on pretty much every governmental initiative, it was interesting that there were these quotes:

Australian guidelines recommend that we keep at least three days worth of supplies on hand at all times.
..
If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend you look at those recommendations and begin stocking up.

I have asked people whether they adhere to national guidelines for preparedness. Three days is the recommended minimum.

Those aren't my guidelines, those are national guidelines.

Just struck me as odd that the almost obsessive anti-authoritarian poster would use such a clear appeal to authority to justify his position, that's all

 

[Smiling Buddha]

Ah okay. Although I disagree with a few of your premises, I can see where you are coming from.

Do you find it odd that people who think 'the government is my friend' don't even follow the government's advice on preparation?

 

[vealesy]

sorry, I forgot to reply to this. All I meant was that given your prospensity to play the contrarian on pretty much every governmental initiative, it was interesting that there were these quotes:






Just struck me as odd that the almost obsessive anti-authoritarian poster would use such a clear appeal to authority to justify his position, that's all

The government's guideline on this topic is a joke.

Way under than what it should really be.

 

[Lebbo73]

Can's of Spam are a real winner apparently, basically never goes off. Not sure what that says about spam....

Tassie is a pretty good place to face the apocalypse, small population, easy access to farm land.

In the last month Earth narrowly missed copping a direct hit from a huge solar storm, would have smashed electrical transformers across much of the globe apparently. Last direct hit was in the 1800's and wrecked the US telegraph network, would be infinitely worse if it happened today.

So if you're thinking in terms of disaster, think of the power going off in Melbourne/Sydney for a week or more. The death toll and panic would be enormous.

If a solar storm hit (it is well overdue) it would destroy transformers and we wouldn't have power for years. There is not enough specialists to fix the grid let alone equipment.

 

[Doss]

My 79 year old grandfather would be set.

He has this pantry which he loads up...and up...and up, with can upon can of tuna, bottle upon bottle of apple cider (non-alcoholic), packet upon packet of Saladas, and jar upon jar of marmalade.

 

[Shane Hird]

If a solar storm hit (it is well overdue) it would destroy transformers and we wouldn't have power for years. There is not enough specialists to fix the grid let alone equipment.

when was the last one

 

[Shane Hird]

But what does that have to do with the cigarettes?

what do you mean

 

[edgie]

what do you mean

I was being flippant on your choice of words

 

[Tasmaniac]

when was the last one

I know one hit in the 1800's (after American Civil War). Took down the telegraph gear.

The important word is HIT, they are actually quite frequent, it's just Earth is a prettty small (relatively speaking), fast target. Lots of space, only one earth to hit.

As lebbo mentioned, it's factually only a matter of time until one happens again, and this time, with us all so dependant on the electrical network, depending on the severity of the storm the effects will be devastating. Collapse of society as we currently know it.

No power, no water, no sewerage, no refridgeration, no cooking for many, no air con (healthy people will be okay, but the sick and elderly will go down in their thousands/millions).

Fun fact: Back at the end of the roman empire, the city of rome had a population in the millions, a besieging army cut the aquaducts (water lines), the population dwindled to a few tens of thousands (not all died, many moved). We are (especially in big cities) more vulnerable to problems with infrastructure than the majority of people realise.

 

[MarcusP2]

I think the one you are talking about was actually a couple of years ago, but it missed. 12% chance of it hitting at some point in the 10 years after that.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm/