What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

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Havent had a shower for 10 days ..not literally although people keeping me outside :) but our thermostat has blown no number on it or the shower as its old ..could ..try .the parts the plumb centre has said "may " be a fit ...at 80 quid a pop its blooming expensive if you cant return them 3 plumb centres said same thing
So the hozelock has come in useful..as Yorks Andy said to me ..it does the job ..just..:) poor mr GG being hosed down
Managed to get part back on and nip it with some grippers so its on luke warm ..was stuck on scalding
Trying to find a plumber now who will come to house as its looking like a new shower ..im not in a clean air zone but most have to drive through it to get to me and theyre saying no .... not worth it for a quote etc
Some prepping needed there for future reference even the chimney sweep we used has given up said it was costing too much ..more pool time for me for the showers and a new sweep needed

Been in b and m and raided the very reduced solar lights section
Garden will be plenty lit up so I dont have to run almost naked chasing would be tealeaves down the road any more I can see them and just scream like a banshee

Have to go through town to collect tother half's chemo and tabs ..the hospital is having car park dug up so parking a mile away and everyone getting ticketed .. those with disabled badges too ..if not in a designated bay ..counted 15 on my way back last week all disabled.. 3 busses there and back so not playing that game
Preppped a route that has a car park and one bus to get to it

Daughter in for her cancer op at a totally different hospital so prepped that route too ..
Flask off coffee and some sarnies already made up
Sold the freezer from bottom shed as we don't need it only two of us .. and sorted out some wood from someone I know getting divorced
Got a ton of logs as shes moving out all free and stacked
I darent ask if hubby was staying there probably freezing in winter as no wood now ..just took it itll get used here !
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:14 pm This afternoon I've continued the prepping theme.. all battery smoke detectors and co alarms have had new batteries installed and a quick vac over with the hoover
Just checked my D cell battery stash.... all dead, some leaking :shock:


Mind you I misappropriated them from the Army in 2008.. :mrgreen:
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
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Rotated the petrol stocks, not sure if one can was filled this year.... So I dumped it in a nearly empty car and filled up with another ten gallons so its well diluted.
Going to buy a chinagraph (because I can clean it off) to date the cans .

Psuedo: I tend to use battery adapters to run my D cell torches. Partly because I have to stock fewer types and partly because they're a big old lump and I'd rather cut the weight.
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GeeGee wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:33 am Havent had a shower for 10 days ..not literally although people keeping me outside :) but our thermostat has blown no number on it or the shower as its old ..could ..try .the parts the plumb centre has said "may " be a fit ...at 80 quid a pop its blooming expensive if you cant return them 3 plumb centres said same thing
So the hozelock has come in useful..as Yorks Andy said to me ..it does the job ..just..:) poor mr GG being hosed down
Managed to get part back on and nip it with some grippers so its on luke warm ..was stuck on scalding
Trying to find a plumber now who will come to house as its looking like a new shower ..im not in a clean air zone but most have to drive through it to get to me and theyre saying no .... not worth it for a quote etc
Some prepping needed there for future reference even the chimney sweep we used has given up said it was costing too much ..more pool time for me for the showers and a new sweep needed

Been in b and m and raided the very reduced solar lights section
Garden will be plenty lit up so I dont have to run almost naked chasing would be tealeaves down the road any more I can see them and just scream like a banshee

Have to go through town to collect tother half's chemo and tabs ..the hospital is having car park dug up so parking a mile away and everyone getting ticketed .. those with disabled badges too ..if not in a designated bay ..counted 15 on my way back last week all disabled.. 3 busses there and back so not playing that game
Preppped a route that has a car park and one bus to get to it

Daughter in for her cancer op at a totally different hospital so prepped that route too ..
Flask off coffee and some sarnies already made up
Sold the freezer from bottom shed as we don't need it only two of us .. and sorted out some wood from someone I know getting divorced
Got a ton of logs as shes moving out all free and stacked
I darent ask if hubby was staying there probably freezing in winter as no wood now ..just took it itll get used here !

That's a nightmare take it is an electric shower? That uses electric to heat the water? Try a electrician most are happy to swap out units
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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ForgeCorvus wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:53 pm Psuedo: I tend to use battery adapters to run my D cell torches. Partly because I have to stock fewer types and partly because they're a big old lump and I'd rather cut the weight.

I have the 2 Maglite D cells as insurance because of their weight. ;)

All my others torches/headlamps are rechargeable,smaller, lighter and brighter :mrgreen:
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
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pseudonym wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:04 pm Snip>
ForgeCorvus wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:53 pm Psuedo: I tend to use battery adapters to run my D cell torches. Partly because I have to stock fewer types and partly because they're a big old lump and I'd rather cut the weight.

I have the 2 Maglite D cells as insurance because of their weight. ;)

All my others torches/headlamps are rechargeable,smaller, lighter and brighter :mrgreen:

I've got a couple of 4 d cell and a 6 d cell each with led upgrades great for investing things they go bump in the night nice and bright and a very long run time ;)
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

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Not preps that I’m doing but I’m reading that Finland is now preparing food and medical supplies in case of a nuclear incident in either northern or Eastern Europe. It’s apparently meant to be the largest prep in the world that we know about after receiving support through the European Commission.
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Kiwififer wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:33 pm Not preps that I’m doing but I’m reading that Finland is now preparing food and medical supplies in case of a nuclear incident in either northern or Eastern Europe. It’s apparently meant to be the largest prep in the world that we know about after receiving support through the European Commission.
Fun fact. In 2020, on December 9, Finland did an incident exercise at a nuclear power plant. The next day, they had a real event at the same plant. Obviously they applied all the procedures they'd rehearsed the day before. I expect a lot of people spent a few seconds wondering if it was still part of the drill, it was less than 24 hours later. I once had to deal with an emergency at work, and the idiot first aider didn't believe me at first.

Anyway, back to the current preparations in Finland.
Bloomberg, mostly paywall...

"Finland to Build EU’s Largest Stockpile for Chemical and Nuclear Emergencies

Strategic reserve is one of four across the European Union
Stockpile to contain protective equipment, detectors, medicine"

"Finland will build up the largest strategic reserve of emergency supplies in the European Union after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an effort within the bloc to boost its crisis preparedness."

"The project, which received €242 million ($264 million) in funding from the European Commission, will set up a strategic reserve intended for use by countries in the Northern and Eastern Europe in case of emergencies, Finland’s Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. "

Not paywall
https://kyivindependent.com/europes-lar ... n-finland/
"The stockpile will be intended for use in emergencies involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) threats. "While similar reserves are being established in France, Poland and Croatia, Finland’s project is the largest,"

"The stockpile will include almost one hundred separate items, including various types of protective equipment, detectors, rapid tests, and medicine intended for use by both emergency workers and civilians."

CBRN is obviously a term preppers should be familiar with.
Here is the Red Cross page
https://epidemics.ifrc.org/manager/disa ... rn-hazards
This has a 5 page pdf you can download and print

Note that "most CBRN agents are invisible, odourless or impalpable – being difficult to detect"

Red Cross says "The increasing frequency of climate-related disasters, such as wildfires and flooding, is also increasing the risk of “Natech events” - technological accidents caused by natural hazards."

Responders have to create a MAP of the hazardous area and then transport people out of that area. "Assure convenient clothing and accommodation facilities for people forced to move"

Some more links
https://www.cdc.gov/chemicalemergencies/index.html
https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/index.asp
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emer ... /index.htm
The headlines on this latter are
"Get Inside.
Stay Inside.
Stay Tuned."
However, note that they do say "Stay Tuned to Learn How to Evacuate" "You may need to leave your home or area (evacuate) or go to an emergency shelter or a community reception center". Same applies to Chemical Emergencies.

Telegraph yesterday
" Britain underprepared for chemical and biological attacks, experts say "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... ttack-exp/
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Half the country is unprepared for a light dusting of snow never mind fallout!

Nice to know at least one or two countries take things seriously.
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New gas bottle arrived £130 plus £26 ISH to fill

After 2 fills it'll start saving me money on the 3rd ...

And if this winter gets grotty I've another source of fuel...
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

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