Emergency Preparedness Phase One - The Foundation

@Andi66 also....

@Catherine21 is also preparing for emergencies but in a different way than me. Other than us two, no one else has chimed in to say they're doing it too.

@rubin16 the three words for a location is a great idea. They're English words so they wouldn't use it in Spain. But it might catch on. Who knows what our future holds.

@Chris75_ I found them - water purification tablets. I'm hoping not to be around if it ever gets to the point of no clean drinking water. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the info! Your reply begs the question what the heck were you doing drinking water with these tablets?

@Catherine21 there definitely will be more coming. Emergency supplies are just flying off the shelves everywhere. It's quite unnerving.

I'm going to a New Year's Eve party tomorrow night and will be doing a quick presentation of my emergency lights collection, in the hopes of inspiring others to get thinking about this. I'll give an electric tealight as a gift to each person. It will hopefully be the first of many presentations on the topic of emergency preparedness. Yeah, my life is so boring that this is actually something that interests me. 😊

Thanks all for your replies. I love having your company here! The emergency lighting presentation at the NYE part went great. There were only 10 of us - a perfect size. Some people want more info, so I'm going to do another presentation soon explaining the rest of Phase One. Then I'll start Phase Two. Here are the emergency LED lights I gave out as presents (the one in the front is what I wrapped up).

@rubin16 thank you so very much! That's very awesome!

@Catherine21 hopefully by getting things prepared you'll feel more secure. Do you have anyone helping you prepare IRL? I don't - yet.

@Chris75_ I never heard you were part of the Army Reserve. That's cool! Have you used that training to prep for emergencies? My brother did Navy Reserves in Canada, but he isn't interested in emergency prep. He is a retired teacher, so he's helping me with my presentations, which I really appreciate. My sister is a retired RCMP officer, but she's not interested either, other than having bought a generator for her house. My Mom isn't interested either. Maybe I can convince them at some point.

Hi @Santosha12 . What a treat to see you. 🥰

Thank you for your comments. Are you saying my approach is daunting or the topic is daunting? Or maybe both? It's a work in progress, with one of my major goals being to make it simple. That's one of the reasons I'm doing the presentations IRL. Feel comfortable just sitting back and watch it unfold. I have faith in this project being doable. We've booked the next presentation for January 14th.

I hope you're holding up okay and that you were able to enjoy the holidays at least to some extent. Huge hugs to you and your fur babies. 💘

@Santosha12 You've just set up an emergency plan for pigeons! 😁 How fitting for this thread.

Evacuation is my ultimate dread too, so it's the last phase.

Yes, the psychological impact of immobility is horrendous. So I'm hoping that setting up this emergency plan to make me ready and mobile is the perfect antidote.

What do you mean that you may lose your car (ABS gone)?

Hi Chris and thanks for your help.

Hi Steve. Wow, what dreadful experience you have. Quite the resume!

Santosha, transportation is totally on topic. I don't have a car. So on my contacts list I have put in brackets my friends & family with keys and friends & family with a car. Yes, emergency preparedness is a very overwhelming challenge. Especially for those of us with physical and mental disabilities. That is why I have broken up the challenge into smaller bites. That is how I approach everything in life when the challenge is too big all at once. The reaction to not plan at all can be a perfectly natural response as well, as it can be the 'freeze' response within the fight-flight-freeze response.