Still Preparing For That Emergency. No, Really
A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for us to get off our butts and get our own neighborhood emergency planning act together, including having a disaster preparedness kit on hand. Guess who's still twiddling his thumbs? OK, OK, I feel utterly bathed in shame.
So this topic resurfaces last night during dinner, when Barb's friend Nicole Brodeur described her recent shopping foray (no doubt prompted by this blog) to gather emergency supplies. Hey, she doesn't just talk about this stuff, she does it! Nicole happens to write an engaging local column for The Seattle Times, and you can read about her shopping experience here.
As her son and I wolfed down the pepperoni pizza, Nicole mentioned a cool find at the Fred Meyer where she shopped: Wolfgang Puck self-heating lattes. Press a button on the can, and you've got hot coffee in about six minutes. Who said chemistry and thermodynamics were boring subjects? Not me.
So this topic resurfaces last night during dinner, when Barb's friend Nicole Brodeur described her recent shopping foray (no doubt prompted by this blog) to gather emergency supplies. Hey, she doesn't just talk about this stuff, she does it! Nicole happens to write an engaging local column for The Seattle Times, and you can read about her shopping experience here.
As her son and I wolfed down the pepperoni pizza, Nicole mentioned a cool find at the Fred Meyer where she shopped: Wolfgang Puck self-heating lattes. Press a button on the can, and you've got hot coffee in about six minutes. Who said chemistry and thermodynamics were boring subjects? Not me.
posted by Mike King at 8:15 AM
4 Comments:
Don’t get too comfortable with your emergency kit; when the going gets tough, some unsavory villain will try, or, take it away from you.
Without the normal, everyday, societal infrastructure in tact, society crumbles almost immediately, and individual survival instincts become the rule of common behavior.
This fact is reported in the worldwide news almost daily, and masterfully illustrated in Jerry Pournelle’s 1977 novel: Lucifer’s Hammer.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/12/131146.php
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue69/classic.html
I'm still going to put my kit together and hope for the best.
rex,
I enjoyed your curmudgeonly comment; in fact, believe it or not, I'm deciding which type of gun to purchase. And I probably read Lucifer's Hammer every two years - I just love that book.
Lucifer's Hammer is one of my favorites too, as well as Footfall.
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