Emergency event.

It may not be so rare as one thinks.

Last Sunday the BBC (Radio 4) broadcast a programme entitled Are You Ready. The programme was presented by Lucy Easthope: “Lucy Easthope is on a mission to find out how we can become better prepared as individuals and as a society.”

It was thirty-minutes long and contained very useful information. I wanted to share further information found online.

Firstly on YouTube.


Be prepared for a blackout with this emergency kit! Don’t get caught in the dark – watch this video to see what essentials you need to have on hand. In this video I want to help you be prepared for when the power goes OUT. Your emergency kit can be a lifeline when the lights go out. With these preps, you can help keep you and your loved one’s safe. Don’t wait until it’s too late – start preparing now for peace of mind in 2024 and beyond. Watch till the end and I’ll share with you 3 ADDITIONAL items that are non-nucket items but can be a HUGE blessing in a power outage.

LIST OF GEAR IN THIS VIDEO: 5 gallon buckets: https://amzn.to/3L6crXS (If you want one, here’s a label maker I use: https://amzn.to/3VYnqca)

BUCKET #1:

Freeze-dried food: https://amzn.to/4bnFPUu

Canned food – get this at your local grocery store

Pepperoni sticks: https://amzn.to/3VWAAqi

Clif Bars: https://amzn.to/45G25aG

Powerade: https://amzn.to/45YtPI5

Gatorade: https://amzn.to/45YtPI5

Mentos: https://amzn.to/3xziLEl

Starburst: https://amzn.to/3zvkuLi

BUCKET #2:

Toilet paper: https://amzn.to/3XIFOXU

Exotac 16 Hour Candle: https://amzn.to/4bgaxyM

Bag of rice: https://amzn.to/4ckwwFW

Bottled Water: https://amzn.to/3XHaSY6

BUCKET #3:

3M Duct Tape: https://amzn.to/4bBN1MZ

Anker battery: https://amzn.to/3L0Qf1r

Batteries: https://amzn.to/3xLvZxI

Bleach: https://amzn.to/4eCJ659

Soap: https://amzn.to/3znY3rK

MyMedic First Aid Kit: https://tinyurl.com/3nfbz9bs

Plugs, instructions for electronics, and cash

Lantern – a batter one from UCO: https://amzn.to/4ciik06

Hybridlight Lantern: https://amzn.to/3L2x5Z0

Candles: https://amzn.to/4bkuynR

Energizer headlamps: https://amzn.to/4ciUHor

Huge flashlight: https://amzn.to/4eFB3o4

Emergency radio: https://amzn.to/3XFCrBd

Meat thermometer: https://amzn.to/3xwj7M1

BONUS RECOMMENDATIONS: Blankets and a fan

+ Power Bank from Anker: https://amzn.to/3zlFcgV

Solar panels for power bank: https://amzn.to/3znYTVq

Secondly, from The Guardian newspaper.

As a former Red Cross emergency volunteer in London, I have experienced that events such as blackouts, gas leaks and floods aren’t as uncommon as we would like to think. I have a camping bag as a “go bag” containing:
 * toilet roll
 * soap
 * toothbrush and toothpaste
 * a change of clothes, walking shoes and a raincoat
 * a blanket
 * a first-aid kit with added blister plasters and water filtration tablets
 * 2 large bottles of water
 * four days’ worth of non-perishable snacks (cereal bars, crackers, flapjack type things)
 * a battery and solar-powered radio
 * a battery and solar-powered torch
 * a map and compass
 * a small address book containing my loved ones’ home addresses.

There you are.

I thought we had a ‘go bag’ prepared but it must have been me thinking of it and nothing more.

Time to turn ideas into actions! Plus we have two dogs plus two caged birds that would not be left behind.

P.S. I have found the two large boxes we had purchased a while ago plus a list of the items to be taken in the event of an emergency. However these were in the garage and had been forgotten. So now they are in the home and will be prepared for use in that emergency.

5 thoughts on “Emergency event.”

  1. Paul, I’m sure you do people a service in listing what you have, in this post. Chris and I have always lived on the edge of civilization somewhere. These places have always had power outages, but also close enough to nature that we could resource what we needed. What leaps to mind is New Mexico, after we had offered the ranch for sale and after a young couple had contracted to buy it. We had a drilled well on the property, and the pump failed. This was about 300 feet away from the buildings. Luckily, we had 5 gallon buckets and were close enough to a small river. So we had to go down to the river and dunk the buckets in and bring the water back for flushing toilets and washing dishes and such, until the pump repair guys could come install a new pump, which involved hauling the submersible pump 150 feet up out of the well casing. It was an unplanned expense and it was not a small one, but at the same time, imagine if these buyers had had to deal with this issue right after they bought the ranch.

    When we lived in the woods of Maine 20 years ago, we had a 10 day power and phone outage, as we were 900 feet on secondary line through the trees. And what that meant was the power company would not service the line, only to the transformer. Limbs that had fallen onto the powerline and phone line had to be (carefully, mind you) cut and dealt with. We didn’t have the money to pay someone else to do this, so of course we did it ourselves.

    We realize that most people are not equipped with the skill set we have developed over the past 30 years of our lives together. So your article is particularly focused on folks that don’t have a lot of creativity in situations such as you describe. And good for you! 🙏

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    1. Thank you, Bela (and Chris) for your reply. A long and deeply interesting reply. My autobiography is being professionally edited and I am slowly approving the amended chapters; it will be 2026 before that is completed. I mention this because when it is printed I will send you a copy. Then when you both read it you will find similarities between our lives. I had to look up a quote that resonated with my feelings and this one from Henry Thoreau worked: “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”

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