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[artemisofluna]

Still no running water, though people on this side of town are starting to get it back so this gives me hope we'll have it soon. Our stores are still going strong though. We even have five bottles of our original stash left, and we've been boiling up the stuff we got from across the road. I am so glad it's there so we can replace what we've been

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[spiffanda]

We are so going to make one when we get to CA. We're going to be living in an earthquake-prone area, although most of them are very small. I was telling Michael today that we need to be prepared.

[artemisofluna]

Excellent idea! They used to be very small here too. Every couple years they'd get a 3-pointer, and then this.

[potatoeangel]

You get on your soap box as much a you like, Lara! People need to be prepared. Seeing on the news people who HAD experienced the 7.1 in September not having any water stored was just insane to me. How could someone live through something like that and not have any water? Cath and I had like 30 litres.

Cath and I have an emergency kit but it isn't a prepared as we would like, but atleast we have the basics and we have plenty of spare food. We are hoping to stock up on the coast when we are over there.

Hope your still doing okay!

[artemisofluna]

Yes, we had about 30 litres too! Now we have about 50, thanks to Woot's lovely bigass water...thingamajig. I can't imagine going through what we did in September and not seeing that as a warning to stockpile. I mean, we had the kit before then, but we definitely bulked it up since!

We're still fine! I hope you have a lovely time on the coast! Enjoy your indoor plumbing and showers! ;)

[neptune_storm]

*SNUGGLES TIGHTLY*

I love you guys.

And I appreciate the lengthy info. I've never really thought of having an emergency kit around, but this makes me think otherwise now. *hugs*

[pretty_kozi]

Dangit that was me Lara! >_>

[artemisofluna]

HAHAHAHA I am fairly certain I would have known it was you :D

And yes. Emergency kit. It's just smart.

[pretty_kozi]

Still.....

I told Circe I'll make Poseidon stop his tantrums so you guys can breathe.

I am learning that now through you. The closest thing we ever got that we needed stuff was during an ice storm, but that was years ago.

[moment_of_sen]

I wish I'd got a portable radio. That's what I was missing most of all. It was on my list of things to get and I didn't get there.

[artemisofluna]

AH! That's something we need too, though the neighbors had one and they were listening to it loudly enough we could hear it in our yard. So we sat out there and listened for a while. And Leah had radio on her MP3 player as well.

[moment_of_sen]

I have a radio on my ipod too, but the batteries ran out too quickly. And radios are only about $25 from my work. I guess I didn't think there would be another one like that again, you know?

[artemisofluna]

Awww, batteries are a bitch! And yeah, I think most people didn't think there would be. I know I didn't, but I was mad about stockpiling the water and getting the emergency kit in order after Sept. 4th anyway. After that one, we only had two bottles of water (luckily we had running water THAT time or I'd have been screwed!) and the kit wasn't up to scratch so when Leah and Alison got home I informed them we needed to fix it up and we got right to it. I am so glad we did too.

[ikona_rakasha]

My emergency kit in Japan had a small spirit stove for boiling water, really small sleeping bag, iodine tablets, a noise maker, a good thick book, space blanket, torch with 90 hrs worth of batteries, 10lt of bottled water and enough food for 5 days (rice in a tin!). if i took out the water it weighed about 6kg which was excellent if I needed to grab the blasted thing and run.

Japan is a super scary place to live Earthquake wise.

[artemisofluna]

Yeah, the only thing about ours that isn't great, is that it isn't mobile. We may need to reassess!

I freaking bet it is, yikes.

[ikona_rakasha]

It is easier when it is just for one person. Maybe have it set up in 2 or 3 backpacks? or an old suitcase or 2? mine was in a small travel pack with everything stuffed in and strapped onto the sides. I even had a first aid kit dangling off one side and an umbrella on the other in case a volcano exploded and there was ash everywhere :P

I kept my kit right next to the front door hanging on a hook. My one in aus is smaller and I keep it in the boot of my car. It has some tins of food, 4lts of water and the old sleeping bag in it. Oh and money, money is important.

[artemisofluna]

Well ours needs to be waterproof which is why it's in a plastic tub, but we could have it in backpacks in the plastic container!

Money IS important!