Sounds like a 19th-century porn star.
Kitty Pingers: Be sure to check out post #6. Don't drink anything while doing so.
Posted on 07/17/2007 7:18:00 PM PDT by blam
Sydney residents 'must carry survival bags'
By Mark Chipperfield in Sydney
Last Updated: 2:12am BST 18/07/2007
The easy-going residents of Australia's biggest city are being urged to carry personal "survival bags" to help them cope with a future terrorist attack or natural disaster.
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, says citizens should pack a "Go Bag" containing such essentials as toilet paper, running shoes, spare keys, a torch, disposable gloves, adhesive tape, a transistor radio and sun cream before they leave home each day.
Miss Moore, who has yet to pack her own Go Bag, says it is her duty to warn Sydney's four million residents of the potential dangers that await them.
"Living through the hailstorm [in 1999], I realized how unprepared we were for a catastrophe of that sort," she said.
The city council is distributing 200,000 booklets advising Sydneysiders on how to cope with a terrorist attack, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster. The booklet suggests that people find an "emergency buddy", develop a personal emergency plan and create a contact number on their mobile phones in case they are injured and unable to talk to rescuers.
A council website suggests that in the event of a bombing, earthquake or flood residents should carry their cats in "a cotton pillow case".
The public education campaign, which has been co-funded by the Australian government, has been greeted with skepticism by most Sydneysiders - even from the deputy mayor Chris Harris. "It's purely sensationalist," he said.
"Where are we supposed to go with our Go Bags? With our current public transport system, the roads would be clogged within minutes."
Sydney has already been warned to be on high alert when world leaders arrive in September to attend the 2007 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The latest announcement has only heightened the sense of fear surrounding that event.
Oh, yeah. Toilet paper. There is no comfortable substitute. Trust me on that one.
Make sure you can ID poison ivy.
Wow, excellent! I’ve never taken the trouble to put one together. Wife’s always after me to do it, though. Think I’ll use your list and assemble one, thanks!
The cats in the bag.
Gives a whole other meaning to letting the cat out of the bag.
I can hear it now, "'Scuse me, mate, but could I borrow acouple a squares from ya?"
That is NO JOKE! I knew a kid that happened to back in the day when Boy Scouts were expected to be Boy Scouts. Let's just say the neighboring Girl Scout camp was a whole lot smarter. Hot showers and flush terlits. I think that was when I realized that the ladies considered us stupid for a reason...and that they were correct.
Of course you have weapons!
They left off weapons and they left off tooth brushes.
I thought they left that off because everyone would bring their weapons. And their tooth brush!
>>>”’Scuse me, mate, but could I borrow acouple a squares from ya?”
no I don’t have a square to spare, I can’t spare a square
/Seinfeld
LOL!
I’m so far out in the woods, we have a State Police cruiser go by maybe once a week!
We’re already on survival mode out here!
Amen brother,that bag should have at least a Glock .9mm and 2 extra clips.
Sorry to disagree buddy, but did you ever try to spend real gold on the street. The majority of the public won’t take it. I’ll stick with the currency the other fellow mentioned but in a real emergency I’d be trading extra boxes of ammo.
Yeah go to AR15.com survival forum.
Here are my couple of suggestions, instead of carrying a bunch of water get one of these small water purification pumps you can carry in a backpack. You can get them in Cabelos or some of the soldier of fortune sites. Also for a radio on flashlight, get the new radio with a handcrank to charge the battery. It will also charge a cell phone. For a flashlight I got one of the new flashlights that you shake up and down and gives you a half hour of light. You can get those out of the Duluth catalog. I think I’d swap out that Browning for a Glock 40. Now if you could tell me where do you get this stuff called blood stop I’m reading in here about?
Australia, about the size of America, with a
population of 22 million.
Just to the north, 200 million people who
are somestimes ‘ not so very nice ‘ and need
more land.
If I lived in Australia....I would worry.
Put the muslims in a go-bag and deport them, that would work much better.
Sounds like a 19th-century porn star.
Kitty Pingers: Be sure to check out post #6. Don't drink anything while doing so.
No kidding! I keep a completely stocked first aid kit and life preservers in my car at all times...also water, granola and rain coats.
And all purpose wipes.
And fishing poles and tackle box...
Heh! You never know...there might be a catastophe and I might need to go fishing.
BTDT. It clears up when they get used to their new diet - thank G-d!
Heavy plastic garbage bags with drawstring tops. They make quick, waterproof stuff bags.
Sewing kit
Field guide of local flora
Map and compass
Money
Water purifier/tablets
Bandanna or handtowel
Maxi pads (double as field dressings)
Lighter/matches/striker
folding entrenchment shovel
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