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.
Poor dogs!
What if the cat is the one “leaking” the gas? We recently adopted a kitten. When he relaxes and is purring...all I can say is...DAMN!
Not such a strange thread but the posts are lots of fun....
Well, maybe it IS a strange thread now that I think about it....
it's getting too late at nite
Covered, I didn’t want to mention that. “Taxi to airport now this gold” is a universal language, baby.
:-)
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In ‘Strine (or British English, for that matter) a torch is a flashlight. (In full, ‘an electric torch’).
Mine is a Jumbo Versa-pak from Maxpedition.
Two bottles of Purell
Toilet paper
Tooth brush and bottle of Listerine(pint)
Browning Hi-power and four mags
Extra 9mm ammo
Spare sunglasses/spare reading glasses
Floppy hat
disposable rubber gloves
Two liters water
Leatherman Tool
Swiss Army knife on lanyard
Randall #1 & sheath w/stone
300 feet para cord
Emerg fishing kit
Four Tourniquets
Three packs Blood Stop
Bottle Betadine and mini Trauma treat kit
Burn ointment
Asptin/Aleve/any pain pills available with laminated Rx.
Prescription meds with laminated Rx
Surefire Combat light and spare batts
Chem lights X4
Flashing Red diode & spare batt
Portable Radio one set spare AA bats=X6
Rain poncho packet
Hi-cal snacks or go Bars.
Cell phone & Auto charger w/a/c adapter
This is my daily take from the house to my vehicle and travels with me. Other goodies in my trunk that extend my viability for Two adults to **survive** for a week.
Vehicle has: 10 gal potable water
10 gal of Diesel fuel
Canned food for two for week or more if careful
Carbine/mags and 250 rounds 5.56 ammo.
.22 Mossberg rifle & 500 rounds .22LR ammo
Field jackets/pants and socks
Blankets
Jumper/charger unit
Solar light and portable Coleman stove w/fuel canister
I believe I am fairly prepared.
Anyone with anything other or suggestions?
As I've traveled extensively, I knew immediately what they were referring to. That said, it's much more fun to think they are preparing for that inevitable, immediate need to chase down a monster or to run a mad scientist out of town. Odd, the lack of pitchforks on the list.
You win, FRiend.
LED flashlight with a crank generator. I keep one in my car at all times because I have a bad tendency to only use regular flashlights to store dead batteries.
You have your STUFF!
I’d like to share shelter-halves with you!
It’s Australia. Maybe they are planning on fighting off the hordes of invading refugees from New Zealand?
No BEER?
flood residents should carry their cats in “a cotton pillow case”.
A plastic bag would be much more efficient and double as groceries.
We can forage along the way.
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