Do You Have a Storm Kit and What's in It?

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  altomic on 17/09/2017 - 20:43

  my house is 30 meters above sea level on a hill, with waterfront 300 meters away in 2 directions (no concern of flooding)
  it was built in the 50's out of hardwood (I have to pre-drill nail holes)

  my storm kit includes/is a bottle of scotch.

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  Euphemistic on 17/09/2017 - 23:05

  My storm kit is between the garage, the front door and the back door. I can't think of anything I would need for a storm kit that I can't find in a few minutes in the house. I have some torches around the place, but even those are somewhat obsolete given my phone has a light in it that is bright enough to go and find a proper torch.

  I can only think that an evacuation kit could be useful for a quick departure from the house, but don't have one of those.

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  TheBilly on 18/09/2017 - 10:13

  Good idea !

  Probably wouldn't go over board with it as being at home the basics would be enough such as:

  1. A small supply of potable drinking water - 2 jerry cans
  2. Small food supply - Just grab those long life dehydrated packs
  3. 1kg gas cylinder for cooking
  4. First aid kit
  5. Torch + batteries
  6. Power bank for mobile phone
  7. Hand held CB radio (minimum 2 watt recommend 5 watt)
  8. Montgomery 100L tub to hold everything

  I think you can get the whole lot for a tidy sum of $300 or there abouts' and just leave it in the garage to be checked every 6 months for maintenance and that is it.

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    Euphemistic on 18/09/2017 - 10:34

    So my emergency kit is:
    1. 4L of drinking water in the fridge most of the time (kids won't fill it up), plenty of other drinks available.
    2. Stocked Pantry - even when its time to go grocery shopping there is stuff to eat in there, maybe not our favourites though and you might need to be a bit creative for recipes.
    3. BBQ gas bottle + 2 on the caravan.
    4. First Aid kit in the pantry + one in the car
    5. Several torches around the house, including powered by cordless tool batteries.
    6. Car battery for charging phones etc
    7. CB? Not sure why you would need this, most likely need local ABC radio available for broadcasts of emergency info. Radios in car if the power is out.
    8. Can gather those things into a tub if we need to leave.

    If I was in a bushfire emergency area, or a flood prone area I'd be putting a survival kit together if we needed to get out of the house quickly. Other storms you need to be able to wait out at home., so you might need a strong room of some sort if in a cyclone area.

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      TheBilly on 18/09/2017 - 10:48

      Hey I'm the same, literally everything I will ever need is scattered around the house (no matter the situation) - If I had to stay home I'm safe, if I had to leave, I can within 5 minutes. Just saying that a lot of people go over board with this stuff, all you really need is the basics, how people go about getting this sorted, I guess everyone's different.

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  trustnoone on 18/09/2017 - 10:58

  Power went out in SA (that big one) and my town was out of power for I /think/ it was 2 days? Since its only a short amount of time for me it was mostly:

  1. I wanted candles or a lamp, its dark at night, especially useful for places like the bathroom if you have a torch you can bring or a couple candles if your a family, not to take the only light with you lol.

  2. Had an extra power pack so I could play games on my phone the whole time because ergh waiting. Also useful for getting updates from the power grid people (aus grid?)

  3. Batteries and a simple radio, when my phone died out it just would've been nice to have something to listen to at the dead darkness of light besides my anxiety driven thoughts XD. A radio with a couple batteries just would've been nice and simple.

  4. Food, seriously have some back up food. I had to grab sticks from a nearby tree and light a fire in the garage so that I could cook and eat something (shops are closed during a massive storm esp if power is down, they threw out a whole lot of food as no cooling for freezer).

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  BertieBrown on 18/09/2017 - 19:32

  Seems like a good idea to me.

  I guess most of the important things have already been covered but I guess if you've got kids or big kids who's attention spans aren't necessarily that long, it's probably worth having some distractions, which might also help to ease some of the fear and concern if the power goes out, which can be a bit scary for youngsters.

  Jeez, I'm lucky to live in Australia.