My street had a power cut last night. Stumbling around in the dark I managed to find two torches and a mountain of those nightlights it is impossible to leave Ikea without. Clever me. Although if I had also managed to find matches and batteries that weren't flat, that would probably have helped even more. I really need to work on my emergencies kit. But how far do you go? Bottled water? Tinned food? Iron tablets? Wind-up radio? Weapons? Trivial Pursuit set, for something to do while you wait for the looters to come and kill you? It's depressing. I wouldn't last five minutes in a zombie apocalypse. But at least I have matches now.
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I grew up on the west coast of Canada which is on a major fault line. We had at least one commercial emergency "grab-and-go" kit (because in an earthquake, you may be forced to leave your house), and about two dozen 2-litre bottles of water (boiled and sterilized with a few drops of bleach every four months) in the kitchen. Water (for drinking and washing) is the chief concern in an emergency and it will take from 3 days to a week for emergency services to be set up in the event of something really catastrophic. I now live in Ottawa which is prone to ice storms, so we keep a camping stove handy. The idea is to avoid moving to emergency centres and stay in your own home if at all possible. So: first aid kit, water, candles and matches, can-opener, spare glasses and prescription drugs, at the very least. (Most of us have enough food to last several days.) Warm clothes, blankets, and several garbage bags to turn your rubbish bin into a toilet may also be a good idea...
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