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shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 14, 2007, 11:29:05 am ---I'm saying if you can't survive a week or two without electricity in a warm climate, then you're a waste of resources.

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Apparently someone here has never heard of heat stroke. ::)

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 14, 2007, 11:35:41 am ---
--- Quote from: shardian on December 14, 2007, 11:32:16 am ---Apparently someone here has never heard of heat stroke. ::)

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Apparently someone here thinks air conditioning has been around forever.



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And little kids and elderly folks died in those heat waves too.

shmokes:
I have one each for my wife and me.  Baby doesn't have one, actually.   :o

We made them at an employee retreat when I worked for the Health Dept. in Utah.  Mormons are obsessed with 72 hour kits and food storage.  Many people have six-month supplies of food in their basements there.

Really, I think you should just take reasonable precautions.  72 hour kits are inexpensive and take up barely any space.  If you never use it, you've lost almost nothing.  If you ever need to use it, you'll be really really glad you had it.  I also keep a blanket and one of these propane catalytic heaters in my car (though now that I live in south Florida I can probably take those out.

ahofle:
Reminds me of a story my friend told me.  His neighbor (a Mormon) was always telling him about his emergency food/water/supplies stores and was constantly urging him to do the same in case of Armageddon.  He replied, "that's OK, I have guns and I know where there is plenty of food and water."  :laugh2:

divemaster127:
In tulsa last night on the news over 100 people went to the hospital for running generators inside their home or building fires in their home(people are getting desperate & short tempered).  BOTH of these ARE big no no's.  A friend of mine purchased a $1,000 dollar generator & after a hour he & his wife could not figure out why the house was still cold.  They could hear the unit running so he opened the front door to check the generator & there sat a $20.00 lawn mower running.
dm

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