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<blockquote data-quote="Jen&amp;Khaleb" data-source="post: 185416" data-attributes="member: 13077"><p>After experiencing the recent floods in QLD (Australia) I would strongly recommend that everyone have some sort of disaster pack. You may be surprised how quickly panic buying sets in and there is nothing on the supermarket shelves. The chemists rationed out supplies and worked together to ensure demand for medicines could be met. We didn't have milk for a week and you couldn't buy bread, flour, sugar, eggs within a day of the disaster. Fuel ran out but because we were locked in anyway it didn't really matter to most people. There were incidences of violence for fuel and other products.</p><p></p><p>I certainly had plenty of supplies for my sons diabetes but he had a massive diet change as he had to eat what was available and not his usually diet. I never lost power but houses not far from me were without power for over a week. Some of those places did not have town water and had no power to run pumps. Until you experience the knock on effect it is hard to imagine. You also have to watch your local community deal with grief and loss on a huge scale.</p><p></p><p>Some sort of survival pack should be in every household, it is too late to do it after the event. I now have batteries, torch, candles, powdered milk, water and tinned food in my pantry just for an emergency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jen&Khaleb, post: 185416, member: 13077"] After experiencing the recent floods in QLD (Australia) I would strongly recommend that everyone have some sort of disaster pack. You may be surprised how quickly panic buying sets in and there is nothing on the supermarket shelves. The chemists rationed out supplies and worked together to ensure demand for medicines could be met. We didn't have milk for a week and you couldn't buy bread, flour, sugar, eggs within a day of the disaster. Fuel ran out but because we were locked in anyway it didn't really matter to most people. There were incidences of violence for fuel and other products. I certainly had plenty of supplies for my sons diabetes but he had a massive diet change as he had to eat what was available and not his usually diet. I never lost power but houses not far from me were without power for over a week. Some of those places did not have town water and had no power to run pumps. Until you experience the knock on effect it is hard to imagine. You also have to watch your local community deal with grief and loss on a huge scale. Some sort of survival pack should be in every household, it is too late to do it after the event. I now have batteries, torch, candles, powdered milk, water and tinned food in my pantry just for an emergency. [/QUOTE]
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