The Friday Five: Weather Extremes
Sep. 14th, 2018 09:53 am1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand?
No. Britain is blessedly free of natural disasters of all types. And no bears, poison ivy, dangerous snakes, etc, etc either. Or, I guess I was *in* England in 1987, but I don't remember it.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
In butterfly enclosures. I think the hottest outside was in a heat wave in southern Croatia, I think that was... over thirty? Probably not forty? But I can't remember exactly.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
Probably -5 to -10 one night in England, or something similar visiting northern france or southern sweden. Cold enough to notice, but not like you get in many places.
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
No. That is, if it's JUST our house, we'd probably be fine. When my parents house flooded we made do quite a while without power, but obv we could buy food, candles, etc. It means a lot of indoor camping, or going to stay with a friend or bnb, but we have resources for that.
If it's power to the whole city, then no. It happens sufficiently rarely it hasn't seemed worth having a plan for.
Although with Brexit looming and negotiations failing, the risk is not specifically power, but supply chains breaking down, and people are asking, "at what point do we make sure we have food for a couple of weeks?" If the situation doesn't improve that will become a necessary precaution. (And much worse for people with specific needs, e.g. medicines.)
5. Do you have a go bag?
No. I tend to keep some cash in my wallet so I can buy things for a couple of days if there's a problem with my bank account, but more from habit than planning. I could grab a change of clothes, phone charger, ID, etc in half an hour or less, I've done that enough when I go on holiday, but I don't have a specific "I need to leave in minutes, is there one thing I can just grab".
It seems sufficiently unlikely that that's a problem I'll need, it would be a little bit helpful to have it, just in case, but not enough to make the effort of keeping it current. If the city was more likely to be evacuated all at once, or if I was likely to be deported to a country where I'd be executed, it would be a much better idea, but as it stands, if I needed to evacuate in a hurry, I could probably stay with friends where not having toiletries, clothes, cash would be an inconvenience not a disaster.
No. Britain is blessedly free of natural disasters of all types. And no bears, poison ivy, dangerous snakes, etc, etc either. Or, I guess I was *in* England in 1987, but I don't remember it.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
In butterfly enclosures. I think the hottest outside was in a heat wave in southern Croatia, I think that was... over thirty? Probably not forty? But I can't remember exactly.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
Probably -5 to -10 one night in England, or something similar visiting northern france or southern sweden. Cold enough to notice, but not like you get in many places.
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
No. That is, if it's JUST our house, we'd probably be fine. When my parents house flooded we made do quite a while without power, but obv we could buy food, candles, etc. It means a lot of indoor camping, or going to stay with a friend or bnb, but we have resources for that.
If it's power to the whole city, then no. It happens sufficiently rarely it hasn't seemed worth having a plan for.
Although with Brexit looming and negotiations failing, the risk is not specifically power, but supply chains breaking down, and people are asking, "at what point do we make sure we have food for a couple of weeks?" If the situation doesn't improve that will become a necessary precaution. (And much worse for people with specific needs, e.g. medicines.)
5. Do you have a go bag?
No. I tend to keep some cash in my wallet so I can buy things for a couple of days if there's a problem with my bank account, but more from habit than planning. I could grab a change of clothes, phone charger, ID, etc in half an hour or less, I've done that enough when I go on holiday, but I don't have a specific "I need to leave in minutes, is there one thing I can just grab".
It seems sufficiently unlikely that that's a problem I'll need, it would be a little bit helpful to have it, just in case, but not enough to make the effort of keeping it current. If the city was more likely to be evacuated all at once, or if I was likely to be deported to a country where I'd be executed, it would be a much better idea, but as it stands, if I needed to evacuate in a hurry, I could probably stay with friends where not having toiletries, clothes, cash would be an inconvenience not a disaster.