Friday, August 19, 2005
Disaster recovery
(I'm just checking whether I could survive indoors, just in case. Could you?)
• In case of power cut... I have a battery operated radio (but no reception), I have lots of batteries (but none that fit inside a torch), I have a whole bag of unused IKEA tealights (and a box of matches), I have several books to read (not many of which are unread), I have a limited supply of tinned food (and a tin opener), I have a gas oven and a saucepan (but I appear to have run out of teabags)
• In case of water supply failure... I have a spare 2 litre bottle of water under the sink (which might last a couple of days)
• In case of gas supply failure... (summer) I'll have to put up with taking cold baths, (winter) I have plenty of thick clothes and some spare blankets
• In case of flooding... I should be well above the worst of it (until my toilet starts bubbling sewage)
• In case of fire... I've just checked and both my smoke alarms still work (and I bet that annoyed the neighbours)
• In case of epidemic... I have a box of elastoplast and some aspirin
• In case of chemical or radioactive incident... that gap between my French windows is probably wide enough to kill me
• In case of the accidental destruction of London... it's a bloody long walk to the countryside
• In case of the general collapse of civilisation... I'm probably buggered
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