Thread: That time of year. What's in your cyclone kit?

Can’t wait until this turns into something resembling the last ‘Prepper’ thread…. Time for the popcorn.

the Mormons can give plenty of advice.....

We have 32000l of rainwater, We also have our own bore water, I ALWAYS have a well stocked pantry with dry goods and tinned stuff, We run 3x freezers full of meat, veggies, fish and all the other odds a sod's that need freezing.
I have 2x 3kva gensets for power, lighting etc.

The only drama we had with the last cyclone was getting fuel for the gensets for a few days as the power was out everywhere including the service stations, Luckily the boat was full of fuel so that gave us an extra 80l that carried us through until fuel was available in town again.

The only thing I would do differently next time is to stock up on a lot more fuel

NO I am NOT a "prepper" , I always have plenty of food on hand because I kill my own meat , grow most of our veggies and I usually only food shop every 2 to 3 months and when I do shop I shop in bulk

Originally Posted by bob10

Or perhaps even after a major fire, we still need to survive. I've got water covered, just had a 70 litre water tank with 12v pp installed under the new Isuzu tray, only a couple of food items, a few packets of rice, a packet of Farmdale instant milk powder, some Farmdale full cream long life milk, tea, coffee, tins of sardines , tins of tomato, all stuff that can be taken out bush before the use by date. When I pull my finger out I will be making beef jerky, cryovac it, put it aside. We have a large space case for our cyclone kit, which will live in the vehicle, a 5kva generator with full fuel tank with 20 litres of petrol extra, that's about it. Here are some ideas from Radio Darwin, they know what they are talking about.



How to make a feast out of non-perishable food - Drive - ABC Radio

Keep a tin of sweetened condensed milk in the car over a summer (or two) and it turns into caramel
Great as a dessert

I didn’t realise canned foods have a used by date
We have tins of pears from 2013 that make great crumble when we’re out of apples
Tins of tomatoes at the farm from god knows when still go well in a stew or curry
The baked beans split after a couple of years but still taste the same

If the contents go black and smell not as they should, don’t eat it, obviously it’s rotten but never been sick from tinned foods


Gav

Originally Posted by Homestar

Can’t wait until this turns into something resembling the last ‘Prepper’ thread…. Time for the popcorn.

Or, what the TV weather reporters have in their kits, for this season's 'Unprecedented, One in a Hundred Years' ​events?

A goodly reminder though, Bob.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Can’t wait until this turns into something resembling the last ‘Prepper’ thread…. Time for the popcorn.

Perhaps if you lived in the tropics you would not be so flippant. It's something taken seriously , especially in Darwin. Especially after 1974.

Funnily enough for someone that lives in a very Cyclone prone area I don't worry about it much.
Probably because I live 5m from the Roadhouse that has a huge supply of food/goods & that we have a big arse generator that runs the whole joint.
I worry far more that the 18 year old donga style buildings won't survive a big blow. The shed is reasonably nwe so I guess we all move in there if it comes.
We have had a few good blows over the years & the major damage has been trees down & power out, so far (touch wood) no major structural damage.
I suppose it will happen one day so we just tie stuff down & hope for the best.
I have been through 2 big ones, when I was a kid in the 6's in Proserpine & 1 in Karumba around 1990, not fun but we got by.
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by trout1105

We have 32000l of rainwater, We also have our own bore water, I ALWAYS have a well stocked pantry with dry goods and tinned stuff, We run 3x freezers full of meat, veggies, fish and all the other odds a sod's that need freezing.
I have 2x 3kva gensets for power, lighting etc.

The only drama we had with the last cyclone was getting fuel for the gensets for a few days as the power was out everywhere including the service stations, Luckily the boat was full of fuel so that gave us an extra 80l that carried us through until fuel was available in town again.

The only thing I would do differently next time is to stock up on a lot more fuel

NO I am NOT a "prepper" , I always have plenty of food on hand because I kill my own meat , grow most of our veggies and I usually only food shop every 2 to 3 months and when I do shop I shop in bulk

I normally carry ratpacs, but my son-in-law has left the reserves and most of the gear is out of date. So it's supply our own, unfortunately. But hey, I had to learn how to make biltong, and home made sauerkraut,

when you stop learning, it's time to give up.