Thread: catastrophe ideas. . .

I wan some new ideas about technology used for rescuing people during catastrophe. . .

It depends on the catastrophe.

Flood, wildfire, landslide, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami. There's some overlap in some of these in what needs to be done, but you need to be a bit more specific.

solar flare disabling power grid during northern winter = millions dead

Originally Posted by sculptor

solar flare disabling power grid during northern winter = millions dead

Interesting thought! The Feds have developed "hardened" electronics capable of withstanding many thousands of times the gamma intensity which destroys conventional electronics. Bet it extends to power, too! Ya don't think the lights in the Feds' hideaway will go out, do ya? joc

no
(I worked in one of those-R----diesel generators and enough fuel for 5 years)

damned comfortable

educating them about what to do in a catastrophy....

Originally Posted by Mopri

I wan some new ideas about technology used for rescuing people during catastrophe. . .

The technology is far less important than the 3-Ps.

Planning
Preparation
Practice

Ten years ago our Irish government issued every household in our country Iodine tablets, should the Sellafield nuclear plant go into complete and utter melt down. Might as well paint myself white and hide under a table with sandbags for all the good that will do.

Originally Posted by pineapples

Ten years ago our Irish government issued every household in our country Iodine tablets, should the Sellafield nuclear plant go into complete and utter melt down. Might as well paint myself white and hide under a table with sandbags for all the good that will do.

?? Iodine tablets do work quite well to protect against uptake of radioactive isotopes of iodine.

Originally Posted by jocular

Originally Posted by sculptor

solar flare disabling power grid during northern winter = millions dead

Interesting thought! The Feds have developed "hardened" electronics capable of withstanding many thousands of times the gamma intensity which destroys conventional electronics. Bet it extends to power, too! Ya don't think the lights in the Feds' hideaway will go out, do ya? joc

Most of the components of your typical solar power system will survive. The inverter is the thing that will blow out in a really massive flare - but the power will still be available for clever homeowners to use.

Originally Posted by billvon

Originally Posted by pineapples

Ten years ago our Irish government issued every household in our country Iodine tablets, should the Sellafield nuclear plant go into complete and utter melt down. Might as well paint myself white and hide under a table with sandbags for all the good that will do.

?? Iodine tablets do work quite well to protect against uptake of radioactive isotopes of iodine.

Probably expired now though!

Originally Posted by John Galt

Originally Posted by Mopri

I wan some new ideas about technology used for rescuing people during catastrophe. . .

The technology is far less important than the 3-Ps.

Planning
Preparation
Practice

exactly ..*S* education
always have water in the house, even if not expecting.....and have an escape plan.....and know what it is...practice (as in physical) would only apply in my head, if you don't live alone most of the time...which I do.

practice (as in physical) would only apply in my head, if you don't live alone most of the time

Depends on the threat. If you lived in a bushfire area, you'd organise your photos and your legal documents and maybe a few thumb drives into a single location for easy access and removal when the fire danger alert gets to a certain threat level. And you'd make sure you had all the tennis balls/other stuff you needed for blocking your gutters even if you never got to the point of throwing them up there then filling the gutters before you leave.

Originally Posted by adelady

practice (as in physical) would only apply in my head, if you don't live alone most of the time

Depends on the threat. If you lived in a bushfire area, you'd organise your photos and your legal documents and maybe a few thumb drives into a single location for easy access and removal when the fire danger alert gets to a certain threat level. And you'd make sure you had all the tennis balls/other stuff you needed for blocking your gutters even if you never got to the point of throwing them up there then filling the gutters before you leave.

I live in active volcano, tsunami, and earthquake areas! *L*....and have all my life. I really don't worry about it. I know the drills. Just being alone can be scary....I'm not OLD but I am not 40 either.....