You may have seen on the news ver in the US about our wildfires all over the East Coast of Australia. Even down my way ( lower Eyre Peninsular of South Australia ) we had a major fire, and if not for a wind change, our town was directly in the path of the out of control fire.
Anyway, I'm away from home for a few weeks, and when I heard about the fires, rang home, and spoke to my 16yr old son, who assists me prepping. Conversation went somewhat like this ( the power was out too );
Me: Ok boy, what have you done?
Son: Bath full of water, got the candles out, torches, spare batteries, drinking water bottles good to go, gas cooker & cartridges.
Me: Face masks?
Son: Done.
Me: Water jerry cans in the shed-fill them up.
Son: Ok
Me: Anything else?
Son: Yeah, you gotta show me how to run the generator.
The power came on about 2 hrs later.
On Wednesday, we are expecting 43c (110f), and wild winds. I'm about 8 hrs away, but I am confident he has everything under control.
Anyway, I'm away from home for a few weeks, and when I heard about the fires, rang home, and spoke to my 16yr old son, who assists me prepping. Conversation went somewhat like this ( the power was out too );
Me: Ok boy, what have you done?
Son: Bath full of water, got the candles out, torches, spare batteries, drinking water bottles good to go, gas cooker & cartridges.
Me: Face masks?
Son: Done.
Me: Water jerry cans in the shed-fill them up.
Son: Ok
Me: Anything else?
Son: Yeah, you gotta show me how to run the generator.
The power came on about 2 hrs later.
On Wednesday, we are expecting 43c (110f), and wild winds. I'm about 8 hrs away, but I am confident he has everything under control.