Disaster Recovery Tips
Put your shoes on first.
That’s the best bit of advice that has come out of the Christchurch earthquake as far as I can see it. In any kind of natural disaster there always seems to be broken glass.
Other useful tidbits include:
- Batteries and torches disappear from store shelves faster than rabbits on caffeine.
- Some water is life but too much isn’t.
- A radio with batteries in the hand is worth two flat screen TV’s in the bush.
- A straw is useful for sucking up the wine off liquor store floors (so I heard).
- Where glass breaks, plastic bounces.
- Murphy’s law guarantees your mobile phone will go flat just before disaster strikes.
- Last and most important - if it’s not at hand, it doesn’t exist.
The biggest problem is power failure. No power equals no powered telephone, only old style phones still work. No power means the the water pump and sewer pump don’t work. You can’t see in the dark, the petrol pump doesn’t go, frozen food thaws, the mobile network runs it’s batteries flat in a day and you can only cook on your barbecue.
Actually, maybe the best advice is to have garlic bbq sausages on hand at all times. You can still cook those and garlic will boost your immune system, you’re likely not to get much sleep for a while.
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