Comments on: How to Avoid Throwing a Wobbler in Emergencies: 36 Tips

By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:00 +0000

@penstalker – Thanks for spreading the message in your country, one which is so often hit by natural disaster.

Let us hope that more people are better prepared now and in the future.
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By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:45:22 +0000

@Anastasiya – Thanks for sharing the story about your grandmother panicking – a great case for being level headed even if you are young:-)
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By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:22:09 +0000

@Zoli I agree with you – focussing on the now is most important. And by doing so, we can then formulate the next steps.

Remember in an emergency things can happen really quickly so it is key to think on your feet and start planning ahead as well as taking in the immediate scenario.
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By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:19:31 +0000

@Steven, thanks for that valuable tip about keeping some spare cash handy.

I remember doing this each weekend before partying in case the ATMs ran out of cash. In those days there were few ATMs unlike nowadays where cash is available more easily than ever before. Not necessarily a good thing:-)
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By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:27 +0000

@Zoli Thanks for your input. I believe Mary was coming from the point of covering all eventualities and though most of them may not apply to you or me – e.g. no earthquakes in London YET:-), quite a few of these would apply to a lot of her readers.

As for the storing of water, my parents who are also in the UK, did exactly this in Dec 1999 in preparation for the Y2K bug “catastrophe” on mindnight 31st 1999, but fortunately they didn’t need it.
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By: Penstalker

Penstalker — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:50:35 +0000

Hey Mary. Thanks so much for sharing this. I wish lots of people in the Philippines read it before the two really strong typhoons hit in early October. This would have helped them save a lot of valuable items from their houses.

We still expect a number of typhoons to hit the Philippines before the year ends. So am just gonna share this via Facebook and some SNS.
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By: penelope

penelope — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:42:29 +0000

i pray. for me that is the key to the answers of my emergencies

By: Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:00:41 +0000

Mary I think that it is a useful post. I also think that each person can make adjustments to this list according to where they live and what their lifestyle is (you do not have to be ready for a hurricane if there aren’t any hurricanes in your area, right?) Think ahead is what will get you through (hopefully).
I remember one time my mom had high fever, she fainted and was not responding to anything. I was at home with my grandmother and she started panicking right away. I was just a teenager back then I was worried to death. However, I tried to embrace myself and trying to figure out what my grandmother was saying I called the ambulance. My mom was fine and nothing serious happened to her (nerves and high fever, that’s all). However, I did notice how my grandmother panicked in that situation (I was just a little bit better) and I have decided that i need to be prepared and level-headed in case anything like this happens in the future.

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:27:23 +0000

Great post.

I survived the Loma Prieta earthquake. One point I would like to add is always keep a couple of hundred dollars in cash where you can easily access it. Because there was no electricity for almost a week, the ATM machines were out of order.

By: Zoli Cserei

Zoli Cserei — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:20:26 +0000

There are some good ideas here, but I feel like some of these is just being too precaucious! (like storing drinking water in airtight places)

Another thing I do not totally understand is “focus on the next step ahead”. Isn’t focusing on NOW more important?

Don’t get me wrong, there are some really good ideas listed there, but all of them treated as a whole don’t really feel like “zen”

Zoli
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