Light & comms
NOAA Alert Radio
A weather receiver that stays silent until an alert is broadcast for your area.
Scenario
Twister
Fifteen minutes of warning, on a good day.
It is a season, not an event. Some years nothing, some years the whole town. The people who survive are the ones who took the boring precautions during the boring months.
What kills you
Fifteen minutes, and being above ground when they end.
Rules
- 01Below ground or a windowless interior room. Nothing else counts.
- 02Helmets. Genuinely. Head injuries are the killer.
- 03The car is the worst possible shelter.
- 04Have the alert on something that wakes you.
The kit
5 itemsWakes you at three in the morning, which is when they arrive.
Head trauma from debris is what actually kills people. Unglamorous and decisive.
Medical
Bike Helmets Family Pack
Head protection for cycling. Fit and the certification sticker decide whether it does anything.
Over everyone in the interior room. Debris is the whole threat.
Shelter
Heavy Moving Blankets
Thick quilted padding for insulation, sound damping or protecting what you move.
Being found under a collapsed structure is a volume problem.
Light & comms
Whistle And Light Combo
Both signals on one item so neither is the one you left behind.
The house may not survive. The insurance claim has to.
Shelter
Fireproof Document Safe
A rated box for papers and drives, tested to a temperature for a stated duration.
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