Bob's auto preparedness thread reminded me of a bad dream I had the other night.
Are you prepared for a house fire in the middle of winter?
I AM NOT PREPARED!
I literally woke up from a dead sleep the other night thinking about this. Like many/most of our members, we live in the country. It is more than 1/4 mile to our nearest neighbor. I suddenly had a terrible nightmare of waking up from the smoke alarms and having to get the wife and baby out of a second floor bedroom window while dressed in my skivvies in sub zero weather (no emergency chain ladder either, so we would be jumping). I then realized that if/once we escaped, what would we do? I don't have any other heated structures on the property and don't have a stash of winter clothing to get dressed into. I also don't normally bring my cell phone into the bedroom with me and the keys to the truck are hanging on a hook in the kitchen. This would mean a walk to the neighbors in my boxers...not a high survival likelihood in that situation. Most likely the baby would not fare well in that situation either within a matter of minutes.
Basically, we'd be SCREWED!
Are you prepared for a house fire in the middle of winter?
I AM NOT PREPARED!
I literally woke up from a dead sleep the other night thinking about this. Like many/most of our members, we live in the country. It is more than 1/4 mile to our nearest neighbor. I suddenly had a terrible nightmare of waking up from the smoke alarms and having to get the wife and baby out of a second floor bedroom window while dressed in my skivvies in sub zero weather (no emergency chain ladder either, so we would be jumping). I then realized that if/once we escaped, what would we do? I don't have any other heated structures on the property and don't have a stash of winter clothing to get dressed into. I also don't normally bring my cell phone into the bedroom with me and the keys to the truck are hanging on a hook in the kitchen. This would mean a walk to the neighbors in my boxers...not a high survival likelihood in that situation. Most likely the baby would not fare well in that situation either within a matter of minutes.
Basically, we'd be SCREWED!