Being Emergency Ready

This booklet was delivered to my house this week. It is also available to download here. It is from a Department that I didn’t know existed called the Office of Emergency Planning (“An Oifig Pleanála Éigeandála” as Gaeilge). This Goverment does seem to be good at creating emergencies, but I hadn’t realised until now that they were planned. Here is the intro… From storms and power cuts to flooding and health emergencies, Ireland can experience a range of emergencies. Planning ahead and taking simple steps can help reduce disruption. Find out how you and your household can prepare as part of the Be Emergency Ready campaign. I suppose the advice in it is sensible, as far as it goes, but the sorts of emergency it lists are very difficult to be ready for. For example, under “Food” it says “Keep a supply of non-perishable food on hand”. It doesn’t give examples, incidentally, but presumably a list could include dried pasta, rice, noodles, breakfast cereals, canned goods (soups, tinned tuna,…