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Get Ready Weekend 2025
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Know the warnings When there are bushfires, floods or storms, Emergency Services issue simple warnings to help you make faster decisions. Know the warnings. Plan ahead.

Know the warnings

Most doomsday preppers have it wrong. This is actually how to survive the apocalypse | BBC Science Focus Magazine A growing number of concerned citizens are building subterranean emergency bunkers as a precaution against disaster. Should you join the underground movement? And if so, how?

“Prepping – thinking ahead and being proactive – is the opposite of panic buying”

BuyNothing | Home Buy Nothing survives thanks to your generous contributions. Click here to make a charitable donation today to keep the Give-Ask-Gratitude going for everyone.

Mutual reciprocity fosters community bonds and strengthens relationships with neighbours.
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The study guide cover — white background, photo of a garage packed with tools, and the title

The Maintainers have released their “Maintainers Study Guide: A Guide to Ground Your Practice in Principles of Maintenance, Repair + Care” — a resource that “reflects nearly a decade of work” across The Maintainers’ conferences, fellowships, research networks, etc

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Internet-in-a-Box While our store is sold out, you can order directly from our partners at Wiki Project Med Foundation via this link Imagine having a backup of the world’s largest encyclopedia. Perfect for those withou...

(A slice of) Internet-in-a-Box:
Imagine having a backup of the world’s largest encyclopedia.

SYDNEY Tiny Home Expo 2025 Awesome Tiny House Event coming soon!

Tiny Home Expo Sydney on this weekend

Readers reply: If you were prepping, what would your top five items be? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts. This week’s followed the S...

Readers reply: If you were prepping, what would your top five items be?

The Key to Good Luck Is an Open Mind Really lucky people may have a specific set of skills that bring chance opportunities their way.

The more observant you are of your surroundings, the more likely you are to capture a valuable resource. Lucky people don’t magically attract new opportunities and good fortune. They stroll along with their eyes wide open. 🧪

Bunker
Mentality
A growing number of concerned citizens are building subterranean emergency bunkers as a precaution against disaster.
Should you join the underground
movement? And if so, how?

Europeans told to gather supplies for 72 hours amid 'direct' war threat With war on their doorstep, Europeans have been warned to prepare survival kits with enough essentials to last them 72 hours, and Britain's leading disaster expert says the idea has been borrowed from...

Europeans told to gather supplies for 72 hours amid 'direct' war threat

The premier told us to stockpile water and batteries. It was a green light for panic buying Bottled water and batteries were being stripped from supermarket shelves in the hours after Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told residents to “get prepared” for Cyclone Alfred.

The premier told us to stockpile water and batteries. It was a green light for panic buying

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred: 20,000 Brisbane homes could be flooded Beachside and low-lying suburbs most at risk, city council flood map shows, when category-two storm hits coast * Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest news * Alice thought Brisbane wouldn’t flood twice in one decade. Now she’s bracing for…

Tropical Cyclone Alfred: 20,000 Brisbane homes could be flooded

How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert Talk to your neighbours. Do they have a generator or a camping fridge you can use? This is an opportunity to get to know your community and pool your resources.

How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert

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How to grow a victory garden; a complete manual of how, when, where and what to plant : Pollock, Walter Patterson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 64 p. 22 cm

How to grow a victory garden; a complete manual of how, when, where and what to plant

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CrisisWatch:
Tracking Conflict Worldwide

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'Mood changes and cognitive impairment': How heat is affecting our mental wellbeing Extreme heat is leading to a rise in a range of mental health and social issues. Experts say its effects need to be taken more seriously.

Mood changes and cognitive impairment: How heat is affecting our mental wellbeing

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Repair cafes don't just fix broken items, they foster connections Repair cafes extend the life of everyday items, but there are deeper benefits for all involved.

Repair is a key piece in the puzzle of reducing our material intensity - fewer things, used for longer.

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Bushfire Resilience Rating
Home Self-Assessment App

L.A. Residents: Protect Yourselves From Ash What Angelenos can learn from the Maui Wildfire Exposure health survey.

L.A. Residents: Protect Yourselves From Ash

Lots of thunder and ˗ˏˋ⚡︎ˎˊ˗ in Sydney. People without power for hours.
Do get a 2kWh+ battery to tie you over, and keep the fridge running.

'What the hell is going on?': Top firefighter's warning for Australian cities after LA fires A former fire chief who has battled fires in California and Australia says the devastation that has swept Los Angeles "could absolutely happen here".

'What the hell is going on?': Top firefighter's warning for Australian cities after LA fires

I’m told it’s not very likely
“Even at Max speed fires move through the heathy woodland at a fraction of the speed of sagebrush fires in Southern Cali.”
And we don’t have that kind of strong winds here (even if they can be quite strong).

If you live in an area that has bushfires/wildfires add N95 masks, some fire googles, and leather gloves in case you need them.

Also put some solid walking boots and wool socks next to your bug out bag. Don’t wear flimsy shoes as you might need to walk […]

The equivalent for wildfire are community features like fuel breaks and prescribed fire and structure/backyard level investments like limiting fuels directly adjacent to structures.

People die in car crashes. A lot of people. In 2022 in the US, about 46,000. But if we had not made the safety improvements in cars that we have over the past half century - and had the same death rate as a result, 153,000 people would have died.

How to beat 'primal panic' if you get lost in the Australian bush Getting lost in the bush can happen in a split second. Knowing what to do next can be the difference between death and survival, experts say.

How to beat 'primal panic' if you get lost in the Australian bush

#auspol awareness and PSA

#bushfire
#preparedness

Get people safe. Get the fires out. Then, build back different. No more building for the climate of the 20th century. Build back like we know climate disasters are coming. Build back like we know climate disasters are here.

Just spent 3 weeks in an off the grid house (solar with batteries). 6 people- Fridge, oven, coffee machine, dishwasher and washing machine, internet, hot water system, and charging electric car.

Not one issue at all, even on the rainy days.