Great advice David, I would also add to the list, Chocolate, wine, cash, wet wipes and poo tickets (ie loo paper), (this saying may only be funny to those who have watched the ozzy movie Kenny about a guy who works for a portaloo company!), those plastic disposable raincoats, headlamps, dust masks, garden gloves to protect hands if you have to search thru rubble etc.
I always check my smoke alarm batteries every daylight saving’s, but I have found one prominent brand of batteries doesn’t seem to last the six months like they use too.

Living on the Coromandel, we check our Emergancy Kit quite often, Tsunami warnings keep you on our toes 🙂

Good stuff WW.
Would pay for evreybody to make preparations for the protection of their families at home. Under no circumstances should one rely on government help in a time of chaos or natural disaster, be prepared to do it ALL yourself, that way you will be better prepared and will know that.
Have that water collected for when there is no supply for at least a week. Pet foods, dry and tinned foods for your family, is you gas bottle full and safe to use, this could be essencial for cooking and maybe heat. Do you have a tent, plastic rubbish bags to go into the ground for ablusions, no flushing loo remember. A transistor radio, plenty of torches and batteries for all of this equipment. Bandages and plasters etc, first aid equipment, clothing and coats and jackets. Babies essencials, ederly folk prscription drugs and essencials. Can openers etc, cutlery……………………..the list goes on.
And I’m spent.

Keep safe and ready and check with your neighbours.

Cheers.

That time of the year when you wonder whats the real time as some computers have already changed and some tend to change back and any clocks still on “old time”.