I only see a point in preparing for small, family-level emergencies. The big stuff I’d leave to the government. We stocked up some toilet paper and Fusilli during the early days of COVID-19. That didn’t work well.
My lifestyle includes playing football and doing weekly hikes. This means injuries, bites, and weather risk.
- Bites and stings by insects can be quite risky when they get infected, and I feel like anything that’s not a mosquito bite gets infected. We keep a good supply of cremes, patches, and bandages for people of all sizes – from Paw Patrol-themed to large and cheap for fallen fathers.
- I now have a backpack that has a reusable water bottle, a windbreaker jacket, and a scarf that can cover the entire face. This makes me prepared for things going slightly south with the weather during hikes.
Why scarf? The idea is that a sudden change in weather can come with strong winds, making it impossible to walk if the face is not fully covered. People lose most of their heat from the head. Keep the face warm and comfortable, and the sudden snow might not be as bad.
TL;DR – my emergency preparedness plan includes large amounts of treatments for wounds, a scarf, and a credit card.
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Are there a lot of biting bugs in Bulgaria? Other than a few mosquitos and horse flies, I’ve only been bitten by a bee and a wasp in my lifetime.
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Can’t really answer, I’m new to hiking but I’ve already treated 3 insect bites and neither was a mosquito or a horse fly. I’ve not seen the culprit. Others have shared it’s some kind of a small black fly.
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There’s a small bug called a chigger that people talk about here. I don’t know if I’ve been bit by one. I just remembered something I hadn’t thought about when responding earlier. Ants! I’ve been attacked by a large group of fire ants before. I was barefoot and stepped in the middle of their large next. Whoops!
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The insect I want to identify leaves behind bloody circles around 1mm of diameter. Looks like a puncture wound that you’d barely notice for the first day and then gets infected on day 2.
One of the wounds started developing star-like red lines and freaked me out. Last time I had 2 of these, applied some creme. One healed, the other got infected.
I’m yet to see what fly does it.
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Hello
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Hi, welcome!
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That’s a good idea about bringing a scarf
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The line about the bandaids is great!
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Thanks!
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