Evacuate
The fire alarm woke us up at 4 AM , that we have to leave the hotel. Thankfully my emergency preparedness worked out well this time, as often is the case nothing happens .
Just before I went to bed and fade into my sleep, I'm always reminded to prepare regarding the " what if's " emergency etc. that we have to leave quickly. So most valuable things are in one place easy to find, shoes, coat , my Bible, my cameras, SD cards full of shots, purse, make-up kit of course :). In every journey away from home I always do this. This time was my first time ever experience in real life emergency evacuation in the early hours of the wintry morning. We grabbed just one emergency bag and left on the exit .
Luckily the fire wasn't big , only on a small electrical cupboard on the top floor. We were able to get back to the building over a couple of hours later. Although it left me feeling a bit tired that day as it's harder to get back to sleep having the adrenaline rush , but hat off with the Travelodge fire alarm system working well in compliance. Imagine if it's not working , I probably will be jumping off the window landing on TESCO roof below. Added to it , this happened in the UK where the level of safety standards is reliable.
When on trips abroad , I often have in mind the host country's safety records and not just thinking of pure Lala land . It's a bliss to think ahead. When inhotels it's good to know where the exits are and see if they're not locked. Exit doors do exist but sometimes the same exit door is locked up, it's good to check them out.
I don't like staying in a room with metal grilled windows or rooms without windows. There are hotels with like this conditions existing . Any room without a window makes me feel extremely claustrophobic and uneasy, regardless of the air conditioning system in it .The window should not be too small either bigger than a peep hole . A room without a window makes me feel like contained inside a solid box , or in a likely real life horror should there be fire. Added to that, I always look around for something with in the room itself which I could potentially make into weapon in case an intruder comes in. Fire extinguishers itself can be a weapon or any hard solid objects, scissors, even simple ground pepper, chilli , but that's another story. I just hope it would not happen to me and I would not have to fight back. But thoughts of preparedness come to mind especially on when on unfamiliar environs .
Most of all the hedge of protection should be sought from the Lord who can be trusted . But fighting back in defense is allowed as my faith is concerned. We don't have to put the other cheek for another slap / punch , neither shrunk in fear when an intruder comes with a knife with intent to harm and to kill.
Evacuate
The fire alarm woke us up at 4 AM , that we have to leave the hotel. Thankfully my emergency preparedness worked out well this time, as often is the case nothing happens .
Just before I went to bed and fade into my sleep, I'm always reminded to prepare regarding the " what if's " emergency etc. that we have to leave quickly. So most valuable things are in one place easy to find, shoes, coat , my Bible, my cameras, SD cards full of shots, purse, make-up kit of course :). In every journey away from home I always do this. This time was my first time ever experience in real life emergency evacuation in the early hours of the wintry morning. We grabbed just one emergency bag and left on the exit .
Luckily the fire wasn't big , only on a small electrical cupboard on the top floor. We were able to get back to the building over a couple of hours later. Although it left me feeling a bit tired that day as it's harder to get back to sleep having the adrenaline rush , but hat off with the Travelodge fire alarm system working well in compliance. Imagine if it's not working , I probably will be jumping off the window landing on TESCO roof below. Added to it , this happened in the UK where the level of safety standards is reliable.
When on trips abroad , I often have in mind the host country's safety records and not just thinking of pure Lala land . It's a bliss to think ahead. When inhotels it's good to know where the exits are and see if they're not locked. Exit doors do exist but sometimes the same exit door is locked up, it's good to check them out.
I don't like staying in a room with metal grilled windows or rooms without windows. There are hotels with like this conditions existing . Any room without a window makes me feel extremely claustrophobic and uneasy, regardless of the air conditioning system in it .The window should not be too small either bigger than a peep hole . A room without a window makes me feel like contained inside a solid box , or in a likely real life horror should there be fire. Added to that, I always look around for something with in the room itself which I could potentially make into weapon in case an intruder comes in. Fire extinguishers itself can be a weapon or any hard solid objects, scissors, even simple ground pepper, chilli , but that's another story. I just hope it would not happen to me and I would not have to fight back. But thoughts of preparedness come to mind especially on when on unfamiliar environs .
Most of all the hedge of protection should be sought from the Lord who can be trusted . But fighting back in defense is allowed as my faith is concerned. We don't have to put the other cheek for another slap / punch , neither shrunk in fear when an intruder comes with a knife with intent to harm and to kill.