How are you ready? If you like thousands of others, and wait until the last minute to sign up with food and water? Do you have a working flashlight in your home or car? As we are already in evidence, and wait until it is too late to work. grocery stores going out, gas stations, dry and safe we can not rely on the government for help.
You need to start planning now, preparing for the unexpected, you can survive that you and your family. Official sources areRecommend a kit of 72 hours or 3 days. Although it certainly helps, it is far from enough for a survival situation longer. What could we have witnessed a natural disaster last longer than 3 days. A possible avian flu pandemic may be kept at home for weeks or months at a time. As required, and what you need?
You must plan to meet the daily needs of your family for one month, preferably up to 3 months or more. They may include:
Food - on the basisBases. Flour, sugar, non-perishable food such as pasta, rice (25 pounds a bag of rice is about $ 6.00 at Sam's Club), milk powder. Canning are generally good for a year or two. Start your pantry now with the purchase of certain terms every time the supermarket. Take advantage of sales, coupons and private labels. Now you can easily correct the food, do not need much water or not, should be cooked at all. You can add to the long-term supply dry food that isSupplement your other grocery stores. They are sealed and have attracted a period of 20-30 years. MRE meals ready to eat before expanding your grocery stores. Buy food and supplies in bulk at Sam's Club and Costco. Rotate your stock so you always have fresh available. They also include things like high-energy bars. Do not forget pet food.
Water - you can save water in large containers, 5 gallon mylar water bags, camping pots and other containers. It would also have their good waterCleaner air.
Tools - are willing to do minor repairs at home to manage? Fix your car? Repairing or building supplies needed for survival? To disable the tools, natural gas, digging shovels, chain saws to cut fallen trees and other essential emergency equipment is needed.
Energy - can be made in the destruction or damage to electrical and other programs. Do you have an alternative way of heating your home? One way of feeding, lighting and other electrical equipment needed? Available atBatteries? A portable generator can be used for emergency backup. You need gas to run the generator. The solar panels are useful for recharging batteries. extra propane can be used to light a stove, or heat. Have several flashlights on hand. Recent torches feature LED lights that are brighter and last always burn. Also on hand crank flashlights air, no batteries. Include lighting, such as propane or oil lamps.
Medicine - a good first aid kit is a must. Over thenon-prescription drugs such as ibuprofen, aspirin, antacids, etc. drug also staff and other first aid supplies. Do not forget the spare glasses / contacts and solution for contact lenses. Update your first aid skills.
Household products - everything from shampoo and toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, detergent, bleach, disinfectant and all that on a daily basis. Remember, hair clippers, if not out of the hairdresser. By supplies on hand to deal with sanitation andWaste.
Communications - have the latest walkie-talkie, ie 10-12 mile range to help you stay in touch with the family when the phone does not work anymore. Enter each member of your family and all agree on the same channel. Buy a battery backup for your phone. They are good for about 60 minutes of conversation. Portable shortwave radio will help you keep in touch with the world. A small portable TV set will also help to inform the user when the power is out. A hand crankRadio is also a duty.
Camping equipment - stoves, tents, sleeping bags can be useful, especially if you have to move. Pick-up camping accessories and equipment used for sale at flea markets.
Bicycles - if you go around and do not need gas to get a bike is the best element.
Moving - if you do not want to stay in your home, then a plan on how they should move to another city or isolated cottage, etc. You can use your holiday home supplies warehouseand "Bug Out" to be prepared prior to travel is limited.
See how far you go. Think more for gas storage in the full and be enough for your trip. 3 or 4-5 gallons of gas cylinders, may be enough to give you a few hundred miles away. Because of the danger of fire, it is very important that you can securely store and rotate regularly. Meaning, if you have 3 boxes full, a week, a landfill, which can in the tank and fill it. Week 2 dump the latter canpossible in the tank and fill it. Week 3 3 you can download and fill the tank. Week 4 can start again with you. With this system you always have 15 gallons of fresh gas to reach in addition to gas, which is already in your tank.
Plan your exit strategy from your city. Leave in a car with the road map. Here you can find all the alternative routes from your home town. Stay away from highways, if possible. Copies of other papersVehicles other family members if you need it later. Practice your escape by driving at least once.
Save your "mistakes" of survival supplies in containers that can be quickly loaded into the vehicle. Keep a smaller version of your vehicle at all times.
Start today and prepare for the unexpected and when it happens you will not need to waste time and effort to divert attention from the care for the family, waiting in long queues for essential goods and services or waiting for 'Government or other agencies come to your rescue.
