Be prepared. Build an Emergency Kit @ Home
Home. The place where we can go to seek solace, peace and a feeling of safe. Home is the place where we can contribute fond memories of our childhood, our children’s childhood a place we can count on in its predictability. It is home.
When we first moved into our home we spent hours making decisions. Where to plant flowers, where to purchase a kitchen table, which curtains and pictures to hang. How many people can we invite over to entertain, where we will mark the growth spurts of our kids, to dog-door or not.
We slumber in our beds, the quiet night surrounds our home, our community envelopes us in safety. The dog becomes restless and pokes you in the face with their suddenly dry nose alerting you to the fact all may not be as it should. You hold your breath, searching the dark for an answer. What is it?
How will you respond in this situation? How will you prepare for this situation?
One hour of your time can jump start you in being prepared for a disaster that impacts home. So, commit to this Saturday building a kit that will help you and your family. Following are really easy & cool steps to take this Saturday:
- Buy 3 flats of bottled water. Take it home & place it in a closet, shelf or basement. 10 minutes.
- Go to the Dollar Store, grab a cart & start at the far back left-hand corner of the store. Go each isle & choose any items that you can imagine needing if you were dropped in middle of desert for 3 days. Plan on spending $60-$100.00. My last visit supplied 2 people for an entire 5 day disaster kit including the pets – it was a Birthday Gift! 40 minutes.
- Now assemble, grab a bucket or extra backpacks, bags to assemble your items. 10 minutes.
- Go to www.redcross.org for lists to help, even for pets.
The items do not have to be expensive, the items have to meet the needs of your household. Now let’s add the Stylish Survivalist twist:
- Chocolate
- Wine opener
- Lovely candles that ooze in relaxing & natural fragrance
- A variety of books
- A lovely journal for recording our experience
- Generator to run our household for 5 days…probably the most stylish part of my survival gear
- 5 day ice chest, an investment that protects your perishables
- Non-electric washing machine
- Lovely selection of wine
- Lovely selection of food items that prevent food boredom
- Water purifier
- Camping cooking gear
Now, keep going. Keep preparing!
Contract Instructor at FEMA
8 年One other thing, if there's no dollar stores close by, I have found preppers items at goodwill, and they are really inexpensive if you purchase them there. Candle holders, books, and even those cheap backpacks can usually be found there.
Contract Instructor at FEMA
8 年I noticed you mentioned pets, that's the one thing people usually forget, that and a nonelectric can opener. Everyone in my house has a P-38 military style can opener on their keychain.