Week 14

Is there any doubt we are doing the right thing by systematically preparing our family for tough times?

1. Purchase one roll of toilet paper per person in your family. That should give you a one week supply!

2. Purchase ten cans of sauces or soups. Anything you use as a sauce or to make a sauce is the goal here. Cream of chicken soup, spaghetti sauce, enchilada sauce, steak sauce, Worcestershire, or any combination.

3. Check your stored water. Water is such an important element in your preparedness plan. If you have not already done so copy the article on water storage. Don’t be lulled into the belief that a water emergency can’t happen for you. Living in southern California, for example, you are in danger of losing your water if there is an earthquake along your fault. Most of your water supply crosses the fault. Experts think the levees in the San Joaquin delta may not hold up in an earthquake. If this is the case the salt water from the San Francisco Bay will flood the delta water and pollute the fresh water. Much of that water supplies Southern California with drinking water. Everyone needs to be concerned about drinking water.

4. With your family create an evacuation list. Brainstorm which items; important papers, photos, heirlooms, and even favorite blankets you would want to take if you needed to evacuate.

5. Begin gathering as many of those items as possible into the same location making them easy to grab during an emergency.

6. Go over the evacuation article and highlight important information. Place article in your binder.

7. Add a toothbrush and toothpaste to all 72 hour kits.

There you go. How are you doing?