This week we will:
1. Add eye wash to your 72 hour, car and office kits. Also add some to your medical supplies in your home.
2. Add insect repellent to your kits and home.
3. Purchase the ingredients for 5 of your favorite meals. Calculate exactly how much more of each item in your storage you will need to purchase to reach a 3 month supply.
4. Copy all the death certificates and military record in your possession and add them to your adult 72 hour kits and add a set to the envelope to mail off to your contact person.
5. Move all your photos, journals and scrap books to one area in your home, making them easier to grab if you should have to evacuate.
6. You have spoken with your family about evacuating and have a plan. Now is the time to check the plans. You will need to enlist the help of a friend to accomplish this goal. Ask a friend to call your home and inform your family that they need to evacuate (use any excuse that sounds viable in your area, tornado, hurricane, wild fire..). You have 15 minutes to get out. Set a timer and go… When the timer goes off everyone can take whatever is in their hands and anything they have already put in the car, but nothing else. Pile in the car and drive to a park, your friend’s home, or even to grandma’s and evaluate how you have done. Did you all fit in the car or did you have to throw some items out so you would all fit? Did you remember the fish and bird? Do you have your 72 hour kits? Does everyone have both shoes? How about photos, favorite toy, important documents, backup computer files? Ask everyone if they could never return home do they have everything they need or would want. What do they wish they had taken? When you have evaluated what you need to plan for when the “real” emergency happens, pile back in the car and go for milk shakes.
7. It’s been a busy week so relax and watch a movie with the kids.
Have a great week
1. Add eye wash to your 72 hour, car and office kits. Also add some to your medical supplies in your home.
2. Add insect repellent to your kits and home.
3. Purchase the ingredients for 5 of your favorite meals. Calculate exactly how much more of each item in your storage you will need to purchase to reach a 3 month supply.
4. Copy all the death certificates and military record in your possession and add them to your adult 72 hour kits and add a set to the envelope to mail off to your contact person.
5. Move all your photos, journals and scrap books to one area in your home, making them easier to grab if you should have to evacuate.
6. You have spoken with your family about evacuating and have a plan. Now is the time to check the plans. You will need to enlist the help of a friend to accomplish this goal. Ask a friend to call your home and inform your family that they need to evacuate (use any excuse that sounds viable in your area, tornado, hurricane, wild fire..). You have 15 minutes to get out. Set a timer and go… When the timer goes off everyone can take whatever is in their hands and anything they have already put in the car, but nothing else. Pile in the car and drive to a park, your friend’s home, or even to grandma’s and evaluate how you have done. Did you all fit in the car or did you have to throw some items out so you would all fit? Did you remember the fish and bird? Do you have your 72 hour kits? Does everyone have both shoes? How about photos, favorite toy, important documents, backup computer files? Ask everyone if they could never return home do they have everything they need or would want. What do they wish they had taken? When you have evaluated what you need to plan for when the “real” emergency happens, pile back in the car and go for milk shakes.
7. It’s been a busy week so relax and watch a movie with the kids.
Have a great week
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