Emergency Preparedness for Your Home
Emergency preparedness is something everyone should make sure they have before a disaster hits. Most people don’t expect it will happen to them, but it is a statistical fact that a great majority of people will live through a disaster at some point in their lives.
Of course you want to have the standard items like clean water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene. Experts used to say that you needed at least 3 weeks of supplies, but now they are saying you should have at least 30 days to be safe.
You also want to think about security. You should have a weapon around just in case there is a major disaster and the police and other security forces are preoccupied. You need a way to protect your home, your family and your supplies. If you have supplies, there will be people that might do you harm to get them.
You also need something to cook with. A great thing to have that is relatively cheap is a portable gas stove. They generally run on butane or propane. Camping stores and general supply stores like Walmart also carry these. Not only can you use it for camping, it’s a great way to cook food in the event of a power outage. Even if you have a gas stove, it might not be safe to use it in a disaster.
Another thing that would be very helpful portable car jump starter to use as an emergency power device. Why a car jump starter? Well, of course it would be great to have in case of your battery going out. But many jump starters also come with the ability to power electronic items. Some of DC, some have AC and some have both. Whatever the case may be, it’s a great way to power up your communications devices like cell phones and radios.
Food and water is always the standard items that everyone is familiar with. I just thought I’d throw out some items that people don’t often think about.
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