What food should I carry for an evacuation? Evacuation? If and when it happens, it will be an out-of-the-blue occurrence. We might easily panic and have no idea how to quickly evacuate from our home. Just in case that emergency does happen, most people have already set up their emergency bags or kits (Ready.gov) in […]
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What is the short-term emergency stockpile? “I thought emergency stockpiles were all the same…” “Short-term is how short? “I prepared emergency food to last a few days. Is that enough?” Have you ever checked how much time your government needs to send relief supplies to a disaster area? It varies of course, but
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How to contact your family in an emergency? “I don’t know whether or not my kids can find their way back home… or even if they know our home address…” “I always pick up and drop off my kids by car. I don’t think they know the way home.” “My parents’ house is far
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Do you think you can meet up with your family, smoothly, in an emergency? “It’s OK! We have cellphones. We will use them.” “Our school does drills constantly, so I’ll just pick up my kids when we have a real emergency.” “My parents’ house has a phone landline phone, but they don’t have a
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Can you imagine needing to use your long-term stockpile? When you imagine a long-term emergency, what do you think of? I don’t mean to belittle anyone’s suffering, but we’re not talking about mere earthquakes or hurricanes. Tornadoes spin up frequently, volcanos erupt, wildfires rage, but none of these are long-term emergencies. These disasters can be
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