Use this list as a survival guide. Customize it to your own needs, but start right away. Pick up as many extra items as possible every time you go to the store.
PREPAREDNESS/SURVIVAL TIPS
Here is a list of suggested items to have on hand to live comfortably during and after a Tornado, Earthquake, power outage, or other disaster situations.
In the case of certain natural disasters such as a nuclear breach, or flood you will need to have a grab bag with necessities for each member of your family including pets. Choose the most important items to stock up on from the following list.
Every time you go to the store, buy a few more items. Store in 5 gallon buckets with lids or 35 pound Kitty Litter buckets. They can be labeled, dated, and stacked. Be sure to rotate food items so nothing is wasted.
1. Drinking Water, plus Water for washing hands and flushing toilet.
Hand sanitizer is highly toxic, so do not let children use it. Soap and water is safer.
2. Food: Pack healthy food you like that has a long shelf life.
a. Dried Organic Fruit, Organic Sprouting Seeds including Wheatgrass seeds, Organic Beans, Lentils, Chia seeds, Canned meats, Canned vegetables, Canned fruit, Nuts, Granola
b. Pantry items such as Cereal, Baking Mix, Rice, Pasta, Vinegar, Raw Honey, Sea Salt, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Cornstarch, Flour, Spices, Dry Milk, Pure Vanilla Extract, Cinnamon, Canned Tomatoes, Dry Beans and Peas (you can make a lot of dishes with Beans, Rice, Pasta, and canned Tomatoes)
Store Cereal, Sugar, Flour, Cooking Oil, and Crisco (has a long shelf life), etc. in heavy plastic bags or in plastic containers with tight lids.
Pack cans in 5 gallon buckets with lids and label the outside. Store items by expiration date and use them before they expire, replace with fresher items.
3. Personal care items: Lots of Toilet Paper, Extra Contact Lenses/Glasses, Saline, Mild Soap that doubles as shampoo, Toothbrush,
Toothpaste (in a bind, rub Baking Soda on your teeth with your finger to clean them)
4. Cleaning: Trash bags may double as a raincoat by cutting holes for head and arms and as a toilet if you put one in a large bucket, Dish detergent, Towels, Distilled White Vinegar is a
natural disinfectant and can be used for cleaning just about anything.
5. First Aid: Band Aids, Gauze pads, Sizzors, Tweezers, Tape, Peroxide, Raw Honey or Pure Tea Tree oil are great for minor cuts, prevent infection.
6. Extra Medications and equipment, Natural Remedies: Dried Herbs, Apple Cider Vinegar, Baking Soda mixed with water is good for
indigestion, also brushing teeth, cleaning toilets, litter boxes, pots and pans.
7. Extra clothing, warm blankets, Space blankets or sleeping bags, plenty of towels, Bandanas have tons of uses. They can cover your nose and mouth, carry things if tied like a knapsack, filter large particles from water, and much more.
8. For Cooking: Soda Can Stove and fuel, Solar oven, Solar battery charger, charcoal grill and charcoal, cast iron Pots and pans, plates, (you could eat out of the pot or a can if you forget plates) plastic knives, forks, spoons, cooking utensils or Grill set, lots of Can openers (they do not always work when you need them!), waterproof matches, long lighters, heavy duty Aluminum Foil
9. Back up power, if you can swing it: Solar Generator (You can find plans to make your own online), Solar Cell Phone and Laptop charger
10. Flashlights with extra batteries, crank Flashlight or Lantern with radio, Swiss Army knife, Fire Extinguisher, Duct tape, Wrench to shut off gas and water, Flares, Shovel, long Pry bar, hammer, cordless drill
11. Pet items: Pet food, Bowl, Drinking Water, Collar, Leash, Pet carrier, blankets, any meds. if needed
12. Important documents sealed in large Zip lock bags (Very important documents should be stored away from the home, in a Safe Deposit box)
13. Battery powered Radio
14. Magic Marker, Pens, and paper
15. Cash stored in zip lock bags (Banks may be closed due to a disaster). We had to mail my sister cash in small amounts after the earthquake in California so she could survive.
16. Have a meeting place away from your home, and make sure all family members are aware of it in case you get separated, and cell phones are out.
17. Designate a relative or friend in another state as an outside contact for everyone in your family. Make sure everyone has their phone number.
18. Hang a pair of shoes with a flashlight tucked in one shoe on every family member's bedpost.
19. Tarps, stakes, tent, rope
20. Tools, Hammer, Axe, Bow saw, Hatchet, Wedge
Prepared your basement or interior hall closet for Tornados, and pack your car for evacuation in case of Nuclear breach, flood, or
anything else that comes up and you need to leave fast.
Choose the items that you will personally need. You may think of more necessities to add, make your list right away, and start preparing as soon as possible.
I hope this helps, and wish you the best,
D. Thompson
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