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Special Needs – Emergency Preparedness
The “Special Needs” your family will need in case of an unexpected crisis is our next emergency preparedness category. Since every family is different, “Special Needs” will vary from person to person within a household. Perhaps you have a baby, a pet or an elderly person living in your home. “Special Needs” are the individual…
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Emergency Prepareness – Sanitation
Proper sanitation and hygiene are critical during the time of emergency. Disease runs rampant after a disaster strikes if proper sanitation and hygiene standards are not kept high. You probably already know this… but as many people die because of unchecked sanitary conditions during a disaster, than the actual disaster itself. Proper disposal…
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Back To Basics – Basic Survival Skills – Water
Water is the next “basic” you will need for your “Closet survival preparation.” Behind electricity and heat, water is the next thing that is likely to “go down” after a natural disaster. One can survive for several weeks without food, but only a few days without water. An adult needs about two litters a day…
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Back To Basics – Basic Survival Skills – Food
Knowing basic survival skills is really getting back to basics. Sound emergency preparation can relieve your mind and eliminate the fear that comes from not being prepared in case of an individual or a collective hardship. After attending a meeting, on surviving a Pandemic, I decided to include helpful information on this site that will…
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Surviving The Recession – A Balancing Act
Surviving the recession, and other scary events play a game in my head. I seem to move from “fear” to “hope” on a regular basis. Part of the fear comes from the fact, I’m not as prepared for “hard times” as I would like to be. Even though I have a 72 hour kit, and…