How many of you keep an emergency supply of food and resources in your home and how much?
I am restocking my storm kit and just wanted to know what other people have. I don’t want to forget something that I will need in an emergency.
I do have camping gear and stuff that we can take with us. Living up north I had gone without power many times so I am prepared for that. We have a generator, but not enough fuel to last a long time. I think we are pretty much set except for paper goods and soaps. I have also started adding freeze dried foods to our supplies since they have at least a 30 year shelf life.
Although living in Florida if there were some major disaster (asteroid or tsunami) I figure we will be under water and it won’t matter what I have.
in addition to food and water, keep an emergency radio. I bought a hand cranked one so I don't have to worry about batteries. Also, candles, flashlights, batteries, and matches.
I have a very large pantry, about the size of a small baby nursery and I have it stocked like a grocery store. Not really for emergency because I am at the grocery daily for fresh fruits and veggies but I have a lot of staples in in which are probably a good 3-6 month's worth of food.
I keep my deep freezer well stocked too. It is just my nature to keep a good stock of supplies.
I do have a first aid kit, flashlight and portable radio in the pantry.
We don't have many storms where I am located in TX. We have wind gusts and damage but nothing like hurricanes, etc in FL
Nothing but what we always have on hand. I wouldn't be happy but you can live on what is in our house for at least three months.
We do! We have a 3 month food supply, and 72 hour kits. And, we have needed them in the past. The thing we mostly need to work on is storing water. You can get a lot of good stuff here:
Yes, I keep a hurricane supply kit on hand. It is in a rubbermaid storage container and ready to be picked up and head out. My important papers are in a small fireproof lockbox that can fit inside.
At the end of hurricane season, I use the food products or donate them to a food pantry and start "fresh" again the next year. I also use the batteries and replace them as I go...
We have storm shutters and are just down the street from the local elementary school which is an evacuation shelter so we plan to shelter in place. We had no damage after Wilma and are "post Andrew" construction code.
I add other items depending upon who might join us for a hurricane. I also keep a basic emergency kit in the van since I lived in DC during 9/11 and got used to that - but I don't keep any snow supplies:)
Cheers,
C.
I think there are some websites that will give you an idea of how much per person you should have on hand. The only things I have on short supply would be water and batteries.
We usually have tornado warnings that go by us to Texas and east. Once in a while we get a good rain storm to settle the dust for a few days.
The other S.
PS Depending on where you are you may need plywood to cover up the windows.
Hi! I think different parts of the country have different needs. Do you have space blankets, water, and a water purifier? Lanterns, camp stove and supply of gas for them. A hand cranked radio. Oh, go through your first aid kit- out with the old, in with the new. I have a ton of stuff packed in 50 gal Rubbermaid but it is a bug out kit not a hang around kit and we live in New England. I can't think of anything else. We were without power for five straight days this winter and never touched our emergency kit, we collect Aladdin lamps so we used those for light and used the gas grill to cook.
Go to your local library and check out some Peggy Layton books. Her style is down to earth, practical, efficient, and just very well written. She is a Home Ec. graduate and has spent her life studying house hole styles and how to make things simpler. I have several of her books because I got tired of running back to the library to just check the books out again to reread.
This is the main book you'll need. She has you list a lot of supplies you already have on hand. I have more blankets now because I counted mine after reading the book. I only had a few.
http://peggylayton.net/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow...
She helps you to track the foods YOUR family uses, now what someone says you should be eating or using. I could have 100 pails of whole wheat and we'd probably go hungry due to my lack of knowledge as to how to use it....lol.
This was the most helpful to me. I have friends who have a years storage in all the dark recesses of their homes and I have one large pantry. We eat differently that they do. We use a lot of HB Helper, Cookable pudding, instant potatoes, pancake mixes, etc...store bought stuff. When I tracked our food it made so much more sense to me.
She is level headed and this book is easy to follow. I gained a lot of knowledge from reading it and implementing changes in our home.
