"if ye are prepared, ye need not fear"
We never know what could lie ahead of us but if we are prepared it gives us peace of mind. Wouldn't it have been nice if people who were hit by hurricanes such as Katrina if they could have grabbed a backpack with all the essential items they would need for 3 days, rather than to hope for someone coming to bail them out!
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (of which I am a member) suggests that everyone be prepared with a 72 Hour Kit. I live in tornado alley and should we bit hit with a tornado in our area, can you just imagine the panic at the grocery stores? Even just before a bad storm people are flocking to buy supplies! It's nice knowing my pantry is stocked with food that my family could subsist on for a year and that we have 72 Hour Kits that we can grab and take with us if we had to evacuate. I live near a freeway and if a big tanker with poisenous materials on it caused us to have to leave our home, we would at least be able to have what we need.
Here is a list of what is in my 72 Hour Kit. The list may seem daunting but it's all in a rolling suitcase. The cans of food are the small individual size. You can get the personal toiletries at WalMart that are about sample size. Many folks use backpacks, duffle bags even pillowcases...just anything you have on hand that wouldln't be too hard to carry or pull. You can keep them in the trunk of your car or if you are in tornado country like we are, we take them with us to the basment during a tornado watch. The most important thing in the kit is your bottled water! You can live without food for a while, but your body needs water!
You can also get more information on preparedness at www.LDS.org and click on Provident Living.
72 HOUR KIT SUPPLIES
All cans have pull of tops! But if you don't get those be sure and pack a small can opener!
Bible/Book of Mormon
Utility Cord
Matches
Votive candles
Tampax
Personal Cleansing Cloths
Antibiotic Ointment
Soap
Aspirin
Lotion
Razor
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Advil (6-8)
Shampoo (tiny bottle from WalMart's sample shelf)
Hand sanitizer
Baby powder
Body wash soap
First aid wipes
Chapstick
Qtips
Scope
Bandana
Work gloves
Slipper socks
Toilet paper (take paper off the roll and create a condensed version of what you may need for 3 days)
Ziploc bags (you can store some of the kit items in them)
Clothes pins (for clasping garbage bags to tree limbs for privacy or gathering water)
Gauze pads
Plastic garbage bags
Aluminum foil
Flashlight and Batteries
Airhorn
Foil Emergency blankets & small fleece blanket
Hard candies
Light stick
Paper plates
Plastic knife and fork
Salt & pepper (you can combine them and pour them into a small ziploc)
Splenda
Whistle
Lantern/battery
Bandages
Werther’s candy
Cranraisins (or other fruit in foil bags)
Foil packaged chicken breast
Sm can pineapple
2 cans Vienna sausage
7 oz bar of Belgian Chocolate
2” first aid tape
Chili w/ beans
Cashews
Baked beans
Progresso chicken noodle soup
Foil packed tuna fish
Beef jerky
Apple sauce
We never know what could lie ahead of us but if we are prepared it gives us peace of mind. Wouldn't it have been nice if people who were hit by hurricanes such as Katrina if they could have grabbed a backpack with all the essential items they would need for 3 days, rather than to hope for someone coming to bail them out!
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (of which I am a member) suggests that everyone be prepared with a 72 Hour Kit. I live in tornado alley and should we bit hit with a tornado in our area, can you just imagine the panic at the grocery stores? Even just before a bad storm people are flocking to buy supplies! It's nice knowing my pantry is stocked with food that my family could subsist on for a year and that we have 72 Hour Kits that we can grab and take with us if we had to evacuate. I live near a freeway and if a big tanker with poisenous materials on it caused us to have to leave our home, we would at least be able to have what we need.
Here is a list of what is in my 72 Hour Kit. The list may seem daunting but it's all in a rolling suitcase. The cans of food are the small individual size. You can get the personal toiletries at WalMart that are about sample size. Many folks use backpacks, duffle bags even pillowcases...just anything you have on hand that wouldln't be too hard to carry or pull. You can keep them in the trunk of your car or if you are in tornado country like we are, we take them with us to the basment during a tornado watch. The most important thing in the kit is your bottled water! You can live without food for a while, but your body needs water!
You can also get more information on preparedness at www.LDS.org and click on Provident Living.
72 HOUR KIT SUPPLIES
All cans have pull of tops! But if you don't get those be sure and pack a small can opener!
Bible/Book of Mormon
Utility Cord
Matches
Votive candles
Tampax
Personal Cleansing Cloths
Antibiotic Ointment
Soap
Aspirin
Lotion
Razor
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Advil (6-8)
Shampoo (tiny bottle from WalMart's sample shelf)
Hand sanitizer
Baby powder
Body wash soap
First aid wipes
Chapstick
Qtips
Scope
Bandana
Work gloves
Slipper socks
Toilet paper (take paper off the roll and create a condensed version of what you may need for 3 days)
Ziploc bags (you can store some of the kit items in them)
Clothes pins (for clasping garbage bags to tree limbs for privacy or gathering water)
Gauze pads
Plastic garbage bags
Aluminum foil
Flashlight and Batteries
Airhorn
Foil Emergency blankets & small fleece blanket
Hard candies
Light stick
Paper plates
Plastic knife and fork
Salt & pepper (you can combine them and pour them into a small ziploc)
Splenda
Whistle
Lantern/battery
Bandages
Werther’s candy
Cranraisins (or other fruit in foil bags)
Foil packaged chicken breast
Sm can pineapple
2 cans Vienna sausage
7 oz bar of Belgian Chocolate
2” first aid tape
Chili w/ beans
Cashews
Baked beans
Progresso chicken noodle soup
Foil packed tuna fish
Beef jerky
Apple sauce
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