tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post1030925841650194685..comments2024-02-26T06:06:10.884-05:00Comments on Adventures of a Thrifty Mama on a City 'Stead: Preparedness 101--Surviving the first 72 hoursChris K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-14039790125566797512011-08-28T17:56:21.517-04:002011-08-28T17:56:21.517-04:00I posted about 72 hour kits on my blog today too a...I posted about 72 hour kits on my blog today too and a while back I posted about my dogs' 72 hour kit. I live in the Tx panhandle and while we will never have a hurricane we do have tornadoes and wildfires, plus you never know what on earth might happen. This past year we had an underground natural gas pipeline explosion requiring a neighborhood to evacuate. if you are interested in my 72 hr list for humans and animals my blog is http://incarolsworld.blogspot.comCarolhttp://incarolsworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-15127672531918707502011-08-27T14:13:11.692-04:002011-08-27T14:13:11.692-04:00I always have thought that all trailer parks shoul...I always have thought that all trailer parks should have shelters. Either a small one on each lot or every other lot OR a couple nice sized ones logically located.Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097359543490900341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-88430117994577674182011-08-27T09:32:29.943-04:002011-08-27T09:32:29.943-04:00Growing up in New England, hurricanes are a once a...Growing up in New England, hurricanes are a once a year event. not all of them are as big as the current one. The biggest danger right now for most of the people in the path is that they have never lived through a hurricane. They simply have not learned nor been taught how to prepare. In the case of my mother who is in RI, the town she lives in is out of bottled drinking water, gas for cars, and batteries. They started running out on Friday when the storm will not hit until Sunday. While my mother did not need much, she likes to take times like this to replenish supplies, batteries do lose their charge and need to be replaced from time to time. Contrary to current thinking water does not need to be bottled, you can store it in buckets, and the best one we had growing up was the bathtub. <br /><br />Being prepared is not a one time thing, we keep our house prepared year round, with what we need for emergencies. Just lessons I learned from my mother.Lisahttp://granolacatholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/preparing-for-emergency-disasters.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-8428270083280365382011-08-27T09:03:40.276-04:002011-08-27T09:03:40.276-04:00Gas up your cars. Have gas on hand (always!!) for ...Gas up your cars. Have gas on hand (always!!) for any generators, coleman lamps, gas stoves, etc. Be prepared with *safe* candles and other light sources (kids love those hand crank flashlights and you don't have to worry about them wasting batteries). In the "prepper" world, we say we can survive an hour without shelter, a day without water, a week without food. <br /><br />We happen to have access to a stream that, while not necessarily greatly sanitary, we can pump and filter for drinking purposes. We purchased bottled water, a treat for our kids for school if the hurricane doesn't devastate us (we're in New Hampshire). We have a ton of canned goods, a small multi-fuel stove that works indoors, lanterns and candles galore, a generator and fuel... If we lose power for more than a few hours the generator goes on the fridge/freezer so that our food keeps. Other than that, we actually don't NEED electricity. <br /><br />I splurged last night at walmart when we were picking up water and some veggies and cereal, and got an UNO pack. The kids are almost six, and I think they'll get the rules pretty quick. It's something that requires no batteries, and is endlessly fun. :) Too bad our board games are all in storage!RevAllysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647500969442410706noreply@blogger.com