Disaster Safety Tips
Educate your family. Find out what disasters are possible for your area whether it be earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, flooding, etc.
Make a "Ready to Go" kit or a "72 Hour" kit. Store it in a specific place in the home where everyone knows where it is and can get to it.
Water, water, water - remember, you can live many days without food, but not without water.
In your kit, pack foods that won't spoil such as canned soups, juices, crackers and jerky.
Make sure that you have a flashlight with extra batteries.
Include in your kit a first aid kit and medications. Especially if some family members need certain kinds of medications.
Also, in your kit, a change of clothes, an extra pair of sturdy shoes, and a blanket or bed roll.
Good Luck and Do Not Forget the Drinking Water and Tylenol
The story:
A few years back we had a Boy Scout in our neighborhood do an interesting project for his Eagle Scout Award. He went to our local elementary school and started talking about being prepared for a disaster.
As we all know, schools have fire drills constantly, but do they ever really consider any other kind of disasters?
As this world continues to get more crazy, we see a lot of things on the news that we thought we'd never see - like lock downs at schools due to shootings or other violence. Recently, my Jr. High student experienced smoke inhalation at school because the tar roof caught on fire. The smoke from the fire was sucked down through the ventilation system thus causing an evacuation.
Anyway, this Boy Scout did more than just raise awareness. He presented a plan. He sent home a list for every student in the school in case of a disaster.
This list told each parent to get a gallon sized Ziploc bag and fill it with non-perishable snacks (crackers, gum, hard candies).
He also suggested coloring books, crayons, games and cards to keep the kids busy during a scary time.
The teachers kept each child's bag in the classroom where they could get at it. I love innovative people! This is a good idea for us all!
Bless
Johan Sandstrom
johanpublisher@gmail.com
www.whiterockreporter.com
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