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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Emergency Preparation Baby Steps

Baby Step #1:  Plan for a short-term emergency
·        Build a 72-Hr Emergency Kit
·        Get a 2 week supply of fresh water
·        Build up a 3 week supply of food that you eat every day
·        Buy a water filter
·        Build an emergency supply of cash, in small bills and even coin

Baby Step #2: Prepare your vehicle
·        Put an emergency kit in your car
·        Don’t forget the water
·        Get in the habit of keeping the tank full, never let it go below half-full
·        Keep decent tires on the car
·        Can it get your family where you need to go in an evacuation emergency
·        Do you need 4WD?

Baby Step #3: Get smart about potential disasters
·        Do a disaster inventory of your community, 5 mile radius, 10-20 mile radius, 50 mile radius
·        Weather events
·        Natural disasters
·        Manmade disasters
·        Socioeconomic disasters
·        Political crises
·        Personal catastrophes

Baby Step #4: Get home, no matter what
·        Have an emergency Get Home kit at work
·        Include good walking shoes
·        Plan for the worst inclement weather you might face
·        Who will pick up the kids and care for them if you can’t get home?

Baby Step #5 Develop a survival mindset
·        Become familiar with the prophecies
·        Study the scriptures and warnings of the latter-day prophets
·        Be willing to obey the prophet with faith, no matter what, but not blindly
·        Be aware of current events, even those not in the regular news, and how they fit into fulfillment of prophecy
·        Work toward getting out of debt

·        Gradually build your food storage to 30 days, 90 days, 6 mos., 1 yr.

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