It seems like every week brings reports of another tornado, flood, hurricane, or severe storm somewhere in the country.
While many of us focus on stocking up on food, water, and batteries, we forget about another area of preparedness that often gets overlooked.
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Have you ever stopped to think about how many times you use water in a single day? Water is one of the few necessities that your body simply cannot do without.
While many people have heard that a person can survive for weeks without food, the same isn't true for water.
As many of us have seen, when an emergency happens, the grocery store shelves empty out quickly. Power outages, severe storms, flooding, wildfires, or other disasters can interrupt deliveries and create chaos in the local market. Having a supply of shelf-stable food means your family can stay safe at home without worrying about where the next meal will come from.
The goal isn't to build a year's worth of food overnight. Start by putting together enough meals to comfortably get your family through at least 72 hours.
First Aid
Preparedness is not about expecting the worst. It is about being ready to care for the people around you until additional help arrives. When preparing for a storm or other emergency, it is easy to focus on dramatic injuries, serious cuts, broken bones, burns, or heavy bleeding. Those situations matter, but medical preparedness also means continuing the ordinary care your household depends on every day. A storm may not cause anyone in your home to suffer a major injury. It may simply close the pharmacy, block the roads, knock out electricity, or leave you unable to replace medication and supplies for several days.
A useful medical plan must prepare for both.
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Lighting & Power
Power outages often accompany severe storms, flooding, high winds, ice, and other emergencies.Sometimes electricity is restored within a few hours. Other times, damaged power lines and blocked roads can leave homes without power for several days.
A little preparation can keep your household safer, calmer, and better connected while repairs are underway.
Communication
During an emergency, one of the first things people want to know is whether their family and friends are safe. Unfortunately, storms, power outages, overloaded cell towers, and damaged infrastructure can make normal communication difficult or impossible.
A communication plan helps your household know how to reach one another, where to meet, and what to do when phone calls are not going through.
Do Not Rely on One Phone
Shelter & Warmth
When we think about emergency shelter, most of us think about what happens after the storm: Where will we sleep, how will we stay warm, and what will we do if our home is damaged?
But shelter preparedness really begins long before the clouds roll in. Your home is your family's first shelter.
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