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[roseembolism]

SO, in light of the recent earthquakes, I decided to review and update our disaster supplies. The results were...not encouraging. In fact, between our various moves, I had let our emergency kit degrade to the point where I decided to start over from the beginning and completely redo our supplies.

Buying emergency supplies is, I have to admit, the perfect sort of "guy shopping". It's not something frivolous like buying clothing or nick-knacks, it's something that can SAVE YOUR LIFE!!! So no buying that cute pink swiss army knife (no really- Victornix has one)- it's time to get the real macho gear.

Oddly enough, it was gratifying to find out that there was a run on survival supplies, so I wasn't actually able to get everything I wanted today. So far, to review, I've got:

Water- 6 gallons
main first aid kit
hand-cranked flashlight
blanket
8 glowsticks
extra flashlights
water purifier
Assorted toiletries and towels
medications, assorted pills

I still need:
4 more gallons of water
hand-cranked radio
canned food for 5 days
cat food for 7 days
can opener
extra clothing
one of those cool multi-tool gadgets. Not too expensive, but not a really cheap one, either. Only one now, I mean it is a total toy, but I am on a budget.

For the individual emergency packs:
personal first aid kits
food bars
water packets

*sigh* and of course a couple extra daypacks for the individual emergency packs, and most likely, a 10' pole as well. RXM wants an elephant gun, but I don't know where we'll hire an elephant to fire it.

For anyone interested in getting together an emergency kit, http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/ has a pretty good rundown of what's good to have.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Good info! The whole rotating-the-supply-of-stored-water thing has never been my strong suit, and so now I'm fairly pleased (and made LAZY) by the fact we have a huge in-ground pool plus a separate hot tub plus all the water purification technology a former backpacker could get her hands on. So, um... no stored water in the house, here. It's not an ideal plan but it's surprisingly good. (Pool, over thirty years old, has survived some pretty biggish ones uncracked.)

I noticed your cat food item. Yep, me too: my kitties have emergency supplies. Are we pwned by those furballs or what? :-)