Practical Preparedness

We had a very productive evening!!

Karen Rich, Laura Franklin, and myself got together and started our action plan.
We will be meeting again July 16th to return and report...COME JOIN US!

Karen and Laura were a tremendous resource...

Laura shared with us that her family eats the food from their 72 hour kit over the 2 days of General Conference and she replaces it. (we think that having the food to put back into the kits before it is consumed during the weekend will help you not forget to keep them stocked)

Karen has a binder that is her CONTROL JOURNAL... she has her LIFE in it so that if someone had to come in to her family's world they would know how they function... it is amazing. She duplicated the information from flylady.net

Karen also recently put together a 72 hour CAR kit...

What we realized is that we really needed to spend the first month getting ready to get ready :-)... for me it means to clean my unfinished basement so that I can get to my storage and plan for the future. The Church has come out with an updated directive on what we should focus on outside of our 72 hour survival kit.

Three-Month Supply

Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage.

Drinking Water

Store drinking water for circumstances in which the water supply may be polluted or disrupted.

If water comes directly from a good, pretreated source, then no additional purification is needed; otherwise, pretreat water before use. Store water in sturdy, leak-proof, breakage-resistant containers. Consider using plastic bottles commonly used for juices and soft drinks.

Keep water containers away from heat sources and direct sunlight.

***Here is something to consider... 2gallons of drinking/cooking water per person per day is 180 gallons for a 3 month supply per person.

Financial Reserve

Establish a financial reserve by saving a little money each week and gradually increasing it to a reasonable amount

Longer-Term Supply

For longer-term needs, and where permitted, gradually build a supply of food that will last a long time and that you can use to stay alive, such as wheat, white rice, and beans.

These items can last 30 years or more when properly packaged and stored in a cool, dry place. A portion of these items may be rotated in your three-month supply

As we progress I will be happy to share info.

The book Practical Preparedness is being reprinted and won't be available until the end of the year... so we will be using Karen's copy to learn from.

until next time...