Thank you so much Dana and I thought about that after I had pulled everything out and put it in my living room so we’re going to be working on getting a video together on how we story things! Thank you so much for the reminder🙏❤️😊
I think an emergency memorabilia box would be great in case your home burns down, you don't lose ALL your memories. I was thinking of putting all display pictures in a hi res copies and the originals in a box I could grab and go. Haven't decided yet. Maybe even putting all pics on a usb drive? Not sure yet.
I would have added stocking up on variously sized rechargeable batteries with charging stations you can plug in to your generators/power stations. Also alcohol stoves are great for stealth and indoor safety.
Great idea! I do have some rechargeable batteries in that green bag. I had not thought of an alcohol stove, so that is a wonderful addition. Thank you so much for sharing that.🙏❤️😊
Wow! This video is very timely for you! I’m so glad you are prepared! Many people think it’s only a natural disaster you need to be prepared for, but we have had transformer blow in our neighborhood a couple of months ago and people were out of power for hours! Thank you for the reminder that it doesn’t have to be ja natural disaster that puts us in a tough situation🙏❤️😊
My power went out recently and I was stuck, because I hadn't pre-staged stuff, fertiling about for a flashlight to find my headlight and hooking up my solar generator. lessons learned. lol Been a while since I turned off most of the breakers to test for holes in my system...lol
Very good video! One thing that is good to do is to get to know where other medical facilities are with in your system or network, in the event of a big emergency, as in my case, a few of the hospitals were closed down (damaged and evacuated) and if you had family members or yourself that needed continued care or medication to be filled you had to go to other hospitals in other towns or cities to get sorted and some elderly people needed help doing that in the weeks they were displaced and were confused about replacing all their medication and medical devices... so if you can, as you mentioned, have a list of all you medications and needs so when you need refills or lost devices you could get replacements ASAP. That includes eye ware.
Eunice, I just adore you. Great advice and great gear. I’ve had to evacuate a forest fire and ended up at a stadium camping. I had my little camper loaded with all my important things. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor at that time and he came to see the evacuation camp. I swear the terminator music was audible in my head. Lol. Anyhow. I keep an evacuation list handy. It starts with a grab and go 5 minute list. Then a 1/2 hour list and a few hours list. One thing to grab is your hamper of dirty clothes. Because most likely it’s all your current favorites and the things that fit. You can wash them later. Another tip I give my guests at my rv park is if they don’t have a suitcase or bag, to use other items like a big pot to throw toiletries or medications in or a trash can or a pillow case. You can easily stuff necessities in these containers and run out the door. That pot can then become a helmet. I Read that many tornado deaths are from head trauma. A few weeks ago a wild fire got dangerously close to our property. 1,200 feet away. I started loading my vehicle and the smoke had already filled the interior of my house. The air filters could not keep up. And my trips back and forth to the van were even worse. I should have been wearing a mask but I was so overwhelmed and rushing I had no time to think clearly. My lungs were congested and sore for weeks. This was a god reminder that more often it’s the smoke, not the fire, that can be a bigger problem. Being prepared before you’re smoked out is super important.
Oh my gosh! You have definitely been through the ringer! I’m so happy that you posted this to show us some great ideas to be prepared for an evacuation. I love the idea about grabbing your clothes hamper.😊 what are the things I will probably be adding to my go bag is a respirator mask. my family was evacuated from their home a couple of years ago for six weeks due to a fire and would be good to have a mask just in case to protect your lungs a little bit. Thank you so much for sharing your great hints with all of us.💕😊
This is a great video! I grew up in eastern NC, so hurricanes were a regular occurrence. My parents had each family member keep a 72-hour kit by our bedroom doors at all times. They were backpacks full of emergency supplies that would last at least 72 hours. We also had extensive food storage. As an adult, I've lived in several areas of the US, but have settled in central NC. I'm an apartment dweller, and in my 7 years here I've never lost water, and have only lost power 3 times; two from car accidents that hit the poles, and one from me tripping the main breaker outside on a weekend. (oops) Hurricanes can still affect us tho, even if they rarely do. I have a 30-day food supply in a bucket, which I believe could realistically last me 2 or 3 months. I'm currently working on my water storage, and have decided to go the route of buying the jugs of water from the store. I do have "ZeroWater" 5-stage water filters and water purification tablets as well. I prefer power other than electricity in emergencies, and the butane/propane stove shown here is very similar to the one I have. I use it frequently because my apartment is all electric and I prefer cooking with gas. I forgot portable propane heaters can be used indoors, so I'm adding that to my list right now. My mentality is to not need electricity in an emergency, but seeing as you said the large battery bank can be recharged in under 8 hours using the solar panel, I'm going to add that setup to my list as well. I have lots of flashlights and batteries, but I also have plenty of stick candles for light. (and a small amount of warmth) I am grateful to come across an emergency preparedness video that doesn't have the "prepper" feel to it. Thanks!
That’s a really extensive list and I’m so glad that you are prepared for it being able to have 72 hours of food, water and other items. I do want to warn about the candles, because I gave one to my niece like that, and she burn down her apartment.! so just be cautious when using candles, especially at night when you think I might be going to sleep🥰❤️🙏
Excellent ideas here. In an area with unreliable sunshine, I recommend wind-up technology. My O’Neill torch/radio has a solar panel and a winding handle, and has worked well for years.
Thank you so much and yes, having multiple and alternative forms of power generation is important! If you have a specific radio that you enjoy, let me know😊❤️🙏
K-tor makes a 20 watt generator that you pedal like a bike, in front of a recliner to charge stuff! It's next on my list...along with rechargeable a, aa, aa, 9v batteries. :)
Thank you so much! And I wholeheartedly agree with you that a lot of people don’t think about these things, but when you look at what’s going on in the world between wars and natural disasters, it is always better to be prepared to create less suffering when you’re in a panic or emergency situation. Many people think they’ll never use it, but I look at it as insurance, you don’t want to have it or use it but you’re certainly glad you do have it when you have an emergency situation.💕😊 Thank you so much for watching and giving me your feedback.🙏😊
I don't know how many times I have rewatched this video. I have been well prepared for years with respect to food, water, offgrid cooking, offgrid lighting, hygiene. Some other areas, such as electric power, are more growth areas for me. Especially now that my CPAP prescription has been raised. I have been investigating some of these power options in Canada, and the prices are MUCH higher than in the US (the YETI 200, for example, is more than double the US price). One thing to remember, especially for phones, is 'smart' suitcases. Keep those batteries charged all the time too. If you have to evacuate in an emergency and you are taking something like a backpack, remember to pop out that suitcase battery for extra charging capability. I found out by accident several years back that if the company has a return policy, and you buy a few of their smart suitcases to compare, intending to ship back all but one of them once you've made your decision (with the company's prior consent), they will ask you to ship them back without the battery because it is considered 'hazardous material'. So you end up with free phone charging batteries! I would never suggest doing that purposely, that would be dishonest, I had no idea that would happen, but if you remember to keep those batteries fully charged, it can provide quite a few extra days of phone service. Also, don't forget to keep old school devices that still work charged up too. I'm thinking about things like old Walkmans and portable DVD players you might have bought for travel 2 or 3 decades ago. If they still work, they can be used for entertainment during a grid down, leaving your chargers for more important tasks.
Thank you, Jen! Some great ideas that all of us can use! I’m not sure if you have harbor freight near you in the US but you might be able to get a power station there for cheaper. Also, COSTCO has the goal zero sat with the solar panels but I’m not sure if that’s near you as well.. also goal zero is pretty expensive brand but they are reliable. 💕😊
If you live on a flood area keep nyiur supplies up high. I was chest deep in water .. don't put anything on top of the refrigerator.mine flosted up and turned over.
We had a fire emergency once when I lived in Colorado. It was a reverse 911 call and they gave me 1/2 hour to get kids, pets, and stuff out. You lean really quickly what is important. In addition to some of the things you mentioned, I have an extensive first aid kit and am working on putting a pet bag together for my dogs and cats. I want to have carriers, leashes, bowls, extra food, blankets and toys all in one spot. Thank you for doing these videos, much appreciated.
I’m so sorry you had to experience that type of 911 call. I know things like that can be scary because that’s what we had to do with my parents.. we had about an hour to get them out of the house and get everything that they wanted into a car and drive three hours down to my house. When you’re in a panic situation like that, you tend to forget so it’s always better to have some things prepped and especially those important documents that are irreplaceable.! And yes for kids wow that is such a hard thing because if they’re too young, you have to pack for them and carry their stuff! And I always keep a collapsible, dog bowls, leash, and dog food and treats in a little Toiletries container for my dog so I can grab it and go to🦮🐕🦴
If you store gasoline, use Stabil to preserve it and find the farm co op station where they have straight gas without ethanol. Ethanol turns gummy, like a varnish. Just rotate that gas in the can a couple times a year.
@@NothingToNoOneInParticular excellent tip and I never thought about having the gasoline from a farm co-op… although I live in a city and I don’t think there’s anything really near me, but I could probably travel out and find something🙏 thank you so much for sharing that wonderful tip with us💕😊
Great video. We live in earthquake territory. We have to be prepared for no water or natural gas or electricity in a colder climate. If our home is uninhabitable, we may need temporary cold weather shelter, so a double walled tent we heat with a wood stove is ideal. Also, lots of ppl here have dogs so a go bucket or bag for them too. Battery power tools are critical and I hadn’t thought of solar chargeable set up for them - thx!
One of those double wall tent that you can put a portable wood stove in our great! I’ve been thinking about getting one just to do some winter camping! Always good to practices things just in case you need to do it🙏❤️😊
Great video! I’d add a small fire kit to each bag and bucket…my small fire kits consist of: matches, small amount of waxed jute cord for tinder if I can’t find any, a lighter with duck tape wrapped around it, and a ferro rod. The lighter with duck tape also has fish hooks & line wrapped in with the duck tape. Additionally, a small kit with trapping wire, fishing lures, etc isn’t a bad idea, as you may be away from home much longer than anticipated. It doesn’t take up much room and weighs very little for this insurance. I may have missed this, but shelter should be covered as well. That can be something as simple as a good military poncho for each person and the paracord to set it up. Cordage, cordage should definitely be included. SO, my additions are…550 paracord, a tent or poncho for each person (poncho covers rain gear AND shelter),
All great ideas! I love the fishing line idea! My fire starting items are in the red backpack. I do have some of this covered in other videos. My car prep video and I always have my backpacking backpack packed ready to go! 😊❤️💕
I live in Vegas so our weather related disasters is limited but I love the large power sources especially if we lose power in the summer. My son and I have discussed many times the need to put together bug out bags but haven’t done it yet. This video is a great impetus. Thank you!
Thank you so much Linda and I’m glad you’re going to be taking some steps to get yourself prepared. I do know that they had some flash floods in the Vegas area in the last couple of years. Also, be in Vegas those fans might be a great add to keep some air flowing at your house if there’s a brown out situation. EMarine should.🙏❤️😊
Awesome video as always! I was watching this video while I was making an EDC pouch for my car. My hubby and I are semi-preppers and have go bags in our cars and home. Lots of of MRE food and water too. Only thing missing is a generator. Hopefully we will have that added soon. I hope you and David are doing well. Have a great weekend!
I think it’s wise to be good to be a bit of a prepper just in case! I’m not a full on pepper, but I do like being prepared! If you’re looking for a multi function, Power Station solar, I would hop on that EBL deal! David says hi and we’re doing fine! Thank you so much for thinking of us❤️😊🙏
I will show my hubby the generator because it is a great price. We moved from SoCal to Vegas (NW from the strip) and has to be prepared for earthquakes and wild fires. We have go bags in our cars and in the house. I agree it’s better to be prepared than not. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so many new things from packing for trips to EDC.
@@roxy5934 thank you so much for following always giving you feedback and wish you the best of luck and preparing the rest of your disaster kit in Vegas!😊
Such a great video, Eunice. Two additional things I thought about would be baby needs and pet needs. I'm in Fl and our hurricane season started June 1st and runs through November. Perfect timing for your video but as we all know emergencies don't always have a season.
Thank you Gayle those are excellent additions! And the other thing, too is it pets and babies or small children cannot carry their own thing, so be prepared to be able to carry those things! And you are correct just because this is the start of hurricane season it means that the only thing we’re really not gonna have right now is blizzards! 🙏❤️😊
@@TheoryofSimple Did you do a 72 hour go bag? I liked the car camping video, and it could be used along with this idea for the scenario we had Sept 2022: Fairview fire, we had sheriffs knock on our neighborhood doors at 2 AM. We were advised to evacuate, but it wasn’t mandatory if we would have left, we would’ve had nowhere to go except a hotel or our car(s). We have 4 dogs and a cat. People who chose to leave couldn’t come back in through the police border into the community at least 2 days.
@@Natalia143able first of all I’m so happy you were able to get out safely from the fire. Yes, I did do a video on that red bag which is my 72 hour ago bag that I would use if I was going to have to head to a shelter and you could find a link in the video description to that video.! 😊❤️🙏
I bought cookbooks with recipes for making homemade food for my pets, if my supply of pet food ran out. I have a dog cookbook (RIP: Tonka) and a cat food recipe book.
EXCELLENT video, Eunice! Very thorough. Reminded me that we needed to plug in our 2 solar batteries to “top them off” as we live in Florida, now in hurricane season. Thanks again!
Dear Eunice ... you are so right! As everyone in Ca should know ... a larger earthquake could require one to walk home (road unpassable by vehicle). Thus the sneakers, backpack etc in car. Generator and water for home and all the goodies you mention!
Thank you so much !😊❤️I have lived through hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, and earthquakes, and I always am happy that I am somewhat prepared. Of course you don’t ever have everything that you need but my motto is at least it’s better than having nothing.! And all of these things can help ease some tension and panic when these situations arise! ❤️😊🙏
Yes, pls, for 'go bag' items. A suggestion: Be sure & sign up for your county reverse emg call capability. We are p/t at our mtn cabin with forest fire threats often. Signing up for emg notifications is life saving but is helpful for your local teams that would be assisting in evac verification too.
Great video! Living in SW Louisiana we know that June 1st means time to make sure one is prepared for possible hurricanes, or even just small storms that knock out the power. I'm ready.
Oh, another tip: when you replace your glasses, keep the old pair in your auto glove box. Even if you normally wear contacts, in a lengthy emergency you might not have clean enough conditions to safely take them in and out.
@@TheoryofSimple I recently got a small foldable pair of readers that clip onto my key chain. I need both prescription glasses for distance (when I'm not wearing my contacts) and reading glasses for close work/reading. I normally have my contacts in, and I am entirely capable of starting off the day with a pair of readers in my purse and one in my car, and then an hour later, asking some stranger in the store to tell me the price of something because I've managed to leave 2 or even 3 pairs of readers in the car!!! The ones with the little pouch that clips onto your key chain comes in a box of 2, and I've already managed to lose one, so it's a good thing I have several pairs!!
I have two power stations as well. I always keep some clothes/sneakers in the car. Warm in winter and shorts in summer. A small personal care bag too with toothbrush, deodorant etc. I would love to see what is in your go bags.
Thank you so much! If you go to my video description, you’ll see a link to what’s in my go bag and what I keep in my car. I’ll be making a video soon on what’s in that green go bag🙏❤️😊
I have gone through many power outages. Some for over a week in cold and hot weather. Those solar emergency radios and solar power chargers are worth every penny. I have a cell phone and a house phone. I have had both phone services out at the same time. Your videos are great. The solar fans look good to me! What’s in the green bag? Yes, a video please! I Live in New England, the weather is changing, it seems like it is always windy now.
Thank you so much! So happy you are enjoying my videos and getting some great hacks for your emergency preparedness! I used to live in New England and loved it there, but the weather is changing everywhere! I’ll be doing a video of what’s in the green bag shortly! 😊
So glad to have come across your channel. One thing that I didn't see in the comments is how to prevent pipes from freezing in unusually cold weather, like what happened in TX a while back. If a faucet is left slightly open with dripping water, the water in motion is less likely to freeze and/or build the kind of pressure in the pipe that will cause the pipe to burst. And, yes in normal circumstance it can be a waste of water. But, if pipes do freeze and burst it will waste an enormous amount of water and cause lots of damage too.
Yes, you can leave water dripping, but it depends on how cold it gets and how much you need to let it drip because I used to live in the north east and you’d have to let it drip quite a bit. However, you can also winterize your pipes which is when I lived in Tahoe is put heat tape around your pipes, and that will keep them from freezing.😊💕
What a great video 😊 Some of the stuff I hadn't seen in other preparedness videos like having solar rechargeable power tools, what a great idea One thing for sure, is that we know all your recommendations have been tested and approved and if good quality so I'm happy about that It may cost more, however, over time that you can buy here and there when one can, it will be worth it So thank you again and for your store front 😊
Thank you so much Gail! Yes, those are battery operated power tools. It can be charged off of my solar as long as I have the correct charger.. I’ve lived through hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and earthquakes so a little bit of experience under my belt! Everything in this video has been used by me, so yes, I stand behind everything that I bring to you guys! 🙏❤️😊
Me too! I started using Ryobi items about 15 years ago when they first came out with the H in Bolton so it’s just what I stuck with, but I do love how they have a large selection of items! 😊
Thank you for the excellent review! Since I live in wildfire country, I pack some n95 masks. I also pack a really good LED headlamp and one or two powerful LED flashlights, and the rechargeable batteries and charger to go with them.
Yes! N95 masks. My caeer Military/Farm boy Dad taught me preparedness. Never been so grateful as when 2020 came along and I could just close my front door and flip off the world. I had enough N95 masks to offer my local Hospital. All my friends who thought I was nuts clinically, asked for care packages during the pandemic. lol I sent them, naturally. Amazingly they still think I am nuts. Ironically...
Great video!!! I would love to see what's in your green bug out bag. I have solar kettles for boiling water & cooking. I also have solar battery chargers with rechargeable batteries. I have other solar battery rechargers that are also power banks. I also have a mini portable generator that has 4 ways to charge it. Also I have portable battery banks, solar chargers, hand crank chargers, battery operated charger, etc. USB batteries are a good thing to have too. Right now, I am saving up for a couple of bigger portable generators, a butane stove, and a solar cooler/freezer. Each member of our family can power their own personal electronics indefinitely, as well as keep clean/hydrated. Lighting & fans we have solar/hand crank/rechargeable options. Cooling towels are something else to consider. I have a few of the Scrubba laundry wash bags, travel hangers, a clothesline, a laundry rack, and a rechargeable portable dryer. Another good idea is having water jugs, funnels, and collapsible buckets to catch rain water as a back up source of water.
You, my friend are so well prepared💕😊 I love it! I have several of those things, but I am curious about the rechargeable dryer! Would you mind sharing that with us at least the brand and see if I can find it on Amazon or if you have links to some of these things you can email me and find my email in my about section on my channel. I’m always looking to find and try out new things so you have so many great gadgets in this comment. I would love to try a few! Truly appreciate you sharing your wealth of information with us! 😊💕🙏
Great video. So many items I never thought of. I would love to see inside the green bag. I'm assuming you have a 1st aid kit included in one of your go bags.
Wow you are so prepared it is impressive. My house flooded in January and I just loaded up my car with things like laptops, handbag and a few items. I didn't even grab my small go bag which basically was a bought one that was mainly first aid so not as appropriate. I had a solar luci light thing that was supposed to charge your phone too which I had tested out earlier and murphys law it wouldn't work so my phone ran out of battery and I could only charge it in the car. Luckily I saved my car. Drybags is a great idea and would love to see what you pack there. You don't always think practically at the time.
So sorry that you had to go through a flood event! I’m glad you saved your car in a few things! You are correct, when you’re in a desperate/panic situation you start forget things. That’s why I personalizing your go. Bag is a great idea because it’s things you definitely want to need and you’ll probably take along with you when you’re ready to head out the door.🙏❤️😊
@@TheoryofSimple That is so true - I had some stuff I had pre-bought but was all over the house and didn't retrieve. Plus now they are in a storage unit somewhere amongst all the boxes!!! As had to pack up the house quickly and have put in storage. Lessons learnt though.
Wow! That is scary! Seems like things like this were happening more often! All the more reason to have something packed in case you have to evacuate! Thank you for sharing your experience with us💕😊
I wish we could take advantage of solar cooking when we are camping!! Unfortunately, everywhere we would camp, bears have to be considered, and food can't be left out unattended (we all usually leave the campsite together at the same time for the day/activities) :/ I'd spring for a solar oven in a jiffy if that wasn't the case!
Totally understand that! Last thing you want is there coming into your campsite ripping everything apart! But if you get a lot of sun at home, it might be a good thing to have just as an emergency back up!🙏❤️😊
@Theory of Simple R.M.N.P. shared a video the other day of a bear walking up to a truck, opening the door, and taking a bag out of it - all like a person in a bear suit 🫣 One day we'll get one for preparedness reasons I'm sure. Just never seems to be the right time for spending on it. I would love to hear about how you navigated these things when you had kids at home and/or a limited budget. I wish my own mother had been like you - you're amazing.
@@mwahl1686 thank you so much!❤️ When my boys were little, we used their old school back packs and had them help pack each of their own go bags. We went to Walmart to get them head lamps and emergency blankets and whistles. We put in snacks and emergency water and some older clothes. Each bag had a tape laminated card with my name and my husbands name. We did not have cell phones back then so we put in the grandparents’s names and hone numbers as well. We had safe words to use so they knew who they could trust. As they got older, they had pocket knives handed down from grandparents. It wasn’t much but they learned to keep track of their own stuff. 😊❤️
I was so excited to see this video after I got back from Denver! Another great video with an incredible amount of tips & ideas! I loved it. I'll have to go thru this again later tonight, when I can study it better! I also need to go back thru the car one. The thing I put on my amazon list immediately is the water bricks. I love how they are only 3.5 gallon. 5 gal is getting to heavy for me. I love how they stack & have a handle. Sounds like we all have different worries across the states & Canada. Being as prepared & alert as we can, will surely help! Thanks for the great video & sharing your wisdom with us.
Thank you so much, Wanda! Hope you had a great trip to Denver! Those water breaks are great! That way if you need to load them into your car to leave, you can put them safely in a trunk or backseat without breaking your back😊❤️
@@TheoryofSimple I've been filling our 5 gal water bottles at the grocery store, but they are getting heeeaaaavvvvyy! 3.5 is perfect, each one still holds a lot.
If you want to see what’s in the red go bag, then I have a video link in my video description. And I will make a video of what’s in the green bag shortly.😊❤️🙏
I love all your videos Eunice, but this one is the best yet. You are really speaking my language here, I spend half my life fiddling around with various emergency kits. Dammit, you are DISASTROUS for the budget, every time I watch your videos I find new things I have to buy! 🤣 I have to stick to somewhat lower tech solutions, since I do not have the income for some of these purchases (such as the power bank - would love to have one, especially for my CPAP machine, but there's no way I could afford both one of those and the electricity bill!) So if you don't mind, I'll throw in a few suggestions for those of us working with a more limited budget. One thing I do is keep all devices plugged in and charging at all times, including old portable DVD players and obsolete but still working laptops - you know, when your old laptop is so outdated that, while it still works, you can no longer download any pages online because it doesn't have the processing space. It will still work for word processing, so in a lengthy power outage, you can still use it to write. If you have those 10 year old or more DVD players, you can use that for entertainment and keep your cell phone battery for more important things. To keep cool when the AC is off, I do what we did growing up - keep the windows and curtains on the sunny side of the house closed and open on the shady side (that will change as the day progresses), put a thick towel over your pillow at night and then place a cold washcloth over your face (I did that to get to sleep every summer night growing up, we didn't have AC until I was in my late teens), soak a sun hat or baseball cap in cold water and put it on your head damp (kept me from sunstroke when helping with bringing in the hay). I also have a weird contraption that goes around your neck, sort of like an oxen collar, with two little fans at each end that blow cold water on your neck. It is run by battery, and I always keep a large battery organizer well stocked with mostly AA and AAA. A cheap fix for indoor lighting is to put a handful of dollar store solar garden lights in a jug to charge in the sunlight, then bring them indoors in the dark. I also got a bunch of small headlamps from Walmart for a dollar each, and ambient lanterns for under $5 apiece. The latter run on AAA batteries. Don't forget those dollar store glow sticks. They will provide a bit of ambient light to mark stairs and the path to the bathroom in a power outage, and provide a night light for scared kids. If you have one of those "smart" suitcases with a built in battery charger, keep it plugged in all the time so you can use it to charge your cell phone in an emergency. I would not use a power bank for things like refrigerator or microwave - it is too expensive on energy. Instead, I normally keep every corner of empty space in my freezer filled with containers of water (also, this means I don't have to find kitchen cupboard space for things like empty tupperware and Stasher bags, they are all in the freezer filled with ice.) These can be used to help keep frozen and cold food safe for longer in a power outage. If you have any outdoor cooking space, a Cobb grill or Volcano stove use only a little charcoal, far less than a traditional BBQ. Use a cast iron Dutch oven as well, and you have a combination BBQ, bake oven, and slow cooker. For indoor cooking, I keep a Barocook small pot and mug, along with fuel packets, and the much cheaper and less long lasting Steam Genie. Both use a technology similar to MRE heaters, except that they actually WORK!! (No MRE heater I have ever met will do more than bring food to a cool lukewarm temperature). The Cobb and Volcano stoves also work with small sticks, as does a cheap solo stove. After every storm, I go around the property picking up sticks and small branches that have blown down and put them in garbage cans in the garage so I can use them for camp stove fuel if needed. A more budget friendly version of the luggable loo is a simple dollar store pool noodle, slit down one side and molded around the lid of a regular 5 gallon bucket liked with a heavy garbage bag (I find the bakeries of larger grocery stores will usually give out their empty icing and muffin mix buckets for free). That Buddy heater does work well if you stay in a small room (hang blankets and quilts over doorways and windows and get everyone together in one room). Also, don't forget low tech ways to stay warm - layers of long undies, double socks, hats, neck warmers, fingerless gloves, layers of clothing. The solar oven works well if you have a lot of sun, but I have found if you have a heavily shaded property, it will not really work (easy tip: if your yard does not get enough sunlight to grow tomatoes and peppers, it won't get enough sun for the solar oven to work.) Another option can be hay box cooking. Use your grill or butane stove to bring food such as soup, stew, chili, etc. to a rolling boil for 10 minutes, then put in your hay box cooker, where it will continue to cook for up to 8 hours. You can get fancy and buy a steel thermal cooker such as a Saratoga Jack, or a cloth one like a Wonderbag, or make your own with a styrofoam or wood cooler packed with straw or old towels. Personally, I am not keen on the Wise Foods/Patriot Pantry meals - they take water and a lot of energy to cook. They also taste pretty nasty! IMHO, a better (if costlier) option is camping meals like Mountain House (the goldest of gold standard), Backpacker's Pantry, and similar. They just require a cup or two of boiling water to be added, then cook by themselves (like instant oatmeal), right inside their own bag. You can speed up the process by placing the cooking bag inside an additional foil pouch (insulated lunch bags also work well). The other thing I like about the individual camping meals is that, instead of needing to use a pot to cook in and plate to eat off, you can cook and eat in the same bag, so no dishes!! Don't forget that your stash of airplane/car travel snacks works well in a power outage too!! (A number of years ago now, a huge swath of Southern Ontario had a major ice storm the day before Christmas Eve, and hundreds of thousands of homes were without power for up to 13 days. A large Hickory Farms gift basket of shelf stable cheeses and cold cuts ended up being Christmas and New Year's dinner.) I have a 6 compartment stackable tool box with emergency items in it. Two of those boxes contain shelf stable treats for both travel and power outage situations. It is a good idea to have all your home emergency supplies together in one place where you can always find it easily. If you have something like a tote box or bag for your emergency supplies, remember to tie a small flashlight to the top so you can find things easily in the dark!! One more suggestion is to keep a just-in-case motel bag in your car at all times, with clothes, toiletries, etc. Pack as if you were staying at a hotel for a week. I always keep one in my trunk, and have used it several times, when the car broke down unexpectedly and it took a few days for the garage to get a part in, when I got sick, when I was too tired to drive home after a festival, and even when I was planning on a day trip and ended up drinking a bit too much wine to drive home safely and stayed over at a friend's place instead! And a suggestion for folks who don't do camping and don't want to spend $20 or more for camping cooking/eating supplies they might never use: I noticed last time I was at Ikea, they had a children's play cooking set for about $6, and they would work fine on a small camp stove. Toddler's bowls, plates, and cups are sold in sets of 6 for $2.99, and would be find for camping or emergency use.
Thank you Jen for your wonderful comments and feedback and suggestions! I always love that you have alternatives to share with us! And don’t forget that the dollar store in Daiso Japan can be a great alternative to get things for your go back in your emergency kit at a really good price😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple Yes, if I ever get to go back to Japan to visit, I plan on coming back with an extra suitcase of stuff I bought there, including their great dollar stores! Sadly, Canada has only one Daiso store, in Vancouver, nearly 4,000 km from where I live. I have no reason to go to Vancouver now that my brother has passed away. I do, however, check Asian stores when I visit other cities, you never know what you can pick up there!
If David wears a cpap you should look into travel cpaps... I like the z2 auto a lot cheaper than resmed and better. Also you can buy external battery for it.
Lots of great ideas. They say global warming has turned into global boiling/burning. China is flooding, fires here in Canada, 50C in some countries and threat of a nuclear war. This year I beefed up my emergency preparedness equipment. I live in a small apartment so I don't need as much as what you have. I bought a new high quality air conditioner, air purifier, dehumidifier and recently power source backup. 45 minutes after I ordered my new power source on Amazon we had one of the worst thunderstorms in history, a tornado and a power failure. one week later after the power had come back on I ordered an extra battery and the next day the power went off again. I think this world is changing for the worse, rapidly. I tried to tell my friend to get prepared for emergencies but it goes in one ear and straight out the other side of his head.
I am so happy you found this video useful but I’m even more happy that you are getting prepared for any sort of emergency! I know exactly who your friends are gonna call and something happens! It doesn’t take much does one backpack full of things just in case you need to dash out of your apartment. And if you have a car, just keeping a little few extra things in there in case you’re not at your apartment and you’re in your car so that you have some things in case you have to leave your car. 💕😊
Hi again Eunice, not related to this video, but I was going through older videos trying to find a link to your origami cooking pot, the one you use in your go bag. I couldn't find it. Can you please remind me where you got it? Thanks!
Another fantastic video! Something I am always thinking about. Question for you Iam in a duplex with a desk and do have a butane stove but not sure where to keep the canister safely?
Excellent question! Do you have a garage with your duplex? If you have a garage, that’s where I keep my butane, stove and canisters. If you do not have a garage, you could probably safely keep it in a box in the closet in the house.😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple Thank you Eunice. I was told I could keep it in something like a gun safe box in an area where there is good ventilation but it still makes me nervous
@@AJK278 key point if you want to make sure that there is good ventilation where you keep your butane canisters just in case there’s a leak and you just want to make sure it’s kept away from anything hot or flames over there could be sparks
@@TheoryofSimple I am probably too nervous to store them without garage. Thanks for your input Eunice. Sydney (my Papillion) and I send thanks and hugs, Stacey xx
I think the link automatically has that price so I don’t think you need a coupon. I don’t know why they gave that to me just to let me know how much you get off I guess.🤷♀️
Actually, yes! I did not bring that up in the video and I probably should’ve. Anything that has a receptor for that solar panel can be charged by it!😊❤️🙏
That’s a great question! If I could only have one, I would have it in my go bag. Because hopefully I’ll be able to take it with me in my car.. however, if I’m in my car and I can’t get home, I just wouldn’t have one I guess. But it might be a good idea to invest in getting a couple.😊❤️🙏
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So I grew up in Ohio, which is also very prone to tornadoes and you learn to keep your stash in the basement in the corner so that it’s more protected and you go down in the basement as well. You can’t prepare for anything you just have to prepare for what you can.
@@TheoryofSimple Makes sense. An apocalyptic weather event destroys by tornado, flood, earthquake etc., and there went my stash with it. Maybe to get something too heavy to life by tornado... like a war surplus Abrams tank. One out of 3 ain't bad.
@@oldmanjoe6808 yes, nothing is full proof. When I was a child, we had a flood in our house and everything in our basement was lost. I think the best bet is to at least keep a day pack together of some things and have one in your car in case you’re not home and then having one in your home that you can grab and go if something is an emergency and you have to escape😊
@@TheoryofSimple You're prepared, I'm dead. I live within the blast radius of a military base and Washington, DC. I'll be vaporized in a nuclear war so I don't bother to prepare. As for catastrophic weather events, that's different. I can last a while but suppiles last only for a while depending on the severity of the foul weather event. In other words, if my supermarket got blown away, me and a zillion other people will be raiding the ones that still stand. If my pharmacy is blown away, I can only hope I have enough cardiac prescriptions to last through the event because I won't be able to renew my prescriptions until the time the script allows a renewal. I am guessing... you have enough stash to last a preconceived amount of days? Yes? I had a whole case of C-Rations when I left the military in the 60s. 10 cases of that stuff will carry me and my dog through for months. I also wonder about the civil disobedience that might go with a catastrophic weather event. What do you think? Do you kind of expect to be looted for your food and water by roving gangs? Will neighbors become enemies? There's a whole world of things to consider should a long duration catastrophe occur.
@@oldmanjoe6808 so when I say prepared for anything I really mean to be prepared for things that are more likely to occur like natural disasters. I have lived in tornado alley as well as hurricane and blizzard prone areas. I have evacuated my parents twice from Forest fire areas and now I live in an earthquake prone area.. as we see a few weeks ago New Jersey had an earthquake so no one is immune to that. As far as the apocalypse, if there were some sort of biological event… think a lot worse than Covid, then I have a garden in my backyard that I grow quite a bit of food, and I also have honeybees in my yard and neighbors who have chickens. So I would go back to bartering and doing my best to help myself and my neighbors. As far as medications, yes, they would run out and you have to do the best you can. I can’t catastrophize and worry about things that are out of my control. All I can do is control my reaction to it.😊
I did rescue during Hurricane Katrina-potable water was a huge issue. Water is life💦 Have redundant water treatment options. I recommend the Sawyer Squeeze or Mini-lightweight and small enough to carry in a pocket. As back up, Water Purification Tabs like AquaTabs. 🌿⛑️
You are absolutely correct! Having water at the ready is necessary, but also making sure that it’s portable in case you need to take some with you is also necessary! That’s why I have multiple different ways to get fresh water to drink! And keeping the water purification tablets is a great idea. I keep some of those in my go bag, so that’s why they’re not shown in this video! 😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple Having performed a number of rescue/humanitarian missions for the USAF and HSUS over the decades, potable water is often an issue. I keep two different water purification methods in my Go-Bag, my VEDC, and my home. The stress created by having no drinkable water is very real. It’s a simple fix and very affordable.💦
I would like a video on how you store and organize everything. Thanks for this one!
Thank you so much Dana and I thought about that after I had pulled everything out and put it in my living room so we’re going to be working on getting a video together on how we story things! Thank you so much for the reminder🙏❤️😊
I think an emergency memorabilia box would be great in case your home burns down, you don't lose ALL your memories. I was thinking of putting all display pictures in a hi res copies and the originals in a box I could grab and go. Haven't decided yet. Maybe even putting all pics on a usb drive? Not sure yet.
I would have added stocking up on variously sized rechargeable batteries with charging stations you can plug in to your generators/power stations. Also alcohol stoves are great for stealth and indoor safety.
Great idea! I do have some rechargeable batteries in that green bag. I had not thought of an alcohol stove, so that is a wonderful addition. Thank you so much for sharing that.🙏❤️😊
Aannndd the transformer on our street just blew. Thank goodness for our 2 solar batteries and 2 small rechargeable travel fans!
Wow! This video is very timely for you! I’m so glad you are prepared! Many people think it’s only a natural disaster you need to be prepared for, but we have had transformer blow in our neighborhood a couple of months ago and people were out of power for hours! Thank you for the reminder that it doesn’t have to be ja natural disaster that puts us in a tough situation🙏❤️😊
My power went out recently and I was stuck, because I hadn't pre-staged stuff, fertiling about for a flashlight to find my headlight and hooking up my solar generator. lessons learned. lol Been a while since I turned off most of the breakers to test for holes in my system...lol
Very good video! One thing that is good to do is to get to know where other medical facilities are with in your system or network, in the event of a big emergency, as in my case, a few of the hospitals were closed down (damaged and evacuated) and if you had family members or yourself that needed continued care or medication to be filled you had to go to other hospitals in other towns or cities to get sorted and some elderly people needed help doing that in the weeks they were displaced and were confused about replacing all their medication and medical devices... so if you can, as you mentioned, have a list of all you medications and needs so when you need refills or lost devices you could get replacements ASAP. That includes eye ware.
Thank you Julie and excellent point! Thank you so much for reminding us and giving us the feedback🙏❤️😊
Eunice, I just adore you.
Great advice and great gear.
I’ve had to evacuate a forest fire and ended up at a stadium camping. I had my little camper loaded with all my important things. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor at that time and he came to see the evacuation camp. I swear the terminator music was audible in my head. Lol.
Anyhow. I keep an evacuation list handy. It starts with a grab and go 5 minute list. Then a 1/2 hour list and a few hours list.
One thing to grab is your hamper of dirty clothes. Because most likely it’s all your current favorites and the things that fit. You can wash them later.
Another tip I give my guests at my rv park is if they don’t have a suitcase or bag, to use other items like a big pot to throw toiletries or medications in or a trash can or a pillow case. You can easily stuff necessities in these containers and run out the door.
That pot can then become a helmet. I Read that many tornado deaths are from head trauma.
A few weeks ago a wild fire got dangerously close to our property. 1,200 feet away. I started loading my vehicle and the smoke had already filled the interior of my house. The air filters could not keep up. And my trips back and forth to the van were even worse. I should have been wearing a mask but I was so overwhelmed and rushing I had no time to think clearly. My lungs were congested and sore for weeks.
This was a god reminder that more often it’s the smoke, not the fire, that can be a bigger problem. Being prepared before you’re smoked out is super important.
Oh my gosh! You have definitely been through the ringer! I’m so happy that you posted this to show us some great ideas to be prepared for an evacuation. I love the idea about grabbing your clothes hamper.😊 what are the things I will probably be adding to my go bag is a respirator mask. my family was evacuated from their home a couple of years ago for six weeks due to a fire and would be good to have a mask just in case to protect your lungs a little bit. Thank you so much for sharing your great hints with all of us.💕😊
This is a great video! I grew up in eastern NC, so hurricanes were a regular occurrence. My parents had each family member keep a 72-hour kit by our bedroom doors at all times. They were backpacks full of emergency supplies that would last at least 72 hours. We also had extensive food storage. As an adult, I've lived in several areas of the US, but have settled in central NC. I'm an apartment dweller, and in my 7 years here I've never lost water, and have only lost power 3 times; two from car accidents that hit the poles, and one from me tripping the main breaker outside on a weekend. (oops) Hurricanes can still affect us tho, even if they rarely do.
I have a 30-day food supply in a bucket, which I believe could realistically last me 2 or 3 months. I'm currently working on my water storage, and have decided to go the route of buying the jugs of water from the store. I do have "ZeroWater" 5-stage water filters and water purification tablets as well. I prefer power other than electricity in emergencies, and the butane/propane stove shown here is very similar to the one I have. I use it frequently because my apartment is all electric and I prefer cooking with gas. I forgot portable propane heaters can be used indoors, so I'm adding that to my list right now. My mentality is to not need electricity in an emergency, but seeing as you said the large battery bank can be recharged in under 8 hours using the solar panel, I'm going to add that setup to my list as well. I have lots of flashlights and batteries, but I also have plenty of stick candles for light. (and a small amount of warmth) I am grateful to come across an emergency preparedness video that doesn't have the "prepper" feel to it. Thanks!
That’s a really extensive list and I’m so glad that you are prepared for it being able to have 72 hours of food, water and other items. I do want to warn about the candles, because I gave one to my niece like that, and she burn down her apartment.! so just be cautious when using candles, especially at night when you think I might be going to sleep🥰❤️🙏
Please consider signing up as a merit badge counselor for emergency preparedness with the Boy Scouts of America!
I have never thought of doing that, but I will definitely look into it! 💕😊
Excellent ideas here. In an area with unreliable sunshine, I recommend wind-up technology. My O’Neill torch/radio has a solar panel and a winding handle, and has worked well for years.
Thank you so much and yes, having multiple and alternative forms of power generation is important! If you have a specific radio that you enjoy, let me know😊❤️🙏
K-tor makes a 20 watt generator that you pedal like a bike, in front of a recliner to charge stuff! It's next on my list...along with rechargeable a, aa, aa, 9v batteries. :)
Such an underrated video. Thank you. I’ll be coming back for rewatches and to get those links.
Thank you so much! And I wholeheartedly agree with you that a lot of people don’t think about these things, but when you look at what’s going on in the world between wars and natural disasters, it is always better to be prepared to create less suffering when you’re in a panic or emergency situation. Many people think they’ll never use it, but I look at it as insurance, you don’t want to have it or use it but you’re certainly glad you do have it when you have an emergency situation.💕😊 Thank you so much for watching and giving me your feedback.🙏😊
I don't know how many times I have rewatched this video. I have been well prepared for years with respect to food, water, offgrid cooking, offgrid lighting, hygiene. Some other areas, such as electric power, are more growth areas for me. Especially now that my CPAP prescription has been raised. I have been investigating some of these power options in Canada, and the prices are MUCH higher than in the US (the YETI 200, for example, is more than double the US price). One thing to remember, especially for phones, is 'smart' suitcases. Keep those batteries charged all the time too. If you have to evacuate in an emergency and you are taking something like a backpack, remember to pop out that suitcase battery for extra charging capability. I found out by accident several years back that if the company has a return policy, and you buy a few of their smart suitcases to compare, intending to ship back all but one of them once you've made your decision (with the company's prior consent), they will ask you to ship them back without the battery because it is considered 'hazardous material'. So you end up with free phone charging batteries! I would never suggest doing that purposely, that would be dishonest, I had no idea that would happen, but if you remember to keep those batteries fully charged, it can provide quite a few extra days of phone service. Also, don't forget to keep old school devices that still work charged up too. I'm thinking about things like old Walkmans and portable DVD players you might have bought for travel 2 or 3 decades ago. If they still work, they can be used for entertainment during a grid down, leaving your chargers for more important tasks.
Thank you, Jen! Some great ideas that all of us can use! I’m not sure if you have harbor freight near you in the US but you might be able to get a power station there for cheaper. Also, COSTCO has the goal zero sat with the solar panels but I’m not sure if that’s near you as well.. also goal zero is pretty expensive brand but they are reliable. 💕😊
If you live on a flood area keep nyiur supplies up high. I was chest deep in water .. don't put anything on top of the refrigerator.mine flosted up and turned over.
Yes! Thanks for the tip on the refrigerator🙏😊
We had a fire emergency once when I lived in Colorado. It was a reverse 911 call and they gave me 1/2 hour to get kids, pets, and stuff out. You lean really quickly what is important. In addition to some of the things you mentioned, I have an extensive first aid kit and am working on putting a pet bag together for my dogs and cats. I want to have carriers, leashes, bowls, extra food, blankets and toys all in one spot. Thank you for doing these videos, much appreciated.
I’m so sorry you had to experience that type of 911 call. I know things like that can be scary because that’s what we had to do with my parents.. we had about an hour to get them out of the house and get everything that they wanted into a car and drive three hours down to my house. When you’re in a panic situation like that, you tend to forget so it’s always better to have some things prepped and especially those important documents that are irreplaceable.! And yes for kids wow that is such a hard thing because if they’re too young, you have to pack for them and carry their stuff! And I always keep a collapsible, dog bowls, leash, and dog food and treats in a little Toiletries container for my dog so I can grab it and go to🦮🐕🦴
If you store gasoline, use Stabil to preserve it and find the farm co op station where they have straight gas without ethanol. Ethanol turns gummy, like a varnish. Just rotate that gas in the can a couple times a year.
@@NothingToNoOneInParticular excellent tip and I never thought about having the gasoline from a farm co-op… although I live in a city and I don’t think there’s anything really near me, but I could probably travel out and find something🙏 thank you so much for sharing that wonderful tip with us💕😊
Great video. We live in earthquake territory. We have to be prepared for no water or natural gas or electricity in a colder climate. If our home is uninhabitable, we may need temporary cold weather shelter, so a double walled tent we heat with a wood stove is ideal. Also, lots of ppl here have dogs so a go bucket or bag for them too. Battery power tools are critical and I hadn’t thought of solar chargeable set up for them - thx!
One of those double wall tent that you can put a portable wood stove in our great! I’ve been thinking about getting one just to do some winter camping! Always good to practices things just in case you need to do it🙏❤️😊
I've been thinking of earthquake proofing my big bookshelves and cupboards to keep the mess and danger down...
Great video! I’d add a small fire kit to each bag and bucket…my small fire kits consist of: matches, small amount of waxed jute cord for tinder if I can’t find any, a lighter with duck tape wrapped around it, and a ferro rod. The lighter with duck tape also has fish hooks & line wrapped in with the duck tape. Additionally, a small kit with trapping wire, fishing lures, etc isn’t a bad idea, as you may be away from home much longer than anticipated. It doesn’t take up much room and weighs very little for this insurance. I may have missed this, but shelter should be covered as well. That can be something as simple as a good military poncho for each person and the paracord to set it up. Cordage, cordage should definitely be included. SO, my additions are…550 paracord, a tent or poncho for each person (poncho covers rain gear AND shelter),
All great ideas! I love the fishing line idea! My fire starting items are in the red backpack. I do have some of this covered in other videos. My car prep video and I always have my backpacking backpack packed ready to go! 😊❤️💕
I live in Vegas so our weather related disasters is limited but I love the large power sources especially if we lose power in the summer. My son and I have discussed many times the need to put together bug out bags but haven’t done it yet. This video is a great impetus. Thank you!
Thank you so much Linda and I’m glad you’re going to be taking some steps to get yourself prepared. I do know that they had some flash floods in the Vegas area in the last couple of years. Also, be in Vegas those fans might be a great add to keep some air flowing at your house if there’s a brown out situation. EMarine should.🙏❤️😊
Would love to know what is in the green go bag
Thanks, Michelle! 🙏❤️😊
Awesome video as always! I was watching this video while I was making an EDC pouch for my car. My hubby and I are semi-preppers and have go bags in our cars and home. Lots of of MRE food and water too. Only thing missing is a generator. Hopefully we will have that added soon. I hope you and David are doing well. Have a great weekend!
I think it’s wise to be good to be a bit of a prepper just in case! I’m not a full on pepper, but I do like being prepared! If you’re looking for a multi function, Power Station solar, I would hop on that EBL deal! David says hi and we’re doing fine! Thank you so much for thinking of us❤️😊🙏
I will show my hubby the generator because it is a great price. We moved from SoCal to Vegas (NW from the strip) and has to be prepared for earthquakes and wild fires. We have go bags in our cars and in the house. I agree it’s better to be prepared than not. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so many new things from packing for trips to EDC.
@@roxy5934 thank you so much for following always giving you feedback and wish you the best of luck and preparing the rest of your disaster kit in Vegas!😊
Such a great video, Eunice. Two additional things I thought about would be baby needs and pet needs. I'm in Fl and our hurricane season started June 1st and runs through November. Perfect timing for your video but as we all know emergencies don't always have a season.
Thank you Gayle those are excellent additions! And the other thing, too is it pets and babies or small children cannot carry their own thing, so be prepared to be able to carry those things! And you are correct just because this is the start of hurricane season it means that the only thing we’re really not gonna have right now is blizzards! 🙏❤️😊
@@TheoryofSimple Did you do a 72 hour go bag? I liked the car camping video, and it could be used along with this idea for the scenario we had Sept 2022: Fairview fire, we had sheriffs knock on our neighborhood doors at 2 AM. We were advised to evacuate, but it wasn’t mandatory if we would have left, we would’ve had nowhere to go except a hotel or our car(s). We have 4 dogs and a cat. People who chose to leave couldn’t come back in through the police border into the community at least 2 days.
@@Natalia143able first of all I’m so happy you were able to get out safely from the fire. Yes, I did do a video on that red bag which is my 72 hour ago bag that I would use if I was going to have to head to a shelter and you could find a link in the video description to that video.! 😊❤️🙏
I bought cookbooks with recipes for making homemade food for my pets, if my supply of pet food ran out. I have a dog cookbook (RIP: Tonka) and a cat food recipe book.
EXCELLENT video, Eunice! Very thorough. Reminded me that we needed to plug in our 2 solar batteries to “top them off” as we live in Florida, now in hurricane season. Thanks again!
You’re very welcome Lisa and I hope you have everything ready just in case🙏❤️😊
Dear Eunice ... you are so right! As everyone in Ca should know ... a larger earthquake could require one to walk home (road unpassable by vehicle). Thus the sneakers, backpack etc in car. Generator and water for home and all the goodies you mention!
Thank you so much !😊❤️I have lived through hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, and earthquakes, and I always am happy that I am somewhat prepared. Of course you don’t ever have everything that you need but my motto is at least it’s better than having nothing.! And all of these things can help ease some tension and panic when these situations arise! ❤️😊🙏
Yes, pls, for 'go bag' items.
A suggestion: Be sure & sign up for your county reverse emg call capability. We are p/t at our mtn cabin with forest fire threats often. Signing up for emg notifications is life saving but is helpful for your local teams that would be assisting in evac verification too.
Thank you Eileen and that is a great point! My parents were in the Caldor fire that’s how we got our alerts! Thank you so much for reminding me😊❤️🙏
Great video! Living in SW Louisiana we know that June 1st means time to make sure one is prepared for possible hurricanes, or even just small storms that knock out the power. I'm ready.
Thank you so much, Elaine! I’m so glad that you are getting yourself prepared for the upcoming hurricane season! 🙏❤️😊
Oh, another tip: when you replace your glasses, keep the old pair in your auto glove box. Even if you normally wear contacts, in a lengthy emergency you might not have clean enough conditions to safely take them in and out.
Yes, and you know me I always have extra pairs of glasses in my purse in my car in my go bag and leave it on my bedside stand😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple I recently got a small foldable pair of readers that clip onto my key chain. I need both prescription glasses for distance (when I'm not wearing my contacts) and reading glasses for close work/reading. I normally have my contacts in, and I am entirely capable of starting off the day with a pair of readers in my purse and one in my car, and then an hour later, asking some stranger in the store to tell me the price of something because I've managed to leave 2 or even 3 pairs of readers in the car!!! The ones with the little pouch that clips onto your key chain comes in a box of 2, and I've already managed to lose one, so it's a good thing I have several pairs!!
@@jenharvey3397 yes, I have several pairs of readers all over the house and in my car!
Love this video. Please show us what’s in your green backpack. Thank you!
Thank you so much Debby and I’ll be making that video soon! 😊❤️🙏
I have two power stations as well. I always keep some clothes/sneakers in the car. Warm in winter and shorts in summer. A small personal care bag too with toothbrush, deodorant etc.
I would love to see what is in your go bags.
Thank you so much! If you go to my video description, you’ll see a link to what’s in my go bag and what I keep in my car. I’ll be making a video soon on what’s in that green go bag🙏❤️😊
I have gone through many power outages. Some for over a week in cold and hot weather. Those solar emergency radios and solar power chargers are worth every penny. I have a cell phone and a house phone. I have had both phone services out at the same time. Your videos are great. The solar fans look good to me! What’s in the green bag? Yes, a video please! I Live in New England, the weather is changing, it seems like it is always windy now.
Thank you so much! So happy you are enjoying my videos and getting some great hacks for your emergency preparedness! I used to live in New England and loved it there, but the weather is changing everywhere! I’ll be doing a video of what’s in the green bag shortly! 😊
So glad to have come across your channel. One thing that I didn't see in the comments is how to prevent pipes from freezing in unusually cold weather, like what happened in TX a while back.
If a faucet is left slightly open with dripping water, the water in motion is less likely to freeze and/or build the kind of pressure in the pipe that will cause the pipe to burst. And, yes in normal circumstance it can be a waste of water. But, if pipes do freeze and burst it will waste an enormous amount of water and cause lots of damage too.
Yes, you can leave water dripping, but it depends on how cold it gets and how much you need to let it drip because I used to live in the north east and you’d have to let it drip quite a bit. However, you can also winterize your pipes which is when I lived in Tahoe is put heat tape around your pipes, and that will keep them from freezing.😊💕
@@TheoryofSimple Thanks for the tip about heat tape!
@@ht71229 you are very welcome and I hope it keeps your pipes from freezing💕😊
You are simply one of my most favorites!! Thank you.
Thank you so much! Truly appreciate that and look forward to your feedback on what you’d like to see more of on my channel🙏❤️😊
Yes! Pls do more videos like this!
Thank you, Debby and I’ll be making more of these soon🙏❤️😊
What a great video 😊
Some of the stuff I hadn't seen in other preparedness videos like having solar rechargeable power tools, what a great idea
One thing for sure, is that we know all your recommendations have been tested and approved and if good quality so I'm happy about that
It may cost more, however, over time that you can buy here and there when one can, it will be worth it
So thank you again and for your store front 😊
Thank you so much Gail! Yes, those are battery operated power tools. It can be charged off of my solar as long as I have the correct charger.. I’ve lived through hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and earthquakes so a little bit of experience under my belt! Everything in this video has been used by me, so yes, I stand behind everything that I bring to you guys! 🙏❤️😊
TOTALLY agree! I've started saving for the Ryobi tools she has!
I love the Ryobi stuff! I have multiple size fans.
Me too! I started using Ryobi items about 15 years ago when they first came out with the H in Bolton so it’s just what I stuck with, but I do love how they have a large selection of items! 😊
Thank you for the excellent review! Since I live in wildfire country, I pack some n95 masks. I also pack a really good LED headlamp and one or two powerful LED flashlights, and the rechargeable batteries and charger to go with them.
thank you so much 😊❤️ Yes, those are all great things to have! Those are all in my red go bag😊
Yes! N95 masks. My caeer Military/Farm boy Dad taught me preparedness. Never been so grateful as when 2020 came along and I could just close my front door and flip off the world. I had enough N95 masks to offer my local Hospital. All my friends who thought I was nuts clinically, asked for care packages during the pandemic. lol I sent them, naturally. Amazingly they still think I am nuts. Ironically...
I like Briggs & Stratton Q6500 Quiet Power Series Inverter Generator .. Honda and Yamaha make some quieter generators as well.
Oh! Thank you for those suggestions!🙏 I’m going to have to look those up and make sure we get one! Thank you so much for sharing that😊💕
Great video!!! I would love to see what's in your green bug out bag. I have solar kettles for boiling water & cooking. I also have solar battery chargers with rechargeable batteries. I have other solar battery rechargers that are also power banks. I also have a mini portable generator that has 4 ways to charge it. Also I have portable battery banks, solar chargers, hand crank chargers, battery operated charger, etc. USB batteries are a good thing to have too. Right now, I am saving up for a couple of bigger portable generators, a butane stove, and a solar cooler/freezer. Each member of our family can power their own personal electronics indefinitely, as well as keep clean/hydrated. Lighting & fans we have solar/hand crank/rechargeable options. Cooling towels are something else to consider. I have a few of the Scrubba laundry wash bags, travel hangers, a clothesline, a laundry rack, and a rechargeable portable dryer. Another good idea is having water jugs, funnels, and collapsible buckets to catch rain water as a back up source of water.
You, my friend are so well prepared💕😊 I love it! I have several of those things, but I am curious about the rechargeable dryer! Would you mind sharing that with us at least the brand and see if I can find it on Amazon or if you have links to some of these things you can email me and find my email in my about section on my channel. I’m always looking to find and try out new things so you have so many great gadgets in this comment. I would love to try a few! Truly appreciate you sharing your wealth of information with us! 😊💕🙏
Great video. So many items I never thought of. I would love to see inside the green bag. I'm assuming you have a 1st aid kit included in one of your go bags.
Thank you so much🙏😊 and yes, absolutely a first aid kit is part of my go bag😊
Wow you are so prepared it is impressive. My house flooded in January and I just loaded up my car with things like laptops, handbag and a few items. I didn't even grab my small go bag which basically was a bought one that was mainly first aid so not as appropriate. I had a solar luci light thing that was supposed to charge your phone too which I had tested out earlier and murphys law it wouldn't work so my phone ran out of battery and I could only charge it in the car. Luckily I saved my car. Drybags is a great idea and would love to see what you pack there. You don't always think practically at the time.
So sorry that you had to go through a flood event! I’m glad you saved your car in a few things! You are correct, when you’re in a desperate/panic situation you start forget things. That’s why I personalizing your go. Bag is a great idea because it’s things you definitely want to need and you’ll probably take along with you when you’re ready to head out the door.🙏❤️😊
@@TheoryofSimple That is so true - I had some stuff I had pre-bought but was all over the house and didn't retrieve. Plus now they are in a storage unit somewhere amongst all the boxes!!! As had to pack up the house quickly and have put in storage. Lessons learnt though.
So helpful and pragmatic- thank you and I enjoy the blooper reel at the end 😂
Thank you so much! There were so many more bloopers, I should probably just make a video on bloopers!🤣😂
@@TheoryofSimple I’d definitely watch it!
@@Jojo11344 I’ll think about doing that🤣😂
Bridge workers hit a major gas line two blocks from my apartment complex last week.
You never know!
Wow! That is scary! Seems like things like this were happening more often! All the more reason to have something packed in case you have to evacuate! Thank you for sharing your experience with us💕😊
Our town hit a water main and the stores within 10 miles were STRIPPED of water. Glad I had enough to even give 3 gallons each to a few neighbors.
Yes, I want to know what is in your go bag. Very good information!
Thank you! I did that video, and you can find that in my emergency prep playlist!😊💕
Yes, once a year.❤
Definitely! 🙏❤️😊
Great video! I see that I need to be better prepared. Yes, I'd like to see the content's of the other bag. I learn a lot from you! Thank you Eunice
Thank you!😊 hope you get a few items to get you prepared! 🙏❤️
I wish we could take advantage of solar cooking when we are camping!! Unfortunately, everywhere we would camp, bears have to be considered, and food can't be left out unattended (we all usually leave the campsite together at the same time for the day/activities) :/ I'd spring for a solar oven in a jiffy if that wasn't the case!
Totally understand that! Last thing you want is there coming into your campsite ripping everything apart! But if you get a lot of sun at home, it might be a good thing to have just as an emergency back up!🙏❤️😊
@Theory of Simple R.M.N.P. shared a video the other day of a bear walking up to a truck, opening the door, and taking a bag out of it - all like a person in a bear suit 🫣 One day we'll get one for preparedness reasons I'm sure. Just never seems to be the right time for spending on it. I would love to hear about how you navigated these things when you had kids at home and/or a limited budget. I wish my own mother had been like you - you're amazing.
@@mwahl1686 thank you so much!❤️ When my boys were little, we used their old school back packs and had them help pack each of their own go bags. We went to Walmart to get them head lamps and emergency blankets and whistles. We put in snacks and emergency water and some older clothes. Each bag had a tape laminated card with my name and my husbands name. We did not have cell phones back then so we put in the grandparents’s names and hone numbers as well. We had safe words to use so they knew who they could trust. As they got older, they had pocket knives handed down from grandparents. It wasn’t much but they learned to keep track of their own stuff. 😊❤️
Thank you! Such a great reminder to prep!❤️
You’re very welcome. I’m so glad you got some great hacks from this video.🙏❤️😊
So much great information! Always great to be prepared.
Thank you so much, Linda🙏❤️😊
Yes to all the videos you suggested at the end!
Thanks! I’ll try to get those together soon! 🙏
Great video. Yes please a video on the green bag
Thank you so much and the video on the green bag will be coming soon! 🙏❤️😊
I was so excited to see this video after I got back from Denver! Another great video with an incredible amount of tips & ideas! I loved it. I'll have to go thru this again later tonight, when I can study it better! I also need to go back thru the car one. The thing I put on my amazon list immediately is the water bricks. I love how they are only 3.5 gallon. 5 gal is getting to heavy for me. I love how they stack & have a handle. Sounds like we all have different worries across the states & Canada. Being as prepared & alert as we can, will surely help! Thanks for the great video & sharing your wisdom with us.
Thank you so much, Wanda! Hope you had a great trip to Denver! Those water breaks are great! That way if you need to load them into your car to leave, you can put them safely in a trunk or backseat without breaking your back😊❤️
@@TheoryofSimple I've been filling our 5 gal water bottles at the grocery store, but they are getting heeeaaaavvvvyy! 3.5 is perfect, each one still holds a lot.
@@wanrapea yes, they say about 3 gallons of water per person per day so it’s a really easy way to add up how many of the blue blocks you need😊❤️
I would love to see what is in the other two go bags! Such valuable information! Thank you!
If you want to see what’s in the red go bag, then I have a video link in my video description. And I will make a video of what’s in the green bag shortly.😊❤️🙏
Great info! Thanks. Yes, show green backpack please.
Thank you so much Lisa I’ll be doing the green bag video very soon!🙏❤️😊
Great video! You have clearly put a lot of thought into your emergency preparedness!
Thank you so much! Yes, I’ve lived through hurricanes, blizzards , tornadoes, and earthquakes, so I want to be prepared! 😊
Thank you for another informative video! Please do show us what is in the green bag and keep up the amazing work 😊
Thank you so much and I’ll be making a video on that green bag very soon🙏❤️😊
I love all your videos Eunice, but this one is the best yet. You are really speaking my language here, I spend half my life fiddling around with various emergency kits. Dammit, you are DISASTROUS for the budget, every time I watch your videos I find new things I have to buy! 🤣 I have to stick to somewhat lower tech solutions, since I do not have the income for some of these purchases (such as the power bank - would love to have one, especially for my CPAP machine, but there's no way I could afford both one of those and the electricity bill!) So if you don't mind, I'll throw in a few suggestions for those of us working with a more limited budget. One thing I do is keep all devices plugged in and charging at all times, including old portable DVD players and obsolete but still working laptops - you know, when your old laptop is so outdated that, while it still works, you can no longer download any pages online because it doesn't have the processing space. It will still work for word processing, so in a lengthy power outage, you can still use it to write. If you have those 10 year old or more DVD players, you can use that for entertainment and keep your cell phone battery for more important things. To keep cool when the AC is off, I do what we did growing up - keep the windows and curtains on the sunny side of the house closed and open on the shady side (that will change as the day progresses), put a thick towel over your pillow at night and then place a cold washcloth over your face (I did that to get to sleep every summer night growing up, we didn't have AC until I was in my late teens), soak a sun hat or baseball cap in cold water and put it on your head damp (kept me from sunstroke when helping with bringing in the hay). I also have a weird contraption that goes around your neck, sort of like an oxen collar, with two little fans at each end that blow cold water on your neck. It is run by battery, and I always keep a large battery organizer well stocked with mostly AA and AAA. A cheap fix for indoor lighting is to put a handful of dollar store solar garden lights in a jug to charge in the sunlight, then bring them indoors in the dark. I also got a bunch of small headlamps from Walmart for a dollar each, and ambient lanterns for under $5 apiece. The latter run on AAA batteries. Don't forget those dollar store glow sticks. They will provide a bit of ambient light to mark stairs and the path to the bathroom in a power outage, and provide a night light for scared kids. If you have one of those "smart" suitcases with a built in battery charger, keep it plugged in all the time so you can use it to charge your cell phone in an emergency. I would not use a power bank for things like refrigerator or microwave - it is too expensive on energy. Instead, I normally keep every corner of empty space in my freezer filled with containers of water (also, this means I don't have to find kitchen cupboard space for things like empty tupperware and Stasher bags, they are all in the freezer filled with ice.) These can be used to help keep frozen and cold food safe for longer in a power outage. If you have any outdoor cooking space, a Cobb grill or Volcano stove use only a little charcoal, far less than a traditional BBQ. Use a cast iron Dutch oven as well, and you have a combination BBQ, bake oven, and slow cooker. For indoor cooking, I keep a Barocook small pot and mug, along with fuel packets, and the much cheaper and less long lasting Steam Genie. Both use a technology similar to MRE heaters, except that they actually WORK!! (No MRE heater I have ever met will do more than bring food to a cool lukewarm temperature). The Cobb and Volcano stoves also work with small sticks, as does a cheap solo stove. After every storm, I go around the property picking up sticks and small branches that have blown down and put them in garbage cans in the garage so I can use them for camp stove fuel if needed. A more budget friendly version of the luggable loo is a simple dollar store pool noodle, slit down one side and molded around the lid of a regular 5 gallon bucket liked with a heavy garbage bag (I find the bakeries of larger grocery stores will usually give out their empty icing and muffin mix buckets for free). That Buddy heater does work well if you stay in a small room (hang blankets and quilts over doorways and windows and get everyone together in one room). Also, don't forget low tech ways to stay warm - layers of long undies, double socks, hats, neck warmers, fingerless gloves, layers of clothing. The solar oven works well if you have a lot of sun, but I have found if you have a heavily shaded property, it will not really work (easy tip: if your yard does not get enough sunlight to grow tomatoes and peppers, it won't get enough sun for the solar oven to work.) Another option can be hay box cooking. Use your grill or butane stove to bring food such as soup, stew, chili, etc. to a rolling boil for 10 minutes, then put in your hay box cooker, where it will continue to cook for up to 8 hours. You can get fancy and buy a steel thermal cooker such as a Saratoga Jack, or a cloth one like a Wonderbag, or make your own with a styrofoam or wood cooler packed with straw or old towels. Personally, I am not keen on the Wise Foods/Patriot Pantry meals - they take water and a lot of energy to cook. They also taste pretty nasty! IMHO, a better (if costlier) option is camping meals like Mountain House (the goldest of gold standard), Backpacker's Pantry, and similar. They just require a cup or two of boiling water to be added, then cook by themselves (like instant oatmeal), right inside their own bag. You can speed up the process by placing the cooking bag inside an additional foil pouch (insulated lunch bags also work well). The other thing I like about the individual camping meals is that, instead of needing to use a pot to cook in and plate to eat off, you can cook and eat in the same bag, so no dishes!! Don't forget that your stash of airplane/car travel snacks works well in a power outage too!! (A number of years ago now, a huge swath of Southern Ontario had a major ice storm the day before Christmas Eve, and hundreds of thousands of homes were without power for up to 13 days. A large Hickory Farms gift basket of shelf stable cheeses and cold cuts ended up being Christmas and New Year's dinner.) I have a 6 compartment stackable tool box with emergency items in it. Two of those boxes contain shelf stable treats for both travel and power outage situations. It is a good idea to have all your home emergency supplies together in one place where you can always find it easily. If you have something like a tote box or bag for your emergency supplies, remember to tie a small flashlight to the top so you can find things easily in the dark!! One more suggestion is to keep a just-in-case motel bag in your car at all times, with clothes, toiletries, etc. Pack as if you were staying at a hotel for a week. I always keep one in my trunk, and have used it several times, when the car broke down unexpectedly and it took a few days for the garage to get a part in, when I got sick, when I was too tired to drive home after a festival, and even when I was planning on a day trip and ended up drinking a bit too much wine to drive home safely and stayed over at a friend's place instead! And a suggestion for folks who don't do camping and don't want to spend $20 or more for camping cooking/eating supplies they might never use: I noticed last time I was at Ikea, they had a children's play cooking set for about $6, and they would work fine on a small camp stove. Toddler's bowls, plates, and cups are sold in sets of 6 for $2.99, and would be find for camping or emergency use.
Thank you Jen for your wonderful comments and feedback and suggestions! I always love that you have alternatives to share with us! And don’t forget that the dollar store in Daiso Japan can be a great alternative to get things for your go back in your emergency kit at a really good price😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple Yes, if I ever get to go back to Japan to visit, I plan on coming back with an extra suitcase of stuff I bought there, including their great dollar stores! Sadly, Canada has only one Daiso store, in Vancouver, nearly 4,000 km from where I live. I have no reason to go to Vancouver now that my brother has passed away. I do, however, check Asian stores when I visit other cities, you never know what you can pick up there!
You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I’ve made my list
Thank you so much and you’re very welcome! I’m so glad you’re getting some great hacks for my videos💕😊
Excellent video! 👍🏼 Thanks for all the great ideas.
Thank you so much Noemi! I hope you have some emergency prepared stuff in your home😊🙏❤️
If David wears a cpap you should look into travel cpaps... I like the z2 auto a lot cheaper than resmed and better. Also you can buy external battery for it.
Thank you so much! We are definitely going to look into that because the one he has right now it’s huge! 💕😊
Wow, I learn so much with you!!!!!
Thank you! 😊❤️🙏
Thank you, this was so helpful!! 🙏👍😊
You are so welcome! 😊❤️
Lots of stuff! Great video, Thanks for sharing the information ❤
You’re so very welcome❤️😊🥰
Please make a vid of ur green go bag. Thx.
Will do! And thank you so much for watching and commenting🙏❤️😊
Great information as always, thank you very much. I would like to see what’s in the green neon bag.!
Thank you so much! I’ll be making a video on that green bag very soon!😊❤️
Great video and great information. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!😊
Yes! What’s in the green bag?
So many people are asking so I might have to do that video very soon! 🙏❤️😊
Get BUG OUT BAG WITH ROLLERS OR WHEELS AND HANDLE.
I did a video a couple weeks ago and that’s exactly what I did. It’s a large duffel with wheels and a trolley handle.😊
Lots of great ideas. They say global warming has turned into global boiling/burning. China is flooding, fires here in Canada, 50C in some countries and threat of a nuclear war. This year I beefed up my emergency preparedness equipment. I live in a small apartment so I don't need as much as what you have. I bought a new high quality air conditioner, air purifier, dehumidifier and recently power source backup. 45 minutes after I ordered my new power source on Amazon we had one of the worst thunderstorms in history, a tornado and a power failure. one week later after the power had come back on I ordered an extra battery and the next day the power went off again. I think this world is changing for the worse, rapidly. I tried to tell my friend to get prepared for emergencies but it goes in one ear and straight out the other side of his head.
I am so happy you found this video useful but I’m even more happy that you are getting prepared for any sort of emergency! I know exactly who your friends are gonna call and something happens! It doesn’t take much does one backpack full of things just in case you need to dash out of your apartment. And if you have a car, just keeping a little few extra things in there in case you’re not at your apartment and you’re in your car so that you have some things in case you have to leave your car. 💕😊
AND you're a prepper, too! I should have known :)
Yes…prepared for anything! 😂💕
Hi again Eunice, not related to this video, but I was going through older videos trying to find a link to your origami cooking pot, the one you use in your go bag. I couldn't find it. Can you please remind me where you got it? Thanks!
Unfortunately, that is no longer in stock. If I find one similar, I’ll let you know!😊
@@TheoryofSimple Thank you. Maybe it's time for me to get inventing!
@@jenharvey3397 yes!
Another fantastic video! Something I am always thinking about. Question for you Iam in a duplex with a desk and do have a butane stove but not sure where to keep the canister safely?
Excellent question! Do you have a garage with your duplex? If you have a garage, that’s where I keep my butane, stove and canisters. If you do not have a garage, you could probably safely keep it in a box in the closet in the house.😊❤️🙏
@@TheoryofSimple Thank you Eunice. I was told I could keep it in something like a gun safe box in an area where there is good ventilation but it still makes me nervous
@@AJK278 key point if you want to make sure that there is good ventilation where you keep your butane canisters just in case there’s a leak and you just want to make sure it’s kept away from anything hot or flames over there could be sparks
@@TheoryofSimple I am probably too nervous to store them without garage. Thanks for your input Eunice. Sydney (my Papillion) and I send thanks and hugs, Stacey xx
@@AJK278 thank you so much Stacy! Someday I hope to get that way and visit! ❤️
Have you checked put the "Venty" fan? So tempted but have been on the fence!
I have not heard of that but now I’m curious I’m going to check it out! If it’s something worth getting all by it and put it in a video🙏❤️😊
Oh, just so you know Eunice, I used your link to check out the generators, and the coupon option did not come up
I think the link automatically has that price so I don’t think you need a coupon. I don’t know why they gave that to me just to let me know how much you get off I guess.🤷♀️
Would the solar panel from the fan charge any other small things?
Actually, yes! I did not bring that up in the video and I probably should’ve. Anything that has a receptor for that solar panel can be charged by it!😊❤️🙏
if you have only one hand crank radio, do you keep it with your go bag? or, in the go bag in your car?
That’s a great question! If I could only have one, I would have it in my go bag. Because hopefully I’ll be able to take it with me in my car.. however, if I’m in my car and I can’t get home, I just wouldn’t have one I guess. But it might be a good idea to invest in getting a couple.😊❤️🙏
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What’s in the green bag
I’ll be making a video soon to show you😊🙏❤️
All your cool stuff is destroyed in a second with a tornado passes through your stash. Now what? Be thankful to escape with your life.
So I grew up in Ohio, which is also very prone to tornadoes and you learn to keep your stash in the basement in the corner so that it’s more protected and you go down in the basement as well. You can’t prepare for anything you just have to prepare for what you can.
@@TheoryofSimple Makes sense. An apocalyptic weather event destroys by tornado, flood, earthquake etc., and there went my stash with it. Maybe to get something too heavy to life by tornado... like a war surplus Abrams tank. One out of 3 ain't bad.
@@oldmanjoe6808 yes, nothing is full proof. When I was a child, we had a flood in our house and everything in our basement was lost. I think the best bet is to at least keep a day pack together of some things and have one in your car in case you’re not home and then having one in your home that you can grab and go if something is an emergency and you have to escape😊
@@TheoryofSimple You're prepared, I'm dead. I live within the blast radius of a military base and Washington, DC. I'll be vaporized in a nuclear war so I don't bother to prepare. As for catastrophic weather events, that's different. I can last a while but suppiles last only for a while depending on the severity of the foul weather event. In other words, if my supermarket got blown away, me and a zillion other people will be raiding the ones that still stand. If my pharmacy is blown away, I can only hope I have enough cardiac prescriptions to last through the event because I won't be able to renew my prescriptions until the time the script allows a renewal. I am guessing... you have enough stash to last a preconceived amount of days? Yes? I had a whole case of C-Rations when I left the military in the 60s. 10 cases of that stuff will carry me and my dog through for months. I also wonder about the civil disobedience that might go with a catastrophic weather event. What do you think? Do you kind of expect to be looted for your food and water by roving gangs?
Will neighbors become enemies? There's a whole world of things to consider should a long duration catastrophe occur.
@@oldmanjoe6808 so when I say prepared for anything I really mean to be prepared for things that are more likely to occur like natural disasters. I have lived in tornado alley as well as hurricane and blizzard prone areas. I have evacuated my parents twice from Forest fire areas and now I live in an earthquake prone area.. as we see a few weeks ago New Jersey had an earthquake so no one is immune to that. As far as the apocalypse, if there were some sort of biological event… think a lot worse than Covid, then I have a garden in my backyard that I grow quite a bit of food, and I also have honeybees in my yard and neighbors who have chickens. So I would go back to bartering and doing my best to help myself and my neighbors. As far as medications, yes, they would run out and you have to do the best you can. I can’t catastrophize and worry about things that are out of my control. All I can do is control my reaction to it.😊
I did rescue during Hurricane Katrina-potable water was a huge issue.
Water is life💦 Have redundant water treatment options. I recommend the Sawyer Squeeze or Mini-lightweight and small enough to carry in a pocket. As back up, Water Purification Tabs like AquaTabs. 🌿⛑️
Hope Springs-A-Turtle, Can you please tell me what kind of expiration date the water purification tabs have, if any? Do they last like 5 years?
You are absolutely correct! Having water at the ready is necessary, but also making sure that it’s portable in case you need to take some with you is also necessary! That’s why I have multiple different ways to get fresh water to drink! And keeping the water purification tablets is a great idea. I keep some of those in my go bag, so that’s why they’re not shown in this video! 😊❤️🙏
Water purification tablets do not expire😊
@@TheoryofSimple Having performed a number of rescue/humanitarian missions for the USAF and HSUS over the decades, potable water is often an issue. I keep two different water purification methods in my Go-Bag, my VEDC, and my home. The stress created by having no drinkable water is very real. It’s a simple fix and very affordable.💦
@@Swimdeep would love your recommendations for what we should have in our homes and vehicles!🙏❤️😊