Surviving a disaster is something that every person should plan for, something that does not demand for someone to have a lot of cash to get started.
According to a study, people a low income tend to have a poor survival response after a disaster or crisis. You only need to start your survival plans with only small amounts.
You should start with short-term packs, which are items that are necessary for your survival that you should have at hand. Every other thing that your pack should only follow suit after doing your short-term pack. Doing this helps save money.
Nobody can ever go wrong when he or she opts to take up and sharpen the skill of self-sufficiency. For instance, people who live off the land and those who have store food are a good example of self-sufficient people. They have not worries about food when a crisis hits.
The small-term pack will should include foods that have a long shelf life. These foods require little attention and are easy to store. They include foods such as, canned fruits, canned meats, canned vegetables, nutrition bars, among other foods.
Pick up a bit of gardening, where you can plant some vegetable and fruits in your backyard as a supply for your small-term pack food reserves. You can also keep some meat in storage for the same.
It is also important to store up some water and some water purification tablets. Water is important for human survival hence you should have enough reserves for the whole family. Make sure you at least have a gallon of water for each family member.
You need to also take medical preparations, which is always a necessary thing besides adding it into your survival plans. Access to medicines are medical services is rather hard especially after a crisis hits. You need to make sure you store enough medications for various emergencies. Make sure you also cater for any family member that has special medical needs.
You can do this through a mail order pharmacy that will give you three months’ worth of a prescription at once. You are going to use them anyway, so having them on hand for a disaster is just smart preparation.
You can place an order via mail for medicines that can last your three months. You might even end up using the same medications you have plan to store for making early preparations will ensure that you have enough medicines in your survival pack.
Baby wipes, baby formula, and diapers are just some of the other necessary items for your little bundle of joy that you need include in your survival pack. Make sure you also stock some medications for the baby.
Soaps, toothpastes, shampoos, deodorants, toilet paper, paper wipes, are part of the toiletry items that you should consider having in store. Make sure you start the necessary items first then add few luxury items like facial cleansers, lotions, creams.
A first aid kit is a vital component in your short-term survival pack. Wound dressings; waterproof Band-Aids, antibiotics, calamine lotion, are just some of the things you should have in your first aid kit.
A pair of scissors, surgical field pack, aspirin, tweezers, safety pins, magnifying glass, wraps for sprains should also be in the kit. They will help you to be ready for any kind of first aid emergency.
You also need items that will help you keep warm at night. Pack some blankets and sleeping bags, and some waterproof matches. You will also need to consider some lighting so pack some torches or flashlights, candles, gasoline lamps, or even solar powered lights.
It is important to keep tract of events after the crisis; hence, you should consider having a solar powered or wind-up radio to help be abreast with the latest news on the aftermath of the crisis. On the same note, make sure you have extra phones and solar powered charging stations for the phones.
These supplies might seem like a lot of things to buy, but that is if a person tries doing this all at once. The better option is to start early and start small buying one or a few things at a time after every week.
The stocking up of necessary items is important, but you also need to make sure that you have some money too that you will use during that period. Save some money to buy the items you needs for the short-term survival pack.
A single step at a time will still get you to where you are going. Start planning and stocking up today regardless of how long it will take to complete have all you need, it is still better than having nothing ready to help you survive after the crisis.
Do not view is a something tedious and gloomy, you can even get the whole family involved in the preparations so that everyone will be sure that they have what they will need.