| Disaster and other bad situations can strike at | | | | use a canned good, for example, buy a few |
| any time. Having some preparation for these will | | | | extra the next time you shop. Continually over a |
| make life much easier to deal with in difficult | | | | period of time start stocking up on things you |
| times. Sometimes being prepared can be | | | | use. Then your stock of stored food will be |
| expensive but there are emergency preparedness | | | | rotated constantly and won't spoil. |
| ideas that are cheap to help you start becoming | | | | Store a few gallons of extra water and get some |
| more prepared without spending so much money. | | | | water purification devices. |
| Have a place to meet locally and out of town. | | | | Water is important but in a disaster it's hard to |
| This won't cost you anything besides some time | | | | move especially if you ever got in a situation |
| to sit down with family members and decide on | | | | where you didn't have a vehicle. Keep a few |
| what you would meet in case of a disaster. It | | | | gallon on hand just in case. One a month dump |
| might be as simple as a place out in the yard to | | | | that water out and replace it. You can also find |
| meet during a fire and more complicated like a | | | | very cheap water filtration and purification devices |
| place to meet if the city has to be evacuated. | | | | that are made for backpackers or hikers when |
| Think of locations like the grandparents' house or | | | | they run out of water. These are cheap and |
| a friend or relative who lives outside of town. | | | | lightweight. |
| Have extra food stored at home. | | | | Start acquiring items you will need in a disaster. |
| For storage kits can be expensive running multiple | | | | Get some extra blankets. Invest in some cheap |
| dollars per meal. The simplest way of having | | | | camping gear that will be useful. Put together |
| more food stored at home is to just spend a | | | | some survival kits. It doesn't need to be the top |
| few dollars a week on extra stored items. If you | | | | of the line lightest backpacking equipment. |