| This is my free sample disaster recovery plan, | | | | selling insurance, just trying to get the point |
| along with a few tips to assemble a disaster | | | | across, we like to be prepared, it gives some |
| supplies kit. What I am trying to accomplish with | | | | amount of security and comfort. |
| this little guide, is just to bring some awareness to | | | | Ok back to that dreaded morning in the middle of |
| a definite reality we could all face. ( we all have | | | | my back yard everything in ruins. Here's my first |
| heard about what has recently happened in Haiti | | | | tip, if you are like me you might have a camper, |
| and Chile'). I spent quite a bit of time glued to the | | | | motor home, travel trailer or even a boat that is |
| news, I couldn't believe the devastation and lack | | | | set up for overnight, well if its in storage some |
| of resources, everyone was affected, rich or | | | | where, you might think of bringing it home and |
| poor, I couldn't help but think..what if..what if it | | | | using it as an emergency shelter should you ever |
| happened here. Here can be any where, and this | | | | need it. Make sure that it is located in your yard |
| is mother nature, it is out of our control. Is there | | | | where no falling buildings or trees could damage it, |
| anything that the people of Haiti could have done? | | | | also make sure it is clear of power lines. Now that |
| Like I said, this really got me thinking, so lets go | | | | it is home and in a safe place, make sure you get |
| through it quickly. First lets imagine that it is three | | | | it ready, plan for at least a full week, fill propane |
| o'clock in the morning and you are awakened to | | | | tanks, water storage, empty septic, and some |
| an earthquake, your house is shaking, are you | | | | other supplies I am about to mention. |
| ready for something like this? Panic was my first | | | | For those of you that don't have one of these |
| thought, then run out side to the middle of the | | | | camping units, there are some good alternatives, |
| yard and watch as your home crumbles to the | | | | that won't cost much, you may already have |
| ground. Now what? Its dark, even if it wasn't, the | | | | these items and you just need to organize. Start |
| dust around would be so thick it would take hours | | | | to assemble a disaster supplies kit, a large duffel |
| to settle. There are no lights anywhere, the roads | | | | bag or rubber maid container, but make sure you |
| are ripped up. It is very obvious right away that | | | | can access it easy enough. You are gonna need, a |
| this situation will not be resolved to even a point | | | | tent or tarp, some kind of shelter, some cots, |
| of basic services or transportation at all for at | | | | blankets or sleeping bags, and a portable shower |
| least a week, and probably a lot longer for any | | | | and toilet. Ok that's shelter and sleeping, now look |
| kind of normality again. | | | | at survival and safety gear, cookware and |
| So now what? Daylight is breaking, are we | | | | utensils, water purifier and some bottled water, at |
| prepared to survive here in our yards for a | | | | least a few gallons per person per day. Food |
| week, we don't even want to go back into our | | | | rations and a first aid kit. |
| homes or whats left of them for fear of | | | | Storage containers will be very important, liquid |
| aftershocks. One of the first things you would | | | | and food storage, supply and medical storage, and |
| notice are all the typical things that we take for | | | | gas or fuel supply storage. This is just a few basic |
| granted everyday. No bathroom, No refrigeration, | | | | guide lines that could help, your investment would |
| No electricity, No phone, No T.V. So what are we | | | | be very minimal, don't be left standing out there |
| doomed? I think not. We have been preparing all | | | | with nothing. Take a bit of time, include the family, |
| of our lives for bad situations to arise, its just | | | | be prepared, I followed my own advice this time, |
| that most of us haven't prepared for this one, or | | | | I feel more secure knowing that I am some what |
| something similar. Let me explain, we buy auto | | | | prepared to help myself and maybe some others. |
| insurance because it could happen, we could be | | | | We all hope for the best...but we should prepare |
| involved in an accident, We buy life insurance, we | | | | for the worst. |
| buy home insurance...Hang on I promise I am not | | | | |