What’s in my Disaster Back Pack Style Go Bag?
This Backpack Go Bag should contain items for 1 person facing immediate evacuation & personal survival for 72 hours.What’s in my Disaster Back Pack Style C.E.R.T. Rescue Go Bag?
This C.E.R.T. Go Bag should contain items for 1 or 2 persons facing incident management, Personal Safety, and Search & Rescue.What’s in my 2 person 3 Day Rolling Garbage Can Style Home & Family Disaster Kit?
This kit should contain items for survival, safety & shelter for two persons for 72 hours and facing evacuation.What’s in my Shed Style Disaster Community Kit?
This kit should contain items for Safety, Shelter, Triage, Damage Assessment and Recovery for a large group of people.Products I Use
"I personally use this alarm in my home... It works..It really does. The alarm gives me a heads up 20 seconds prior to an earthquake."
Provides early warning by detecting an earthquake's sound wave before the earthquake's destructive shear wave strikes your area.
Fully adjustable sensitivity setting.
Automatically resets and shuts off alarm when earthquake stops.
Mounts easily to wall. No screws, nails or tools required.
Operates off a 9-volt battery.
The Ham Radio I prefer to use...KJ6ALS The TH-F6A is a 144/220/440 MHz transceiver/receiver with dual-channel RX capability in a compact and powerful design. The first Tri-Band HT with 3 bands you can operate EVERY DAY! The TH-F6A boasts a list of unique features the competition is still scratching their heads over. |
Emergency Lighting installed in my home. When the power goes out, The back up lights come on, I am never left in the dark.
Durofix Emergency Standby Plug-in High-Efficiency LED Lights (2-Pack) $39.99 Amazon.com
Installed two sets of these, One light in each Bedroom & each Bathroom .
Be ready when a power failure occurs!
As soon as the power cuts out this Emergency Light will automatically power on its 24 powerful LEDs (600 Candlepower) and stay on continuously as long as 8-Hours.
Plugs into any standard outlet,
Unit have a Three-mode switch: All LEDs On, Half LEDs On, Power Off,
Charging Time: 8-12 hours
Weight: 185g,
Input Voltage: 120V AC
- Turns On Immediately During Power Failure
- Convenient plug-in design without an additional adapter
- Slim Profile Uses 24 LEDs and Built-In Powerful Li-ion 3.6V Battery
- Up to 8-Hours of Continuous Use
- Two Year Limited Warranty
Installed one of these for the Front room. Positioned to light the frontroom & dowm the Hallway Paid about $25 at Harbor Freight.
Make sure your emergency exits are well-lit during a power outage. This hallway emergency light is the perfect way for your business, shop or home to be ready for the next power outage. Hang this emergency light on a wall, and adjust the two lamps for optimum area coverage. Then just plug it in to keep it recharged and ready. When it senses that power has been cut, it automatically turns on one or two lights (your choice).
- 6-volt battery provides illumination for up to 4 hours
- 1 lamp illuminates for 4 hours, 2 lamps light for 2 hours
- Recharges automatically when power returns
- Dual 3.6-watt lamps are adjustable to light hallways and dark corners
- LED recharge indicator, front-mounted test button
One for Ethanol
One for Propane, Natural gas or Gasoline 
Contected to house by
Gasoline is not a fuel that professionals ever choose to use on backup generators. Hospitals and other large facilities "never" install a gasoline back-up generator. They always use natural gas or diesel. Gasoline has a very limited shelf life and will actually cause engine failure. Worst of all when power outages occur due to ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and all other disasters, the first commodity to be hoarded is gasoline.
Want to know more about my Tri Fuel Generator set up?
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Distilling Water
I have a two 55 gallon barrels of water plus 5 cases of bottled water but as you probably know human being can survive an average of three days without the intake of water. A typical person will lose 2-3 liters of water per day under ordinary conditions, and more in hot, dry, or cold weather. So after water in the storage is gone you will need to use some special water treatments to survive. Remember: after any disaster water becomes the most important factor of your survival. .
Safety Tip
Treat all water of uncertain quality before using it for drinking, food washing or preparation, washing dishes, brushing teeth, or making ice. In addition to having a bad odor and taste, contaminated water can contain microorganisms (germs) that cause diseases such as dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis.
After All Water in Your storage is Gone
These instructions are for treating water of uncertain quality in an emergency situation, when no other reliable clean water source is available, or you have used all of your stored water.
How To Treat Water
There are many ways to treat water. None is perfect. Often the best solution is a combination of methods.
Before treating, let any suspended particles settle to the bottom or strain them through coffee filters or layers of clean cloth.
Make sure you have the necessary materials in your disaster supplies kit for the chosen water treatment method.
There are three water treatment methods:
• Boiling
• Chlorination
• Distillation
Boiling
Boiling is the safest method of treating water. In a large pot or kettle, bring water to a rolling boil for 1 full minute, keeping in mind that some water will evaporate. Let the water cool before drinking. Boiled water will taste better if you put oxygen back into it by pouring the water back and forth between two clean containers. This also will improve the taste of stored water.
Chlorination
You can use household liquid bleach to kill microorganisms. Use only regular household liquid bleach that contains 5.25 to 6.0 percent sodium hypochlorite. Do not use scented bleaches, color safe bleaches, or bleaches with added cleaners. Because the potency of bleach diminishes with time, use bleach from a newly opened or unopened bottle.
Add 16 drops (1/8 teaspoon) of bleach per gallon of water, stir, and let stand for 30 minutes. The water should have a slight bleach odor. If it doesn’t, then repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes. If it still does not smell of chlorine, discard it and find another source of water. Other chemicals, such as iodine or water treatment products sold in camping or surplus stores that do not contain 5.25 to 6.0 percent sodium hypochlorite as the only active ingredient, are not recommended and should not be used.
Distillation
While the two methods described above will kill most microbes in water, distillation will remove microbes (germs) that resist these methods, as well as heavy metals, salts, and most other chemicals.
Distillation involves boiling water and then collecting only the vapor that condenses. The condensed vapor will not include salt or most other impurities. To distill, fill a pot halfway with water. Tie a cup to the handle on the pot’s lid so that the cup will hang right-side-up when the lid is upside-down (make sure the cup is not dangling into the water) and boil the water for 20 minutes. The water that drips from the lid into the cup is distilled.
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