Emergency Kit

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

Im not sure if this has been discussed before, i searched but couldn't find it here.

So today is California's Great Shakeout. Which is just a giant earthquake drill. The schools all do it, i know a lot of business get involved as well. Its got me thinking about our emergency kit and what all were going to do if theres an earthquake.

we always joke that we just need to get to FILs bc he had a doomsday prepping phase where he went and bought enough supplies to last our family of 10 for a month. But really, he's ready if anything WAS to happen. Us, not so much.

I have a duffel bag filled with clothes and necessities for LO. Diapers, wipes, medicine for all of us, and an unopened container for LO. I guess i should update that and add in some baby food pouches as well. We also have a few jugs of water, but i feel we need more. How many should you have? is a jug per person enough? We also have a portable radio and extra batteries. And we also have a backpack that is a 3 day survival kit for one person (a christmas present from FIL last year) so that has like dehydrated food and stuff. But we DONT have a plan incase of an emergency. I really need to make one i suppose, since I have LO and grandpa, both aren't very mobile and ill need to know what I'm going to in the event of a situation.

so what are your guys' plans??

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

@armfruit the only reason i have a kit is bc fil kept asking us about ours and we finally just put one together to get him to stop asking about it. I'm one of those "it'll never happen to us" people

shellbell3845 · October 2014

Team Not Prepped...

...beyond having a case of bottled water and a well-stocked pantry and 6 boxes of size 3 diapers.

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

@shellbell3845 I'm jealous of your boxes of diapers!! since going through all the ones i got from the shower, i only have a case at a time. i should buy more and not worry about it

shellbell3845 · October 2014

narcissticbeaut said:
@shellbell3845 I'm jealous of your boxes of diapers!! since going through all the ones i got from the shower, i only have a case at a time. i should buy more and not worry about it

I bought them with good coupons/sales/target gc offers. Then with the accumulated target gc's, we got our car seat for free.

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

shellbell3845 said:

@shellbell3845 I'm jealous of your boxes of diapers!! since going through all the ones i got from the shower, i only have a case at a time. i should buy more and not worry about it
I bought them with good coupons/sales/target gc offers. Then with the accumulated target gc's, we got our car seat for free.

i need to do my coupling at target, i always forget about their gc deals

sdlaura · October 2014

We are also in SoCal and I think about this regularly - how we are not prepped and really should be. I figure the chances of needing the kit are low (we had fires nearby not long ago and our friends who were evacuated still had time to grab important things from home), but it would still be nice to have. Thanks for the reminder!

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

@sdlaura omg you were by all those fires!? i had a few friends that were evacuated too. it was some scary stuff

JackieP1023 · October 2014

We don't have a kit at all, and we should. Not for earthquakes, but tornadoes. We do keep the diaper bag fully stocked (for a day) at all times, though, so we at least have that. I don't usually think about needing to be prepared unless severe weather is in the forecast

karich · October 2014

I'm not prepped, but my parents are.
They own a 57 acre "farm" in NH. You could live there totally off "the grid" if you had to. Think animals, a huge stocked pantry, a generator, and a wood-burning stove.

I always thought my dad was borderline crazy for investing in all of this.....but with the recent happenings, he doesn't seem so crazy.

narcissticbeaut · October 2014

@ciaomama oh i need to go look at that website. thanks for the headsup

TessyMessy · October 2014

I keep a few cases of water, canned food, radio, batteries, blankets and matches/lighters in the garage. We have a huge pile of firewood, a generator and a solar powered cell phone charger. We would be OK at home for a few days without power and/or heat but if we had to escape in a hurry we would be screwed.

iwubrory · October 2014

I haven't read the responses yet but just wanted to say my school isn't doing a drill today. My kids are tough, they can take building materials falling on their heads..

sdlaura · October 2014

narcissticbeaut said:
@sdlaura omg you were by all those fires!? i had a few friends that were evacuated too. it was some scary stuff

Yeah they were a few miles away. We weren't in the evacuation zone though. The firefighters did an amazing job saving homes.

inluv4life2 · October 2014

We have a kit we bought from amazon and then added items to it. I need to update with additional items for LO though we have a some formula in there.

My husband is obsessed with safety. A few years ago we had a huge power outage and I was stuck about an hour from home at a big convention. When I finally got home, DH was on the couch eating chef boyardee from a can and wearing a space blanket! It was hilarious!!! I reminded him that we had a premade meal in the fridge and our stove is gas and would've worked fine. He just was dying to bust out the emergency gear!

MamaAllison · October 2014

Yea, I rarely even have diapers in my diaper bag. I guess I like living on the edge. I'll consider it an act of selflessness - the Zombies can eat my family first and it will give all you guys a better shot

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