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Reflect back across the last 25 years and about disasters that caused disruption of the delicate food supply chain that delivers consumables to the grocery stores. What if you were in the Gulf Coast vicinity when Hurricane Katrina made landfall? What about within a couple of hundred miles of Mount Saint Helens and the ash fall region? Then ask yourself if you are a region that could be struck a natural disaster like an earthquake, hurricane, flooding or anything else that can disrupt the food provisioning system.
Do you have loved ones in your family that depend on you to provide for them? How would you feel if you can not take care of your family and children? Think about what it would be like day after day looking at your hungry and thirsty children and not being able to do anything about it. The time to prevent something like that from taking place is right now.
Here are three items to help you to get started on building a plan.
Make sure you have a safe location that everyone knows to go to. For most people this will be their house, but it also could be a house up in the woods, or a relative’s house. It is a good idea to have a place that is easy to get to and won’t have hordes of people that will try to take your supplies.
Have a source of water, a way to keep it, and a way to get potable water. A great way to do this is to have a well dug on your property. Another is to identify a river or brook close by and ensure you have water filtration equipment available.
Have a reserve of food available. You can begin by picking up some cases of canned soup and beans locally, but to do this properly you should plan out the amount of calories that you will need based on the number of people that are dependent on you and how long you think food will be unavailable. Moreover, make sure that food does not spoil by rotating it regularly or buying food prepared for long-term storage.
The time to prepare for a disaster so you can plan for the survival of your family is before the disaster takes place. Make a plan and take action now.
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