When the SHTF ~ A Rant

This is about as harsh as I am going to get.. Let other preppers set the doom and gloom tone.

Thinking about all the ways that the SHTF events can impact our lives and what some of us are doing about it makes me think. What about dear friends and family members who are too busy, too caught up, and perhaps not serious about where their lives may be if a situation should occur in their lives that they could have prepared for. Come knocking on my door when it's too late and I am going to want to tell 'em I told ya so, but I won't because I am really not that mean, or can I be???

Fires, storms, riots, unemployment, floods, medical problems, and loss of homes are the SHTF events of today. Preparing for any or all of these crisis can help you to better understand what it takes to prep for a larger event. Starting small and moving onto major survival levels pushes you and your family into a better readiness state and closer to being a family that is ready to survive  and not a family ready to starve, die, or be victimized. 

The emergency teams that are associated with natural disasters do not have time to hold your hand because you neglected to address these issues before these events happened. They need to to find victims who need medical care, locate and prepare the dead, tend to hazards, and organize rescue operations, and deliver emergency first aid to those who need it.

Facing the destruction of all you held dear being gone isn't the time to say I could have done more. It's the time to roll a preparedness plan into action and sustain your family until circumstances turn around and you can be guided back to a reasonable living situation. With the essentials of food, water, shelter, and emergency energy covered you can be ok no matter what you have lost. Your life, your health, and your family with you is more important than the pile of stuff that is no longer there.

Where does one begin?

Gather your emergency 72 hour kit together, now. Arrange a set of emergency supplies that can be stored in the trunk of your car. Sit down with your family and review what measures you need to take for your particular needs. Set aside a stock of food storage. Collect drinking water and energy sources such as batteries, charcoal, sterno, and similar items. Make bed rolls to go with each emergency kit as well as a change of clothes.

Ask anyone in a hurricane zone what's the first things to disappear in the markets? They will all tell you: Bread, Water, Batteries.

Having these life sustaining items in store long before a disaster is on your front step is wonderful insurance for your family.

Preparing to support your family in times of trouble is as important as planning to pay your bills every months and planning to go to work to tend to their needs. Why leave preparedness out of your planning? You plan a family vacation, do you not? Plan a survival team family meeting and implement a contingency plan in your lives.

The more you talk over the needs of emergency preparedness and gather against the SHTF crisis the better off you are going to be, no matter what happens!

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Highway Accident - How many had an Emergency kit?

Chemical spill creates havoc on I-15 

Is there an emergency kit in your car? Being prepared for emergencies in any situation makes sense with so much going on these days. Fires in the news and things like this highway accident should be warning signs to get on with readiness.

Why be stranded somewhere when proper planning with preventative measures means you don't have to be?

I wonder exactly who had emergency kits with them when a chemical spill stopped up the highway for hours. Trouble on highways and traffic tie ups can take you well past your next meal break and into schedule disruption. What if this event kept people trapped out there for days? Now, that's a scary thought. 

Accident Closes Highway... From: LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL 

BY LAWRENCE MOWER AND BRIAN HAYNES

A chemical spill shut down three of the four lanes on Interstate 15 near Primm for hours Friday morning, causing traffic to back up for miles in both directions.

If you have a survival kit ready to go for in your vehicle, scrambling for food, water, and some kind of shelter is not necessary. It is already taken care of. Supply a bag for your car with items that can take the heat of being stored in the trunk. Food items, water in GLASS bottles, a blanket, a change of clothes, and a first aid kit can take you a long way in these disasters.

Start collecting those small drink bottles and refill them with sanitized drinking water. Make sure to clean the bottles and sterilize them before adding the water. Wash well in hot, soapy water and dunk for 10 minutes in boiling water to kill bacteria. Let cool and dry. Add mixture of water that is three drops of bleach to one gallon of water. The bleach will keep bacteria and algae from forming. Change out the bottles every 3-4 months or so. In summer and deep winter, skip the glass bottles and remember to bring a few bottles of water with you or a gallon of drinking water. If you get into the habit of carrying a few supplies with you, an emergency breakdown in scheduling will not affect you too terribly. P.S. Don't forget to bring a good book with you!

ER Bar

Carry items in a bag with you for nutritious snacking. Packages of nuts, cheese crackers, jerky, and granola bars take up very little space and can aid in times when we can't get to our next meal immediately. Gum and hard candy can help with a sugar burst or two. Hard candy also helps with thirst as it counteracts a dry mouth. Even a small amount of nutrition is better than sitting someplace with an empty stomach. Good too are the emergency cookie bars. I call them cookie bars because that is what they taste like.) They provide sustenance and will give the body enough energy to get to the next step in a crisis mode.

Lastly, carry emergency equipment. A small shovel, basic tool kit, roadside emergency kit, and maybe a portable grill for heating water or cooking. The better the planning and emergency kit, the easier the crisis is handled. Don't be one of the people out there wishing they had supplies. Be the one who planned well.

If you have any suggestions on items for a car emergency kit, please, add them in the comment section below. Thank you for visiting!

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