So as a fun way to think about catch-all emergency-readiness, in our house we do some basic things “in case of zombie apocalypse.” This is obviously silly. A zombie apocalypse is not going to happen. But apocalypses happen. And there are emergencies to be prepared for.
The most reasonable kind of emergency to prepare for involves evacuations. Evacuations happen fairly often, as apocalypses go. You will be subject to evacuation most often if you live in an area subject to hurricanes. But you might have to evacuate an area due to almost any large-scale natural disaster. You may be evacuated for a hurricane, for an earthquake, for flooding, and even for when the aliens from Independence Day come down and destroy all our most treasured monuments.
So in my house we’ve created Bug Out Bags. Many people have these and you can find a number of great websites devoted to what you should put in your bugout bag. But creating a bugout bag can be a fun thing to do. Look through some of the lists on line, think about what you would need in a situation where you need to live away from home on short notice for a while, be frugal, and if you don’t have family nearby, maybe live in a camping or survival style mode for a while. If all else fails, you’ll simply have prepared a backpack for some rugged super minimalist camping.
Good luck with your prepping. In future posts I’ll talk about some of the trials and tribulations of coming up with our bugout bag. And maybe I’ll talk about our survival pack, which is like a mini, entry level bugout bag that is more portable.
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Peace be with you.
-JS
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