Sweet post. Thanks for sharing.
for your ping list. I hope it provides food for thought and some practical ideas.
Good info. I don’t worry about my in-laws too much. My brothers in-law are rugged and resourceful and can get the folks out if needed.
I worry about my boys, daughter and grand-daughter though. It’s about an eight mile hike to their house. No matter what happens they know Dad will get to them one way or the other as soon as I can.
Self Reliant/Survivalist ping list
Our “grandma person” is nearby but is too stubborn for most of that but last time went out with us when we had to evacuate. It’s a start.
Excellent article. I have an 80 year old mother-in-law that is going to be pleased that I read it.
My Mom’s house is bombproof pretty much and I have a guardian home emergency genset fixed on a pad in back that feeds off her commercial natural gas lines. Automatic start if her power goes out. Only time it will not function is if ice storm or tornadic winds have ripped up trees in her neighborhood that also damaged buried gas lines when then were uprooted per se.....she may have a doosie of a gas bill but she will have power in the heat of the day should such a chicago event be upon her.
I have 2 window type AC units in her home as well as her central air conditioning and really good insulation etc ......
We also installed a 5000w power invertor in her SUV and I showed her how to plug in her window AC unit with an extension cord and use her cars remote start to cool down the home when it got hot and turn it off with the remote when it cools down.
A small wood stove will counter her loss of comfortable temps in the winter. She was a child during the depression and is well aware of what can happen and is ready for it......her pantry and “resupply” is impressive and she gets a 90 day supply of meds. My sister is in same town with her and I am 60 miles away yet her brother and neices live within a block or so .
Deal is to know yer elderly neighbors , family , friends or not and check on em when your power is lost in your neighborhood.
Good read Cookie !
Stay Safe Ya’ll !
Good ideas in general, but from the experience of losing a parent and an in-law in less than 10 months and in the context of planning for an emergency situation, I disagree with “Particularly valuable items should be kept in a safety deposit box.” :(
Depending on the situation, it could be difficult, if not impossible to retrieve the items.
Don’t forget to put all the information in a big empty medicine container, in the refrigerator.
If there is a need for emergency people to know something and you are not there, they will look in the refrigerator for a “Vial of Life”.
You can order them online at the link below. It is absolutely and totally free with no gimmicks or gotchas.
They will send the Vial of Life with decals you can place on the refrigerator and on your front door. You can even make your own.
Go here for more information:
http://www.vialoflife.com/vial_contents.html
See here for the form with instructions (this is a 4.6meg for those on dial up): http://www.vialoflife.com/vial/images/vial_of_life_form.pdf
Here is their home page:
http://www.vialoflife.com/index.html