| As soon as any sort of emergency situation is | | | | Another beneficial idea would be to keep several |
| over the people involved usually vow that they | | | | camping lanterns nearby. I keep a wind up - LED |
| will be well prepared should the same thing happen | | | | lantern hidden in my living room. It is actually |
| to them in the future. The problem is that when | | | | bright enough that if I had to I could do a bit of |
| disaster strikes again they are generally no better | | | | reading with it. If you use regular lanterns don't |
| prepared the second time then they were the | | | | forget that you must stock up on the necessary |
| first. | | | | batteries that it may use. |
| In all reality few homes have the necessary | | | | There are on the market today several |
| emergency supplies that would be required. As an | | | | emergency radios which do not use batteries - I |
| example, something as simple as candles. If you | | | | have one such radio in my home. All you merely |
| were hit by a major power outage would you | | | | have to do is wind it up for a few minutes and it |
| have candles readily available or would you find | | | | is good to go. These types of radios usually are |
| that you are stumbling around in the dark | | | | of the AM-FM variety while a few may have a |
| desperately searching for candles or flashlight | | | | shortwave band included. |
| batteries? | | | | During any emergency it is important that you |
| Usually people who are unprepared use the | | | | keep plenty of bottled water readily available for |
| excuse that they do not have the necessary | | | | drinking, washing and for brushing your teeth I |
| funds to create an emergency kit however, it | | | | would like to make an important note here |
| does not take a considerable amount of money | | | | concerning containers of water. The 16 to 20 |
| nor does it involve considerable efforts towards | | | | ounce plastic bottles are generally better then the |
| putting together a sufficient emergency survival | | | | gallon bottles of water as the gallon containers |
| package. | | | | tend to deteriorate much faster then the smaller |
| The first necessity that you will need during a | | | | bottles. They are much easier to transport also. I |
| potential blackout will be light. It is generally good | | | | keep a case of the 16 oz in my car for |
| logic to maintain a small stash of closely flashlights | | | | emergencies. |
| and batteries. I myself try to maintain one | | | | Another product that I would recommend for |
| flashlight in each room. The batteries are generally | | | | emergencies is a small portable stove of some |
| situated in one central location. You can now | | | | sort in which you could make food to eat. Oh by |
| purchase the LED flashlights which use very little | | | | the way since most of us have the electric can |
| battery power and provide a decent light level | | | | openers do not forget to obtain one of the |
| that is useable in any sort of emergency. | | | | manual can openers for emergencies. |