1. Add cleaning supplies to your preparedness stash and your Grab and Go Kit. Add a bucket, a small bottle of bleach and rags to your kit. Be sure this is separate from the bucket and rags you have in your home. If you need to evacuate for a fire, hurricane, tornado, flood, or earthquake you may come home to a home that is no longer intact. You will need cleaning supplies. Be sure you have a good push broom and a good mop. It is not feasible to take these in a GGK but not all emergencies will destroy your home. No preparedness plan can account for every situation but through good planning we can be ready to handle anything that comes our way.
#2. Get online and print off a copy of your credit reports. Be sure to check all three credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. If you find anything that is incorrect change it now. A good credit rating can save you thousands of dollars when you want to purchase or refinance a home or even a car. Don’t be caught off guard. Fix any mistakes now!
#3. Add clothes pins to your Grab and Go Kit (GGK). Last week we added rope. With the addition of clothes pins we are now ready to dry clothing, photos, important papers, and even build a shelter. We will talk more about all their uses in coming weeks.
#4. Add an ax to you GGK.
#5. Gather, count and clean all sleeping bags. If you don’t have one per family member this may make a good gift.
#6. Add 1 bottle of juice per family member to your food storage. Remember only 100% juice counts as a fruit so make it 100% juice.
#7. Copy your tax returns for at least the last 2 years and add them to your adult 72 hour kits and add to the envelope to mail to your contact person.. If you don’t want to share this info with your out of state contact place them in a sealed envelope before mailing them off.
