Assembling a 72-Hour Kit – Miscellaneous Necessities
When assembling your 72-hour kits, you will have to decide who can carry the tools and other necessities that a family may only need one of. Let’s list some key items. Tools, Etc. Battery or Solar Powered Radio – Some of the solar and hand crank radios currently on the market are excellent. A radio [...]
Assembling a 72-Hour Kit – Keeping Warm & Dry
How is your 72-hour kit coming along? Previously we have discussed the container, what kind of food works best, and ways to carry and purify water. Next we need to know how to keep warm and dry. A crisis has no respect for the time of year or weather conditions. Sleeping Bags There are many [...]
Assembling a 72-Hour Kit – Life Sustaining Water
There are many types of water containers that will fit nicely into a 72-hour kit. The key is the amount: plan to carry at least two quarts per person plus a way to purify more when needed. Water Containers Military Canteens – Buy a pair of one-quart military canteens with covers. An accessory to this [...]
Assembling a 72-Hour Kit – Food Choices
Your food needs will be determined per kit by the age and size of each family member and their special needs. It’s never a bad thing to have extra food. If the time comes when you actually have to use this 72-hour kit, you can bet it will be a time of stress. This is [...]
Assembling a 72-Hour Kit – Step-by-Step
Wherever you find emergency preparedness information, there are warnings and advice about preparing a 72-hour kit for each person in your family. Most lists are woefully incomplete, lacking enough detail to help you to create a really useful kit. This will be a multi-part detailed series that will inform you of all the choices for [...]
Top 10 72-Hour Kit Mistakes – Part 2
Here’s the second installment of the top 10 problems with 72 hour kits and how you can fix them: If you missed Part 1, then here are the first five from last week. 6. Bad Equipment. Any equipment you have in your 72-hour pack should be checked periodically to make sure it is in working [...]
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