| Remember years back when the people who stashed | | | | It's not as hard as it seems. You can take things step |
| food and weapons were considered weird and sort of | | | | by step and become better prepared. You don't have |
| laughed at a little. Well, the world has changed and | | | | to go out and buy hundreds of dollars of freeze dried |
| they are the ones that are laughing now. Everyone | | | | foods or MRE's. |
| needs to be better prepared. If hurricane Katrina and | | | | Step by step you can make sure that you are better |
| other disasters taught us anything it's that, at least in | | | | prepared and ready to take care of yourself and your |
| the beginning, we can't rely on the government to be | | | | family in case of a disaster whether it is a natural one |
| there immediately to help us after or during a disaster. | | | | or man-made. |
| Natural disasters can make roads impassable and cut | | | | Start Today |
| the supply chain that us urban dwellers rely on to bring | | | | But what you do need to do is start today. Sit down |
| us our food and water. Terrorists would happily kill as | | | | and research material to help you create a plan for |
| many as possible to strike at us and throw our lives | | | | how you will become better prepared. An emergency |
| and economy into disarray. | | | | plan is the first step. You need to think about things like |
| What Can You Do? | | | | how you and your family will get back together in case |
| If you haven't already, you need to get prepared and | | | | of an emergency. You should decide how much food |
| learn how you can survive a disaster. You need to | | | | and water you should have stored and where you will |
| create an emergency food and water supply in case | | | | store it. |
| there is a disaster where you need to hunker down | | | | Become familiar with evacuation routes to get you out |
| and wait out the initial impact. | | | | of the city and decide where you will head. But most |
| You need to have emergency packs in each of your | | | | of all, just start to think about what you can do to be |
| vehicles in case you need to evacuate an area. | | | | more prepared. |
| How Can You Be Prepared | | | | |