Anyways, I recently got caught up in a Conspiracy thing that got my blood pressure up and while I was at it, it sparked my urge to have my family ready for anything that could come our way.
So, tied in to my wanting to get Family Home Evening (FHE) back on schedule, I plan on doing something fun for the next one that we do.
72 HOUR KITS!
Okay, so here is what I'm doing.
there are 4 people in my family and one car. I know that the car isn't a person, but having one in the car is always smart. That means I'm putting together 5 kits.
Each one will consist of the following:
- A 5 gallon bucket (Possibly 3 gallon, who knows)
- Water for three days.
- Non-perishable staple food for three days. This will proably consist of 9 dried meals. Not quite sure how I'm gonna pull that one off, but I will!
- Snacks for said time period.
- A simple first aid kit.
- A flashlight.
- A change of clothes.
Anyways, there will be a kit for each person and a big kit for the family. This will have things like this:
- Consecrated oil.
- Matches.
- Tinder for a fire.
- Utensils.
- Toilet Paper (Everyone ALWAYS forgets that one, but not me, cause I'm smart).
- Spare batteries.
- Oil for the hurricane lamps.
- Oh, and a Hurricane lamp!
- And probably some other odds and ends.
Anyways, this is my plan. Also, I'm working on my food storage. It's a bit of a pain in the butt, however, the prophet said to do it, and last time I checked, he was smarter than I am.
So, I'm doing it!
Anyways, I'll report on how that one turns out later.
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We have done several of these over the years. Ranging from a simple duffel bag with odds and ends in it all the way up to A full blown "grab these 3 plastic totes and hitch up the camper" type setup that would have sustained us for weeks.
As far as food goes one MRE can keep one person going for about a day. Oddly they come in cases of 12 and a quick search just turned up cases selling for $78 each.
$6.50 a meal is not bad really.
If I let myself I could totaly go on about this for hours, so I'll just shut up now.
So Garen, how did it turn out? Are you all prepared now? I'd like to know because while we have a years supply of food, we do not have a 72 hour kit, ironic isn't it?
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