We are back from taking a break in August. This past month we have spent time with our family. What a blessing! We hiked, swam, bowled, cooked together, eat together, prayed and read scriptures together, served together, talked, encouraged and uplifted one another. Family is the most precious thing we have here on this earth. Would we not want to do all we can to protect and provide for them both temporally and spiritually?
This emergency preparedness blog is all about that, providing and protecting our precious family both temporally and spiritually.
As I have watched once again this past month of how quickly our lives can change due to natural disasters like wildfires, flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and some man made disasters, I see how important it is to be prepared for what ever might come our way. We can do that my having our 72 Hour Individual Emergency Preparedness Bags, water and food storage, emergency supplies, emergency medical supplies and evacuation and shelter-in-place plans in effect.
Yes, it all sounds so overwhelming! But you can do it if you make a plan and set some goals. This blog and monthly assignments will help you do just that, provide for your precious family both temporally and spiritually. Why not give it a try? It cannot hurt. And if anything, it will bring peace of mind knowing you are prepared. We all say I have lots of time! I will do it someday! Someday will be too late! Things can happen in just seconds! We see on the news all the time. Show your family how much you love them by being better prepared.
Spiritual Preparation . . .
"And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojour in the wilderness." (1 Nephi 17:3)
"For
behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and
receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should
do." (2 Nephi 32:5)
What a great promise from our Heavenly Father! If we keep the commandments of God he will provide the things we need and the Holy Ghost will guide us to do all things we should do. If we strive to follow the commandments and the admonishment of our church prophet, apostles and leaders of being prepared with food and water storage and other emergency supplies, Heavenly Father will provide a way for us to accomplish it. All we need to do is try our best to provide for ourselves and our family, to be self-reliant.We need to do our part and Heavenly Father will help us!
September--
National Emergency Preparedness Month
A good time to start!
Here are some great links to help you prepare:
http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Pages/California-Day-of-Preparedness.aspx
thearkcarsonward.blogspot.com
thearkcarsonward.blogspot.com
September Monthly Assignments
3-Month Food Storage
Now are you doing on your 3-Month Food Storage?
Since January of this year we have been working towards a 3-Month Food Storage supply. Each families is be unique in that not one family eats the same things. You will tailor your food storage according to what your family will eat. Do not purchase items just because they are sale, your family will not eat foods they do not like, and you have just wasted valuable money that could be put towards foods they will eat.
A 3-Month Food Storage supply consists of commercially canned and packaged food and home canning foods. You can also include frozen foods.
- January we worked on keeping track of what your family eats in a month. Go back to January 2018 posting to see the details and a printable chart to keep track. Now that you have figured out what your family eats in a month you can set up an inventory notebook.
- February I showed you how to set up your Food Storage and Emergency Supply Inventory Notebook. Go back to the February 2018 positing to see how to do this.
- March through August we continued to add commercially canned and packaged foods, frozen foods, and home canned foods to your 3-Month Food Storage. Watch sales, allowing to purchase more. Keep track in your inventory notebook. Rotate as needed.
This month, September, continue to add to your 3-Month Food Storage. If you have completed your 3-Month Food Storage Supply start adding Long Term Food Storage items, dehydrated and freeze-dried foods in #10 cans or buckets.
Emergency Preparedness--Evacuation Plan
Do you have an emergency evacuation plan in place for you and your
family?
Weather you are at home, at work, at school, out shopping or on vacation, does your family have an emergency evacuation plan? Do they know what to do and where to go if you are separated or
during work and school hours? You never know when you might only have seconds to evacuation where you are. Have several evacuation plans for
different types of disasters and evacuations, routes in place. Practice
them often with your family, especially if you have children in your home.
This month sit down and set up emergency evacuation plans for a fire in your home, an earthquake, wildfire, tsunami, hurricane, tornado, flooding, what ever it might be for your area, Keep a street map in your cars in case you need to take a different route than planned. Always keep at least half a tank of gas in all cars at all times. Review and practice your family plans often. It will save a life!
Click here to read about other types of plans you should have in place. Scroll down until you see Emergency Preparedness . . Family Plans.
Emergency Preparedness Ideas
On the right of this blog you will see "Blog Archive". You can click on any of them and find many great emergency preparedness ideas I have posted over the past 9 years.
