More Ready Today!

Two More Ready Today emergency preparedness workshops are planned for Anchorage:

 – Wednesday, October 24, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 – Saturday, October 27, 10:00 a.m. – noon

Location and other details to be posted soon.  Click “Follow me” to get more info as soon as it’s available. 

Pick the workshop that fits your schedule best.  You don’t want to miss this informative, interactive, and interesting workshop.  After just 2 hours, you’ll have already taken steps that will help your family to be more confortable and confident in handling “the next big one” of just about any description.  And with your family-specific action plan, as well as your new-found knowledge and inspiration, you’ll have a new attitude toward preparedness, making it more a way of life than a task.

Many people have emergency supplies in their homes, cars, schools, and offices.  Excellent!  How many of you have a bedside emergency supply kit?  A what?!  Yes, a small bedside packet of stuff could be very helpful in an emergency that happens while you’re sleeping.

Such kits can be simple, likely with just a few items.  Several recommended items to have very handy:

• Flashlight – a must (see my post How Many Flashlights do You Have?)
• Extra set of vehicle and house keys
• Some sort of signal device such as a whistle or bell
• Cell phone
• Shoes or at least hard soled slippers

What esle might you need, given your family’s unique circumstances?  What might be tremendously useful to have at your fingertips in an emergency in the dark in the middle of the night?  Mine includes leashes.