pandemic variants quarantine covid coronavirus will we have to stay home again new lockdowns hi
it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper if you've been paying attention to the news
we're having new quarantines from the covid coronavirus pandemic variant how long until
cases are rising in your communities or are they already doing that we could be in for
another round of pandemic shutdowns lockdowns stay-at-home orders and quarantines in all of
our communities that means we might need to have a bug in type situation if you remember back early
in 2020 when we all first had to stay home some of us had some real problems some real hardships
because we weren't prepared for anything like that to ever happen but now that we know that
it could happen and we've had a chance resupply prepper pantry emergency supplies stockpile get
back out there go to the store stock up on a food things maybe we can rethink how we can deal with
if this is something that's going to happen to us again don't let the rhetoric frighten you
that you're not prepared or that you won't be able to handle it because you can make sure you
have an ample supply of food on hand and that you have a stockpile of fresh drinking water
make sure you also have some type of water filter so that you can purify any extra water that you
would need to should water become contaminated or finding fresh drinking water become a problem
make your home as safe and comfortable as possible do you have dead bolts do you have
ways to lock and latch your windows have you done the things you can to harden your home
make your home comfortable declutter things you don't need I like to get two shopping bags i
put trash in one and I put things to donate in another spend just a few minutes every day put
things in the trash put things in the donate and put the other things that you want to keep away
find places for your things to live then I take the bag to be donated and I immediately put it in
the trunk of the car those things are out of the house they're gone then whenever I run an errand I
stop by a thrift store and take out the bags and donate them you can do the same thing in every
room in your house and if you do a little at a time pretty soon your home has more of a calm
feeling a calm sensation because you've created a comfortable space keep in contact with your
like-minded neighbors and your family members you care about when we have to stay home for so long
sometimes we lose complete track of our friends and family when we don't see people for months
at a time we get dropped off the radar of are you okay how have you been doing and it's nice
to make those warm connections so that you know that the world still is a great place and there
are still some wonderful people out there so try to keep track of your friends and family even if
you can't see them in person bugging in means you have limitless supplies of all of the items that
you've stockpiled and you can be comfortable in your home you have the things you need
rather than if you had to leave your home when you couldn't take very many things with you
your home also allows you communications you have radios televisions internet and the phone you can
keep track of your friends and family you can also keep track of the news you can go on the internet
find out what's going in the world and order extra supplies that you need other emergencies can also
occur once we're staying home simply because we still have things like winter storms power outages
the water might stop running just know that those things are going to happen whether we're in a
pandemic or not and so prepare for those types of things to practically dog pile on you which is how
it feels sometimes so make sure that you have an ample supply of water and that you have water also
put under the sink in the kitchen in the bathroom water isn't going to be just for drinking you need
some extra water for washing for cooking hygiene needs I'll put a link to a video I made about how
to wash dishes with little or no water and you also need to think about hygiene what would you
do if the water stopped running do you have baby wipes do you have ways to clean yourself and yes
you probably need to think about having some kind of a portable toilet you can get something
as simple as a Luggable Loo five gallon bucket with a snap-on toilet seat or even put a pool
noodle on it to make it have some kind of comfort I'll put a link to a video I made about how to use
the portable toilet if all of a sudden your water stops running your toilet won't flush that's not
the time to figure out what am I going to do now power can go out you need to have a way to
figure out how you can stay warm in your home kids you'll need to supply some light whether it's from
candles oil lamps lanterns flashlights there are many different ways you don't have to have an open
flame we don't want to risk starting a fire in our home when we're already in an emergency situation
so if you're going to use candles or oil lamps make sure you're extra careful that they're not
in a place where children or pets can knock them over and then never leave them unattended don't
leave candles burning and go spend time in another room in your house put them out make sure you have
fire extinguishers smoke alarms carbon monoxide detectors with working batteries fall and spring
are always the correct time to check those that the batteries are fresh and that you are safe
make a plan with your family that if you do need to shelter in place again we do need to bug in and
stay home that you're going to do the best you can to work together to be as comfortable as possible
make a priority to share fun times with your family during days that you have to stay home
play a game bake some cookies read a book together plan for your hopes and dreams what would you like
to do where would you love to go if you could do anything you wanted in the future was bright and
cheerful especially if you have children we need to make sure that they understand that
this is temporary it might seem like it's been their whole life they don't remember happy times
so we want to make sure that we give them the joy that children deserve and the hope for the future
because guess what when children are joyful it rubs off on adults and we can all look forward
to a brighter future if you liked my video I hope you'll share it with someone else you think might
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