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good morning everyone this is Tony from her Homestead skills I hope everyone is having a
lovely weekend I was planning to go to my garden this morning but with a 70 chance of rain and
everything already saturated and soaked I felt that it was time to just leave it be and let it
dry out a bit we are expecting dry weather for the next four or five days so that should help and I
should be able to get a lot done during that time so with that in mind um I thought I've gone back
to prepping and with valid reason I have heard in the news about Alberta experiencing another
bout of wildfires this isn't the first time a few years ago they had some pretty nasty things
going on there they've also had to deal with flooding in the past and where I am situated
I think the worst that we've had weather-wise was a bit of flooding a few years ago and it
was a bit of flooding for me although there were people that had suffered severe damage
to their homes and not that far away from me either but in my case it was minor I thought
it was a little bit funny when I went out to my fish pond and saw that the water level had
risen above the fish pond and and surmised that now the fish could swim away if they wanted to
I I thought it was funny for a little while but it I realized that no this wasn't actually not a
good situation the water did recede fairly quickly in my case but I understand that there were other
folks who suffered serious damage to their homes so and and I think there was a good
year of filming you could drive around and you could see all the damage and it was pretty bad
uh so things were put in place after that to try and ensure that that didn't occur again but
anyway as I said we did not suffer any serious damage so
most of my prepping has always been with the idea of Sheltering in place
when the big sea hit a few years back when 2019 came around and there was that issue
we had friends who suggested that we could stay with them because they were well out of town and
had a large home and lots of room and no people around and
but we decided no that we were quite prepared to shelter in place and we stayed where we
were now what is Sheltering in place was not an option I had kind of thought about that a
little bit but not too much but I think Perhaps it is something to consider um
and what that would entail is putting together some sort of
emergency supply kit now I have a list of watch
some people feel would be a good thing to to to prep and they also suggest perhaps using
a backpack backpack would be great for storing some of these items except of course the food
and water and I can tell you that a backpack would be absolutely useless for me personally I'm
not very strong physically and the weight of a backpack would destroy me in no time at all I
just couldn't walk with one of those for any any length of time I could take it to my car
and back and walk with it for 10 minutes but that would be it so I would be more inclined to
use something like a small suitcase that you would take on an airplane or even a larger one if you
want but something you know this is an emergency kit we're not trying to pack the house away but uh
so yeah even a small suitcase on Wheels I can drag around and I could probably drag
around 100 pounds on a Suitcase but not on my back so you have to consider what works
for you and they say yeah keep it light enough to be able to lift in your car well if I only
have to lift it in and out of my car once or twice it wouldn't be that big a deal for me so
first and foremost they say that you should have a mask or a face covering
and I suspect if you're dealing with a wildfire yeah a mask or
face covering would be a good idea to protect you from smoke inhalation
a three-day supply of non-perishable food and three gallons of water per person
okay I could go to my pantry and I could pull out all my chili that would be quick and easy that's
ready to eat food and probably a few other things but that was a fair chunk as it is and water three
gallons of water per person so that would be six gallons of water for Mark and I which is once
again perhaps even just buying a case of water and keeping that in the trunk of your car might
not be a bad idea personally I would um prefer to do that and have it in the car at all well
maybe not at all times maybe you'd want to cycle it out and but always keep some water in your car
and I do anyway but I only keep a few bottles there and which is not enough
and another thing they recommend is a map marked with at least two evacuation routes
well in my case that would probably be Mark's territory he would probably
insist on the evacuation route that he chooses and which is fine and unless we were in
not in the same spot and we have to meet up and then we would you know if we were
together that's one thing if we were not we would have to meet up and and go from there
um prescription or special meds yeah obviously and you could even take your month's supply of
prescription medication because that's usually doesn't weigh all that much or take up that much
space so I I that's a non-issue of course you take your meds change of clothing well
knowing me it'd probably be at least two or three days change of clothing not just one
extra eyeglasses and contact lenses certainly an extra set of car keys credit cards and cash
you definitely want to take your cash stash with you Lord knows if ATMs are going to be working or
what's going on if you can access anything right away a first aid kit that's always a good idea
a flashlight well Mark is one of these that always carries a flashlight with them so don't
have to worry about that I think I have one in the car too but it's not the same quality a battery
powered radio and extra batteries okay well that would be useful if you are not in your car
and hopefully your car radio does work sanitation supplies yeah okay
a copy of important documents like birth certificates and passports
yep and then they say don't forget your pet food and water well better not forget your pet eat or
so and if you had extra time you might want to carry easily carried valuables family photos and
other Irreplaceable items personal computers on hard drives and disks yeah I might use my
backpack for my laptop and chargers for cell phones and laptops Etc and of course I would
probably take my camera equipment if I had time and they say to keep an extra pair of
shoes and a flashlight near your bed
so those are some of the things that are recommended I'm sure that each individual
will probably tailor that list to what works for them personally I have also purchased a personal
professional water filter straw and this will filter up to 396 gallons of water
and it will remove waterborne bacteria by 99.9 now this can be used to access and clean water no
matter you know a pool of water rain water and a pond you know so yes if you don't have water with
you this will give you access to drinkable water and I think that everyone should have one of these
in any carry device that they have whether it's a backpack or a suitcase I keep this in my suitcase
so it travels with me no matter where I go okay so yes you do want to modify your own
you know I have thought about it some small degree but as I say my situation is more I
focus more on shelter inflation how to prep for shelter in place that isn't always going to be
you never know when you're going to be evacuated how and another thing that you might want to take
with you which is not on that list is some personal protective device that you may have
so bear in mind
many people have had to evacuate um just because I've not had to in this particular situation
doesn't mean that I won't in the future so I think I'm going to at least uh start putting some things
together and knowing that okay this group of items is in this area this other group of items is there
so I can grab everything in a hurry throw it all in a suitcase and Bob's your uncle I'm
ready to go out the door and uh yeah no I don't keep my cash in my bra so that that has to be
um
anyway let's pray for these folks in Alberta that they get these lawyers under control real soon and
that people can go home and that they haven't been badly burned out or looted because that is
another issue with evacuation and and a reason why some people will not leave their homes so
anyway this is Tony from her Homestead skills hope you
found this video informative and we'll catch you on the next one bye for now