disaster prepping first 3 days 72 hours bug out bag bugging in stay safe SHTF hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I'm out at Granny Camp which is my Alaska off-grid cabin and I
was thinking about disaster prepping what do you need to do for the first three days the 72 hours
that we always talk about having a bug out bag a 72-hour kit having an emergency plan but what
are the components that we need to do for SHTF kind of a situation many of the emergencies that
we'll face in our lives will be things like winter storms hurricanes wildfires power outages frozen
water pipes all of those things that can very much be disruptive to our life but usually don't
last longer than three days that's one reason that we need to be prepared to take care of ourselves
for the immediate future what can you do today tomorrow and the next day so that you are prepared
to deal with an emergency the more prepared you are to take care of yourself and your family for
the first 72 hours the less likely you are to panic and the longer that some emergency goes on
the more likely you'll be able to cope with SHTF you've already been dealing with what's happened
immediately so if you can then know that you can gather your inner strength that you took care of
the immediate problems challenges you know that you can deal with whatever if this keeps going on
and on just like when this Covid pandemic started and they told us stay home 14 days to flatten the
curve and we're approaching almost two years of we don't even know if we flatten the curve and
there have been so many other things disruptions emergency disasters that have happened on top
of that that have just made our lives upside down so we need to be prepared that we could then have
an emergency that affects just us it doesn't have to be the whole world it can be just you
you need to be able to have a plan of what you can do to take care of yourself and your family
for a minimum of three days you need to have several different types of plans number one
is shelter in place at home if you could stay in your home and you could be safe and you have all
the prepping supplies food you need that's great but if something happens to your home and you are
forced out of your home don't say that can never happen to me because you never know and if you
don't plan for it then you will be in a complete panic and have chaos in your life SHTF if that's
something that you need to do so make a plan for how you can be safe in your home then make a plan
for where you could go if you had to leave your home where would you go how can you get there
and what do you need to pack up to have to take with you that's when you need your emergency bug
out type gear your bug out bags your 72 hour kit get home bag emergency equipment that you would
want to take if you had to leave your home think if you were going on a camping trip what would
you take with you but you'd also want say the important documents that you would need in case
you could never return to your home you need to have things like a copy of your driver's license
your identification your health insurance your homeowner's insurance the written list of your
most important contacts your doctor the number two your pharmacy your children's school your day care
center and a written out list of phone numbers of people you would want to contact and if you didn't
have your phone you could look at your paper list and then you would still have the contacts
and still be able to get back to normalcy because you can still contact the people that you need to
if you are leaving your home you need to have a paper map and a route of how you're going to get
there it can be as simple as a trusted neighbor's house perhaps a family member a friend that lives
an hour or more away and if you have pets you need to have a plan where could I go that it's
safe to bring my pets if your bug out location is a hotel in times of emergency make sure it's
a pet friendly hotel you can find that out ahead of time while you're making your plans
if you want to take your pets and you think you'll just go stay in a campground find out
which campgrounds allow pets if you want to bug out to a friend or family member's house make sure
it's okay with them if you bring your pets and if not if your family member won't let you bring your
pets maybe their next door neighbor will let your dog stay in their yard while you're there in an
emergency situation it's these little problems that crop up all at once that can make our
situation seem unbearable but it's not if you plan it out ahead you don't panic and you don't have
just pure chaos standing on the sidewalk saying what do I do now you already have an idea of what
are the steps you can put emergency plan in motion to try to get your life back in order what if
something happens when you're away from your home you need to have a plan with your family members
where can you meet make a plan of where you could meet so that you know you're all back together
and you're safe with your bug out bag make sure you have a photo of your family and your pets
if you remember back to 9/11 people were posting pictures of their missing family
members please contact me if you see this person if you don't have a way to identify that person
you're going to have a much harder time reconnecting also if your pet should become
lost if you have a picture of you with your pet then there's no doubt that that would be your pet
you want to make sure that your house is secure as possible you want to make sure
that you have secure locks and that you use them make sure you keep things like ladders and tools
inside your garage or your shed that you're not inviting someone climb this ladder to my upstairs
window and walk right into my home you want to keep things put away that would enable others
to have access to your home get some good motion lights outdoor lights I've even seen a few at the
store recently that were solar lights we've all seen the little solar lights that you can put on
your garden path but I have seen some solar floodlights you can hang up on your house i
don't know how well they work but I've seen them and I'm thinking about trying them it's just
solar isn't a thing that we use in Alaska in the wintertime okay oh Teddy someone needed to be held
think about all of the basics that preppers need water food first aid supplies hygiene supplies
ways to cook your food some tools flashlights maybe a portable heater if you need one
if you need to leave your home perhaps you need a tent and a sleeping bag have a water filter maybe
a wrench to turn off the gas in your home if there is something like an earthquake and you need to
turn off the gas if you need to leave your home you might even want a sillcock tool which allows
you to open faucets on commercial buildings so that you could access more water if you needed to
I made a video about all of the things that you might want if you needed to live in your car even
if it was just temporary I'll put a link to that video to give you more ideas of things
you might want to take with you if you needed to leave your home in an emergency situation
nobody knows what's coming but we know we all have challenges ahead
every day is a new surprise and we want to make the best of it so tell yourself I've been through
hard times before whatever comes my way I can deal with that too and then you have a basis for
looking positively forward which is going to help carry you through no matter what the future brings
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