quarantine second wave coronavirus covid 19 shut down lockdown pandemic second wave prepping to shelter in
place stay home guide to bugging in how to get through round 2 things to do now hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper if you've been paying attention to the news we're having new quarantines
from the covid 19 coronavirus pandemic they've been shutting down places like Ireland Wales
and Greece France some states how long until cases are rising in your communities or are they already
doing that we could be in for another round of 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 earlier 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 to have get back out there
go to the store stock up on a few things maybe we can rethink how we can deal with another
shut down quarantine pandemic is something that's going to happen to us again if you watch the
political debates they were even saying it's going to be a dark winter which it always is a dark
winter the sun goes away but then we have light winter when it comes back that's just part of the
cycle of earth don't let the political 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 it can under natural disaster type events and natural
disasters are happening all the time anyway so it's always something good to have on hand
extra prepping supplies 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 go through your sock drawer some of them might need to go in the trash maybe
you have some you don't like anymore put them in the donate pile go through your kitchen drawers
do you have items that just should go in the trash or some that could donate because you have
too many too much it's too cluttered 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 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 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
winter is upon us and power can go out you need to have a way to figure out how you can stay warm in
your home it can be as simple as you close off all the rooms your family gets in one room together
you get out all your extra blankets 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
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