Back on Track

Hello Again,

Sorry I have been gone for a few days.  The storm through off my schedule and I am trying to get
Back on Track.  Do you feel like that when things happens in your life?

For me right now it kinda feels like after Christmas or a Vacation.  You have to pack up/unload everything, get the kids ready to go back to school, grocery shopping and whatever else needs to be done.  The same things happens when there is an Emergency of any type.  You have to re-evaluate what you used and what you would have done differently?  Depending on the Emergency you may have to look at what house hold things need to be replaced or if you have anything you can salvage. (Sorry that sounds harsh but it is true.)

What need to be restocked?
1)  Did you use some of your stored food, batteries, medications, candles, water that you may
     have stored for washing up in or flushing toilets with?
2)  Do you need more wood, pellets, press board logs, matches, paper to start the fire, maybe
     gas for the generator?
3)  Do you need the simplest things like toothpaste to bigger things like lantern oil.

The things that may need restocked will be different for everyone.                            

What would I do differently?
1)  Did I have enough food that did not have to be cooked?
2)  Did I have enough water to clean up in, flush with, or just for my family to drink?
3)  Did I have enough wood to sustain heat and be able to cook with?
4)  Did I have enough of the medications I needed and a cold source for the ones that
     needed to be cold?
5)  Did I have enough blankets and warm clothes to make it through the cold days/nights?
6)  Did I have enough batteries and were they good?
7)  Did I have a charging source for my cell phone?  (We had one but it was the wrong size for
     my phone.  My phone had a smaller port then the connector I had to do the charging with.)
8)  Did I have a radio so I knew when people where getting power back, knew if my kids were
     going to school, and most importantly... when was the weather going to let up?                                

Some people are going to say, "Why is she saying Duh things?"  My response would be, "I know people who thought they had everything, thought their batteries were good, and the didn't or were not."  In all honesty I teach classes to check your stuff ever 6 months or so to make sure your stuff is always updated and ready to go.  Well even the best prepared people can forget to double check or blow it off, cause they know they have it.  We know we had D batteries for our large flashlights.  Well, they were close to dying when we put them in the flashlights.  My head lamp batteries, that I have not checked in awhile were leaking.  Luckily they were not in the light or out of a zip lock bag.  So again I teach these classes and we forget ourselves even though we see all the stuff ever 6 weeks or so.  Here's hoping you all were able to get Back on Track easily and praying that everyone who had lost power for up to a week or more are back up and running again.


My Motto: You Can Never Be Too Prepared!!


Tell us what you would do differently next time or things that worked best for you.