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MissJones
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
I'm starting to put together a list of things I want to have in the event we lose power for days or have to evacuate. Please share ideas.
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Kitten1929
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Booze.
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| Posted 12/30/15 10:33 PM |
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Pinkisles
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
I have candles, a flashlight, some extra batteries. I have some canned foods but not specifically for an emergency just because we rarely eat them.
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| Posted 12/30/15 10:42 PM |
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
We have flashlights, batteries, candles and a BBQ lighter. A big thing for me is I need to have a secret stash of cash in the house. During the blackout I had absolutely no money on me and it was kind of a scary situation.
Other things to consider are bottled water, canned foods and a battery operated radio.
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| Posted 12/30/15 10:45 PM |
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KarenK122
The Journey is the Destination
Member since 5/05 4431 total posts
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Karen
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
We have a stash of water (3 day supply), canned food with can opener, granola type bars, bandages, asprin, flashlights, batteries, crank radio, dog food, candles, matches and duct tape.
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| Posted 12/30/15 10:48 PM |
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Sweetlax22
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Batteries, cash, gas ( keep in garage only for safety purposes).
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| Posted 12/30/15 10:51 PM |
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jessnbrian
Only God knows His plan for us
Member since 4/13 7238 total posts
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Jessica
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Just about the same as listed.
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| Posted 12/30/15 11:10 PM |
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LSP2005
Bunny kisses are so cute!
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Bottled water
Batteries
Flash lights
Flash light bracelets for the kids
Hand warmers
Canned food
Manual can opener
Wire dedicated land line
Long tapered candles
Juice boxes
Honestly though we use all of the above, but I do make sure to replenish everything regularly before we run out,
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| Posted 12/31/15 12:07 AM |
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luvmyReese
Hello Kitty
Member since 1/08 7542 total posts
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Catt
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Gas generator & insulin (2 type 1 diabetics here)
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| Posted 12/31/15 3:07 AM |
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MrsB12614
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Member since 4/14 1986 total posts
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Water (3days)
Cash
Canned food and granola bars
Batteries
Flashlight
Paper towels
I keep an extra box of lady supplies
First aid kit
Gloves
Clorox wipes
Dog food
We also have the wired land line
Tylenol
I also keep everything important paperwork wise in a a collapsible folder in our safe so I can grab if needed (birth certificate passports deed to the house ss cards stuff like that)
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| Posted 12/31/15 7:05 AM |
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NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
Member since 11/09 54921 total posts
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..being a mommy and being a wife!
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Posted by Kitten1929
Booze.
This. And a big azz generator
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| Posted 12/31/15 7:40 AM |
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RainyDay
LIF Adult
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Nothing.....we've talked about it after sandy but never put anything together. Thanks for the reminder!
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| Posted 12/31/15 8:40 AM |
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bunnyluck
LIF Adult
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
We need to put together a more formal stock and plan. This is a good reminder.
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| Posted 12/31/15 8:47 AM |
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Mushesgirl
Too blessed to be stressed
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Most of all of the above. Sandy survivor here. Make sure all your important papers are in a secure dry place so if you need to grab it you have it all together.
Another thing is to get 'go bags' ready for all family members and pets! If you have pets make sure you have extra food. Put extra clothes in the bags in addition to food, water, medicine, flashlights, batteries.
I must admit since sandy im a little ptsd about this stuff and have been hoarding cans of tuna and bottled water.
We also have a hand crank radio with a cell phone charger port.
Message edited 12/31/2015 8:52:38 AM.
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| Posted 12/31/15 8:49 AM |
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tagkit
LIF Infant
Member since 10/12 361 total posts
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Flashlight candles water....Smartest thing we did was get a safe recently for important papers.
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| Posted 12/31/15 9:41 AM |
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Xelindrya
Mommy's little YouTube Star!
Member since 8/05 14470 total posts
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Veronica
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Fully stocked First Aid Kit
Meds for Allergies, infections and Fevers
Bandages and gauze
We always have dry foods and soups so that's never an issue
Since I have gone camping with the Girl Scouts a few times we now have two sets of camp meal kits
Fire Starters and supplies
We keep a small bag of wood chips (doesn't take a lot of space)
We also keep one empty storage bin. We do not fill it. Basically it's impossible to guess our Go pack other than food, meds and water.
Been through too many emergencies. Reality is, get out, get out quickly, safely. Everything else can be worked out. Don't waste time for anything that can't be at hand. Sure it's nice to have a go bag and be ready but not if a tornado is at your back door and that's where your bag is.. you just GO.
But we only deal with being locked in with ice. Given hahahaha that Jim spent most of his life in NY and I spent 10yrs there, we just laugh and to outside to play. We can't leave, can't drive, can't go to the store, can't travel but it's ok. It's like being snowed in without the snow.
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| Posted 12/31/15 9:55 AM |
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chilltocam
LIF Adult
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Generator with a dedicated line to run it on so that it will power specific things in the house (like especially the refrigerator)
Couple of cases of water
flash lights
hand and foot warmers
hand crank radio and phone charger
some canned food/manual can opener
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| Posted 12/31/15 9:56 AM |
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StaceyWill
It's a girl!!!
Member since 6/10 21539 total posts
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Stacey
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
We always have a lot of water, batteries and flashlights.
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| Posted 12/31/15 10:07 AM |
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M514
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Flashlights, candles, lighters, batteries and my parents gave us a hand crank radio.
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| Posted 12/31/15 10:10 AM |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
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Shawn
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
And an important reminder.... review your supplies once in a while. It's great to stash away emergency supplies, but it's not so great to find out when you need them that the batteries are dead, the food is expired, and there was a leak in the water bottle, so it's now empty.
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| Posted 12/31/15 10:37 AM |
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Xelindrya
Mommy's little YouTube Star!
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Posted by GoldenRod
And an important reminder.... review your supplies once in a while. It's great to stash away emergency supplies, but it's not so great to find out when you need them that the batteries are dead, the food is expired, and there was a leak in the water bottle, so it's now empty.
Yeah that's why we stopped keeping a actual go bag set aside. Stuff in it was useless. We picked Allergy meds as our cycle to check. I don't always buy allergy meds for us (not AJ) that often so when we need to buy more we restock our meds. Actually just tossed out a box of Pedialyte that we never used for AJ. When I do a GS outing I have to double check the first aid kit anyway. But since she and I are clutzy we check that kit about once every two months.
When we eat a soup, we put a can back on the grocery list even if we have two more cans. Our dry goods are things we EAT regularly not things we keep aside for emergencies. That way we SEE them and rotate them more often and keep them fresh. If you don't want to eat your emergency rations now, you won't want to then either! LOL
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| Posted 12/31/15 11:30 AM |
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SusiBee
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Flashlights, batteries, candles always on hand.
If there is an impending severe storm, I buy new food supplies and pack bags for us and the cat.
Our important documents are in my filing cabinet in double ziploc bags to keep them dry.
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| Posted 12/31/15 11:41 AM |
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LuckyStar
LIF Adult
Member since 7/14 7274 total posts
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What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Well, I'm flucked. All I've got is a full wine rack!
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PearlJamChick
No one sings like you anymore.
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
Posted by LuckyStar
Well, I'm flucked. All I've got is a full wine rack!
Word. Me too. I used to keep some stuff stocked but the reality is, I live in a part of Queens where literally down the block from my house are two bodegas, a supermarket, two pharmacies, two hardware stores, a liquor store and some roti shops.
Outside of a zombie apocalypse, I don't have to worry. Everything is a one-minute walk away.
Potato curry? Whiskey? Flashlights? Candles? Birth control? Egg and cheese on a roll? I can buy all this shit within ten minutes and be back in my pajamas watching the world explode on the telly.
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butterfly20
Party of 5 - 2015
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Re: What emergency supplies do you have in your home?
a gallon of water. Some C and D batteries for the lantern. some canned veggies.
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