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EDC of the South

This kit is carried with me at all times, I have 1st and foremost my Wallet with emergency cash, Keychain with car and house keys & bottle opener, LED

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Undergrad's EDC

As an undergraduate student, I prefer to put anything essential for my grade at higher level of importance. My EDC (I called it as Personal Defense Kit)

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Vehicle Bag

I've been stranded by car problems in a very remote area. It was 10 degrees outside, and being 20 years old at the time, I hadn't thought about preparedness.

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Sample Evacuation Food Storage Menu

Here is the sample week-long portable emergency food storage menu plan!

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Eacuation Food Storage Recipes

Heare are the food storage recipes for our portable one week evacuation food menu.

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Sample Evacuation Food Storage Inventory List

Our portable evacuation food storage inventory is packed into two medium-sized plastic tubs.

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Interview with Arthur T. Bradley

I recently had a chance to interview Arthur T. Bradley, author of Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family.

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Emergency Food Storage

Your emergency food storage plan should include at least a week's worth of food for your family stored in portable totes that you can quickly grab in the event you have to evacuate your home.

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Food Storage Basics

Food Storage Basics: I recommended that you keep at least one month of food on hand for emergencies.

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Interesting Set Up

Due to things I've experienced in the past my current kit consists of the following 2 Spyderco Tenacious folders (one serrated and one non) 1 Surefire

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Sudden Evacuation Disaster Scenario

The purpose of this exercise was to practice a sudden evacuation disaster scenario. This would test our ability to quickly evacuate our family.

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Every Day Carry 1

KEYS -Small pig light by Toysmith -House Key -Room Key WALLET -Cash -Cards (library cards,liscence etc.) -Acme Tornado whistle RIGHT HAND POCKET -Buck

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ResQMe

One thing that I carry on my key chain is a ResQMe tool. In the event that I become trapped in a vehicle I can potentially get myself and my children

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Wilderness Evacuation Scenario

Our first full on practice of a disaster scenario was a wilderness evacuation. We loaded up our 72-hour kit and drove to a campground.

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Everyday Carry Checklist

This is the printable checklist for the Everyday Carry Emergency Kit.

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Contact Disaster Survival Guide

Use this page to contact me with questions or comments about the Disaster Survival Guide.

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Surviving Disasters with Children

Surviving a disaster seems to be a lot harder with children. We learned a few things that will make it easier.

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Survival Cooking Skills

The main thing we learned about survival cooking was that cooking with one pot over a camp stove takes a bit more practice than you might initially think.

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Surviving Without Running Water

We were without running water and we definitely had some holes in our alternative sanitation plan.

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Emergency Heat System

We were pleasantly surprised at how well our emergency heat source performed.

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