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mardi 22 septembre 2015

Assembling A Disaster Survival Kit

By Ruthie Livingston


It is very important to be prepared for disaster as these situations are becoming more and more common in the current times. It is a sad fact that not many people give this much attention. In fact, according to research less than half of the population does not have a disaster kit and for those who have, they are lacking something or in a desperate shape. Many campaigns should be directed towards encouraging people to get disaster survival kit.

Some people get cheap kits so that they can say that they do have an emergency kit. This only gives you false hope. It is important to realize that the kit helps in life and death situations and thus should be considered with the seriousness it requires. Disasters are no joke and breakdown of those shoddy supplies can cost life.

A lot of the kits much of population have are lacking in the essential stuff. This includes water and food. It is advisable to stock high calorie protein bars instead of many which have less calories. Besides stocking only water, you can get a life straw so that you will be able to drink water from the river or lake in case the bottled one runs out during the disaster situations.

Cheaply made kit contents should be avoided like plague. Consider the quality of the supplies, the availability of all the supplies, the state the contents are in and how the kit has been assemble together. If the above mentioned aspects are wanting, then you have no business purchasing such a kit. You will be throwing your money to an unworthy cause and you also will not be helping yourself.

The kits made at home many a time do not live up to the recommended standards. They have the wrong supplies or worse still lack them completely. There have been cases of people buying these kits only to realize that even the most basic things like water and food are not present. Other times, the supplies it comes with a totally different from what was ordered. It is therefore good to check if the kit has all that was advertised before buying them.

A good alternative is getting the supplies for the emergency kit on your own. You should include the necessary gear starting with the most important ones. One good thing about building your own kit is the fact that you will be well conversant with the materials. Make sure you add something to the kit on a weekly basis. Before long, you will be set to face any disaster which can possibly occur.

Many of these supplies needed can be purchased from the local stores. It is just that a lot of people never get down to looking for the materials. By getting the materials on your own or making them, you may end up spending even just ten percent of what you may have otherwise spent to get a ready-made emergency kit.

It can be a lot easier to get through an emergency situation if you have prepared well. Aid may take a while to arrive owing to how extensive some disaster can be. Preparing well can save your life and that of your friends.




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