Stock up on Bottled Water

It's always nice to have extra water as part of your food storage and in your 72 hour kits.  If you need to stock up, stop by Smith's this week for this deal:

Kroger Bottled Water - package of 24, 16 oz bottles @ 5 for $10 ($2 each!)

Not a bad deal, so do something for your family's emergency preparedness and grab one next time you are out.

Shelf Reliance Party

Please join me this Thursday at 7:00 at my home for a Shelf Reliance party.

I have invited Shelf Reliance over so that I can learn more about freeze dried and dehydrated foods.  The consultant has agreed to acutally do a cooking demonstration and make a dinner entree at the party.  I am so excited to see how this works so I can incorporate this kind of food storage into my everyday and long term storage. 

I am hosting this party so I can learn about Shelf Reliance's product and how to use it (really not worried about the sales part of it!).  So please don't hesitate in dropping by just to learn about this type of food storage.  And, bring a friend!

5 small steps for your 72 hour kit

Time to pull out your 72 hour kits and make sure everything is still in working order and/or edible!  This could be a great FHE activity and can be accomplised in 5 easy steps:

• Step 1: Have each family member bring their own kit to the activity.
• Step 2: Use a 72 hour kit checklist to inventory each kit (Click on the '72 hour kit 3 month plan' for a list or use your own).   Have each family member report status of items in their own kits as you go.
• Step 3: Make a list of items that need to be replaced.
• Step 4: Schedule a day within one week to purchase all needed items.
• Step 5: Add purchased items to you kits as a family at your next FHE.

Remember to check in on your 72 hour kits every 6 months.  April and October Conference is a fun time to do this as the kids can enjoy 'free' granola bars during Conference week-end.

If you do not have a kit yet you can look at recommended items by clicking '72 hour kit 3 month plan' on the right side of the page.  If you cannot get everything at once, use the 3 month plan to start your family's new kits.  Ready.gov also has a basic list of 72 hour kit items found here: http://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/checklist_1.pdf

When building your kit, consider what you would want in these and similar scenarios:

• You need to evacuate cannot return for 3 days
• You are stranded in the aftermath of an earthquake - no communications/power
• You have been snowed in for a week w/ intermittent power outages