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It is possible to buy Disaster Supplies Starter Kits to get a jump start on supplies, but it is important to realize that just buying a disaster kit off the shelf is not enough to reduce the risk of you or the people you care about undergoing a traumatic experience during a disaster. It is important to create a Care Plan? so you know that if you are seperated from the people animals and things you care about, they will be taken care of. It is important to know whether you are living or working in an area that has higher risks-in a flood zone, a seismic risk area, higher risk of fire-and if so, that you have taken steps to reduce the risks.
Our section on Disaster Supplies Kitsgives advice on what type of items to store and how to store them, in this section we discuss where you can buy or find specific items that can be useful in disasters--we list sources going from cheapest to not cheap at all.
See Water for purification methods.
Consensus recommends that individuals save enough water so that each member of the household has access to one gallon of water per day for at least three days.
Cheapest to most expensive sources of water:
Water from the faucet. Good for storing water, but not useful if water system broken or worry of contamination. Alternate Back Ups Strongly Recomended.
Ice Cubes, or Frozen Water stored in 2 liter bottles (freezing water can give you both a back up supply of clean water and will keep your freezer or cooler cold longer) Disadvantage, takes up space. Need to make sure the bottles aren't full so there is room for water to expand.
Water in Pipes
Water Heater: Limitations: can't be used if any chance that water system has been contaminated before you turned off supply. No hot showers for duration. Risk of fire if the tank isn't turned off, Risk of burning if insufficient time between turning off and opening tap
Tap Water saved in used (and cleaned) food grade containers. Need to remember to pour it out and refill every 6 months. Takes up a lot of space: 3 days for 1 person is almost 5 bottles, by the time you've saved for a family of 4 you've taken up half of your garage.
Tap Water in alternate food grade storage containers?
Filtration systems: read carefully, they don't filter everything.
Bottled Water
Water Barrel <$60
Home Water Distillation <$250 Requires access to water.
Gather what is in your cupboard, and stick it in a box on the top shelf so you don't see it:soups, peanut butter, tuna fish. Things that don't need cooking, and preferably don't need a can opener even.
Nutritional bars, drinks.
Emergency Rations (don't really taste very good, but if you know you will never revisit your kit, at least it gives you 5 years of knowing you can eat a sawdust tasting thing in a disaster.
See also Overcoming Health Challenges
Recommendation: At least a week back up of precriptions: Medicare/Medicaid and many insurance companies frequently will not allow individuals to receive back up prescriptions. There are multiple options to work around this:
Request a vacation prescription
Ask for a prescription for only a week's worth of pills, this can be much less expensive than an entire month
In an emergency, Public Health clinics, or emergency shelter staff personell can help you secure emergency replacement of prescriptions, you can assist by keeping prescription information, and the number of your pharmacy and medical clinic with you.
flashlights
external link: all about flashlights: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/
Alternate Transportation Options: http://www.urbanmobilitygroup.com/commute_overview.php
Rideshare Online: http://www.rideshareonline.com/
Choose your way Bellevue (has useful data on alternative transportation that is wider than Bellevue, but primarily Metro Seattle area): http://www.chooseyourwaybellevue.org/
Plan a trip with public Transportation http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/#mdy
For Older Adults: http://www.seniorservices.org/vts/vts.htm
STAR (Simply Take Another Rider) Car Pooling http://www.urbanmobilitygroup.com/services_star.php
Rideshare: http://www.rideshareonline.com/
What walking distance around you? Put in your address and see what grocery stores, hardware stores etc. are located within walking distance. http://www.walkscore.com/
Redmond area: Bicycle share: use a bicycle during daylight hours for free: http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/inventory/marymoor/dasanibluebikes.aspx
www.maps.google.com
Meeting Place Locater: This website can help-you put in the addresses where you and your contacts are likely to be (where you spend most of your time in the day) and the type of location you would meet in: park, coffee shop, library--it will calculate a route to the spot in the middle of the two destinations pointing with different options. http://www.mezzoman.com/ It was not designed with disaster planning in mind, so doesn't think about bridges that may go down, etc. but it is a good tool to help your thinking.
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Know What Resources You Have, and Increase Them When You Can
During and after a disaster access to critical supplies (water, food, warmth, power)is frequently disrupted. There are Community Resources that can help meet your needs, but be aware that they may be disrupted or delayed as well. The best way to ensure that your family and the people and animals that you care about aren't placed in a position where they are worried about having no water, medicine, etc. is to have a back up of supplies to last until help reaches you and services begin to be restored. This can be days, even weeks depending on the size of the disaster. General Consensus is that individuals should have enough supplies to last at the minimum three days, and more depending on specific risks.It is possible to buy Disaster Supplies Starter Kits to get a jump start on supplies, but it is important to realize that just buying a disaster kit off the shelf is not enough to reduce the risk of you or the people you care about undergoing a traumatic experience during a disaster. It is important to create a Care Plan? so you know that if you are seperated from the people animals and things you care about, they will be taken care of. It is important to know whether you are living or working in an area that has higher risks-in a flood zone, a seismic risk area, higher risk of fire-and if so, that you have taken steps to reduce the risks.
Our section on Disaster Supplies Kitsgives advice on what type of items to store and how to store them, in this section we discuss where you can buy or find specific items that can be useful in disasters--we list sources going from cheapest to not cheap at all.
Critical Needs: What you need to stay healthy
Water
See Water for purification methods.
Consensus recommends that individuals save enough water so that each member of the household has access to one gallon of water per day for at least three days.
Cheapest to most expensive sources of water:
Water from the faucet. Good for storing water, but not useful if water system broken or worry of contamination. Alternate Back Ups Strongly Recomended.
Ice Cubes, or Frozen Water stored in 2 liter bottles (freezing water can give you both a back up supply of clean water and will keep your freezer or cooler cold longer) Disadvantage, takes up space. Need to make sure the bottles aren't full so there is room for water to expand.
Water in Pipes
Water Heater: Limitations: can't be used if any chance that water system has been contaminated before you turned off supply. No hot showers for duration. Risk of fire if the tank isn't turned off, Risk of burning if insufficient time between turning off and opening tap
Tap Water saved in used (and cleaned) food grade containers. Need to remember to pour it out and refill every 6 months. Takes up a lot of space: 3 days for 1 person is almost 5 bottles, by the time you've saved for a family of 4 you've taken up half of your garage.
Tap Water in alternate food grade storage containers?
Filtration systems: read carefully, they don't filter everything.
Bottled Water
Water Barrel <$60
Home Water Distillation <$250 Requires access to water.
Food:
(see food safety)Gather what is in your cupboard, and stick it in a box on the top shelf so you don't see it:soups, peanut butter, tuna fish. Things that don't need cooking, and preferably don't need a can opener even.
Nutritional bars, drinks.
Emergency Rations (don't really taste very good, but if you know you will never revisit your kit, at least it gives you 5 years of knowing you can eat a sawdust tasting thing in a disaster.
Health Related
prescription
See also Overcoming Health Challenges
Recommendation: At least a week back up of precriptions: Medicare/Medicaid and many insurance companies frequently will not allow individuals to receive back up prescriptions. There are multiple options to work around this:
Request a vacation prescription
Ask for a prescription for only a week's worth of pills, this can be much less expensive than an entire month
In an emergency, Public Health clinics, or emergency shelter staff personell can help you secure emergency replacement of prescriptions, you can assist by keeping prescription information, and the number of your pharmacy and medical clinic with you.
Equipment requiring power
see((Alternative Power SourcesFirst Aid
See: First aidTemperature
Fresh Air
Safety (mitigation, security)
Resources that can increase your Choices:
Lighting
Lightsticks-good replacement for candles, lighting an area that you will spend a long time in--not a good replacement for flashlights for navigation, instantly having light to see. Need to have time for your eyes to acclimate.flashlights
external link: all about flashlights: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/
Communication and Information
Mobility
Alternate Transportation Options: http://www.urbanmobilitygroup.com/commute_overview.php
Rideshare Online: http://www.rideshareonline.com/
Choose your way Bellevue (has useful data on alternative transportation that is wider than Bellevue, but primarily Metro Seattle area): http://www.chooseyourwaybellevue.org/
Plan a trip with public Transportation http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/#mdy
For Older Adults: http://www.seniorservices.org/vts/vts.htm
STAR (Simply Take Another Rider) Car Pooling http://www.urbanmobilitygroup.com/services_star.php
Rideshare: http://www.rideshareonline.com/
What walking distance around you? Put in your address and see what grocery stores, hardware stores etc. are located within walking distance. http://www.walkscore.com/
Redmond area: Bicycle share: use a bicycle during daylight hours for free: http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/inventory/marymoor/dasanibluebikes.aspx
Navigation
www.maps.live.comwww.maps.google.com
Meeting Place Locater: This website can help-you put in the addresses where you and your contacts are likely to be (where you spend most of your time in the day) and the type of location you would meet in: park, coffee shop, library--it will calculate a route to the spot in the middle of the two destinations pointing with different options. http://www.mezzoman.com/ It was not designed with disaster planning in mind, so doesn't think about bridges that may go down, etc. but it is a good tool to help your thinking.
Coping
Emotional Resilience
Recovery
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