Emergency Kits: a quick overview
Why should you think about putting together an emergency kit?
*Being prepared in the event of an emergency (i.e. water main break, extended power outage due to tornado, ice storm, etc.) lowers the stress associated with the emergency.
*Having a kit lessens your dependence on others for help.
*It feels good helping to look out for your family.
Some categories to consider including in an emergency kit:
*Sanitation: toilet paper, facial tissue, disinfecting wipes, garbage bags, bleach
* Survival: rope, flashlight w/batteries, matches, candles, blankets, water, canned food, can opener (not electric)
* Medical: family prescriptions, bandages, over the counter medicines
* Personal Hygiene: toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, hand sanitizer
*Stress Relief: deck of cards, silly putty, crayons, notebook, pencils, pens, reading materials, inspirational materials
* Miscellaneous: reading glasses, first aid book
Talk to your family about gathering items for an emergency kit. Each family’s needs are different. What would your family need? When you’ve gathered your items, inventory them, including expiration dates of any medications, then store in a waterproof container. Keep your inventory in an envelope taped to the container. Every Jan. 1, rotate your “expiration dated” emergency kit items, by placing them into your regular home use and refilling kit with fresh supplies. (Our kit took our family several weeks to collect. If your family chooses to put a kit together, it’s easiest to do it a little at a time. Have fun!)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
(This is what I'm mailing tomorrow to Mr. Obama, Ms. Pelosi, and Senators Feingold and Kohl.)
April 14, 2009
Dear Mr. President,
Please accept this empty tea envelope as a symbol of my disgust in the state of affairs in our nation’s capitol. I am attending a TEA party tomorrow, April 15th, tax day. In this case, TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already. Have our legislators forgotten that they work FOR US? My tax dollars are being used for immoral purposes, such as funding embryonic stem cell research, and abortion subsidies in this country AND IN MEXICO. I am also tired of being told it is my duty as an American to pay MORE taxes to rescue people that purchased larger houses than they could afford. It is absolutely unconscionable that my tax dollars are being given to ILLEGAL aliens. My family came from a different country LEGALLY. However, we are responsible citizens. We all have jobs. We pay our taxes. We live on budgets and don’t ask others to remediate the consequences of any poor decisions we make.
The Stimulus Package recently passed has much “pork” shoved into it. I am very concerned for the future of the United States of America. The little bits of legislation stuck inside that massive stimulus package add up to a huge tax hike for responsible citizens to cover the backsides of irresponsible ones!
Tomorrow, I am “dumping” my tea, along with millions of other American citizens who have had enough of this ridiculous tax situation. I love my country but fear my government.
Respectfully,
Me (actual letters signed with my real name and address)
April 14, 2009
Dear Mr. President,
Please accept this empty tea envelope as a symbol of my disgust in the state of affairs in our nation’s capitol. I am attending a TEA party tomorrow, April 15th, tax day. In this case, TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already. Have our legislators forgotten that they work FOR US? My tax dollars are being used for immoral purposes, such as funding embryonic stem cell research, and abortion subsidies in this country AND IN MEXICO. I am also tired of being told it is my duty as an American to pay MORE taxes to rescue people that purchased larger houses than they could afford. It is absolutely unconscionable that my tax dollars are being given to ILLEGAL aliens. My family came from a different country LEGALLY. However, we are responsible citizens. We all have jobs. We pay our taxes. We live on budgets and don’t ask others to remediate the consequences of any poor decisions we make.
The Stimulus Package recently passed has much “pork” shoved into it. I am very concerned for the future of the United States of America. The little bits of legislation stuck inside that massive stimulus package add up to a huge tax hike for responsible citizens to cover the backsides of irresponsible ones!
Tomorrow, I am “dumping” my tea, along with millions of other American citizens who have had enough of this ridiculous tax situation. I love my country but fear my government.
Respectfully,
Me (actual letters signed with my real name and address)
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