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In Case of Emergency...
Asked by C.D. from Columbia
on May 24, 2011
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I posted an update earlier about the tornado in Joplin, but it got pulled. I think I forgot to stick a question mark in there! All of the coverage of this horrible sto...
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- I'm already a bit of a food hoarder with sale items, plus we have both gas and charcoal grills....and my husband is a flashlight and battery hoarder....so we are autom...
- My husband is former military, so we have all sorts of things in our stash. We have a metal rack/bookshelf in our basement corner, and this is what's on it: jugs of wa...
- don't forget the can opener!! people forget the can opener in their emergency kit!! I have a Rubbermaid 30 gallon tub filled with MREs, a can opener, first aid kit,...
What's in You R Earthquake Kit?
Asked by A.H. from Los Angeles
on April 9, 2011
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For all the CA moms, I've been reading lists for preparing our family's EQ preparedness kit, but I'm sure there things they've missed. For instance, they tell you to p...
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- 1, have an out of state contact to call. Remember the next quake can happen when your family is not all together. 2.have a portable radio and lots of batteries. 3. ...
- One really important item that has not been mentioned is a solar-operated or crank radio. You should not depend on batteries or electricity, so we have always been to...
- Water purification tablets, comfortable walking shoes, change of clothing, AND FOR WOMEN sanitary products!
Tornado - Where Would You Hide
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on May 26, 2011
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I am so scared with all the news about tornadoes. It's really so scary! We had tornadoes here in Minneapolis also last weekend , same day the deadly tornado hit Joplin...
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- The LAST thing you need to do is get in the car and try to drive to safety. Tornado shelters are underground and mostly in the midwest and southern states where torna...
- I am originally from Oklahoma and have spent my entire life around tornadoes. In your home, the safest place to be is a cellar or storm shelter. As scary as it may...
- I wonder if you contacted whoever built your neighborhood full of town homes, and ask them if there was an area in the homes which is the safest structurally for shelt...
Prepping?!?!
Asked by C.S. from Detroit
on June 28, 2011
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Hello, I am obsessed with the National Geographic channel I watch all the time. Yesterday they aired a show on "Preppers" (people who go to mild-major extremes to prep...
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- They all said they try to keep their kids prepared without scaring them. I think it was the second family they showed--the ones who went to the Honeywell store--that w...
- Well if the end of the world is coming. What can I do? You look at thoose movies and everyone dies but the rich who can afford to build some tank to live in for 3 year...
- If they didn't dramatize it - would you watch it? That's the point of the media - shock and awe or scare tactics... We don't have gas masks in our emergency kit. ...
Survivalist?
Asked by S.M. from Lansing
on April 10, 2012
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My mother has always been an "anything can happen" person. Even at 29, she can still make me scared like a child that the world could end at any moment! She harped on ...
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- If you are interested in having some food on hand in case a job is lost or hubby dies and there is no money, etc...then there are some realistic books you can read and...
- I simply don't have time to obsess over possible apocalyptic occurrences. Your mother sounds like she needs some different hobbies! If you enjoy gardening and canning ...
- Prepared for what? A hurricane? The end of the world? Cancer? Car accident? Robbery? IME, the things we stress over and worry about happening, are the things...
Anyone Thinking, Worrying, Planning for 2012, Doomsday, End of Days?
Asked by D.B. from Los Angeles
on October 7, 2009
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The 2012 Doomsday movie is about to come out. Anyone else out there secretly thinking, worrying or planning for it? I'm not talking about just fringe crazy folks bu...
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- if it's the end of days, why do you need to stock up?
- Well, I have always thought it wise to have a week's supply of water batteries, canned foods, etc.I also keep a supply of first aid and items for all my pets. I've ju...
- Hi D.. B, Hello, I'm not any kind of fringe person or weird in any way, just a regular mom with kids, but I always have "emergency preparedness" on my mind. All fol...
10 Month Old with Sensitive Gag Reflex and Vomiting When Coughing
Asked by K.H. from Milwaukee
on June 5, 2008
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My 10 month old has a very sensitive gag reflex and throws up very easily when he coughs. Ever since he was an infant, if he drank too fast and I didn't burp him ofte...
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- Hi K.-while reading your request, I found myself nodding the whole time. My daughter started this exact thing at the same age. She would also vomit from gagging on f...
- Have you checked out reflux? My son coughs until he throws up usually during or within an hour after meals. Last month after an episode of vomiting food was in his l...
- I recently asked our pediatrician about the sesitive gag reflex my nearly 3 year old has. He had a terrible cold a few weeks ago and would wake me in the night becaus...
In Case of Emergency
Asked by J.A. from Denver
on February 22, 2011
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Okay well I feel like I was judged as crazy so I am curious...My husband and I are stockpiling food, ammo and medical supplies. We are also looking into digging a ne...
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- My hubby and I just had this conversation and have decided to do the same thing, just in case. So, No...you are not the only one. ~It does make me feel like a cr...
- I feel like far too many people these days expect these things to just work themselves out. People are going to start taking a stand and not allowing goverment to take...
- Life is to short to always be worried about what is behind each corner. I feel bad that you sound like you are too busy missing the forest for the trees. Life is a j...
"Comfort Kits" for School Aged Children
Asked by L.U. from Seattle
on September 16, 2011
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Moms - My kids were sent home with a "comfort kit" list of things they should bring. My 3rd grader has brought home this list the past 4 years and I have never done o...
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- Why not send one? If the school is on extended lockdown for some off-campus police activity, or if there's a major storm, or if you're in a traffic accident and their...
- Interesting. Never heard of it (my kids are not in school though) but I wouldn't be adverse to it. We have kits at home, why not have one where they're going to be 35 ...
- We did this at my daughter's preschool and yes, I sent one in. It's true that it is in the case of an emergency. If there were an emergency, I imagine that they woul...
Which ONE Item Would You Grab...
Asked by D.P. from Pittsburgh
on August 29, 2011
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...if you had 10 seconds to leave your house in the event of a flood, hurricane, earthquake, etc.
ONE item only.
(People and pets don't count. We'll assume they ...
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- I would say my purse but I can never find it:) Probably our emergency kit!
- its always been my pictures, most of them are on external hard drive, I have to update it though... I think I need to make an emergency pack though! Including the pics.
- Definitely my hard drive...all of my pictures and movies are on there. and my cell phone :)
