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Prepare now for future emergencies
A checklist for you and your family
Yahoo SHE - Being prepared makes a difference.
Typhoon Yolanda swept through our country like a nightmare. Fatalities are expected to top 10,000 with thousands more who are sick and homeless.
This is not the first natural disaster that has affected our nation, and it will surely not be the last.
Due to climate change and global warming, natural calamities seem more frequent and more deadly.
How can you prepare yourselves and your families for these disasters?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has the following checklist for emergencies similar to Typhoon Yolanda.
3-day supply of nonperishable food for everyone in the household
• By "nonperishable", it means food that does not require refrigeration or cooking.
• Remember to provide a can opener exclusively for these emergency foods and keep it in the same box. It would be a shame to have all those canned goods but no opener in sight.
3-day supply of water for everyone who lives in your house
• A 3-day supply of water is 1 gallon (or roughly 4 liters) of water per person per day.
• A bottle of iodine or chlorine may also help purify water in case your supply runs out.
3-day supply of prescription medications for each person in your household who takes these drugs
• Regularly check the expiration dates of your emergency medications and replace those that have expired
A working battery-operated radio and working batteries
• The operative term here is "working." Again, it would be futile to have these in the emergency kit if they are not functional. A working flashlight and working batteries
• Invest in solar-powered or dynamo-powered radios and flashlights.
A written evacuation plan in case of a large-scale disaster or emergency requires you to abandon your home
• Writing it down avoids confusion. After a long time, you may have all forgotten what you had agreed upon today.
• Make several paper copies and keep
A checklist for you and your family
Yahoo SHE - Being prepared makes a difference.
Typhoon Yolanda swept through our country like a nightmare. Fatalities are expected to top 10,000 with thousands more who are sick and homeless.
This is not the first natural disaster that has affected our nation, and it will surely not be the last.
Due to climate change and global warming, natural calamities seem more frequent and more deadly.
How can you prepare yourselves and your families for these disasters?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has the following checklist for emergencies similar to Typhoon Yolanda.
3-day supply of nonperishable food for everyone in the household
• By "nonperishable", it means food that does not require refrigeration or cooking.
• Remember to provide a can opener exclusively for these emergency foods and keep it in the same box. It would be a shame to have all those canned goods but no opener in sight.
3-day supply of water for everyone who lives in your house
• A 3-day supply of water is 1 gallon (or roughly 4 liters) of water per person per day.
• A bottle of iodine or chlorine may also help purify water in case your supply runs out.
3-day supply of prescription medications for each person in your household who takes these drugs
• Regularly check the expiration dates of your emergency medications and replace those that have expired
A working battery-operated radio and working batteries
• The operative term here is "working." Again, it would be futile to have these in the emergency kit if they are not functional. A working flashlight and working batteries
• Invest in solar-powered or dynamo-powered radios and flashlights.
A written evacuation plan in case of a large-scale disaster or emergency requires you to abandon your home
• Writing it down avoids confusion. After a long time, you may have all forgotten what you had agreed upon today.
• Make several paper copies and keep