| Thought Hurricane season 2005 with Katrina and | | | | SEVERAL flashlights that feature the new LED |
| Rita was bad? Well get ready for 2006 as it will | | | | lights that can be either shaken or wound up. Also |
| be equally as bad or worse.As an emergency | | | | make sure to have a supply of FRESH batteries |
| preparedness consultant featured on CNN and | | | | of every size that you will be needing NOW not |
| Fox News, I can assure you that if you are not | | | | later!If you are traveling by vehicle, that vehicle |
| prepared you could meet the same fate as | | | | should have FDA approved plastic containers for |
| hundreds of people did during Katrina. NO scare | | | | your drinking water and several other ones for |
| tactics just the truth!First of all you need to have | | | | your vehicle to keep it from overheating. You |
| a water supply on hand for at least one week for | | | | need GOOD quality plastic 5 gallon GAS containers |
| each member of the family. We suggest one | | | | filled up NOW. Keep a supply of oil and |
| gallon per day per family member as the | | | | transmission fluid in the car along with several |
| MINIMUM! Sure the people in New Orleans were | | | | cans of those tire inflating aerosols. If you don't |
| surrounded by water but it was totally unfit to | | | | have a high quality tool kit for your vehicle get |
| drink.Next you need a supply of food that can be | | | | one NOW! Also have some form of emergency |
| protected from rising water. You need to put it in | | | | flashers available.Also make sure and have a |
| LARGE plastic waterproof containers. You should | | | | family tent in the vehicle. How many people did |
| have food for at least a week in the form of | | | | you see during Hurricane Katrina that had to wait |
| MREs and typical staples like peanut butter, jelly, | | | | for FEMA to provide tents?Certainly you have fire |
| honey, crackers, and can goods of baked beans, | | | | extinguishers at home. Well do you also have one |
| vegetables, soups, Spam, tuna, sardines, Vienna | | | | for each vehicle? If not, get then NOW!You are |
| sausages, salmon, chicken, etc. Don't wait until the | | | | going to need to have your food supplies |
| hurricane is upon you to get these items!Next you | | | | mentioned above in BIG plastic containers that |
| need for EVERY member of the family to have a | | | | can be moved to the vehicle without taking the |
| Preparedness Travel Backpack with: clothes, a | | | | time to stock it up. Do that NOW!There is a lot |
| pair of sneakers, socks, underwear, a protective | | | | more that you will need to know and it's all |
| hat/cap, good quality poncho, an individual NASA | | | | available at in the FREE Emergency Preparedness |
| blanket and or sleeping bag (these are folded so | | | | Guide. Also you will find info there on preparing for |
| tight in their packages that you can easily get | | | | bird flu too.Hugh Simpson is an emergency |
| them in the backpack) and most importantly ID | | | | preparedness consultant and TV producer |
| packets as described in FR** Emergency | | | | featured on Art Bell Coast to Coast, Fox News |
| Preparedness Guide at will need a well equipped | | | | and CNN. He is a former investigative Tv reporter |
| first aid kit that also can be kept in one of the | | | | for US based Post Newsweek TV specializing in |
| backpacks along with an emergency radio that | | | | Consumer Affairs. He currently lives in the |
| can be manually wound up. Put in a LARGE supply | | | | western North Carolina mountains. |
| of matches that have been waterproofed. | | | | |