If anyone has lack of room for food storage, it's me. I am in a condo, 1-car garage NOT attached, and 1 storage closet on our patio full of camping shiz. So! I have big buckets of wheat and beans in my bedroom closet, and definitely planned to stop there. Clutter. Ugh! I hate clutter, there is no way I was taking tips like "you can slide cans under your bed!" or scarier tips like, "When we were young, we made end tables out of the cases of canned goods - just throw a table cloth over them!" I think I'd rather starve than live with that.
But 2 summers ago, I read a lot about storage, preparedness, and pandemic planning. I read about the flu pandemic that came around in the 20's (I think started in 1918). Not the 1600's, it was in President Hinckley's lifetime - and he lost loved ones to it, by the way. The Provident Living website had tons of resources about pandemics and preparing for one and even when they expected another. Within the next 3 years they said. Yipes. That, well, freaked me out a little. So I started stocking up on Clorox wipes and things like that. My doctor brother poked fun. No less than a year later the Swine Flue started up, and finally built up to "pandemic" level. When my brother got it, and his family was quarantined so they wouldn't spread it, I asked what I could do. Nothing! She had not only food storage, but plenty of other basic needs stored (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, diapers, etc). They were set.
It was then I realized how many reasons having storage is so important. Not just if there's an earthquake and you're stuck in your home, you suddenly lose a job, or some other catastrophe. We need to be prepared very realistic situations like getting stuck at home with a sick family. Or even stores closing because the pandemic is just too prevalent. I read the Bird Flu was only 1 strand from mutating to the point where it can transfer from human to human. (Now, it already can go from bird to human.) There will be a 2nd bout of Swine Flu after that mutates, and it will be worse. I plan to be prepared for it. Whose with me!? :) Here is a list of things basic things you should have:
-Food
-Water
-toilet paper (100 rolls of toilet paper per person-you use much more when you are sick)
-feminine products
-paper towels
-toothpaste
-soap
-Clorox wipes
-rubber cloves
-hand sanitizer - did you know stores ran out of this when H1N1 got around?
-breathing masks
-cleaners
-dish washing
-laundry
-disinfectant
-baby supplies
-diapers
-wipes
-formula
-baby food
-cash
-games
-batteries
-camping stove
So... I didn't start this post planning to say all that. I wanted to talk about my new freezer. Hmm. That's weird. Oh well, get prepared.
4 comments:
Loving this new blog! And new freezer? Yay for you. I'm still in the works to get one. BTW- Kaylin has a recipe book that she ordered entitled- home freezer meals. So- I think I should find out where she ordered it from and get you and me one- you in?
You are brilliant! I wrote all those things down so that CJ and I can start buying things. I really didn't think about things that you would need if you are stuck in your house for a while until we were at Jodi's house like feminine products, toothpaste, soap, all hygiene products. There is lots to consider. Keep posting stuff like this so I can come here and find out what I need! How to store water.... that should be your next post!
TP- a must! I think Edward was dying of that Spanish Influenza pandemic you were talking about in the early 1900s. Luckily, Carlisle got to him in time and..wait, was this not a Twilight book review post?
Good post, Beckyp ants! (I hate HTML too!)
yeh for a new blog! you are an over achiever!
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