https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 22:03:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1708179 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:47:08 +0000 Sapphiresun 1708179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I somewhat use it as my pantry. Things like peanut butter I'll use up from our kitchen, then remove the one from the emergency kit and replace it on my next shop. About twice a year I go through and just use the basic stuff that I would consider an every day edible that might be coming up to "expiry" and eat it, and then replace the items. Some of the items that are more like... "I'd eat it in an emergency, but I'm not inclined to do it voluntarily" (like canned meats) we just throw out. I tend to do the cycle in the summer since we'll often go camping, so I'll pack from there and then replace the items with fresh.</p> <p>We keep that in two large-ish bins with several propane tanks for our camping stove. There's things like boxed milk, juice boxes, almond milk, beans, trail mixes, protein bars, various dehydrated and canned soups, canned fruit and veggies, crackers, cookies, chocolate bars, cereal, nut butters, Gatorade powder, sugar, salt and pepper. Seven 4L drinking water, and then two of the 18.9L bottles filled with regular tap water with hand pump for hygeine and washing dishes. </p> <p>We have two backpacks for evacuation (and use at home if we don't evacuate). They have the same food, but just smaller quantities, and leans more toward the foods that are light to carry, but nutrient dense. As well as batteries, crank radio, candles, lighter, waterproof matches, basic first aid kit, water treatment tablets, a dozen 1L water bottles and reuseable canteens, purification tablets, manual can opener, a cooking pot, camp stove and propane tank, clothes for layering, extra socks and undies, work gloves, tarp, wool blanket, mylar survival blanket, hand sanitizer, dishsoap, baby wipes, roll of toilet paper in a ziploc bag to stay dry, multi-tool, flashlight, cell phone chargers, $600 in smaller bills (who knows if the lines will be up to accept other forms of payment) and some coins, duct tape, sewing kit (I steal them from hotels), garbage and biohazard bags, two N95 masks per person, feminine hygeine products.</p> <p>And then the ones in our cars are somewhat similar but smaller versions that we could grab but probably only a 48 hour kit. I keep the fabric type things (tarp, clothing) in a vacuum sealed bag in my trunk so they compress and don't take up tons of space, and then just a small tupperware box with some other essentials. This one just has protein bars, and dried fruit/nut mixes. And mine always has a pair of good walking shoes, since if I was at work, I'd probably be in heels, which aren't practical survival footwear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1706586 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:11:20 +0000 LuLu Mom 1706586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Nebraska, and we've had 3 devastating tornados in the last 2 months, so my emergency kit is growing. I have a box in the basement stored with water &amp; food, extra batteries and flashlights, the storage room is cleaned out with blankets and pillows to cover up with. I also have a bag with a long-sleeved shirt, socks, and tennis shoes for everyone in the family. </p> <p>DH's aunt lost her house on Mother's Day, as did my best friend's in laws. Reality really set in that we need to be more prepared. </p> <p>I also took pictures and uploaded them online of all our possessions for insurance purposes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1706546 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:56:44 +0000 BSB 1706546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: Wow! Great job on getting prepared! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1706422 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:29:46 +0000 looch 1706422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: I'd love to know more about the contents of your kits and how you cycle through them (if at all, to keep the food stocks fresh). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1706359 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 02:42:15 +0000 Sapphiresun 1706359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have 8 kits for various places/reasons.</p> <p>We have a kit at home that's set up for if we needed to hunker down here for an extended period. Our main issue is that our water comes from North Vancouver, so if the pipes/water supply were affected we'd be screwed on this side of the river. So we have tons of drinkable water stored. Food I have enough for probably a week and half, so could be better there. </p> <p>Then we have our portable kit that's ready to go in case we needed to evacuate our home. That one only has maybe 3 days of food that we could grab if we literally only had time to grab the food, and we would take from the home kit if we had more time to pack. </p> <p>Then DH and I each carry a smaller kit in our cars, and one for each of us at work that we keep in our desks (our office handles the food part, so it's mostly just personal necessities and things like comfortable walking shoes) and I'm working on two for LO. One short term kit to keep at day care, and a larger kit for her if she has to be separated from us for an extended period. DH and I are both emergency services workers, so the expectation is that if a major event ever took place we would be at work, not taking care of our own family if we're able to get physically get to work, so she needs to come with her own kit to whomever's door step she ends up on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-1706354 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 02:19:12 +0000 BSB 1706354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping an old thread of mine. I've been getting this weird urge to secure bookcases and complete my emergency preparedness kit. Never felt an earthquake before but it can definitely still happen in the PNW. Plus, I am around some possible active volcanos. </p> <p>It's probably just a crazy intuition. Better safe than sorry. DH is just letting do my thing, with the occasional side eye.. Haha. </p> <p>I do have a food kit that is in the garage that I got from costco. I need to get some anti-tip straps for my furniture, so I'm going to grab some emergency water and such. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-176390 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:20:46 +0000 LuLu Mom 176390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually have some things during tornado season, but probably not as prepared as we should be. I try to always keep bottled water, batteries, flashlights, and a little radio on hand that runs on batteries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-176388 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:19:29 +0000 joyjoy 176388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in earthquake land, so we do have one. Food-wise I think we have a couple weeks worth of freeze dried food, and we generally keep a good stock of canned goods as well. We built it with just DH and I in mind, though, so I'll have to update it for the LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-176371 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:06:15 +0000 BSB 176371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: You have a bomb shelter. Whoa, cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175743 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:29:47 +0000 looch 175743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't, but we also have a bomb shelter in our basement, so at least we have somewhere to go, but nothing to eat.</p> <p>Really need to do one where you have backpacks, in case we have to evacuate. I left town during 9/11 and didn't have my birth control pills, for example. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175729 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:44:54 +0000 Rosie Girl 175729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No we don't. :S </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175719 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:32:54 +0000 mediagirl 175719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a few gallons of water in the pantry and always have enough food around for about a week or so. We would be okay, I think. For a week or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175691 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:09:36 +0000 SugarplumsMom 175691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't and we'd really be screwed if a real emergency happened because they don't sell bottled water here - everyone drinks from the tap! As for food and lighting, we're stocked up but the water really needs to be remedied. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175677 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:55:33 +0000 mynoahbear 175677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one. We live in Tokyo and after the earthquake last year, we made sure we had a kit. It's more first aid and water and other non food things plus earthquake helmets. Food wise, I'm not really sure how long it would last. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175644 Thu, 31 May 2012 23:28:58 +0000 Alivoo01 175644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have one. When I lived in OK in tornado alley, we didn't have one then either. Oops!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175598 Thu, 31 May 2012 22:32:12 +0000 BSB 175598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it looks like no one has one so far. Now, I don't feel so bad. :)</p> <p>Oh, here is the link to creating a emergency kit in 24 weeks.<br /> <a href="http://queenbeecoupons.com/2011/03/build-an-emergency-kit-one-week-at-a-time/" rel="nofollow">http://queenbeecoupons.com/2011/03/build-an-emergency-kit-one-week-at-a-time/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175452 Thu, 31 May 2012 21:01:29 +0000 wheres_c 175452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't but the ob gave me a list of things we should put in it.<br /> Considering my pregnancy is during hurricane season, need to get on that soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175438 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:52:52 +0000 chopsuey 175438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175433 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:49:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 175433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we don't. We really should have a few things in case a hurricane comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175406 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:32:44 +0000 heffalump 175406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't. We get hurricanes, so we should. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-emergency-preparedness-kit#post-175399 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:29:53 +0000 BSB 175399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bad. We don't have one.</p> <p>My zombie thread made me think of this.</p> <p>If you do, how long would your kit feed you?</p> <p>I have printed out a emergency preparedness kit that you can gradually stock up on. I think it takes you 26 weeks. Being a procrastinator, I haven't started it. I should start one soon. I'm really afraid of a zombie attack happening soon. ;) </p>