Are You Prepared?

It is the end of March now.  I have not been posting many entries for this month’s goal: 72 hour kits. Hopefully, you each have been working on this project using the helps from the websites I gave you.

The 72 hour kit is like an insurance policy.  It is there “in the event of”…disaster.

The other day, I was watching an online video that featured actress/author Suzanne Somers talking about their recently destroyed home in Malibu.  She was walking among the ashes.  Their whole house was reduced to a flat area of ashes. Everything went so fast! Wind conditions were such that during the fire, homes to the left and right of theirs were undamaged. She said that whle she was picking around in the ashes, she found her wallet and her wedding ring. That was so amazing.

Recently..this week…we have heard of some earthquake activity in the Mojave desert. In Sicily, today, Mount Etna is spewing lava and making expolsive sounds.  Texas is having floods. It is important to be aware that this earth we live on and the waether that can be created is filled with potential for disaster.

In the month’s Ensign, there is a little blurb about using Conference Weekend as a time to take inventory of our emergency preparedness items:

My Preparedness Reminder

Every six months at conference time, I remember to check our family’s emergency preparedness kits. Between conference sessions, I pull out the kits and make sure items inside haven’t expired. I also update any stored clothing that our growing family might need in an emergency evacuation. This semi-annual conference reminder could also be a signal to rotate your food storage and make a list of items needed.
Lisa Covino, Idaho

Regarding our inportant documents that need protection, I was reminded that there is such a thing as a “Memory Stick” whereon you digitally can put all your documents. It fits in your pocket. It is the size of a 5 stick pack of gum. I do not have one yet.  I have just started doing research on them.  People come into the Family History Center to submit names to the temple or to continue their research and, whereas before, they would lug in stacks of folders, files, and papers, now they reach into their pocket and get the memory stick and plug it into the computer and there it all is!

You can scan your will, or living trust, your passport and social security cards or your favorite photos…you can download your family history and personal journals. It is amazing! You can carry it with you always. And feel secure!

Now that I have completely overwhelmed you….I just wish to say: Take it slowly and gradually and steadily and you will reach the point where you will feel prepared. Prioritize and do the tasks you know should be done. Do something every day. ~~~~~~~~~OK, now let’s all get back to work!  ~Joan Hulihan

Hi everyone…I am so sorry if you have logged on wanting some information or encouragement about our MARCH GOAL of puttin together a 72 hour kit.  I have been in Utah since March 1st, visiting our daughter Amy and her husband, who just welcomed their first baby into their home, and Kelsy(another daughter) , and David (our son) and I plan to spend some time in salt lake City visiting our daughter Megan’s family.  At my house in Victorville, the computer is always on and the Internet is always there waiting for me.  here, I rarely get a chance to use a computer…in fact, this is my second time in a week, to use one. 

Today my offering to you is to give you a GREAT site that will teach you a lot about 72 hour kits!  the site is…

 http://www.jennysmith.net/relief-society/72-hour-kits.php

Hva e a wonderful time on this site!!!!! And imagine, if you will, how good you will feel when you have

assembled your 72 hour kits.  One addition  to the kit that is not mentioned in most lists is a terry cloth hand towel.  I highly recommend you put one in each kit!  That’s it for now!   ~Joan Hulihan

 Hi…It is the last day of February.  Our challenge this month was to have more food storage in our homes, especially foods that we use regularly.  You have heard it said over and over…store what you eat and eat what you store.

I hope you have your cupboards filled to overflowing with canned goods, dry goods, etc. and that you feel a bit more secure now.

There are so many great sites on the Internet to help us in our Preparedness Goals…this is a good one and I encourage all of you to check it out.  It has great ideas and great links 

http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/rs/provident/foodstoragehelp.htm

 Here is a little something (don’t know who actually composed it) to think about:

NOAH’s Ark
Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark

One: Don’t miss the boat.

Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four: Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five: Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

Six: Build your future on high ground.

Seven : For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.

Eight: Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

 Nine: When you’re stressed, float a while.

Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Eleven: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am traveling  to Utah tomorrow and will be there 10 days. I hope to have some entries for you soon concerning our challenge for March:  the 72 Hour Kit/Grab and Go Kit.

Until next time, I remain fearlessly yours, Joan Hulihan