AllReferHealth - Poisons and Overdose
Here is a site with lots of information about Poisons and Overdoses. If you have trouble with anything, it's a good place to look for symptoms and what to worry about for poisonous stings, medicines, cleaning products or poisons.
Store a Phone Book in Your Trunk
Keep an extra phone book in the trunk of your car, so that you'll have any number you need in case of emergency. Locksmith, directions to hard to find stores, anything & anyone you might need to contact from the road will be at your fingertips. By Doggy
Winter Survival Emergency TP (Toilet Paper) Heater
You're stranded in your car or truck in the middle of winter and you have no winter survival kit in your car. No relief in sight. This TP heater may save your life. This requires a empty coffee can with the plastic lid, at least two 16 ounce bottles of rubbing alcohol and one roll of unscented toilet paper. It's easy to make:
What do your do to keep you home prepared for a natural disaster? Please let us know which types of risks there are where you live, i.e. blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes. Post your ideas.
Take Inventory of All Your Belongings
Create an inventory list and do a room to room video log of all your belongings. Leave out nothing of importance to you. Add a written report of where purchased, value, etc. Some insurance companies require detailed lists of what you are replacing before they settle with you. My sister had to do this from memory after her home was blown apart and scattered for miles from a tornado. Vacuum seal your records and place in your freezer. It's easier to find big objects after the storm and the rains that always follow a tornado. By Mildred Ruckert
With all the trouble we are having with weather created disasters, we need to make sure we have records of importance in a few safe places. Security boxes and locked freezers work well. I feel much safer with them sealed in an airtight bag as well, then placed in the storage box (freezer or security box). With all the mess these floods are causing, what a relief it is to have dry documents when you need them. By Mildred Ruckert
Preparing for Winter - Buy Essentials Before Winter Hits
The best way is to prepare before winter (or bad weather). Stock up on things that disappear literally in hours from stores: batteries, water, flashlights. Buy a few things every few weeks and keep them in a certain place. We don't have "winter" here, but we do have hurricanes, tornadoes, etc., and the preparation is similar. Also, a generator is a good investment for power outages. By Dannie
Great information to help keep your family prepared in case of a disaster.
Camping or Driving Safety Blanket
Keep in your auto a couple of drape panels with the pleats cut off folded stored in your auto or camping supplies. If on the road, camping or if you have to walk in wet weather open one of the drape panels and place the rubberized side next to you to hold heat in and away to keep wet off. If you do not have any extra at home these drapes are cheap at yard sales or thrift stores.They will help block wind when you bundle up in them. What keeps the heat or cold out of your house at the windows can do the same for your body and are easily and cheaply replaced. By MaryBelle Wright
War is on the horizon. What should we do to prepare ourselves? I was a young teenager during most of Vietnam and I didn't have to make the financial decisions for my family. What do I need to know in order to plan for this frightening future? - Wendy W. Charlotte, NC
A list of phone numbers and web sites for helping with the current problems caused by the 9-11 Attack. Please feel free to add any you know of that we may have left off.
Here are items to include in a Emergency Survival Kit for your home. This would be helpful in power outages, hurricanes, earthquakes or blizzards. Please feel free to add anything you think has been left out.
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