To all members:Are you prepared if there is a disater

My husband and I were discussing this yesterday. We have been planning on getting an earthquake kit together for two years...

It's predicted we will be having the 'big one' anytime.

I just want to order it online - already put together...and can add in anything I need for lyme specifically.
Hubby wants to make our own up...well that never seems to happen!

Wonderful post Jo!

After moving to SoCal, I put together 3 kits -

One is a tiny kit that I take with me when I travel, which includes the infusions I need while I'm gone and any other meds, an epi-pen (or kit - now that they are too expensive), a list of meds and supps I take, and a letter from my MD explaining the meds and my IV port) and hers and other MD contact info.

The 2nd one is a water-proof duffle bag I keep under my bed with a flashlight, hand-crank charger for phone, emergency phone and minutes, change of clothes, couple bottles of water, one of those special masks, and "survival" type stuff (thermal blanket, water purifier, etc...) energy bars, tampons, a small first-aid kit, and several documents and photocopies of my photo IDs, financial accounts and contact list and some cash in another little water-proof baggie.

Every 3 months (every quarter) I have a few things I do - I replace my toothbrush, wash the blanket on my bed, rotate my two plants, replace the dehumidifier containers in my closet (it's VERY humid here) and rotate the meds in/out of my "go-bag".

Over the years I've been able to add things I forgot - there are some outstanding "emergency" lists out there.

I also have a larger bag in the garage with more long-term stuff. I can barely carry this one it's so heavy. I often toss this in the car and leave it there, especially when I drive long distances but I figure it's ready to go if I'm able to drive out of danger. In some cases that won't be possible and I'll be on foot so the smaller bag will do.

Now, if all of CA just slips into the ocean... I'll really need my own helicopter or like a single-person drone. Don't have one of those yet.

-p

This is such a good point. Before I became so sick ( and so broke) I had several emergency type kits for myself & the animals I share my life with. These were basically first aid type stuff , including natural remedies & more mainstream type stuff. They included any regular me & supplements that any of us took on a regular basis as well.

I kept them in a large Tupperware where they were easily accessible. about once a year I rotated through the products and freshened up my kit, using the older products up so I could be confidant that my kits were up to date.

Then I kept a Tupperware in my truck that was more of an overall emergency kit, complete with flashlights, xtra batteries, hand crank radio/charger , emergency blankets,duct tape , basic camping gear( i.e.hatchet, larger knife ,fire starter, rope ,and a tarp ,water purification stuff and xtra leashes ,small hardware & small amounts of emergency food stuff for the animals & I. I also kept copies of all our "important " papers in there.

Since becoming so sick I've pretty much raided my emergency kits ,used up all the contents & not replaced them. What I didn't use up, my Lyme brain has probably misplaced.

I often worry about my lack of preparation these days. Thank you jo , for reminding me that I need to get my butt in gear about this!

I live in the northwest Houston area. We were out of town visiting Son and Grandbabies when the flood started. From past experience, I always travel with at least one week more of weekly pillboxed meds than I need. Something about a ruptured appendix out of state started that habit...

As the flood waters were coming up on our street, a neighbor texted the situation and asked what could he do to help us. We decided the best thing he could do is put my box of meds on the kitchen counter. (It was on the floor of the pantry.) Neighbor was talked into the house, how to tune the alarm off and where the box of meds were. I had peace of mind...

We flew back as fast as we could. Next morning, from a dry, further away northwestern Houston hotel, Hubby got me a half mile from our house and I started wading home with a backpack with my purse and more that a weeks worth of meds. A man and canoe got me safely home and we were both surprised our house wasn't flooded. Half the neighborhood had inches of water inside their house.

Ok, I was not looking after my health, I was worried about my home. Don't know where you're from, but this flood, in my neck of the woods, that was called a 'turd floater' with good reason. I waded through that water up to my mid thighs, with who knows what in the water, it to get home. But, what do you think about that in a crisis situation? Yeah I was sick for a week or so, but it was worth it...

If we had to evacuate, we have a small fire/waterproof safe that we keep all important documents in. After that, all my stashed pills go in a garbage bag to be sorted our later.

For outages, we have a generator. When it gets bad, we have an axe in the attic.