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    1. Thanks for the math lesson although I think you completely missed the point trying to make yours. Accidents like anything figured statistically are not based on a simple years worth of figures they a rolling total and then averaged.

    1. Hi Beckie I used to work in a manufacturing plant and designed them. I have sold hundreds of them still have a few left if you want one. Price is $40 and includes the all weather vinyl binder with sleeves and my checklist. My email is Lincolnparkpawn@hotmail.com if you want one

  1. Good Advice! In our family each person has an emergency checklist in the glove box of their vehicle. The list includes the three locations we will rendezvous in the event that we aren’t together and can’t communicate. There is a list of items to get from our home in the event of an evacuation.
    Lists are critical because in the midst of chaos critical things will be overlooked. Depending on the nature of the emergency having a list will afford you the opportunity to triage your needs. For example, if a fire threatens your home you might not need to grab your garden tools but you absolutely want to have your insurance policy when you evacuate.
    One thing to remember about communicating during an event: text messages may work even when the phone circuits are overloaded. We have that as a reminder in bold print on our plans.

  2. I organized my checklists by time:
    If the sheriff says “go now” take this.
    If I have 15 minutes take this next.
    If I have 30 minutes take this next.
    If I have 1 hour take this next.
    If I have 3 hours take this next.
    If I’m never coming back take all this.

    1. I am working on the same thing. The hardest part for me is the “never coming back” items to take. Such as tools, gardening tools, basics of those. A good example of needing to be ready is happening right now in Hyndman PA where a train derailed in town at about 5 am. The town is evacuating. We have to stay ready. Take care.

  3. We have in “5-Minute Grab and Go Lists” to pre-prioritize key items and actions to save critical time.

    Normally just two of us live in our home. We have TWO ‘5-Min. Grab & Go’ lists (hidden of course). The lists have no overlap in locations for efficiency. My spouse grabs things at locations A and B. I grab things at locations C and D. This saves time by not having to decide what to take, its location or asking if it was already packed by the other. The lists also include actions, such as reminding us to shut off the propane, move gas cans, etc.

    Incidentally, the first items are securing our pets. They will likely get anxious in the inevitable commotion. The last thing you want is to be ready to leave and not be able to find Miss Kitty.

  4. they laughed at me at work when I trundled in my go-bag backpack with walking shoes and socks, 2 bottles of water, cooking pot, emergency food (peanut butter, crackers, spam, tuna pouches, power bars), water treatment pills, two white dish towels to be used as slings/bandages/signaling devices, a roll of toilet paper and some wetwipes, a whistle, a flashlight, a tyvek windbreaker, a small jackknife, 3 bic lighters,and a small tarp. I wished I had room for a small prybar as when the earthquake happens, the doors and elevator shafts will buckle and be un-openable, oh well, can’t have everything

  5. JUNE 28th was the day the Archduke and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo. The shooting may have started in August, but Serbia signed its death warrant when they aided and abetted the radicals who did the deed. [July 28th was] the day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, but few ever thought that would not eventually happen. Some things are baked into the meal. War declarations are sometime meaningless. Re: the Viet-Nam War and innumerable wars the U.S. has waged.

  6. Good info. Have the same; developed three bins to move out – labeled 1, 2, 3; car move out then includes three cases of water and each person’s rucksack.

    Checklist in bins…the “bark” dog rides on the rucks.

    Dave.

  7. Great piece! It’s funny that I should see this now, I actually just sent out an emergency checklist as part of my newsletter. This is very informative, and could’ve helped out with my research. If anybody is interested in that newsletter, check it out: bit.ly/2uKbZqn

  8. It’s tangential, but any chance the original contributor could share about that StormSafe product for map waterproofing? I have some maps that could use similar…

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