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WHAT
TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!
This guide is
for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic nuclear attacks
with expected severe destruction followed by widespread radioactive
fallout downwind.
| IF
ONLY A 'Dirty Bomb' Attack (Not the vastly more devastating
nuclear weapon blasts with fallout discussed below.) - You can expect
localized and downwind contamination from the explosion and dispersed
radioactive materials. If you are near enough to see or hear any local
bomb blast, assume that it includes radiological or chemical agents.
You should move away from the blast area as quickly as possible. If
the wind is blowing toward you from the direction of the blast, travel
in a direction that is crosswise or perpendicular to the wind as you
move away from the blast area. If possible cover your face with a
dust mask or cloth to avoid inhaling potentially radioactive dust.
Upon reaching a safe location, remove your outer clothing outside
and shower as soon as possible. Refer to local news sources for additional
instructions about sheltering or evacuation. The government is better
prepared to direct and assist the public in a 'dirty bomb' incident,
unlike an actual nuclear weapon attack discussed below. |
In
a national crisis of imminent nuclear weapon attacks, read all the way
through this guide first,
THEN
TAKE EFFECTIVE PROTECTIVE ACTION WITH CONFIDENCE... FAST!
#1
- STAY OR GO?
You must
decide FIRST if you need
to prepare where you are, or attempt evacuation. The nature of the
threat, your prior preparations, and your confidence in your sources of
information should direct your decision. If you know already you will
be preparing to stay at your own home or, at least, the immediate local
area, go now to #2 below.
If you are considering
evacuation, your decision requires a very high confidence that it is worth
the risk. You do not want to get stuck between your current location
and your hoped for destination, as there will probably be no easy getting
back. If you fail to get to your destination, you may be exposed without
shelter, in a dangerous situation with little effective law enforcement,
perhaps among panicked hordes of refugees. Whatever supplies you have
may be limited then to what you can carry on foot. IF
you are in a big city or near a military target, AND
you have relatives or friends in the country that you know are awaiting
you, AND the roads between
you and them are clear, AND
the authorities are not yet restricting traffic, AND
you have the means and fuel, evacuation may be a viable option for a limited
time. DO NOT attempt evacuation
if all of the above is not clearly known, or if the situation is deteriorating
too quickly to make the complete trip. You do not want to get stuck
and/or become a refugee being herded along with panicked masses. If evacuation
is truly a viable option, do not wait - GO
NOW! Do so with as many of the supplies listed on the last
page as possible. Better to be two days too early in arriving than two
hours too late and getting snagged mid-way, potentially exposing your
family to a worse fate than having stayed where you were. Because
of the very real danger of getting caught in an evacuation stampede that
stalls, almost all families will be better off making the best of it wherever
they currently are.
#2
- WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FIRST
Because time is of the essence, you need to first delegate and assign
to different adult family members specific tasks so
they can all be accomplished at the same time. Your first priorities to
assure your family survival are Shelter, Water, and Food/Supplies.
While some are working on the water storage and shelter at home, others
need to be acquiring, as much as possible, the food and supplies.
#3
- FOOD/SUPPLIES
Because much of the food and supplies listed on the last page of this
guide may quickly become unavailable, you need to assign someone NOW
to immediately go to the stores with that list! Get cash
from the bank and ATM's first, but try and use credit cards at the stores,
if at all possible, to preserve your cash.
#4
- WATER
With one
or more adults now heading to the stores with the list on the last page,
those remaining need to begin storing water IMMEDIATELY!
Lack of clean water will devastate your family much more quickly and more
severely than any lack of food. Without water for both drinking and continued
good sanitary practices in food preparation and for bathroom excursions
(which will inevitably be much less sanitary than normal), debilitating
sickness could rampage through your household with little hope of prompt
medical attention. That is a highly likely but, avoidable, disaster, ONLY
IF you have enough water.
Every possible
container needs to be filled with water RIGHT
NOW! It will be very hard to have stored too much water. When
the electricity/pumps go down or everybody in your community is doing
the same thing, thus dropping the water pressure, what you've got is all
you might be getting for a very long time. Empty pop bottles (1-3 liter)
are ideal for water storage, also filling up the bathtub and washing machine.
(Remember, later you'll have some in your hot water tank.) If you have
any kiddie pools or old water beds, pull them out and fill them up, too.
(Water from a water bed should be used only for bathing or cleaning, not
for drinking as it may contain traces of algaecide and/or fungicides.)
Anything and everything that'll hold water needs to be filled up
quickly RIGHT NOW!!
One of the shopping
items listed on the last page is new garbage cans and liner bags which
you'll also use for storing water. If you can't get any more new cans,
you could clean out an existing garbage can and scrub it throughout with
bleach, then put in a new garbage bag liner and fill it with water. Even
sturdy boxes could be used with bag liners. (Use two liners if they are
very thin/flimsy.) Choose well where you fill up garbage cans with water
because they won't easily be moved once full and many of them together
could be too heavy for some upper floor locations. Ideally, they need
to be very near where your shelter will be constructed and can
actually add to its shielding properties, as you'll see below. BE
ASSURED, YOU CANNOT STORE AND HAVE TOO MUCH WATER! Do not
hesitate, fill up every possible container, RIGHT NOW!
#5
- SHELTER
The principles of radiation protection are simple - with many options
and resources families can use to prepare or improvise a very effective
shelter. You must throw off the self-defeating myths of nuclear un-survivability
that may needlessly seal the fate of less informed families.
Radioactive fallout
is the particulate matter (dust) produced by a nuclear explosion and carried
high up into the air by the mushroom cloud. It drifts on the wind and
most of it settles back to earth downwind of the explosion. The heaviest,
most dangerous, and most noticeable fallout, will 'fall out' first close
to ground zero. It may begin arriving minutes after an explosion. While
the smaller and lighter dust-like particles will typically be arriving
hours later, as they drift much farther downwind, often for hundreds of
miles. As it settles, whether you can see it or not, fallout will accumulate
and blow around everywhere just like dust or light snow does on the ground
and roofs. Wind and rain can concentrate the fallout into localized 'hot
spots' of much more intense radiation with no visible indication of its
presence.
This radioactive fallout
'dust' is dangerous because it is emitting penetrating radiation energy
(similar to x-ray's). This radiation (not the fallout dust) can go right
through walls, roofs and protective clothing. Even if you manage not to
inhale or ingest the dust, and keep it off your skin, hair, and clothes,
and even if none gets inside your house, the radiation penetrating your
home is still extremely dangerous, and can injure or kill you inside.
Radioactive fallout
from a nuclear explosion, though very dangerous initially, loses its intensity
quickly because it is giving off so much energy. For example, fallout
emitting gamma ray radiation at a rate of 500 R/hr (fatal with one hour
of exposure) shortly after an explosion, weakens to only 1/10th as strong
7 hours later. Two days later, it's only 1/100th as strong, or as deadly,
as it was initially.
That is really
very good news, because our families can readily survive it IF
we get them into a proper shelter to safely wait it out as it becomes
less dangerous with every passing hour.
What stops radiation,
and thus shields your family, is simply putting mass between them and
the radiation source. Like police body armor stopping bullets, mass stops
(absorbs) radiation. The thicker the mass, the more radiation it stops.
Also, the denser (heavier) the mass used, the more effective it is with
every inch more you add to your fallout shelter. The thickness in inches
needed to cut the radiation down to only 1/10th of its initial intensity
for different common materials is: Steel 3.3", concrete 11",
earth 16", water 24", wood 38", etc. The thickness required
to stop 99% of the radiation is: 5" of steel, 16" of solid brick
or hollow concrete blocks filled with mortar or sand, 2 feet of packed
earth or 3 feet if loose, 3 feet of water. You may not have enough steel
available, but anything you do have will have mass and can be used to
add to your shielding - it just takes more thickness of lighter wood,
for example, than heavier earth, to absorb and stop the same amount of
radiation. Increasing the distance between your family and the radiation
outside also reduces the radiation intensity.
The goals of your
family fallout shelter are:
- To maximize
the distance away from the fallout 'dusting' outside on the ground and
roof
- To place sufficient
mass between your family and the fallout to absorb the deadly radiation
- To make the
shelter tolerable to stay in while the radiation subsides with every
passing hour
While a fallout shelter
can be built anywhere, you should see what your best options are at home
or nearby. Some structures already provide significant shielding or partial
shielding that can be enhanced for adequate protection. If you do not
have a basement available, you can still use the techniques shown below
in any above ground structure, but you'll need to use more mass to achieve
the same level of shielding. You may consider using other solid structures
nearby, especially those with below ground spaces, such as commercial
buildings, schools, churches, below ground parking garages, large and
long culverts, tunnels, etc.. Some of these may require permissions and/or
the acquiring of additional materials to minimize any fallout drifting
or blowing into them, if open ended. Buildings with a half-dozen or more
floors, where there is not a concern of blast damage, may provide good
radiation protection in the center of the middle floors. This is because
of both the distance and the shielding the multiple floors provide from
the fallout on the ground and roof.
Bottom Line: choose
a structure nearby with both the greatest mass and distance already in
place between the outside, where the fallout would settle, and the shelter
inside.
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If you have
a basement in your home, or at a nearby relatives' or friends' house
that you can use, your best option is probably to fortify and use
it, unless you have ready access to a better/deeper structure nearby.
For an expedient
last-minute basement shelter, push a heavy table that you can get
under into the corner that has the soil highest on the outside.
The ground level outside ideally needs to be above the top of the
inside shelter. If no heavy table is available, you can take internal
doors off their hinges and lay them on supports to create your 'table'.
Then pile any available mass on and around it such as books, wood,
cordwood, bricks, sandbags, heavy furniture, full file cabinets,
full water containers, your food stocks, and boxes and pillow cases
full of anything heavy, like earth. Everything you could pile up
and around it has mass that will help absorb and stop more radiation
from penetrating inside - the heavier the better. However, be sure
to reinforce your table and supports so you do not overload it and
risk collapse.
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Leave a small
crawl-through entrance and more mass there that can be easily pulled
in after you to seal it up. Have at least two gaps or 4-6"
square air spaces, one high at one end and one low at the other.
Use more if crowded and/or hotter climate. A small piece of cardboard
can help fan fresh air in if the natural rising warmer air convection
current needs an assist moving the air along. This incoming air
won't need to be filtered if the basement has been reasonably sealed
up, however any windows or other openings will require some solid
mass coverage to assure they stay sealed and to provide additional
shielding protection for the basement. More details on this in the
next (#6) section.
With more time,
materials, and carpentry or masonry skills, you could even construct
a more formal fallout shelter, such as the lean-to shown to the
right, but you will need to assure structural integrity is achieved
and adequate mass is utilized.
An effective
fallout shelter constructed in a basement may reduce your radiation
exposure 100-200 fold. Thus, if the initial radiation intensity
outside was 500 R/hr (fatal in one hour), the basement shelter occupants
might only experience 5 R/hr or even less, which is survivable,
as the radiation intensity will be decreasing with every passing
hour.
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Adding mass on the floor above your chosen basement corner, and outside
against the walls opposite your shelter, can dramatically increase your
shielding protection. Every inch thicker adds up to more effective life-saving
radiation shielding.
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cramped as that crawl space fallout shelter might seem, the vital
shielding provided by simply moving some mass into place could be
the difference between exposure to a lethal dose of radiation and
the survival of your family.
The majority
of people requiring any sheltering at all will be many miles downwind,
and they will not need to stay sheltered for weeks on end. In fact,
most people will only need to stay sheltered full-time for a few
days before they can start coming out briefly to attend to quick
essential chores. Later, they can begin spending ever more time
out of the shelter daily, only coming back in to sleep. As miserable
as it might seem now, you and your family can easily endure that,
especially compared to the alternative.
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It's
really not so difficult to build an effective family fallout shelter,
not to get it done... RIGHT NOW!
#6
- ESSENTIAL DETAILS
If you've
accomplished the above; securing your supplies, stored water, and built
your family fallout shelter, CONGRATULATIONS!
You have now succeeded in improving the odds of survival for your family
100-fold, or more! Now, you need to expand your knowledge and fine-tune
the tactics that will make the most of your family survival strategy.
- Government information
and guidance is a vital resource in your response to a nuclear crisis,
but for many reasons it may be late, incomplete, misleading or simply
in error. While evacuation might be prudent for individuals who act
quickly in response to a threat, governments will be slow to call for
mass evacuations because of their potential for panic and gridlock.
As the recent government calls for duct tape and plastic sheeting led
to sold-out stores, anxiety, and derision from the press, there will
be great reluctance to issue similar alarms. If you want to assure that
you have adequate food and supplies for your family
you must act BEFORE the panic without
first waiting for government instructions that may never come or as
urgently as warranted. You alone are ultimately responsible for your
family.
- Filtering the
air coming into your basement shelter won't be required. Air does
not become radioactive, and if your basement is reasonably snug, there
won't be any wind blowing through it to carry the radioactive fallout
dust inside. Simply sealing any basement windows and other openings
prevents significant fallout from getting inside. To improve both the
radiation shielding inside the basement, and to protect the windows
from being broken and letting fallout blow in later, you should cover
them all with wood, and then with sandbags or solid masonry blocks or
earth, etc. on the outside and inside too, if possible. If the basement
air gets seriously stale later on, you could re-open a door into the
upper floors of the still closed house, or secure
a common furnace air filter over an outside air opening leading into
your basement.
- Regarding fallout
contamination, any food or water stored in sealed containers, that
can later have any fallout dust brushed or rinsed off the outside of
the container, will then be safe to use. As long as the fallout dust
does not get inside the container, then whatever radiation penetrated
the food/water container from the outside does not harm the contents.
If you suspect that your clothes have fallout on them, remove your outer
clothing before you come inside and leave them outside. A cheap plastic
hooded rain poncho that can be easily rinsed off or left outside is
very worthwhile. Have water and baby shampoo near the entrance (hose
and containers) to wash and thoroughly rinse any exposed skin and hair.
Exposure to fallout radiation does not make you radioactive, but you
need to assure that you don't bring any inside. If any are stricken
with radiation sickness, typically nausea, it is when mild (<100
Rads) 100% recoverable and cannot be passed on to others. Before fallout
arrives, you might also try to cover up items you want to protect outside
for easier rinsing off of the fallout dust later when it's safe to come
out and do so. For instance, if you have a vegetable gardening spot,
you might try covering much of it with plastic or tarp and weighting
them down.
- If without sufficient
time to acquire radiological instruments of your own,
like Geiger counters and dosimeters, you'll need to be extra sure
that your portable radios function properly from inside your shelter
and that you have plenty of fresh batteries stocked for them.
Without radiological instruments, listening for official guidance about
the radiation threat levels in your particular area will be the only
way you'll know when it's becoming safe to venture out. It might also
be the only way you'll know when you first need to take your initial
maximum protective action. When not in use, they should not be attached
to any outside antenna or even have their own antenna extended. And,
they should be wrapped in any non-conducting insulation, like layers
of paper or bubble wrap plastic and then stored in a metal container
or wrapped in aluminum foil to minimize the potential of EMP ruining
the electronics. Having back-up radios would be very prudent. With extra
radios, you can have one always tuned to the
closest likely target city and, if it suddenly goes off the air, that
could be your first indication of an attack.
- If close to
a target, your first indication of a nuclear detonation may be with
its characteristic blinding bright flash. The first effects you may
have to deal with before radioactive fallout arrives, depending on your
proximity to it, are blast and thermal energy. Promptly employing the
old "Duck & Cover" strategy will save many from avoidable
flying debris injuries and minimize thermal burns. Those very close
will experience tornado strength winds and should quickly dive behind
any solid object or into any available depression, culvert, etc. A very
large 500 kiloton blast, 2.2 miles away, will arrive about 8 seconds
after the detonation flash with a very strong three second wind blast.
That delay is much greater further away. That is a lot of time to take
cover IF alert and you should stay down for up to 2 minutes. If not
near any target 'ground zero' you will only, like the vast majority,
have to deal with the fallout later.
- When fallout
is first anticipated, but has not yet arrived, anyone not already
sheltered should begin using a dust protector filter mask and hooded
rain ponchos. Everyone should begin taking Potassium Iodide (KI) or
Potassium Iodate (KIO3) tablets for thyroid protection against cancer
causing radioactive iodine, a major product of nuclear weapons explosions.
If no tablets available, you can topically (on the skin) apply an iodine
solution, like tincture of iodine or Betadine, for a similar protective
effect. (WARNING: Iodine solutions
are NEVER to be ingested or swallowed.)
For adults, paint 8 ml of a 2 percent tincture of Iodine on the abdomen
or forearm each day, ideally at least 2 hours prior to possible exposure.
For children 3 to 18, but under 150 pounds, only half that amount painted
on daily, or 4 ml. For children under 3 but older than a month, half
again, or 2 ml. For newborns to 1 month old, half it again, or just
1 ml. (One measuring teaspoon is about 5 ml, if you don't have a medicine
dropper graduated in ml.) If your iodine is stronger than 2%, reduce
the dosage accordingly. Absorption through the skin is not as reliable
a dosing method as using the tablets, but tests show that it will still
be very effective for most. Do not use if allergic to iodine.
If at all possible, inquire of your doctor NOW if there is any reason
why anybody in your household should not use KI or KIO3 tablets, or
iodine solutions on their skin, in a future nuclear emergency, just
to be sure.
- When you know that
the time to take protective action is approaching, turn off all
the utilities into the house, check that everything is sealed up and
locked down, and head for the shelter. You should also check that you
have near your shelter additional tools, crow bars, and car jacks for
digging out later, if required, and fire extinguishers handy, too. Also,
any building supplies, tools, sheet plastic, staple guns, etc. for sealing
any holes from damage. Your basement should already be very well sealed
against fallout drifting inside. Now, you'll need
to seal around the last door you use to enter with duct tape all around
the edges, especially if it's a direct to the outside door.
- You don't need
to risk fire,
burns, and asphyxiation trying to cook anything in the cramped shelter
space, if you have pre-positioned in your shelter enough canned goods,
can opener, and other non-perishable foods, that are ready-to-eat without
preparation. More food, along with water, can be located right
outside your crawl space entrance that you can pull in quickly as needed
when safe to do so.
- For lighting
needs within the shelter have many small LED flashlights or LED
head-lamps to stretch your battery life. Try not to have to use candles
if at all possible. Bring in some books for yourself and games
for the children. Maybe throw in a small/thin mattress, some cushions,
blankets, pillows, etc.
- Toilet use
will be via the 5 gallon bucket with a seat borrowed from one of the
house bathrooms, if you did not purchase a separate one. Garbage bag
liners, preferably sized for it, should always be used and a full-size
and bag lined garbage can should be positioned very close to the shelter
entrance for depositing these in when it is safe to do so quickly. Hanging
a sheet or blanket will help provide a little privacy as shelter occupants
'take their turn'. The toilet needs to have its new 'deposits' sealed
up tight with the plastic liner after each use. Use
a very secure top on the bucket and position it near the wall with the
outgoing upper air vent.
- Pets, and
what to do about them, is a tough call. Letting dogs run free is
not a humane option, both for their potential to die a miserable death
from radiation exposure outside and/or to be a danger to others, especially
if they get diseased and/or run in the inevitable packs of multitudes
of other abandoned pets. Caring for them
is ideal, if truly realistic and not a drain on limited resources, while
'putting them down' might eventually become a painful, but necessary
reality if the disruption of services and food supplies was very long
term.
- Boiling or bleach
water treatments will be used for cleaning your stored water
later for drinking. (This is for killing bacteria, not for radiation
contamination, which is never a concern for any stored and covered water
containers or even sealed food.) Tap water recently put into clean containers
won't likely need to be purified before using. To purify questionable
water, bring it to a roiling boil and keep it there for 10 minutes at
least. If you don't have the fuel to boil it, you can kill the bacteria
by mixing in a good quality household bleach at the rate of 10 drops
per gallon, and letting it sit for at least 1/2 an hour. The bleach
should be at least 5.25% pure, like Clorox, but be sure it has no additives
such as soap or fragrance. You can later get rid of the flat taste from
boiling, or some of the chlorine taste when using bleach,
by pouring it from one container to another several times.
- There's much
more that can be learned to better understand what you are up against
and to acquire to help your family survive and to better endure all
of this. While time allows, and if the Internet is still up & running,
task someone with getting and printing out this additional information
and see the short Civil Defense films below them.
The
Good News About Nuclear Destruction
Jericho
Syndrome - No Knowledge, No Instruments Equals Panic!
Nuclear
War Survival Skills
Core
shelter video (inner shelter basics that can be made in 30 minutes)
Civil Defense films
made during the Cold War. Old fashioned, but tactics of radiation protection
are timeless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dobys9s9f2w
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1528313029232126903&q=duck+cover&hl=en
If there is also
enough time to both order, and be shipped, your own radiation detection
and monitoring instruments, potassium iodide anti-radiation tablets, Nuclear
Survival handbooks, etc., check first for remaining availability at these
links...
http://www.radmeters4u.com/package.htm
http://www.nukalert.com
http://www.ki4u.com/products1.htm
BOTTOM LINE:
When the TV or radio
program switches abruptly to an terse announcement saying: "We
Interrupt This Program For This Special Bulletin!", and your
kids look up to you with questioning wide-eyes and eager for assurances,
know then that you are confidently ready for them with your own Plan of
Action ready to go! That's what this is all about... our children!
This guide was purposely
designed with the sober realization that the overwhelming majority of
our fellow Americans would not be compelled to read such a guide until
a nuclear crisis was imminent and, unfortunately, their preparation options
and time to prepare then would be very limited. www.ki4u.com and other
survival equipment suppliers will again be quickly sold-out, as all were
after 9/11. This guide then will be the best/only help that we can offer.
If you are fortunate enough to be exploring your family preparation needs
and options before such a future national crisis, there is much more that
you can and should do now to insure that they are even better prepared.
"A
prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3
LIST
OF SUPPLIES TO ACQUIRE LOCALLY
If stores are still
at all stocked, and safe to go to, try to buy as many of the following
items as possible... IMMEDIATELY!
There are no quantities listed here on the food items below as family
size varies and because, as the emergency and panic widens, many items
will become quickly sold-out or quantities restricted and you'll need
to try to get more of what does remain on the shelves. At a minimum you
should be looking at two weeks of provisions, but much better to
be aiming for two months or more. The reality is, if/when we are
attacked, it will be a very long time before anything is ever 'normal'
again, especially at any grocery stores. Hurricane victims can attest
to the prolonged misery and disruptions from even a localized disaster,
even with the rest of the country still able to help out. Nobody can begin
to imagine how bad the suffering will be, and for how long, if nuclear
weapons have gone off... and in multiple locations!
The half-dozen top
listed and UNDERLINED food items below
are primarily for use while in the shelter. They are mostly ready-to-eat
that requires no cooking or preparation, just a can opener at the most.
(The iodine solution is included here because of its importance for its
thyroid-blocking topical use detailed above, but it's NEVER
to be ingested or swallowed.) The other foods listed below there
are better cost/nutrition staples for later use during the extended recovery
period. Then follows general non-food supplies, tools and equipment.
Go Acquire It All
Now QUICKLY!
It's much better to
risk being a little early when securing your families essential food and
supplies, rather than a few hours too late...
Canned goods
(pasta, soups, chili, vegetables, fruit, tuna, meats, beans, peanut butter,
etc.)
Ready-to-eat foods (pop-tarts, raisins, cheese, granola/energy/protein
bars, snack-paks, etc.)
Some perishable foods (breads and fruits like bananas, apples, oranges,
grapes, etc.)
Assorted drink mix flavorings (with no cold drinks, just plain water,
kids will appreciate it!)
Plenty of potent Multi-Vitamins, Vit C, etc.
Iodine solution, like Betadine (16 ounces)- NOT
TO BE INGESTED OR SWALLOWED!
Multiple big boxes
of dried milk (Could include/use some inside shelter, too.)
Multiple big boxes of pancake and biscuit mix & syrup
Largest bags of rice
Largest bags of beans
Largest bags of flour
Largest bags of potatoes
Largest bags quick oats and other grains
Largest bags of macaroni
Large bag of sugar
Large jar of honey
Large 2 gallons or more of cooking oil
Baking powder & baking soda & spice assortment pack
Bottled water (especially if home supplies not secured yet)
Paper or plastic plates/bowls/cups/utensils
Quality manual can opener, 2 if you don't already have one at home
Kitchen matches and disposable lighters
New garbage cans and lots of liner bags (water storage & waste storage)
5 gallon bucket and smaller garbage bags sized for it (toilet)
Toilet seat for the bucket (or use one from inside the house)
Toilet paper and, if needed, sanitary napkins, diapers
Baby wipes (saves water for personal hygiene use)
Flashlights (ideally LED) and more than one portable radio
Plenty more batteries, at least three sets, for each of the above
Bleach (5.25%, without fragrance or soap additives)
Alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide
Aspirin/Tylenol/Motrin, Pepto Bismol, etc.
Prescription drugs filled, and as much extra as possible
First aid kits
Fire extinguishers
Plenty of inexpensive dust mask filter protectors
Cheap plastic hooded rain ponchos for everyone
Water filters and all other camping type supplies, such as Coleman cook
stove and fuel, ammo, etc., if any sporting goods stocks still available.
And, of course, rolls of plastic sheeting, duct tape, staple guns, staples,
etc.
Everyone is invited
to copy, post, print, and distribute this 'WHAT
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Last Update: 9/16/2006
Echod Enterprise 2009
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