Emergency preparedness
Emergency preparedness
By: Tim Sebra
Description: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments Hello again from the Golden Hills Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you have been following our monthly inserts you should be almost half way to having your 72-hour kit put together. Hopefully it has been a fun experience for you and your family.
Why prepare a kit? Simple: it makes sense. Remember the parable of the 10 virgins and the bridegroom. Five prepared their lamps with oil and five did not. When the bridegroom came, the five who were prepared went with him, the others were left behind.
Matthew 25:13 warns us to “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Let’s not allow this happen in our community. Tehachapi can easily prepare itself. Just look for this article each month to help you put together a kit that will sustain you and your family for three days, until reasonable aid can be expected.
If you have missed prior articles, visit the Tehachapi News website at www.tehachapinews.com and look in the archives.
May’s list
1. Seventy-two hours worth of food and water for each person.
2. Reduce and seal in waterproof plastic, all important documents. For example: birth certificates, medical records, social security cards, driver’s licenses, marriage certificates, religious ordination certificates and records, property and car titles, life insurance, will, etc.
3. One box of 75-feet or more of aluminum foil.
4. One pair of leather gloves.
Remember to keep gas tanks at least half full at all times and continue to put away money and calling cards. Rotate perishable items every six months.
April’s list
1. One sleeping bag with a water-resistant stuff bag per person.
2. Waterproof and windproof matches or lighter.
3. Candles or kerosene lamp.
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