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Monday 17 June 2013

Emergency Supply Food

By Patricia Clark


It is good to know the importance of having an emergency supply food for you and your family members especially in places that you frequently go like in the workplace, school and even in your vehicle. Having emergency supply food in these places will assure you that you and your family will have something to consume if ever any emergency situation happens.

Most families gather emergency supplies when calamities start to happen but what happens most of the time is that groceries and other source of supplies will eventually have a shortage because most of the people will be panic buying and will tend to purchase these supplies in bulk. When that happens, it is possible that other people will not be able to buy supplies that they need because of the insufficient availability of these emergency foods and supplies. That's mainly the reason why you should plan early and start to store emergency food supplies as early as today to make sure that whenever a disaster or calamity may hit your location, you are well-prepared to feed yourself and your family even if supplies from different sources will not be readily available or sufficient.

The following are recommended foods to be included in your emergency food and supply storage:

-Water- one of the most basic need of man is food and water. Man can live longer without food but without water, he may die as early as 5 days. Same with food, make sure to store ample amounts of water for you and your family's consumption and use.

-Next on the list of important things to be included in your emergency food supply is sufficient amount of nutritious, easy to store and easy to prepare foods and those foods that has longer shelf life like canned goods and dehydrated foods. Aside from that make sure to include foods that are appropriate for the ages of your family members to be sure that all your family members will have sufficient amount of foods to be consumed during emergency situations.

-Your emergency food and storage supply should contain not only sufficient supply of food and water but should also have different kinds of medicines that are usually needed for different kinds of common injury and sickness. Having supply of these kinds of medicine will give you the opportunity to provide medicine to yourself or your family member that may get sick or injured without having to rush to the pharmacy or drug store. Aside from that, if ever you have a family member that takes maintenance medicines, be sure to always have sufficient supply of the kind of maintenance that he/she takes just to be sure that if ever an emergency may happen, your family member will still be able to take his maintenance medicines. s

-Things such as matches, flashlight, batteries, candles and other things that can be used during emergency should not be forgotten during emergency situations especially because electricity and power supply are typically cut or turned off when a disaster or calamity happens. Having these materials included in your emergency food and storage supply will assure you that you have something to use that will provide light to the place where your and your family stay during the time when a disaster or calamity happens.

As being mentioned many times, your emergency food supply should not only be consisting of foods, rather, make sure to store other things as important as food for you and your family's survival. It is best to prepare these things early than to regret not planning and storing enough when disaster or calamity takes place.




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