M. Usman - When the Grid Goes Down

Prepping and Survival Series

M. Usman

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Mendon Cottage Books

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We will begin this book by providing you withthe basics, such as the disaster supply kits. You have to beprepared for everything before any disastrous event takes place,because that is the only key to fighting off any mishaps that mayoccur. We not only give you the basic instructions, but will alsosupply you with the most important supply off all, the list of allthe relevant objects you need. Now, a lot of these things aregenerally found in any common household, but we provide you withall other extra things that need to be there as well. We willfollow it up with the advice of storing all important documents andwhat kind of documents are the important ones.

Disaster tools are followed by another keysection, which is hygiene. When the grid goes down the usual setupof your life alters for a great amount of time, and the mechanismsthat we normally rely upon are in disarray. Hence, we give you alist of essentials to make sure that your hygiene remains in goodcondition, because that will directly impact your health.Furthermore, that will potentially create problems for you in analready tough situation. In this section, we cover the basics allthe way to creating a makeshift toilet.

The next section brings us to the issue offood. Here we give you all the dos and donts regarding foodsupplies. We tell you what foods you have to rely upon and thosethat you should avoid and keep at bay. Water, although more key inimportance, comes after food in our book and after explaining itsrelevance, we will tell you all the different ways in which you canpurify unclean sources for use. We follow it up with general advicewith what steps to take during and after the blackout and sum itall up in a conclusion for you.

Read the book and follow it up with all theadvice that we present to you. Remember: the key to prevention fromany disaster is preparedness. We have done our part now its yourturn!

The mere thought of a scenario where yourgrid goes down can be downright scary and troublesome for you.Fortunately this sort of situation doesnt happen too often andonly an incident of a natural disaster can bring about such acalamity with it. However, we always need to be prepared for everyscenario and these are extreme situations that require diligentpreparation, a calm sense of mind, and the ability to know all therelevant steps that one has to take. Dont worry, as we are herefor you for the exact same steps. We plan, through this book as amedium, to convey all the relevant details that will equip you witheverything you need to know on how to fight this off.

Having a disaster supply kit is always goingto be the item of the foremost importance for you. These events areunfortunately almost always unforeseen and to be prepared for theunknown, you have to plan out for the worst, in order to beprepared at your best capability. Areas that are more prone tonatural disasters have a higher risk of facing grid emergencysituations. Hence, they should be even more alert and active insuch planning. This is basically what this section will help inproviding; listing out items, and picking the ones that are mostimportant so that you do not miss anything of dire relevance inyour hurry. One thing which has to be taken into account is that inall such preparations, the involvement of children is of absoluteimportance. This is so that they can also pitch in with practiceand training and be aware of all the supplies and their locationsin the situation of the grid failure.

Important Tips

A kit in your car will come in handy. Thereare two advantages of this, with the first being that if thecalamity strikes when you are away from home, you will not need topanic, as a smaller scale of a kit will be with you. Secondly whenyou face a grid failure you will have an additional back up supplyof emergency items that may come in handy.

Items have to be protected and not onlystored in all such scenarios. Depending on what caused the gridfailure, you will be most likely facing different scenarios. Incase it was floods that hit you, then air tight plastic bags arevery important to protect your equipment and other commodities.

All the supplies have to be refreshed andthe stocks should be replenished at least every six months.

Drugs and prescriptions should be stockedup timely and with the help of your local pharmacist.

The following list is a pretty basic list foryou to check in your stores. This gives you a vague idea ofeverything that you need to gather.

Flashlight

Signal flare

Extra batteries

Supply of prescription medications

First aid kit

An extra set of car keys

Personal identification

A portable, battery-powered radio

Matches in a waterproof container

Cash

Credit card

Map of the area

Water will become an issue, so keep atleast three gallons of water for each person stored. The detailsfor that will be provided to you later on in this book.

Cooking food is not going to be very easyfor you therefore it is better if you keep a store ofnon-perishable food items that may last for a few days.

Blankets

Sleeping bags

Important disaster tools and accessories:this is a very crucial section. Some of the objects that you mayneed to bear in mind can come extremely handy like pencil, paper,and threads and needles. Smaller packages or canisters may be usedfor items like a compass, plastic sheets, etc.