If you got an Emergency Call to evacuate your residence, would you be ready to go or would you be running around like a chicken with your head cut off?
No one likes to think about things like this happening, but we have seen it in the past year with wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes being forecast and hitting in places that have never been in a "danger zone" before.
We all hope that these kinds of things never happen to us or any of our loved ones, but, here is the truth, it could happen to any of us at any time. The weather has become so crazy that even predicting what will happen is becoming harder and harder. So what can you do to prepare for a sudden change in your daily life?
First of all let's be clear, there are things that you can do to prepare for this kind of incident and even if you are not in a designated area of concern, being prepared would not hurt anyone! With the changes in the environment causing major upheavals, being ready is something everyone should think about doing.
If a call comes to evacuate, you need to have certain things in one place so that it would be easy to grab and go! You would not have to think too much about what to take, as the important stuff would be all ready to tuck into your vehicle along with your family and get out of Dodge, so to speak!
What I am suggesting is to get yourself and your family a fireproof safe! Not a big one, you need to be able to pack it into your car quickly and know that the contents are the "most important" ones to have.
Amazon has a great little safe Made you Roloway that would fit this bill completely. The smallest one is just 0.2 cu.Ft. but they have two more that are a little bit larger at 1.5 Cu.Ft. and 2.2. Cu.Ft.
You don't need this safe to be too large as what you are going to put inside it will be your important papers. Birth certificates for every member of the family, Social Insurance Cards. Credit Card Information, Banking Information and it would never hurt to have a small stash of cash on hand either.
Medical information and prescriptions for everyone in the family as well. It would not hurt to have copies of your different insurances handy as well, in case the worst happens. If you are evacuated, you need to be able to access your financials so that you can live until the return has been issued.
No one wants a disaster to happen, but if it does, then you know that everything (the most important information) is already in one place. You won't be checking desk drawers or nightstands or anywhere else you may have kept this information. It will be right there and it's one less thing to worry about! Load up the little safe in the car and get moving!
This Little Safe is not the place for all your valuables! You may take some but they would have to fit into the space. If you are wanting to possibly save your valuables you might consider getting a bigger safe that will stay with your home while you are gone. These are also available from Amazon but they are not made for a quick escape!
It would be prudent to have the smaller safe kept in the bigger one, so that when you need to move and move quickly you can just grab the smaller safe, lock up the big one and drive away!
Hopefully disaster will never strike you, but being prepared will also give you a little more peace of mind especially when listening to the news reports!
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