| Whether it is a natural disaster like
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| | Concentrate on meals (e.g. beef stew,
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| hurricane Katrina or an unnatural
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| | spaghetti) and carbohydrate foods like
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| catastrophe like an upwind industrial
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| | cereal bars and dried fruit leathers for
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| chemical explosion, what you do now to
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| | energy.6) If you eat a protein drink (or
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| protect yourself and your family can make
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| | power bar) regularly, throw in a big
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| the difference between life and death.
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| | container (or a 12-pack of cans/bars) and
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| After you survive, rebuilding your life
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| | enough liquid to mix it up. This is a
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| and business quickly becomes
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| | good concentrated food source.7) Include
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| critical.Please, do not for one moment
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| | another plastic sealed container with all
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| think that Federal Emergency Management
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| | of the basic medicines or vitamins you
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| Agency (FEMA) is going to be able to get
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| | and your family must have. Some doctors
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| to you in time, unless you have already
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| | will give you double prescriptions once
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| taken these steps to rescue yourself.
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| | if you ask. Clean out your bathroom
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| Tragically, even 10 days after
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| | cabinets and make sure to pack first aid
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| post-Katrina rescue efforts began, there
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| | remedies like ibuprofen, tylenol,
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| were still people starving to death in
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| | aspirin, bandages, anti-bacterial
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| New Orleans.It can happen anywhere
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| | ointment, etc. You can get cost-effective
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| (here), and it is not if, it is when it
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| | home emergency kits at Costco.8)
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| will happen. No one can predict the
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| | Important: a battery radio for emergency
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| future, but you can take measures now so
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| | broadcasts; ideally a CB radio or
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| you know that you have done what you can
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| | Nextel-type network phone; your Family
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| to prepare.Check out these Catastrophe
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| | List with names, essential medical and
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| Survival Tips for You and Your Family"
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| | contact information, as well as local
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| that you can use to buy yourself and your
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| | emergency numbers. Call friends/family
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| family more time. Time is the second most
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| | outside your state to leave update info.
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| important factor in surviving a
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| | Local phone access is often turned off or
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| catastrophe. Water is number one, so our
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| | destroyed during emergencies.9) Maintain
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| first tip is:1) Without water you lose
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| | a Catastrophe mini-Kit for your car(s).
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| your ability to make clear decisions
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| | Always have a blanket, food (e.g., power
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| within 24 hours. Thirst kills you faster
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| | bars) and water in sealed containers. You
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| than famine. At Work: Keep a backpack at
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| | can buy quality car emergency kits at
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| work with as much bottled water as you
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| | Costco, too.Create regular backups of
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| can carry. Plus, put in dried fruit,
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| | your personal and business computer
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| power bars, your daily medications or
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| | systems. I use Norton Ghost to image copy
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| vitamins and a small first aid kit. Keep
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| | my entire drive onto an external hard
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| a Family Emergency Numbers List inside
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| | drive and store it in the trunk of my car
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| too. At Home: Put at least enough water
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| | parked in my driveway. You probably won't
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| in sealed containers so that your family
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| | be thinking about your business in the
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| will have one gallon per day for two
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| | middle of a disaster, but when you
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| weeks. I just bought shrink-wrapped cases
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| | survive you will need to rebuild your
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| of quart-sized plastic water bottles and
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| | life and business as soon as
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| stacked them under the backyard picnic
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| | possible.It's more fun hassling
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| table. Even if some of it is compromised
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| | re-creating your working drive than it is
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| you will still have other bottles intact.
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| | to go out of business. You can also do
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| Swap water out every six months - put a
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| | regular backups to remote sites on the
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| reminder in your calendar.2) Create a
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| | web. I highly recommend my backup 'guru'
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| Catastrophe Kit on your property outside
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| | Sallie Goetsch's weekly Backup Reminder
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| your house and garage (in a back corner
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| | ezine. For essential backup tips visit
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| of your yard, for instance). It is as
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| | the FileSlinger(tm) Backup Blog ( you and
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| easy as getting a plastic 55-gallon trash
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| | yours be safe and well." But, do your
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| bin with clips on the lid to hold it
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| | family's Catastrophe Kits this weekend
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| shut. Or use a small plastic/metal garden
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| | anyway, OK? Organizing cannot stop a
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| 'shed' in your yard.3) Clean out your
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| | catastrophe, but after you survive it
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| closets and put in layered clothing AND
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| | will help you and your family in
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| tough shoes for each family member. You
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| | recovering quickly.If you like, sign up
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| | for more free tips at
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| Make a separate sealed container with
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| | solutions match your individual work
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| food in it. Canned goods as complete
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| | style.For more proven tips, articles,
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