Would you be ready?
I've been thinking a lot about the tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, fires, and earthquakes of late. My husband and I have been talking about how they are happening more and more frequently and closer and closer to home. While we've always had a 72 hour kit and just re-vamped it a few months ago, we've wondered how we would really respond in such a situation.
So, I pose the same question(s) to you:
Would your family be ready to evacuate if necessary?
What would you grab if you had 30 minutes warning?
What if you had 10 minutes warning?
What if you only had moments?
We created a to-do list for each of the above time limits, prioritized it and then split it between Cory and I. We each just start working down our list until we have to leave. We've assumed that if we had 10 minutes notice or more we would be able to leave in our van. If we only had moments, it would be on foot. We also regularly keep extra food, a mini-72 hr kit, a few blankets and small bills in our van. We are actually going to time ourselves sometime over the next few weeks to be sure we can get through everthing on our lists in the allotted time. I'll let you know how that goes!
Below are our lists. I'd love to hear your plans / suggestions!
30 Minutes:
My List:
- Shoes on
- Kid's shoes on
- Turn on movie for kids
- Purse, Cory's wallet, keys and cell phone in van
- Folder of important papers / original documents in van
- External hard drive in van
- Extra flashlight / candles in van
- Extra snack food (crackers, a few cans of THRIVE fruit, nuts) in bag in van
- Kid's sippy cups filled with milk and in van
- Cooler filled with milk, cheese and fresh fruit & frozen water jugs in van
- Camera in van
- Kid's pillows, blankies and 1 stuffed animal each in their carseats
- Small suitcase with an extra changes of clothes, extra diapers & wipes, and diaper cream in van
- A bag of toys, coloring books and crayons in van
Cory's List:
- Shoes on
- Shut off gas using our gas shut off tool
- 72 hr kits in van
- Four 5-gallon water jugs in van
- Four 24-pack water bottles in van
- Fire extinguisher in van
- Tent in van
- Camp Stove in van
- Extra blankets in van
- Pack and Play in van
- Guitar in van
- Portable DVD player set up in van with a few extra DVDs
- 5-10 preselected books (they are all next to each other on a bookshelf) in van
10 Minutes:
My List:
- Shoes on
- Kid's shoes on
- Turn on movie for kids
- Purse, Cory's wallet, keys and cell phone in van
- Folder of important papers / original documents in van
- External hard drive in van
- Extra flashlight / candles in van
- Shoes on
- Shut off gas using our gas shut off tool
- 72 hr kits in van
- Four 5-gallon water jugs in van
- Four 24-pack water bottles in van
- Fire extinguisher in van
- Tent in van
Moments:
- Samantha's shoes on
- Own shoes on
- Strap Hanna to me in front carrier
- Put 72 hr kit on me
- Hold / keep track of Hanna / Micah
- Grab, purse & cell
- Boy's Shoes on
- Own Shoes on
- Get 72 kits on boys
- Get own 72 hr kit on
- Hold / keep track of Samantha & Noah
- Grab wallet and cell

2 Comments:
Thanks for sharing your preparedness list. I've been wanting to make up an emergency supply stash and plan for my family. This will be a good reference.
Katie,
You are welcome. I hope it helps with your plans! Let me know if I can help in any other way, and thanks for stopping by!
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