Reflect back across the last 20 years and about disasters that caused interruption of the delicate food supply system that gets all our food to the grocery stores. What if you were in the Gulf Coast region when Hurricane Katrina rumbled through? What about within a couple of hundred miles of Mount Saint Helens and the ash fall region? Then ask yourself if you are a location that could be struck by a natural disaster like an earthquake, hurricane, flooding or anything else that can disrupt the food provisioning system.

Do you have loved ones in your family that depend on you to provide for them? How would you feel if you can not take care of your family and children? Visualize what it would be like day after day looking at your hungry and thirsty children and not being able to do anything about it. The time to stop something like that from taking place is now.

Here are three items to assist you to get started on making a plan.

Make sure you have a safe place that everybody knows to come to. For many people this will be their house, but it also could be a cabin up in the woods, or a relative’s house. It is best to have a place that is accessible and won’t have hordes of people that will take your supplies.

Have a source of water, a way to store it, and a way to get new clean water. A great way to do this is to have a well drilled on your property. Another is to identify a river or stream nearby and make sure you have water filtration equipment available.

Have a reserve of food on hand. You can start by picking up some cases of soup and spaghetti locally, but to do this properly you should plan out the correct amount that you would need based on the number of people that are dependent on you and how long you think food will be unavailable. Furthermore, make sure that food does not spoil by rotating it periodically or getting food designed for long-term storage.

The time to get ready for an emergency so you can plan for the survival of your family is before the disaster hits. Make a plan and take action now.

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