The Single Woman's Guide to Urban Disaster Preparedness: How to Keep Your Dignity and Maintain Your Comfort Amid the Chaos by Pamela Johnson

Author:Pamela Johnson [Johnson, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: House & Home, Sustainable Living
ISBN: 9781479276400
Google: Lza_lAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1479276405
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Storage

While preparing for Y2K I owned a 454 sq.ft. bachelor condo in a trendy downtown high-rise where I lived with my cat. There was one full sized closet and a laundry/storage room. I had a murphy bed so during the day the space also served as my office where I conducted my business as a downtown realtor. Storage for emergency preparedness supplies was at a premium and the experience took some serious creativity.

Most things such as the basins, grocery and garbage bags can be incorporated into the areas of your home where their counterparts live. The food can be in a section of your food cupboard for instance. I keep my water filter on the kitchen counter and use it daily but I make sure I have an extra set of ceramic filters and an extra spigot put away for emergency.

Your lidded garbage container can sit in the closet and you can store things in it. It’s a good place to keep the kitty litter. When you need it for that special role in your life it will be there. Throw a few rolls of toilet paper in there as well and forget about them.

A chest or a trunk doubling as a coffee table is where your fuel, radio, flashlights, packing tape, extra spigot and ceramic candles for the water filter should live along with four collapsible water containers. The fuel should all fit into a Rubbermaid lidded bin placed inside the chest where it will be safe, dry and accessible. If you can, fit the stove, heater, can opener and anything else that you want to ensure you have on hand if the time comes that you need it.

Any valuables, important documents, first aid kit, and money belt with cash should be kept in your evacuation backpack where you can reach it easily.

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“A place for everything, everything in its place.”

--Benjamin Franklin

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