FHE - Emergency Preparedness

Imagine:

It's 10:00 a.m. on a weekday during a winter month. There has been a 6.3 earthquake in the Salt Lake Valley. (Note: The Northridge, California earthquake on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1994 was a 6.7 - bridges were broken, buildings destroyed, etc.) Gas lines, sewer lines, and water lines are broken. The whole area is affected by this disaster. You have been notified that you must evacuate your home within 10 minutes. Shelter is available at a local school gymnasium. You have been told you need to walk wherever you go until the situation is under control. You might not be able to return home for 48 hours or longer.

What will you gather in 10 minutes? Will you go to the school gym or somewhere else? Where is your family, pets, etc.?

I went to an Relief Society activity night and these were some questions that were asked. Of course I started to worry about what our family would do in an emergency and Dustin suggested that for FHE we go through our 72 hour packs. Lucas tried to carry his pack but it is almost as big as he is and could barely drag it behind him.

We went through Lucas' pack first and I almost started crying. The clothes for him were 18 month old clothes and there wasn't any food. I thought we were very unprepared. Luckily, Dustin's and my pack are better stocked so we might have been okay. Of course the food dated back to 2008 so we might have starved as well. But the important part is that we have a list and a plan to make them even better.

So...bring on the earthquakes! (Just Kidding!)