What Everyone Needs to Prepare for Disaster

I recently put together a post on my SpecialNeedsPeople site that focused on "Prepping" if you would. Prepping for the unthinkable disasters that happen all over the world almost daily.

It began as a "How To" for primarily people with disabilities but as I continued to build it up I began to notice that before my eyes this post began to morph into a quick "How To" for all of us. I found it interesting that there really wasn't a significant difference between what healthy, non-impaired people needed to do and what I had begun to put together for people with disabilities.

In this post I did a little coaching as to how to approach disaster prepping for and learning proper life-saving procedures. This post quickly became a guide to the readers in that while I attempted to list various life-saving items I realized that I could just as easily show you what and where you could find these things.

I found that talking about, for example, what one would need in their Bug-Out-Bag and additional items that over the years we have decided to add the Bag which is now becoming more of a Bug-Out-Suitcase. That is not my intention. Yes, everything I put in the list of items recommended by the experts for our escape supplies is important. My suitcase has large wheels and a sturdy handle for long jaunts on foot but we all carry our necessity bag ourselves.

I feel it is necessary to remind everyone however, that the Bug-Out-Bag should be minimized so that anyone can grab theirs and get out of Dodge in an emergency.

ONLY if you have the time to get your Bug-Out-Suitcase and only if you have the ability to safely take it with you should you even bother with it. My son's power chair can practically pull out tree stumps. We just attach it to the back of his chair and he's off.

This is not a good option for manual wheelchairs or even the small scooters because of the lack of enough power and range to make your getaway safely with the extra items. Our Bug-Out-Bags are minimized to get the job done with as few items as possible while still being useful. They are small enough to throw over your shoulder and run. Same goes of the scooters and manual chairs.

If you are a person with a disability, particularly if you get around via scooter or manual wheelchair, I would suggest that you enlist a large muscle-bound person to help you with your expanded bag. As you will see in the article, you need the compact bag but there is 1 single item that everyone will want to add to your personal Bug-Out-Bag that can make the difference between survival and death for all people. That is a PLB (personal locator beacon) or PLT, a GPS model that will work almost anywhere since it uses a satellite. Check it out.

I hope you NEVER have to rely on a PLB/PLT or even a Bug-Out-Bag. If you are going to put one together, take the time to do it right. In the article, I have tried to shorten your time to completion by putting a fairly extensive list with photos and links so that this doesn't take you months to do.

If you have any suggestions as to changes, deletions, or better procedures PLEASE Comment on the site or this page. I promise to follow up on every one possible.

Here's to preparing well and saving lives!

Regards,

David

aka. Hygrade