Thread by @RobbersonJon

Yesterday I spoke w/ a survivor of Hurricane Andrew. Her house was blown to pieces. A car blew through a bay window & into the living room while a back bedroom wall blew out, into the swimming pool. Her 6 & 10 year old daughters huddled in a hallway terrified

BUG OUT PLAN 👇🏼

This is what I learned from her:
•create a Grab n Go checklist. Keep it by your key hook
•have a duffel bag pre-packed for each member of your family
•for cats & small dogs: their carrier should be clean, stocked and ready 24/7
•if you own a business have backup files of 👇🏼

everything. Make 2 copies. One stored off-site and another in your grab n go gear
•pre-determine evacuation routes based on perceived disasters
•have paper maps with routed pre-written out (the way we did before GPS)
•every member of your family needs boots or trainers 🎒
👇🏼

Here are some of my protocols that would have dramatically helped her:

•your bug out gear should be its own separate gear. Pre-packed. Not the same stove or food stuffed away in camping gear in the attic
•early warning of weather events is priceless
•learn to safely store

one full tank of gas for each vehicle
•have walkie talkies or CBs in your vehicles and take as many vehicles as you can (why lose your car too?)
•keep a weekends worth of cash (restaurants, motels, incidentals) ready to go
•pack & tag your bug out duffels (use bags,not boxes)

Here are the duffels that go w/ me if the tsunami sirens blare:

•bug out bag
•additional clothing & shoes duffel (adjusted for summer or winter)
•weapons & self defense
•field kitchen & sanitation
•2 weeks food
•tools
•Lil’Cats soft shell carrier stocked w/ her food

Why duffel bags? They’re squishy and you can cram them into your vehicles in ways that crates do not permit

Pilots who fly daily use a pre-flight checklist

Learn from my friends terror: create a bug-out pre flight list and pre-pack that gear

Much love.

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