Pre-planning for emergency situations.

Greg Burris — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:37:18 +0000

A little pre-planning doesn’t make you a dooms-day-ist. Being prepared could alleviate a whole lot of stress and agravation. It could even save your life and/or a family members. If you find you never have to use your emergency supplies its even better yet. Its kind of like the seat belts in your car. You put them on just in case, as putting them on after an accident is too late.

The basic survival kit should be designed to get you through a 72 hour or 3 day period. This is what the Red Cross and most others suggest. I believe if you give people the information and knowledge you can put together a nice kit that is unique for each member of your family.

Every time there is a disaster, people are unprepared and they cannot believe what is happening to them. They then have to wait for State and/or Federal government help or charitable organizations to bring them emergency supplies.

Condider your own unique situation and take the time to get informed, get a plan, and gather your emergency supplies in advance.

How to protect your data before an emergency.

Judy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:18:17 +0000

Its smart to find ways to protect your data before an emergency. Its a good idea to have a copy of your important emergency contact information in your emergency kit.

Also, your important pictures , financial information, etc… should be secured as well and be portable and/or secured in a second location.

Below are a few of the most common ways to back up and store your data.

Use a USB flash drive to store your important data.

Put your important dats and pictures on a CD/DVD

Buy an external hard drive and put your data on there.

Use an online backup service.

Update your hand written lists, forms, etc…

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Pre-planning for emergency situations.

How to protect your data before an emergency.