Segue to Solar.com presents...

Do you have an emergency kit?  At home?  In the car?

If a storm, earthquake or any kind of disaster hits your community you need to rely on your emergency kit...
What are the best items to include in your kit?  It's all about surviving, if a river floods over and your lives are in danger... 

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Survival Info

Emergency solar
backup products

"Ready.Gov's" Kit:*

 Supplies to Include in a Basic Kit (recommended by U.S. Gov't):

Battery-powered radio and extra batteries Flashlight and extra batteries

First Aid kit Whistle to signal for help

Dust mask or cotton t-shirt, to help filter the air

Moist towelettes for sanitation

Wrench or pliers to turn off gas and other utilities

Can opener for food (if kit contains canned food)

Plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place

Unique family needs, such as daily prescription medications, infant formula or diapers, and important family documents

Garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation

Other items to consider adding to your Emergency Kit:

Good emergency first aid book
Rain gear
Mess kits, paper cups, plates and plastic utensils
Cash or traveler's checks, change
Paper towels (recycled kind!)
Fire Extinguisher (and/or baking soda)
Tent
Compass
Matches in a waterproof container
Signal flare
Paper, pencil
Medicine dropper
Feminine supplies
Personal hygiene items
Disinfectant
Household chlorine bleach

* from www.ready.gov   (a U.S. Federal Gov't website - i.e., Homeland Security)
More specifically: http://www.ready.gov/supply_checklists.html (this is not a link
-  enter it into your browser by yourself). Segue to Solar is not affiliated with
Homeland Security, only providing this reference as a public service.

Suggested "other emergency kit info" links

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http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/survkit.htm
http://www.wscsurvivalschool.com/wsc/wsc_surv_tips_kit.html
http://www.equipped.com/survlkit.htm
http://www.avertdisasters.org/html/72_hour.html
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/b-p/survival.htm
http://members.1stconnect.com/anozira/SiteTops/kits/kit_content.htm

Thanks to www.askJune.com for the above links...  (we haven't checked these
sites out yet, please let us know your comments about the info here...)

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Other things to add:*

- Solar flashlight (with red blinking alert button) solar ensures that regular batteries won't go out

- Radio that employs a solar charging panel as well as a hand crank and regular batteries.  Solar can be a backup if the regular batteries go out and the crank breaks.

- Solar cooker - uses heat of sun to cook almost as good as a fire or stove - www.solarcookers.com

-Space age "blanket" - fire resistant aluminized mylar lightweight sheet keeps heat in or out, depending on the environment

- Solar battery charger

- Big tarp - with grommets for making a lean-to in increment weather (include rope, and several tent stakes)

- Good survival reference books two essential ones are Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants; andExtreme Simplicity, good details of how to store food, eat the right plants and even cook with the sun! - by Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges (info at www.ChristopherNyereges.com)

. Water purifier filter - info at www.ChristopherNyereges.com

- Waterproof matches (or just dip tips into molten wax and dry before storing)

-Pack Extra medicine

-Copies of important
papers

-Cash (ATMs might be out)

Other/Misc: Sewing kit
Hot pads 
Clothes pins
Silverware
Napkins or paper towels
Camping lanterns
Candle Lanterns (w/ solar
  attachment best)
Camp stove with fuel 
Duct tape.
Rain Poncho
Folding multi-purpose tool
Bio-degradable Dish soap
Rope
Thermometer
Portable animal cage
Extra pair of crutches
- Plan a meeting place for you to go and meet up with
friends and family
Have a special whistle
that your family knows
(works in the store too!
Know your local community
shelter info
-Board games, cards, books

What would you add? 
E-mail your ideas to Segue to Solar
and we'll add them to our list...

* Compiled from our collective
office staff experience, and
other references- info we
found from non-profit
organizations on the world
wide web (and thanks to
U.S. Homeland Security for
their lists on ready.gov.).