In some emergencies, you might be safest and most comfortable staying home. For those scenarios, here are some additional supplies to keep in your house.
My friends in Puerto Rico are very grateful for their generator. If I lived in an area that might not have power for weeks or months after a disaster, I would definitely make this investment.
I heard these are the most desirable items after a disaster. It also doesn’t hurt to keep one in your car, in case you run out of gas.
This is all I can fit in a small apartment. The Aquamira drops or tablets can be used in this container.
For larger households with space to store several days of water for everyone.
It just makes sense to have plenty of water purification chemicals — they aren’t expensive, the bottles are small, and you can’t live without clean water. I prefer the simplicity of Aquamira versus figuring out how not to poison myself with bleach.
I really, really like lots of water options. I have a few of these in my emergency bag as well.
This is a bit too bulky for my bag, but perfect for lighting up my apartment.
For the lantern. Remember to store them outside the lantern, taped as shown on my Assembling your bag page.
Another option for indoor lighting, if I run out of batteries.
I just learned this trick from our local CERT instructor: pour kitty litter into a contractor clean up bag for a makeshift toilet. Gross, but way less gross than not having litter.
If there’s no power, but you don’t want to crank up a generator just to charge your phone.
You already have at least one fully charged fire extinguisher in your house, right? RIGHT! But just in case … this can help prevent a disaster in the first place.