develop a sensible disaster plan and survival kit

I think I finally have this set up. I have a lot of things that I’m just leaving in a central place in the basement in the summer (including first aid stuff and photo albums). I have a quick review list to make sure I get everything I need when a tornado comes up. I’ve got water and food down there.

I also have a reminder set on my calendar to move stuff back upstairs in the winter. That means I will have a set time to reevaluate the items and restock, and that it will be back in place in the spring before tornado season.

There’s a few more details to do, but it’s done enough to check it off.

In our 3rd brush with tornados this year (nothing close enough to be really scary thankfully) I’ve finally gotten more organized.

I have a list of things to bring down to the basement. I’ve also decided that some things can just stay down there for the summer (photo albums, backup drive—between backups, first aid stuff). I’m going to put two reminders on my computer calendar to set this up every year and bring the stuff back up in the winter.

I’d like some way to keep the pets in a more localized area of the basement. If the house fell in, it would be a lot better to know exactly where they are rather than search through the wreckage (and our basement kind of looks wrecked even before any further damage occurs) with flashlights.

Now it’s tornado weather I really need to do this. We had storms nearby last weekend and I just panicked realizing I’ve made so little progress on this. I’m going to review the notes I started and get back on it.

(Actually we did buy something for when the power is out in the winter to keep heating the house—that needs to be installed but it is a good start.)

I really want to do this. I think the time to do it is now, when it’s least likely to be needed (winter). I just need a swift kick to get moving on it.