Sunday, March 25, 2012

A 72 Hour Kit Essential


A Must For Your 72 Hour Kit B A N D A N A S !

BANDANAS And Their Many Uses!

We were saved by bandanas one summer when we took as cross country trip with 7 kids in an old van in the middle of July with NO AIRCONDITIONING!

Each child had a different colored bandana (found at Walmart for 1 buck…or swap meets) to keep thing straight. I would soak each bandana with water…not too much so that it is dripping, but just enough that it was wet. The kids would then wipe their hot faces and neck and arms and legs with the bandana and then drape it around their necks to cool off.

It was so refreshing. Then when the bandana got dry, they’d hand it to me and I would wet it again. I would periodically drape a wet bandana around my husband’s neck as he drove and it sure helped keep him cool.

So…in making a list of the many uses for a bandana…the first use I must list is:

1. As a cooling agent (when wetted down and applied to skin!)

2. As a Bandage

3. To hold things. (tie up the opposite corners and make a pouch, like what hobos had on the end of their sticks.

4. As a “Towel” for wiping up things

5. As a napkin, to wipe off ketchup, jelly, ice cream, etc. from your face.

6. As a sling.

7. As cordage

8. As a potholder

9. As adishrag.

10. As sunblock for the neck.

11. To cover one’s head.

12. As a dusk mask.

13. For Sneezing into

14. For filtering water.

15. For signaling

16. For marking a trail

17. For a placemant.

18. As a pillow cover

19. Blindfold for sleeping

20. Clean your glasses, sunglasses

20. Hang flashlight from top of tent.

21. Mark your suitcase or backpack.

22. Tie foodbag to a tree.

23. Cover food to keep flies out.

24. Polish fruit.

25. personal washcloth.

26. Neckerchief

27. Sweat band

28. Dew rag

29. Emergency kindling.

30. Feminine hygiene

31. Tie a ponytail

32. Wrap a gift

33. Wrap fragile or rattling items in your backpack.

34. Earmuffs.

35. Dry washed dishes and silverware

Sunday, March 11, 2012

A Preparedness Closet Features 72 Hour Kits

Dear Sisters,

For the month of March, 2012, our scenario is this:

YOU MUST EVACUATE YOUR HOME IMMEDIATELY!

This could happen if there was a chemical spill on the road near your home, or a plane crashes into the neighborhood and the homes are threatened by flames...or even if your own home is on fire. You may be directed to go to a shelter provided by your city.

TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS SCENARIO YOU SHOULD HAVE A

GRAB N GO KIT

FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY...otherwise known as a 72 Hour Kit.

It takes 72 hours for the government to come in and make assessments for aide.

So many of our LDS sisters have preparedness blogs. I found this picture on a really super preparedness blog by a Relief Society gal named Valerie.
Click on "Valerie's blog" under the picture to get directly to her blog.


Valerie's blog had this picture of her preparedness closet.