May and June Home storage Lesson

During your discussion the next couple of months in Family Home Evening focus on emergency situations.  What would happen if you were to become separated during emergency.  Reality is that one or both parents work away from home and often some distance from home.  Your children go to school and often at different schools.  Have you thought where you might meet?  Home? Somewhere in the neighborhood, city or state?  Do your children have a place to go until you are able to get to them?  Make your plan and individualize it to your family.

Activity:  place duplicate copies of the following items in a fire resistance container:

• prescriptions
• birth certificates, wills, titles, deeds. loans, patriarchal blessing, social security Numbers, tax returns....
• insurance policies and numbers
• vehicle ownership information.

Another topic to discussion in the next few weeks is what are your families water and fuel needs?  What fuels are safe to store and how much should you have.  You can find a lot of information in the food storage manual found at the LDS Distribution Center, the library, google and other resources.

It is suggested that you have at least one gallon of water for every person in your family for at least 10-14 days.  Find out how much water is in your home already.  Check the gallons in your water heater, toilet tanks, and other storage.  Remember that liquid household bleach can purify water.