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20 July 2016

Preparing Yourself In Surviving The Grid Going Down

By Jason Mitchell


Calamity can be on your door any moment from now. It could be next year, next month or today. This can be very sudden and fears. From one moment you are safe until the next hour, you noticed yourself grasping for your life. You cannot, after all, underestimate the nature. The effect might be too massive that you would feel it even in a week or month.

When it occurs, one thing that will surely be affected is the transmission of electricity. Electricity is the most important element to keep your commodities functioning. That can include cell phones, stove and even on your heater. Surviving the grid going down is might be pretty tough.

You would be exposed to an environment with no sign of human civilization. You will be out of heat protection especially in winter. When it happens, expect more terrible things such as lack of supplies with your food and water. There is no direct accessibility to hospitals and all the road will be blocked. It might not happen at the same time and hopefully, it would not.

However as a head of the family, what you can do right now is to protect them if this happen. You cannot expect fro the government right away. Think about how many people had suffered aside from you. The issue of loathing and killing for survival might even take place.

The only way to limit the risks and problems of it is by preparing yourself now. It might be fictional in words but this event is real. In fact, these are happening to the other part of the world. If you had read in your history, you will see that there is no certain place on this planet that are not subject to the manifestation of the natural disaster. As for this moment, here are the things you need to do for accommodating damages in the future.

Secure your property. Your house will protect you against these things. Hence, if you are capable, you shall build one that can stand up against floods and even earthquake. Modern house structure has a new technology applied to withstand the specific intensity of an earthquake. Furthermore, it should also be able to withstand from tremendous force of water and wind.

Stocking of supplies. Water and foods. You might lose access to those things while the supermarket is still not open for business. This is the time where money is proved to be useless. That is how critical the moment can be. Hence, make it a habit to always store foods and water every month. It must be easy to prepare even without heating or cooking. Store it in a safe that can resist the infiltration of water.

Assure to refill your medicine kit. Injuries. Those are the only minor result of these calamities. But without tending it right away, it can go severe. Hence, you shall keep antibiotics with you. On top of that, prepare an inhaler and paracetamol. Due to the poor weather and ventilation, your child might get sick.

Always store batteries. You will be needing it on your flashlight, radio, and other gadgets. You cannot depend on everything in your generator. It may wear out easily especially if maintenance were not made. Finally, though, what you need to prepare the most is yourself. There is a lot of things bound to happen. Death and loss are few of its effect.




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