Items Like Custom Knives To Create A 48 Hour Kit To Protect Your Family

By Harriett Crosby


A well thought out 48 hour emergency kit is something every family should have. They should contain things like foods to eat, drinking water. Custom knives for protection and extra cloths work too. An emergencies may happen at any time. It may be something as easy as the electricity going down for a couple days after a tornado or picking up after a hurricane.

These kits are generally a collection of items people could need to survive during an unplanned emergency. It is often best to have all these things put together so they are easily reached within a moments notice. If you end up leaving it is not likely you will have extra time to start searching through your items to pick or choose what it is you will need for the following few days or have an opportunity to get them in local stores.

To survive emergency situations people require three basic items; a small amount of useful supplies, food and water. You should always plan for your supplies to last your family for at least 2 days to be safe. There are often state, federal and local government agencies around to help out people but generally they are slow to get to everyone immediately. They could reach you in only few hours or in many days.

It is also important that you plan your kit without having common conveniences. Often the basic services people take for granite like electricity, gas, phone, water and sewage treatment may not be working. They could be off for several days so your kit should reflect this possibility.

Every kit should have about a gallon of water. It is best to break this up into smaller 16 or 18 ounce bottles. They should also have a small filter and some iodine in case the water supply runs low and more water needs to be filtered and treated.

Planning for food is a little harder. Granola and oatmeal bars make great high calorie snacks. Mixed nuts and honey are two items that will not spoil if stored for a long time. Canned tuna and chicken is good for making impromptu meals. Dried beans, oats and of course jerky are good for rounding out meals. A small bag of hard candy, tootsie rolls/pops or gum is good to break up the day for snacks.

Some general things you should have are batteries and a flashlight. A hand crank radio. A lighter waterproof matches and candles for extra light. You should have some showering and toiletry items and first aid kit packed. Some more things are duct tape, eating utensils, a can opener and pocket knife.

If you have extra room some optional things you might bring to your 2 day emergency kits are a clean change of clothing, waterproof jackets and your favorite custom knives. You could pack can goods like a soup and meal but only condensed ones. This kit is supposed to be quickly accessible or portable. Always keep them updated by going through them every few months so you will be ready.




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